# Rational Gaze guitar solo > Fredrik Thordendal's guitar solo on Rational Gaze by Meshuggah (2002) starts at about 3:30. From the album Nothing. A prog metal classic from the 2000s. Canonical URL: Meshuggah, 2002, from *Nothing*. Solo by *Fredrik Thordendal*. A lurching, detuned monster with an eerie, liquid lead break. It helped define the band's heavier, slower era. Rational Gaze by Meshuggah is #5 in our ranking of the best Meshuggah guitar solos. The solo is played by Fredrik Thordendal and the song was released in 2002. ## In our lists - [The Best Meshuggah Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/meshuggah-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Rational Gaze? Fredrik Thordendal played the solo on Meshuggah's Rational Gaze (2002). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)