Greatest Metal Guitarist

‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott vs. John Petrucci – Greatest Metal Guitarist, Semifinals
‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott vs. John Petrucci – Greatest Metal Guitarist, Semifinals
‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott vs. John Petrucci – Greatest Metal Guitarist, Semifinals
Late Pantera guitarist 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott claims yet another victory in our Greatest Metal Guitarist competition over one of his best friends, Zakk Wylde. Dime has been an early favorite since the beginning, defeating Dillinger Escape Plan shredder Ben Weinman and Korn's Brian 'Head' Welch before moving on against Wylde. The crunch-master moves on to the Semifinals.
Greatest Metal Guitarist - Quarterfinals
Greatest Metal Guitarist - Quarterfinals
Greatest Metal Guitarist - Quarterfinals
We're into the Quarterfinals of our Greatest Metal Guitarist competition. Having started with 32 of metal's most talented shredders, we're now down to only eight. Our polls once again received hundreds of thousands of votes and the will of the fans has placed eight guitarists into the Quarterfinals.
Kirk Hammett vs. John Petrucci - Greatest Metal Guitarist, Quarterfinals
Kirk Hammett vs. John Petrucci - Greatest Metal Guitarist, Quarterfinals
Kirk Hammett vs. John Petrucci - Greatest Metal Guitarist, Quarterfinals
Kirk Hammett took on Yngwie Malmsteen in a close match in Round 2, but when the polls closed, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett was the last man standing. Hammett also defeated former Exodus band mate Gary Holt in Round 1 of our Greatest Metal Guitarist feature, but Hammett will be facing his toughest opponent yet in our Quarterfinals...
Randy Rhoads vs. Adam Jones - Greatest Metal Guitarist
Randy Rhoads vs. Adam Jones - Greatest Metal Guitarist
Randy Rhoads vs. Adam Jones - Greatest Metal Guitarist
Competing with the almighty Randy Rhoads is no picnic. It'll take a truly special guitarist to defeat the late, great Rhoads, for the Ozzy Osbourne / Quiet Riot shredder has already eliminated Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith and Between the Buried and Me's Paul Waggoner by substantial margins...

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