What are your favorite 5 neo-classical shred tunes? Preferably only 1 song per shredder but if not, no big deal.
1. Tony MacAlpine - Empire in the Sky
2. Vinnie Moore - As Time Slips By
3. Yngwie Malmsteen - Icarus' Dream Suite Opus 4
4. Ozzy Osbourne (Randy Rhoads) - Revelation Mother Earth
5. Marty Friedman - Jewel

Yngwie Trilogy Suite
Jason Becker Altitudes
Vinnie Moore In Control
Paul Gilbert Metal Dog
Joe Stump Weapon of Choice.

1. Racer X - Y.R.O
2. Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond The Sun
3. Jason Becker - The End Of The Beginning
4. Tony Macalpine - Tears Of Sahara
5. Vinnie Moore - Daydream

Vinnie Moore - Awaken the Madman
Yngwie Malmsteen - Icrus' Dream Suite Op. 4
Vinnie Moore - The Maze
Vinnie Moore - If I Could
Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star

1-Now or never-David T Chastain
2-Mindseye-Vinnie Moore
3-Hundreds of thousands-Tony Mcalpine
4-Evil Thrill-Marty Friedman
5-For the love of god-Steve Vai

Mine have changed :D

Vinnie Moore - In The Healing Garden
Vinnie Moore - The Thinking Machine
Vinnie Moore - Eye of the Beholder
Vinnie Moore - Out and Beyond
Vinnie Moore - Awaken the Madman

1.) Caprici Di Diablo - Yngwie Malmsteen
2.) Miles Of Machines - Jeff Loomis
3.) Lifeforce - Vinnie Moore
4.) The Taker - Tony MacAlpine
5.) Unleashing The Fury - Joe Stump
6.) The Butcher - Rusty Cooley
7.) Masque Of The Red Death - Michael Romeo
8.) No Boundaries - Michael Angelo Batio
9.) Inquisition - Uli Jon Roth

Sorry, I'm not trying to show off, but instead of going into a single guy in depth, I sample quite a few guys at once. So I generally have a favorite by each one too, and it's really hard to pick just 5.

Some great choices there R_i_C. Welcome to the site . Good to hear from you!! :)

1. End Of The Begining - Jason Becker

2. Speed Metal Symphony - Cacophony

3. War of the Angels - Rusty Cooley

4. Concerto - Cacophony

5. Eleven Blue Egyptians - Jason Becker

6. Forbidden City - Marty Friedman

7. Far Beyond The Sun - Yngwie Malmsteen

8. Devil Theory - Jeff Loomis

9. The Ninja - Cacophony

10. Altitudes - Jason Becker

I have changed mine as well.
Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond the Sun
Cacophony - Concerto
Vinnie Moore - Morning Star
Alcatrazz - Kree Nakoorie
Al Di Meola - Mediterranean Sundance

Off the top of my head and in no order:

Tony Macalpine - Dreamstate
Vinnie Moore - The Journey
Cacophony - Concerto
Jason Becker - Opus Pocus
Jason becker - Altitudes

Air-Jason Becker
Perpetual Burn-Jason Becker
Black Star- Yngwie Malmstenn
Empire in The Sky- Tony Macalpine
miles of Machines- Jeff Loomis

1. In Control - Vinnie Moore

2. The Taker - Tony MacAlpine

3. Anvils - Marty Friedman

4. Eleven Blue Egyptians - Jason Becker

5. Frenzy - Racer X

1. Jason Becker - Altitudes
2. Yngwie Malmsteen - Black star
3. Cacophony - Concerto
4. Jason Becker - Opus pocus
5. Vinnie Moore - Morning star

Welcome to the forum Black_Star. Really awesome song from Yngwie. That whole first album is incredible actually.

1.17th Century chicken pickin - impellitteri
2. stratosphere - stratovarius
3. Stratofortress - stratovarius
4.The gargoyle - paul gilbert
5.far beyond the sun - yngwie malmsteen

Thanks alot for the warm welcome :)

Welcome to the site Black_Star, great to have you onboard mate!!! :)

I just had to join up cause i totally love neo classical metal, and Revelation Mother Earth is such a wonderful song/solo....i cant believe how great that was in what...1980, or 1981?....noone was doing that style of playing then...cept for maybe Michael Schenker or Uli John Roth....freaking LOVE them.

also, i LOVE Tony Mac, Vinnie, and Yngwie....im gonna have to dust off the ole Edge of Insanity cd and play it....EVERY song on it is golden.

Yeah that's a great album nathan. Welcome to the site as well. :D

ummm so far my 5 would be

jason Becker - End Of The Begininng
Tony Mac - Hundreds Of Thousands
George Bellas - Airborne
Vinnie Moore - Fear and Trepidation(im new with vinnie moore i know there are probaly better songs but so far this is the best of him i know)
Jeff Loomis - Devil Theory\Jason Becker Attitueds

Welcome to the forum Eagle. Great choices there.

Rhapsody - Trolls in the Dark
Joe Satriani - Baroque

Changed :P

1. 17th Century Chicken pickin _ Impellitteri
2. The Gargoyle - PG
3. Sea of Lies ( instrumental version _) - Michael Romeo
4. Trilogy Suite opus 5 - Yngwie
5. Tears of sahara - T mac

1. Yngwie Malmteen - Far Beyond The Sun
2. Yngwie Malmsteen - Brothers
3. Joe Stump - Paganini's Revenge
4. Joe Stump - The Devil's Fiddler
5. Joe Stump - Dark Gift

Hm.. also,
Malmsteen - Cannon in D minor, Malmsteen - Instrumental Institution, Malmsteen - Guardian Angel, Malmsteen - Black Star, Malmsteen - Blitzkrieg, Malmsteen - Molto Arpeggiosa, Joe Stump - Hardly Enough, Joe Stump - The 8th Degree, Vinnie Moore- In the Healing Garden, Vinnie Moore - The Thinking Machine, Malmsteen - Trilogy Suite Op 5 The First Movement, Malmsteen & Steve Vai - Guitar Solo, Joe Stump - Chasing The Dragon, Joe Stump - Pistol Whipped, Joe Stump - Fire & Brimstone, Theodore Ziras - Evermore, Vitalij Kuprij - Symphony.

In no particular order:P :

Tony MacAlpine - The Vision
Vinnie Moore - In control
Marty Friedman - Jewel
Tony Macalpine - Tears of Sahara
Jason Becker - Eleven Blue Egyptians



Too bad it's only 5 songs I could list a lot more but these are the ones I listen the most in the few past days.

1. Jason Becker- Altitudes
2.Jason Becker & Marty Friedman- Concerto
3. Paul Gilbert - Scarified
4. Jeff Loomis- Miles of Machines
5. YJM- Far Beyond the Sun ( I can't believe i missed Yngwei !)

I swear i was born in the wrong decade.... (born in the 90's in love with the 80's)

Images - Jason Becker
Under The Influence - Rusty Cooley
Jazzmines Song - Rusty Cooley
Altitudes - Jason Becker
Dancing Flame - Vitalij Kuprij
Gray Pianos Flying - Shawn Lane (Not Neoclassical, but it's a great tune!)

Icarus Dream Yngwie Malmsteen

Fugue Yngwie Malmsteen

Far Beyond The Sun Yngwie Malmsteen

Black Star Yngwie Malmsteen

Evil Eye Yngwie Malmsteen

hey ZJM, Welcome to the forums i hope you enjoy your stay. While typing this I realized something about your name. Good one haha. I take it your a Malmsteen fan, check out Jason Becker if you haven't heard of him you need to.

Anyone else that hasn't responded yet?