Originally Posted by: WargorothWhy dosen't anyone give heavy metal credit. All these guys have better styles than Malmasteen.

That's your personal oppinion and i'm not gonna flame you for it even tho u deserve it. Just 2 things i wanna say:

1. Malmsteen's music is not heavy metal. It does have influences from the aforementioned genre, but it just isn't.

2. Malmsteen is indeed famous for his speed, but that's just utter stupidity.
What makes him WAY better than the other guitarists you mentioned is the fact that he combines this speed with flawless execution and a very common sensical song composition, which i haven't seen in any other misician.