I don't understand why Laiho would bag on Petrucci on playing fast. Petrucci is a fricking great guitarist who I find more original than Laiho. Of course these are my opinions exclusively, but Laiho shouldn't consider himself a good enough guitarist to talk trash about others. Anyways, I don't want to turn this into a hateful discussion, for those of you who think Petrucci is all about speed, go download Dream Theater - Hollow Years right now. They paly it live at Budokan, and its great with the extended solo.