hmmmm...this is a biased list

1.chuck shuldiner(he spoke with his guitar better than peter frampton could with effects)

2.jeff hanneman(the most underrated,out of the spot light innovator ever)

3.Randy rhoads(Ahead of his time)


4.Marty friedman(a fretboard mastermind)


5.Alex laiho(gives malmsteen and the rest a run for there money...already one of the best guitarists of the new century)