As the title says.

 

 

 

Personally I would have to say Van Halen's Eruption

 

 

 

 

 

What do you guys think?

 

 

 

 

 

Oh and in case you don't already know, Instrumental songs don't use vocals.

I know a ton of instrumental songs I really like. However, my favorite instrumental song is "Sail on Soothsayer (In Memory of Aunt Suzie 1932-2007)" by Buckethead. It's just so incredibly emotional...Everyone should hear it IMO.

 

 

 

[hide=List of other Good Instrumentals]Rush - YYZ

 

Dream Theater - The Dance of Eternity

 

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists to the Sky like Antennas to Heaven (album)

 

Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien

 

Liquid Tension Experiment - Acid rain, Paradigm Shift

 

Yngwie Malmsteen - Caprici Di Diablo

 

Buckethead - Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot (album)[/hide]

My personal favorite is probably Cannon in D major by Jerry C. It is amazing... and then in a close second, Buckethead's Jordan. I just love that solo, it's so insane!

Voice of the Soul by Death comes immediately to mind. It's just so full of emotion and really shows the talent that Chuck Schuldiner had as a guitarist and composer. In fact, I wouldn't discount Cosmic Sea either (another Death instrumental).

 

 

 

As far as instrumental albums goes, I really like Machinations of Dementia by Blotted Science. Stunning instrumentation.

The Edgar Winter Group's Frankenstein's really good. Kansas's The Wall is also one of my favorite instrumentals. But my favorite instrumental is Jessica, Allman Brothers Band.

^This man knows. Bow to Frankenstein!

Rush-Yyz,

 

Testament-Hammer of the Gods,

 

In Flames-Man Made God.

 

 

 

Thats all my head's top has.

Anything from MaSu's Jets 'n Guns album.

 

 

 

It's awesomosity cannot even begin to be described.

Blind Guardian - Beyond The Ice

 

 

 

It's not very complicated, but it makes me smile every time I hear it :P

regret not - all that remains. the accoustic guitar at the begining and end is just awsome

Metallica's Call of the Ktulu and Orion are both great. Sometimes I get lost in them. 8-)

Ashes of the Wake by Lamb of God

best, best. I don't know. I really like the gumbo variations by Zappa. But that's just jazz/fusion. There's so many other types of instrumental music and all of them have got so many good things that it is imposible to say which one is 'the best'.

Ditto on the Lamb of God + Metallica suggestions.

 

 

 

I also love Textures by Cynic:

 

 

 

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlTtnY4-qA

It's hard to say, really. I assume we're not including classical pieces. Even if that is the case, I'd still suggest Difficult to Cure by Rainbow, which is a version of Ode to Joy from Beethoven's 9th, and Fanfare for the Common Man by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, which is based on the Copland piece of the same name.

 

 

 

Apart from those, I really enjoy Ocean by the John Butler Trio, and of course

by Erik Mongrain.

Any Colour You Like.

 

 

 

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Apart from those, I really enjoy Ocean by the John Butler Trio..

 

 

 

Not trying to brag, but I've seen him play it live, and it is quite a piece of music. :) He really is excellent live if you ever get the chance to see him.

Definitely Killer's "Ad Tempus Vitate". And while it's not strictly instrumental, I've always really liked Deep Purple's "April" (it's a 12 min song, and there's only a bit of singing in the last minute). Gary Moore's cover of Roy Buchanan's "The Messiah Will Come Again" is great as well.

Green Onions, it's addictive.

I love most of Dream Theaters Instrumentals. Erotomania and YTSE jam especially.

Metallica's Call of the Ktulu and Orion are both great. Sometimes I get lost in them. 8-)

 

 

 

This. Eric Johnson's Cliffs of dover is great too.

[cabbage],how could I forget?Kamelot did an epic instrumental of We Three Kings.

Voice of the Soul by Death comes immediately to mind. It's just so full of emotion and really shows the talent that Chuck Schuldiner had as a guitarist and composer. In fact, I wouldn't discount Cosmic Sea either (another Death instrumental).

 

 

 

 

Death's instrumental songs are the best of the best. Trully a great band. As for my favorite (apart from Cosmic Sea) it would have to be Inquisiton Symphony by Sepultura. Their first song I ever heard ;)

Interstellar Overdrive is also a favorite of mine, just as the national anthem by radiohead.

Probably something that's trance for me, hard to choose really as they're all really good :)