3. Avenged Sevenfold - Coming Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK0iQlKXxEk Switching gears to something newer, and although people seem to love just poopin' all over Avenged, on their new album especially they wrote some far wider-reaching tracks with the hope of ensnaring some wider recognition as the next big thing. For the most part that album didn't live up to expectations, but to do away with the whole thing is to forget this brilliant ballad-turned-twin guitar battle from near the close of the album. It's easy to feel the Iron Maiden comparisons throughout the track - especially at the beginning - but as Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance (his dog's called Ichabod Crane, as you do) always had a twin-style all their own; the runs, technicality and overall pace of the section that pads out the second half of this song is some of the best they've recorded in years. It remains to be seen if new Rock Band will feature dual lead guitar parts, but for songs like this - and bands like Metallica, Thin Lizzy etc. - nailing these passages with a friend as you're both locked in the moment would be fantastic.