10 Best Two Guitar Bands
1. Metallica
When you're first starting out on guitar, the work of Metallica is a literal gold mine to finding every great nuance to playing the six-string. A lot of that guitar foundation comes from the fact that both guitarists in the band are some of the best in their respective field.
On one side, James Hetfield may be the single greatest rhythm guitarist that the rock scene has ever known, with an unstoppable downpicking technique while being a mastermind when it comes to constructing guitar harmonies. The riffs that have come from the mind of Mr. Hetfield have influenced legions of metal guitarists to up their game from the standard doom-and-gloom song structure.
Even if you think that Hetfield's approach is basic, Kirk Hammett's fantastic guitar fireworks have led him to craft some of the most iconic metal solos from the insanity of "One" to the subdued melancholy of "The Unforgiven." In addition to solos, Hammett's riffs are some of the heaviest in the band's catalog, from the classic riff of "Enter Sandman" to the breakdown dirge of "Creeping Death."
As Hetfield and Hammett worked metal wizardry, Metallica's songs went from great hard rock tunes to the almighty hymns of heavy metal.