Top 10 Metal Songs with Whammy Bar Effects
Whammy Bar (aka vibrato bar or tremolo bar) creates special sound effects.The Top Ten
1 Master of Puppets - Metallica
2 Hell Awaits - Slayer
3 Highway Star - Deep Purple
4 Enter Sandman - Metallica
5 Painkiller - Judas Priest
Mostly Glenn Tipton during the first solo
6 Schizos (Are Never Alone) Parts I & II - Annihilator
Jeff Waters is one one of the most frequent users of whammy bar in metal and many Annihilator songs can be on this list.
Jeff Waters uses different whammy bar techniques to get different effects (bomb drop, horse whinny, car/motorbike engine roar, police siren, and more).
7 The Four Horsemen - Metallica
8 Dissident Aggressor - Judas Priest
I think that most probably K. K. Downing did it and not Glenn Tipton
9 Lightning Strike - Judas Priest
Play the sample to hear that sick sound I am talking about
10 Ram It Down - Judas Priest
Those whammy bar dives and pinches, man
The Contenders
11 Imperiled Eyes - Annihilator
12 Diluvium - Obscura
13 Goddamn Electric - Pantera
14 Invite It - Annihilator
A song with a lot of whammy bar stuff (3:00-3:40, 4:15-4:55)
15 One Shot at Glory - Judas Priest
16 Ultra Motion - Annihilator
17 Chasing the High - Annihilator
18 Deadlock - Annihilator
19 March of Time - Helloween
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