Top 10 Bands with Best Twin (Dual) Lead Guitars
Bands that use harmonized twin leads and dueling guitar solos. This is when two different lead guitarists harmonize melodies together and not when one guitarist uses double tracking. Also, there are bands with 2 or 3 guitarists but they don't harmonize their lines and shouldn't be on this list.Pioneers of twin guitars were: Fleetwood Mac, Allman Brothers Band, Thin Lizzy, Wishbone Ash, Home, Quicksilver Messenger Service (and maybe some other less known bands).

They are known for several of their hit songs, which include “Painkiller”, “Breaking The Law”, You’ve Got Another Thing Coming”, and “Turbo Lover”.
Their original lineup consisted of Al Atkins (vocals), K.K. Downing (lead/rhythm guitar), Ian Hill (bass), and John Ellis (drums). Atkins never recorded on any Judas Priest releases, but contributed to several songs. ...read more.
No other heavy metal band compares to Judas Priest. Not just because of the dual lead guitars of Glenn Tipton and Ritchie Faulkner either. Halford as the lead singer puts the cherry on top of the greatest metal sound you'll ever hear. He hits every octave. He does things with his voice that defy logic and turns it into a musical instrument. Even their albums that are considered mediocre by the so called experts rock. Every component of that group blends together seamlessly.
I have to give it to Judas Priest. Tipton & Downing played together on their first album and continued together for over 35 years! Also... I appreciate the different styles each brought more than playing together.
The forefather's of Heavy Metal and defined the genre of heavy metal and laid the foundation for all the bands that followed in their footsteps, Glenn/KK are the master's of the twin axe attack, legends...enough said!
Judas Priest did it in 1973 and they were probably the first metal band that used twin guitars. I put Judas Priest higher than Iron Maiden because Judas Priest did it before Iron Maiden.

While I'm torn between Priest and Maiden, I enjoy the intricate melodies Dave and Adrian do back and forth. They are technically perfect in how they play off of each other. While Tipton and Downing were in your face, Adrian and Dave take you on a journey.
Best band ever

Stop right now! Nothing comes close to the ABB. It's like comparing Michelangelo to a velvet painting of Elvis.
Allman Brothers, world class dual guitar army. Rock Royalty.
The Allman brothers put all the other bands on this list to shame

Thin Lizzy were one of the first bands to employ dual-guitar harmonies. Their album Jailbreak (1976) contains great examples of twin guitars style and Thin Lizzy forged a style from which future British heavy metal bands would draw.
For Me...Thin Lizzy was the first to make the Twin Guitar melodies sound so good!
The greatest twin guitar band of them all!

Peter Green and Danny Kirwan were ahead of the curve. Took Blues to another level, add Jeremy Spencer and you have the 1st 3 lead guitarist that played it all, blues, rock and oldies.

They use the Judas Priest formula. I have to say that Primal Fear twin guitar work is very intense and damn good. Currently I like their twin guitars the most, especially the solos that are very fast yet melodic (Strike, Riding The Eagle).
What can I say, Heavy Metal at it's best, for over 20 years Primal Fear has defined heavy metal, scorching guitars, heavy grooves, and soaring vocals. Classic's like Running in the Dust, Final Embrace, Revolution...the list goes on!
Absolutely brilliant musicianship and totally fierce showmanship to go with that! Respect!
The Argus album was one of the first albums I ever purchased. I was way too young at the time to hear the brilliance of the group. Now that I am older, I understand how guitars are actual voices in a song. Very few bands have had that ability and those that do rank as the preeminence in music.
They were the first band where both guitarists were hugely talented and could and did play both individual and harmony lead. Shout out for Ted Turner as possibly the most underrated guitarist of the early seventies.
Wishbone Ash is THE twin guitar band: you hear its sound in Thin Lizzy, The Eagles, Iron Maiden & Judas Priest. Much copied but never equalled. Key records: Argus & Live Dates (Vols 1+2).
Check Argus. This led the way for the many truly excellent bands that followed, including Priest, Lizzy and Maiden.

They don't have specific roles for guitarists. But both guitarists did lead guitar.
Green Grass and High Tides is all I have to say.



I read somewhere that they influenced Iron Maiden in this area.



They started using twin guitars in the late 1970s. John Sykes of Thin Lizzy played for them, also Steve Vai.

A good example is their 2017 song The World Is Yours (watch the video clip), where Jeff Loomis plays an individual solo, then both play a harmonized solo, and then Michael Amott also plays an individual solo.

Yes, Metallica used dual guitar licks. Orion, Master of Puppets, the middle part of For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ride the Lightning, Creeping Death and more.

Seriously, this wasn't added in til now?
Anyways, Queensryche took Maiden's twin lead and took it to the next level, just like Maiden did with Thin Lizzy's and Wishbone Ash's.
Of course, they had classic twin riffs, but, as I said they took it to another level, Wilton and DeGarmo would write a normal solo and play it in twin style. Of course not every song had that twin solo, they'd often have back to back solos, or just one solo per song or sometimes no solos even.
Take a listen to NM156 and you'll see what I'm talking about.

As far as I'm concerned Dragonforce is at the top of their game, there isn't anybody close to the speed and technical precision of these guys.
Dragonforce has the best twin lead & rhythm guitar players in the world. Speed and technical playing.

Def Leppard does not get enough credit in my opinion, the template was laid with Pete Willis and Steve Clark and continues today with Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, both guitarists can shred no doubt, they also know how to successfully employ the "less is more" approach.

Because Matthias Jabs is a great lead guitarists. Rudolf Schenker plays awesome leads and can hold his own on rhythm guitar with the best.


I'm surprised that I had to add Opeth myself.


Line Up:
Palash Noor (vocal)
Ibrahim Ahmed Kamal (Lead guitar),
Sheikh Monirul Alam Tipu (drums and percussion)
Samir Hafiz (Guitar),
Shams Mansoor Ghani (keyboards and vocals)
Naim Haque Roger (bass) .
Multiple changes have taken place in membership since its founding in 1984 . Since their inception, the band has released eight albums, including seven studio albums and one compilation album. In addition, they have released several singles in band mixed albums.
They have also released three songs in a Lalon tribute album called 'Somorpon' which also included songs from Habib Wahid and Aurthohin. ...read more.
Ibrahim Ahmed Kamal had picked lead guitar and still is the lead guitarist of the band.
Russel Ali picked lead guitar and keyboards in the early days. But also played rhythm guitar.
Then they again had one lead and one rhythm in the middle years.
Jewel also joined the band as a lead guitarist.
In Moharaj, it again became two lead.
Oni Hasan also joined the band as a lead guitarist. He also did rhythm guitar part.
After departure of Oni Hasan, Samir Hafiz also joined the band as a lead guitarist.
So, except for few years, they mostly had dual lead guitarists.