Top 10 Best Flametal Songs

FLAMETAL was formed in 2004 by Benjamin Ben Woods, a young and talented flamenco and metal guitarist and songwriter from California. His playing is virtuosic and very creative. He sounds like a combination of Paco de Lucía, Yngwie Malmsteen, Slayer, and Megadeth.

FLAMETAL combines real flamenco guitar and rhythms with very technical instrumental metal, where thrash, prog, and neo-classical metal influences can be heard. Don't worry, it's not awful. On the contrary, this weirdly awesome fusion of flamenco and heavy metal has been, in my opinion, the most unique, most beautiful, and most successful metal experiment in a long, long time.

FLAMETAL released four albums with mostly instrumental pieces, and I dare to say these are among the best metal instrumentals out there.

Flamenco metal is probably a new metal subgenre, but FLAMETAL is still the one and only band. The band is often labeled as progressive metal, and there are reasons for that.

On some tracks, you can hear several guest metal musicians:
Marty Friedman - guitar (Megadeth)
Glen Drover - guitar (Megadeth, Testament, King Diamond)
Marc Rizzo - guitar (Soulfly, Ill Niño, Cavalera Conspiracy)
Sean Reinert - drums (Cynic, Death)
Mike Bennett - drums (Richie Kotzen)

Albums: The Elder - 2005, Master of the Aire - 2008, Heavy Mellow Vol. 1 & 2 - 2010, Flametal - 2014.
MP3 albums with cover songs: Flametallica - 2015, Flametal Priest.

The Top Ten

  1. Magnetic Propulsion (Tientos)

    This song is brilliant. Flamenco and metal already sound like an amazing combo, but it really works.

    Music written by Ben Woods.

    Ben Woods - Flamenco guitars, electric rhythm guitars

    Glen Drover - Electric guitar solos

    Sean Reinert - Drums

    Tommy Dades - Bass

  2. Cosmosis (Bulerias)

  3. Alien Ghost Maneuvers

  4. Cuatro Cervezas (Sevillanas)

  5. Legacy of Djinn (Bulerias)

  6. Por Arriba (Solea)

  7. Pineal Eye (Bulerias)

  8. Forbidden Zone

  9. Gates of Babylon

    Rainbow cover from the album Heavy Mellow - Metal Classics on Flamenco Guitars.

  10. Aces High

    Iron Maiden cover from the album Heavy Mellow - Metal Classics on Flamenco Guitars.

    11. The Newcomers
  11. ?

    Anda Jaleo

    A song with vocals and a video.

  12. ?

    Into Fear

    13. The Contenders

  13. Tribal Sahidi

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