Top 10 Songs with Sweep Picking

These songs have sweep picking in them. Doesn't mean the sweep picking has to be in the solos. It could be in any lick or riff.
The Top Ten
1 Serrana - Jason Becker

Jason Becker has the best sweep picking technique. He is also most famous sweep picker. And Serran is his most famous song of this category.

These are all great guitarists. Nice list.

2 No Boundaries - Michael Angelo Batio

The sample has some sweep picking part.

3 Altitudes - Jason Becker
4 Dark Matter - Rusty Cooley
5 The Glass Prison - Dream Theater (John Petrucci)
6 Kissing the Shadows - Children of Bodom (Alexi Laiho)
7 Epitaph - Necrophagist (Muhammed Suiçmez)

I didn't expect to see this song here because it's known only by die hard death metal fans but I am glad it's on the list. The solo was written and played by Christian Münzner (he later joined Obscura).

Zxm - yes, guitar work in technical death metal is very good. Same for drumming.

8 Arpeggios from Hell - Yngwie Malmsteen
9 Smoke and Mirrors - Symphony x (Michael Romeo)
10 Racer X - Sacrifice (Paul Gilbert)
The Contenders
11 This Godless Endeavor - Nevermore (Jeff Loomis)
12 Guti (The Finale) - Aurthohin (Ibrahim Ahmed Kamal, Shishir Ahmed)
13 Legend of Steel - Luca Turilli
14 Shitol Shurjo - Funeral Anthem (Arunav Shuvro, Tawsif Hyder)
15 Tornado of Souls - Megadeth (Marty Friedman)

A man who sweep picked in this song. And guess what, MARTY FRIEDMAN HATES SWEEP PICKING. He says its just bloop-bloop sound. It may not be true but I think he hates it because of jealousy. Cause Jason Becker was younger than him, came to music with help of him but sometimes considered better than him.

16 Butterfingers - Chuck Wayne
17 The World is Waiting for the Sunrise - Les Paul and Mary Ford

The song was made in 1951. Les Paul used few sweep picking licks in this song. He used sweep picking from 1:19 to 1:26 of the video version.

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