Progressive metal guitarists

American guitarist (born 1967)

American musician (1967–2001)

Canadian singer, guitarist and record producer

Swedish musician

Brazilian guitarist

American musician and artist

Dutch musician (born 1960)

American guitarist

American musician and composer (born 1960)

French musician

thumb|Ihsahn performing at Party.San Metal Open Air 2018 Vegard Sverre Tveitan (born 10 October 1975), better known by his stage name Ihsahn ( ), is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer who is best known for his work with the black metal band Emperor. Tveitan is also a founding member of Thou Shalt Suffer, where he played guitar and keyboard in addition to vocal duties, and Peccatum, a project in collaboration with his wife and fellow musician Heidi Solberg Tveitan, also known as Starofash. Since 2006, Tveitan has primarily devoted himself to solo albums and

American guitarist

Swedish musician

American guitarist (born 1971)

Swedish guitarist (born 1970)

Canadian guitarist

American guitarist and singer (1974–2025)

Swedish musician

Iranian musician

Faroese singer and guitarist

American guitarist

American writer and musician

American musician

Swedish guitarist

American guitarist and jet pilot

American musician

American guitarist

American guitarist

Polish musician

Canadian guitarist (1959–2005)

Japanese composer

Plini Roessler-Holgate (born 1992 or 1993), known mononymously as Plini, is an Australian guitarist and songwriter. He began his career by releasing music under the name Halcyon, before switching to the use of his first name. Steve Vai described him as "the future of exceptional guitar playing", and the website MusicRadar named Plini the best prog guitarist of 2017.

American musician

American guitarist

French musician

Dutch musician and songwriter (born 1978)

American heavy metal guitarist

Chilean instrumental heavy metal guitarist

American musician

American guitarist

Swedish guitarist

Brazilian guitarist (1973–2014)

American guitarist

Norwegian musician

Polish guitarist (1975–2016)

American singer-songwriter

Canadian musician

American rock musician

American guitarist and composer

American musician