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"What happened to widdling?"

I miss widdling. Sure there's some good rock bands out there, but they don't widdle. It's not just widdling though, it's solos altogether. It seems like the world has forgotten how to do a decent solo. Bands like Metallica make new albums but they're nothing compared to widdles of the past. I like all types of music but there's nothing like hearing someone really let rip and leaving you gob-smacked going "Oh my God, how did he do that!".

Hit The Lights was my favourite for unabridged Metallica widdling, just going for it. That solo's sounded fast when you played it on 33 rather than 45rpm as well. (Was it that long ago?)

Motorhead were a good example of widdlefesting as well....

No idea.
It is a shame though.
I love the old stuff. Justice for All, Master of Puppets..classic, classic albums.
The blacka album..yeah...boy..
I do like Enter Sandman and Sad But True..the rest I bought out of loyalty though.

Compare Reloaded with Garage Days:Revisited to see how far they have progressed into soft-rock nastiness.
And the moment that Lars Ulrich started shouting about Napster and "any fan that downloads my music instead of buying it is no fan of mine", he turned from a gurning, 2nd rate drummer into a bloated corporate dinosaur.

Metallica have done some good stuff since the 80s, but for me it all started going wrong with the black album. Everyone else was praising it, but I only rated 3 maybe 4 of the songs as classic Metallica. Plus it contained the first Metallica album track I didn't like at all 'Don't Tread on Me'. If bands like Rush could (and hopefully still can) keep changing and releasing great albums, I don't see why Metallica went the route they did.

Not so much for widdling, but for pure riffage and intense groove-soaked playing, check out Clutch.

Imagine Helmet mixed with Led Zeppelin and some White Zombie for fun.

Kirk Hammet's finest hour is "And Justice For All" by Metallica when they mattered.

Check the solo in One and Blackened.
Amazingly fast, frenetic and sounds like someone pitching a fit on the fretboard.

Shame, I used to love Metallica, but then they turned into Bon Jovi and even their bass player walked out saying "We used to rock".

Slayer! Angel of Death - finest riff ever written in the land of metal/rock. 14 songs, 28 minutes. "Reign in Blood", one of the pioneering metal albums ever. And they can play this stuff whilst headbanging.

Donnington, where for are thou?

I quite admire Munkey because he plays a 7 string and manages to get from the first to the 21st fret in the blink of an eye (quite tricky to do and get a decent note). I'll try and get some of that list, but that's all stuff from the past - I want new, improved widdling.

Careful, you are venturing into the lands of Vai and Malmsteem? (Yngwie).

Prog-rock noodling, as opposed to widdling.

For classic widdling, check the following:

Metallica - One
Slayer - Angel of Death (Kerry King widdles like no man)
Joe Perry - Walk This Way
Iron Butterfly- In A Gadda Da Vida

Pure, undiluted widdling.

Heaven.
(note to "munkey" and "Wes", power chords do not a guitar hero make, play it with a buffer, like Mr Big.)

I miss widdling. Sure there's some good rock bands out there, but they don't widdle. It's not just widdling though, it's solos altogether. It seems like the world has forgotten how to do a decent solo. Bands like Metallica make new albums but they're nothing compared to widdles of the past. I like all types of music but there's nothing like hearing someone really let rip and leaving you gob-smacked going "Oh my God, how did he do that!".