>>127631280
>I think the contrast makes it good.
Not really, it sounds jarring and terrible most of the time
The song you posted is way better though, the melodic parts flow better, and the guitarist is simply better. But even then the random sweeping at 3:24 is completely unecessary

>I think with solos it's best to go for the extemes
>It's the ones that are in between that are often mediocre and forgettable
Fuck no. There isn't anything less memorable than Dragonforce-tier wank. Interrupting a song to show off how fast you can do scale exercises is the fucking worst, it fulfils nothing except impressing other guitarists (and even as one I find them boring)
https://youtu.be/nN9dlN9KsDM?t=220
This is an example of an excellent, memorable solo to me. It doesn't try to be 'extreme' and it doesn't need to

>>126772443
I saw Nutopsy and Decapitated recently. Even with their mediocre new vocalist, Decap completely outclasssed them.
And now I think about it, Cryptopsy had already lost their touch before Winds of Creation even came out. They should just hang it up at this point