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Deicide
Deicide
American death metal band
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Glen Benton
Glen Benton
American heavy metal musician and Satanist
2
Vital Remains
Vital Remains
band
3
Death
Death
American death/progressive metal band
4
Jack Owen
Jack Owen
American musician
5
Cancer
Cancer
British death / thrash metal band
6
Sodom
Sodom
German thrash metal band
7
Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel
American Death Metal band
8
Kreator
Kreator
German thrash metal band
9
Toxik
Toxik
Thrash Metal Band
10
Pathology
Pathology
American death metal band
11
Sadus
Sadus
band that plays thrash metal
12
Obituary
Obituary
American death metal band
13
Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
14
Psycroptic
Psycroptic
Australian band
15
Metalium
Metalium
power metal band from Hamburg, Germany
16
Slayer
Slayer
American thrash metal band
17
Carcass
Carcass
British extreme metal band
18
Testament
Testament
American metal band
19
Decapitated
Decapitated
Polish death metal band
20
Behemoth
Behemoth
Polish extreme metal band
21
Nile
Nile
American technical death metal band
22
Order of Ennead
Order of Ennead
band
23
Possessed
Possessed
American death metal band
24
Grave Digger
Grave Digger
German heavy metal band
25
Jungle Rot
Jungle Rot
American band
26
Meshuggah
Meshuggah
Swedish extreme metal band
27
Twisted Method
Twisted Method
American nu metal band
28
In Flames
In Flames
Swedish metal band
29
Trivium
Trivium
American heavy metal band
30
The Absence
The Absence
band
31
Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch
American heavy metal band
32
Into Eternity
Into Eternity
Canadian band
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Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under
American death metal band
34
Lamb of God
Lamb of God
metal band from United States
35
Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity
Swedish band
36
Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil
Italian band
37
Arkhon Infaustus
Arkhon Infaustus
38
Pestilence
Pestilence
Dutch death metal band
39
Septicflesh
Septicflesh
Metal band from Greece
40
Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool
American rock band
41
Exodus
Exodus
American thrash metal band
42
Suffocation
Suffocation
American death metal band
43
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth
Norwegian black metal band
44
Overkill
Overkill
American thrash metal band
45
U.D.O.
U.D.O.
German heavy metal band
46
Death Angel
Death Angel
American thrash metal band
47
Forbidden
Forbidden
American thrash metal band
48
Napalm Death
Napalm Death
British grindcore band
49
Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse
American death metal band
50
Benighted
Benighted
French metal band
51
Hate
Hate
Polish band
52
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band
53
Silent Civilian
Silent Civilian
rock band
54
Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
American metal band
55
Rob Barrett
Rob Barrett
American musician
56
Extol
Extol
band
57
Steve Asheim
Steve Asheim
Deicide drummer and songwriter
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Miss May I
Miss May I
American metalcore band
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Static-X
Static-X
American metal band
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Soilwork
Soilwork
Swedish melodic death metal band
61
Voivod
Voivod
Canadian heavy metal band
62
Gary Holt
Gary Holt
American guitarist
63
All That Remains
All That Remains
American heavy metal band
64
Sonic Syndicate
Sonic Syndicate
metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden
65
Machine Head
Machine Head
American metal band
66
Bill Steer
Bill Steer
British guitarist
67
Jeff Hanneman
Jeff Hanneman
American guitarist
Ralph Santolla
American musician

Ralph Santolla

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American musician
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Ralph Santolla (December 8, 1966 – June 7, 2018) was an Italian-American heavy metal guitarist. He played in many bands, most recently Deicide, but also including Eyewitness, Death (he never recorded any of their albums, but toured with them in 1993 and appeared in "The Philosopher" video), Millenium, Iced Earth, and the Sebastian Bach band. In 2007, he replaced Allen West in Obituary for their album Xecutioner's Return. Santolla was very proud of his Italian heritage and he played guitars by Jackson and Ibanez with the Italian flag painted on them. He most recently played Jackson Guitars, though he had also been associated with ESP Guitars, Dean Guitars and many others. He also used Randall Amplifiers. He was well known for his shred guitar playing style.