Brian Ives

'He was in a lane entirely by himself that was miles above and apart from other electric guitar players of the era,' Tom Morello says of the album.

He smoked the competition at a '30 Seconds to Shred' competition. Gear Factor Host Squiggy spoke to the young guitar prodigy.

Snider says that metal groups 'Went from being down and dirty to being polished and clean and mainstream and acceptable,' and a new wave of bands took over.