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Synyster Gates
Huntington Beach, United States
Synyster Gates is credited on 60 releases across 19 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2001–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
60
Pressings credited
19
Albums
3
Decades active
159
In collections
Biography
Brian Elwin Haner Jr. (born July 7, 1981), better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. He ranks No. 9 on Guitar World's best metal guitarists of all time. Gates was voted as Best Metal Guitarist in the World by Total Guitar in 2016 and once again in 2017.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
60 releases · 19 albums · active 2001–2023
- Performance · 73
- Other credits · 6
Studios: Hopeless Records · Westbeach Recorders · The Pass · Soundtrack Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
City Of Evil
2005
Avenged Sevenfold
2007
Nightmare
2010
Waking The Fallen
2003
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
2001
Life Is But A Dream...
2023
The Stage
2016
Hail To The King
2013
Lace Up
2012
Live In The LBC & Diamonds In The Rough
2008
Good Morning Revival
2007
Warmness On The Soul
2001
Magic
2025
Vultures
2012
Sounding The Seventh Trumpet / Waking The Fallen
2007
Frequent collaborators
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Good Charlotte
- Pinkly Smooth
- MGK
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