Canon
Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962 in Washington, D.C.) has become recognized worldwide as a guitarist and composer of consummate skill and a style of playing that is instantly recognizable as uniquely his. Marty is a self-taught guitarist famous for his natural improvisation abilities and for pioneering the fusion of exotic Eastern musical scales with Western musical styles such as neo-classical, thrash metal and later on into rock, pop, jazz, metal and anything in between.
album · 16
heatmap 2.01–3.72★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Dragon's Kiss | ▶ Play | |||
| 1992 | Scenes | ▶ Play | |||
| 1994 | Introduction | ▶ Play | |||
| 1996 | True Obsessions | ▶ Play | |||
| 2002 | Music for Speeding | 13 | ▶ Play | ||
| 2006 | Kick Ass Rock | ||||
| 2006 | Loudspeaker | ▶ Play | |||
| 2008 | Future Addict | ▶ Play | |||
| 2009 | Tokyo Jukebox | ▶ Play | |||
| 2010 | Bad D.N.A. | ▶ Play | |||
| 2011 | Tokyo Jukebox 2 | ▶ Play | |||
| 2014 | Inferno | ▶ Play | |||
| 2017 | Wall of Sound | ▶ Play | |||
| 2018 | B: The Beginning - The Image Album | ||||
| 2020 | Tokyo Jukebox 3 | ▶ Play | |||
| 2024 | Drama | ▶ Play |
live album · 2
heatmap 3.41–3.63★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Exhibit A - Live in Europe | ||||
| 2018 | One Bad M.F. Live!! |
ep · 1
| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kiba |
single · 3
heatmap 2.81–3.50★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Marine Bloomin' | ||||
| 2024 | Moonchild | ||||
| 2025 | GYUTTO!! |
compilation · 2
heatmap 3.00–3.18★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Tokyo Jukebox 2 / Bad D.N.A. | ||||
| 2012 | Tokyo Jukebox Vols. 1 & 2 |
video · 1
| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Exhibit B Live in Japan |
appears on · 13
heatmap 2.87–3.94★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Perpetual Burn | ||||
| 1999 | Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper | ||||
| 2005 | All That Remains | ||||
| 2005 | Forged by Fire | ||||
| 2012 | Plains of Oblivion | ||||
| 2014 | Onward to Freedom | ||||
| 2016 | Great Is Our Sin | ||||
| 2018 | Triumphant Hearts | ||||
| 2020 | Open Source | ||||
| 2023 | The Call of the Void | ||||
| 2026 | Black Flame | ||||
| 2026 | Necropalace | ||||
| 2026 | Witchmoon: The Infernal Masquerade |
music video · 10
heatmap 3.00–4.00★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Elixir | ||||
| 2014 | Undertow | ||||
| 2017 | For a Friend | ||||
| 2017 | Miracle | ||||
| 2017 | Self Pollution | ||||
| 2017 | Whiteworm | ||||
| 2021 | Makenaide | ||||
| 2021 | The Perfect World | ||||
| 2024 | Dead of Winter | ||||
| 2025 | Tearful Confession |
Releases · 2
| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GYUTTO!! - From THE FIRST TAKE | |||||
| Marty's Vault - Wicked Sh*t from Japan |
v/a compilation · 10
heatmap 1.94–3.76★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Guitar Masters | ||||
| 1990 | Metal Guitars | ||||
| 1993 | Wild Dreams | ||||
| 1996 | CD Sampler 1 | ||||
| 1998 | Metal Guitars - High Voltage Instrumentals | ||||
| 2003 | N° 19 | ||||
| 2007 | Rock Fujiyama Band | ||||
| 2010 | Rock & Pop 25 años | ||||
| 2014 | The Many Faces of Ramones: A Journey Through the Inner World of Ramones | ||||
| 2016 | Le sampler Rock Hard 162 |
Top-rated songs · per RYM
| Rating | Title | Album | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbidden City | 55 | |||
| Dragon Mistress | 55 | |||
| Horrors | Inferno | 23 | ||
| Devil Take Tomorrow | Loudspeaker | |||
| Valley of Eternity | 30 | |||
| Inferno | Inferno | |||
| Self Pollution | Wall of Sound | |||
| Whiteworm | Wall of Sound | |||
| Saturation Point | 54 | |||
| Evil Thrill | 50 | |||
| Jewel | 47 | |||
| Resin | Inferno | |||
| Wicked Panacea | Inferno | |||
| Undertow | Inferno | |||
| Sorrow and Madness | Wall of Sound | |||
| Illumination | Drama | |||
| Song for an Eternal Child | Drama | |||
| Acapella | Drama | |||
| Tearful Confession | Drama | |||
| Viper | Loudspeaker | |||
| Angel | 32 | |||
| For a Friend | Wall of Sound | |||
| The Blackest Rose | Wall of Sound | |||
| Last Lament | Wall of Sound | |||
| Salt in the Wound | Music for Speeding |