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[German Hops]

What song from what band do you think has the best metal riff you've heard?

Right now I just can't get enough of the intro/main riff for,
"3 Days of Darkness" by Testament.



And some honorable mentions would be:

Embodiment - Carcass

For Victory - Bolt Thrower

Cowboys from Hell - Pantera

Man on the Silver Mountain - Rainbow

Where Dead Angels Lie - Dissection

The End Complete - Obituary

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[jason10mm]

Hands down Death Angel, The Ultraviolence

 

[jason10mm]

And Dragonforce should be excluded just out of cosmic fairness.

Dream Theater probably should be exempt as well.

 

[GermanZepp]

 

[Senua]

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Not metal, but the riff in "Seven Nation Army" is so natural and immediately recognizable. It's like it was baked into the universe at its inception and just waited for someone to discover it. Like gravity.

 

[Scotty W]

When you hear it, you’ll shit bricks

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

This is a TOM MORELLO thread. The riff king..

 

[Grildon Tundy]

When you hear it, you’ll shit bricks

Yo that song is 13 minutes long and has a ton of riffs. Which riff? Where's my brick shit?

 

[Catphish]

One of my favorites:

 

[Scotty W]

Yo that song is 13 minutes long and has a ton of riffs. Which riff? Where's my brick shit?

You can never understand City it happens so fast, and it feels so good it’s like walking on glass. Feels so good so hope it’s so right, it’s so groovy it’s out of sight.

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

simple but effective



always loved the take on the Mission Impossible theme



classic



the best type of cheese



another simple one, but again very effective, especially how it's layered



simple and effective



same



written as a joke, but it's low key their best song



I love the groove



not a Kiss fan, but this one is dope.

 

[Pejo]

or

 

[k_trout]

 

[poodaddy]

Savatage's Hall of the Mountain King is up there for me.

Also, Death's Crystal Mountain has incredible guitar work throughout, Gwars Immortal Corruptor is excellent as well, Slayers Dead Skin Mask is always a safe bet, and Annihilators Allison Hell is damn near perfect to me.

Exodus's Brain Dead always makes me wanna mosh, and Fight's Contortion makes me wanna throw someone through a window, great riffs there as well. Testament Suns of Omission is also incredible.

Think my favorite of all time might honestly be Death Angel's Bored. Just fucking rad man.

 

[John Bilbo]

Edit: Oh sorry, missed the metal part

 

[JCK75]

 

[niilokin]

the chorus on these real bulldozer monster riffs

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Sees thread title "best guitar riffs?"

Sees OP "best metal guitar riffs"

Talk about a bait and switch. If it wasn't metal I was about to dominate this thread with stuff from the Rolling Stones

I'm (half) kidding though, I love metal too.

YES! This song slaps so hard! It's a permanent fixture in my workout playlists.

Also, if it hasn't been already mentioned: "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. Awesome riff.

 

[PapaEmeritus]

So many to choose from
This one particularly at 3:54


This whole song, but the chords at 1:05 are just dirty


This whole fuckin song - METAL


This classic, particularly at 2:35


I could go on for ever, this was off the top of my head quick

 

[AJUMP23]

this is my favorite riff of all time. Simple, elegant, and soothing.




Dire Straits has great riffs on most of their songs.

 

[RAÏSanÏa]

 

[InfiniteCombo]

this is my favorite riff of all time. Simple, elegant, and soothing.




Dire Straits has great riffs on most of their songs.

Dire Straits has some of the cleanest, most beautiful guitar sound in all of classic rock.

 

[Scotty W]

That first riff

 

[Dural]

I've always been a fan of the beginning of Blackest Eyes by Porcupine Tree

 

[ManaByte]

Time stamped:

 

[John_Ryder]

3:16


2:38

 

[ChaosWalrus]

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[Efren is G.O.A.T.]

I dare all of you to find a better guitar riff than Hypatia from Sithu Aye

 

[Duellist]

3:16


2:38

I couldn’t click the love reaction fast enough! Great choices man.

 

[BakaPengin]

some cool riffs in this

 

[Korranator]

 

[Nostalgic Nightmare]

 

[CHEROKEEE]

 

[Monokrom]

Ministry - N.W.O.


Killing Joke - Asteroid


Lard - Forkboy

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Edit: Oh sorry, missed the metal part

Nonetheless, good to see Zappa come up. Few seem to appreciate or remember his considerable guitar talents.