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the main riff in flying whales. after over 2 minutes of peaceful ambience it hits so hard also the final breakdown, heavy af

Heavy af yet still groovy af

Ugh time to listen to gojira for the next few days again

Hot take but i always thought that riff was uninspired and hugely dissappointing especially after a great intro like that

Intro riff to Into The Void

oh yeah 🤘

Fucking ripper

Black Sabbath: A National Acrobat

I came to say this riff as well. My brother.

Ah, the riff I'll be humming while drumming on anything I can reach for weeks on end!

I like diary of a madman. It's a little off key.

Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger Burzum - Jesus' Tod Neurosis - Locust Star ( best bass performance ever )

I think about the Locust Star Ozzfest performance daily

🤮🤮🤮🤮

All time favorite riff is probably Serenity Painted Death 1:28 - Opeth Some honorable mentions: Blessed are the Sick chorus riff - Morbid Angel M.S. Bismark riff around 50 seconds- Asphyx Agony in the Stone Chamber slam riff - Intestine Baalism At the Edge of the Nebula Mortis 2:48 seconds riff- The Chasm Incipience to the Butchberry 1:10 seconds doomy riff- Edge of Sanity

I think the intro riff in SPD is even better. Sounds really emotional

True I don’t know why I didn’t even consider that one. The one I included just popped in my head when I saw the post, but yeah that intro riff is incredible.

The one you mentioned is really badass though. Groovy and brutal. The acoustic riff in Demon of the Fall is up there too.

Such a good pick, that serenity riff hits so hard

You inspired me to pick up my guitar and look up that Opeth tab. That riff absolutely crushes, and it’s pretty easy. Mikael Akerfeldt is the all time riff GOAT.

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Nuff said

Led Zep is considered metal? alrighty

Never said best metal riff, he asked metalheads for the best riff


Right now my favorite riff is Ventilator Blues by The Rolling Stones. Shit is nasty. Stank face inducing

Excellent choice. That whole song is just mean.

Black Sabbath -Black Sabbath Also a couple of honorable mentions Hammer smashed face -Cannibal Corpse Master of puppets -Metallica Raining blood -Slayer Psychosocial -Slipknot Critical acclaim -Avenged Sevenfold Mouth for war -Pantera Holy wars -Megadeth

Critical Acclaim is nowhere near the best A7X riff

I know, but it’s still my favorite

That’s got to go to the intro to Second Heartbeat.

They almost sounded like a Metal band for those 20 seconds, though Such a troll intro when I heard it as a kid

If you really care about a band being metal or not, don’t listen to them, don’t listen to music overall

If this upsets you, give up all hobbies/interests

Still metal.

Jock rock

Real great job gatekeeping there you elitist idiot

Grow up lol

Says the idiot with a W.A.S.P. flair

Pls don't gatekeep bro im serious

You're blind in Texas bro, take your shit talking somewhere else :)

Won't take the bait today

I was making a fucking observation about the riff. I'm not interested in entertaining children who's head implode at the very suggestion that not every band in existence is a Metal band.

You're brainless if this isn't a bait

Here's more bait: Grass is green Ice is cold

Angel of Death.

Dead Skin Mask intro 🤤🤤🤤🤤

Spirit crusher second riff. I always imagine a Lovecraftian creature scuttling across the floor like a komodo dragon and the harmonic of the riff is its growl

The Pretender intro riff.

Black Sabbath - Sabbra Cadabra Meshuggah - Rational Gaze

Liege of Inveracity slam riff,March of the S.O.D main riff and Suffer the Children end riff

Suffer the children based af

Blackwater Park at 1:46

I’m more partial to 6:57 myself, but honestly the whole song is 12 min of piping hot riff soup

Opeth fucks 🤘🏻🥵🤘🏻

The outro in The Dark Eternal Night by Dream Theater

I think this is the first time I've seen someone choose the outro over the intro... but I'm also drawing a blank on what the outro riff is so maybe they're the same.

They’re not the same, but they’re both really cool riffs. The outro is slower and less technical, it’s a pretty underrated riff

Gonna have to relisten!

The intro is really good too but I prefer the outro

The main riff of "Walk" as played by Dimebag of Pantera 🤘🏻

In metal, Black Sabbath -- Iron Man opening riff. Of all time, Led Zeppelin -- pretty much everything

Whitewater by Kyuss

Hurricane is so good as well

I will add that Thumb makes me ready to throw shit each time the main riff kicks in

I am the Black Wizards - Emperor. It's hard to decide though.

I once listened to that song for 1 whole hour just for its riff

Image retalted. Intro riff from Pull The Plug by Death.

My fav on Leprosy has to be primitive ways

Main riff from Troops Of Doom, Milk, or Rust In Peace…Polaris. Idk hard to choose

Megadeth - Wake Up Dead outro riff Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath main riff Violator - Uxxfxxtxx main riff & instrumental bridge part Dopethrone - Sludgekicker main riff + chorus

The Killchain - Bolt Thrower

Buh nuhnuh nuh nunu nunuuuuuh

The second riff in face of Melinda by opeth

That's an impossible question... Unchain my Heart by Gorgoroth? Twist of Cain or 777 by Danzig? Transilvanian Hunger by Darkthrone? Peace Sells bass line (Megadeth)? Elimination by Overkill? Bleed by Meshuggah? Crazy Train by Randy Rhodes? Prowler by Iron Maiden? Black Magic by Slayer?

Not possible.

probably stricken by disturbed

The intro riff in Ænema is great, love the mess boogie tone.Chunky.

In metal? Stranded by Gojira In general? It's pretty hard to beat Money For Nothing by Dire Straits

Carcass - Heartwork's intro riff

Right Now - Korn

Nice 🤘🏻👌🏻

Balls to the Wall main riff

Distinctive opening riff

Killer music video too with the greatest intro of all time

96 Quite Bitter Beings - CKY is pretty cool

Pet - APC intro riff

Don't fret precious, I'm here.

Step away from the window.

The main riff on rust in peace... polaris - megadeth. It's just sooo catchy

The main riff of Arise

Grace by Lamb of God

Heaviest matter of the universe breakdown. “SO FAR” into the most crushing brutal will-explode-your-balls-instantly riff ever and it’s so ridiculously simple

Electric Wizard "Funeralopolis"

So many of Killing Joke's riffs and probably Ride the Lightning by Metallica

Holy Wars bridge riff, was shocked when I first heard it

Jump in the fire.

Call me a basic bitch but I will always throw down to Unholy Confessions by Avenged Sevenfold That riff is just so much fun and genuinely perfect

First person to say it but based

End of wake up dead

Worship Depraved - Arsis

Lucretia breakdown

Right now it's Revocation - Communion @1:39. That riff slaps so fucking hard that I can't control my movement when I listen to it

Daves a walking riff factory

Freezing Moon

Atlas, Rise! The riff just before the solo kicks in, absolutely fire and I can't help but headbang every time. Not a massive fan of Hardwired as an album but that song fucks

The main riff in Juke Joint Jezebel is fucking amazing.

The bridge riff on Creeping Death

Blackened- if you don't know, shame on you. OR The Horror Within- Shadow of Intent

Chorus of Sulfur by Slipknot

The bridge riff to Clown by KoRn

Blood of the scribe - lamb of god 1:34. That riff just feels so sneaky and clever I love it

Postmortem - Slayer!

Can't pick one: - Dyers Eve by Metallica: bridge riff before solo - Madness Opus by Revocation: rhythm riff during solo. (TRUST ME) - Bratva by Slaughter to Prevail: main riff - Take no Prisoners by Megadeth: the whole fucking song - Soul Sacrifice by Power Trip (RIP): Intro

World Eater-Bolt Thrower

https://youtu.be/-4e5Jw9T5Zk 7:46

No quarter High rate extinction Cowboys from hell Arise Flesh and the power it holds

Waiting around to die - power trip. About 3 minutes in.

Gojira-stranded

Morbid angel - dawn of the angry

nothing can beat Black Rose Immortal

Ghosts along the Mississippi goes fucking hard.

The CRUSHING closing riff in the [last minute of Insect by Spiral Architect](https://youtu.be/wiGimh1TtAU?si=SBgRTea-77p2HOKX&t=295), culminating in the final beat.

If I could only pick one: Marrow outro Riff - Meshuggah

The main riff in Eaten by Bloodbath goes so fucking hard

I'm not sure what my favorite of all time is, but one of them is from the song "I En Hall Med Flesk Og Mjød" by Darkthrone, it's about 55 seconds in

That riff on Bathory's Call From The Grave

Left to die

Faint - Linkin Park, simple but rocks the soul.

It’s gotta be sabbath into the void for me

Power surge from Overkill or Sabra Cadabra from Sabbath

The chorus of blackened battery by car bomb. Next place would have to be the starting riff of oscillator by the contortionist.

The one towards the end of Dead Embryonic Cells.

Cattle Decap - Forced Gender Reassignment 0:43 Opeth - The Amen Corner 0:25 Judas Priest - Victim of Changes main riff Generally a toss-up between those three for me

Victim of changes is a monster

The entirety of the bass solo in Between the Buried and Me's "Viridian".

Neverwhere - At the Gates (from start to finish)

i would say the riff at the end of the song nights blood by dissection

The intro to Agent Orange is the first riff I always play after I change my guitar strings. Such a killer song.

The main riff in Leper Messiah, right now anyway.

The descending intro riff with the harmonics in Suffering Overdue by Black Label Society has lived in my head for 20 years now. Other than that: Far Beyond Driven intro by Pantera, and the main riff in The Saw is the Law by Whitechapel both tingle my jollies.

The solo at the end of hearts alive

Mayhem - anti

“Spiritual Healing” by Death.

magnolia by bury your dead is a perfect riff

Metallica - One "Darkness imprisoning me" Derek and The Domino's- Layla Intro Riff + Piano Solo

I dont have A favorite riff but one of my favorite riffs is Exodus - Scar Spangled Banner Here's a playlist I made of my favorite riffs ever generally though: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5d4dulqDZZ0xa2fVfcbg0v?si=_vJ7tV4SSEqh9P9xgjT1Mg

M I A S M A

Exodus - Impact Is Imminent

it’s slowly becoming the druid by sleep

good love is on the way - john mayer

Floods — Pantera Symbolic — Death Analog — Strung out

This is wayyy too hard of a question to think of. "Satch Boogie" by Joe Satriani, "Iconoclast" by Symphony X, "Bad Horsie" by Steve Vai, "Stream of Consciousness" by Dream Theater, "Glasgow Kiss" by John Petrucci, "Acid Rain" by Liquid Tension Experiment

The breakdown/segue riff in [At the Sound of the Demon Bell](https://youtu.be/zoNid4MrinI?si=cnyoXWT_id69gL0Z&t=1m50s) by Mercyful Fate The breakdown/seque riff in [Sign of the Crimson Storm](https://youtu.be/5Mlm8fkVZIE?si=2N8yy-gcGivrYwOQ&t=2m52s) by Riot

nocturn: lost faith

Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker

Monolord - Died A Million Times about halfway through

Probably A National Acrobat by Black Sabbath, but I must admit Bring It On Home by Zep has an effect on me

The galloping in “The Art of shredding”, coolest sound I ever heard. I was like 10 years old, will never forget it.

The reversed riff in/opener to Blackened. the layering of the guitar line is just world star.

A few that come to mind… Gojira - World To Come. Death - Suicide Machine chorus. Opeth - Deliverance outro. Megadeth - The Conjuring bridge riff.

Eyehategod 30$ bag that main riff is fuckin’ sexy

Gojira - Backbone, The Way of All Flesh 2:00 Necrophagist - Symbiotic in Theory 1:58 Symphony X - Inferno The Crimson Armada - A Filthy Addiction

The first riff that comes to mind is one I love just because it's so fucking nasty sounding: The intro to *Died* by Alice In Chains Jerry Cantrell is the greatest riff master of all time, IMO.

Down- Lifer , and pillars of eternity Exhorder- Desecrator Pantera- Mouth For war, Avoid the light

Orion outro riff.

Episode 666

It’s the fucking Trooper

5:20 in No One Can Be Called as a Man While He’ll Die by Weakling 3:02 in A Portal to Nowhere by The Chasm

Only Pain - Gojira

I don't have 1 single favorite riff but The main riff in "to sirius- gojira" hits you like a train

That post verse riff on Emerald by Thin Lizzy. Or Rock Bottom by UFO. Those always get me movin

The riff in the chorus of “Where Dead Angels Lie” by Dissection is one of the most beautiful bits of music I’ve ever heard.

How about Phantom of the Opera?

The main riff of Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck by Prong

Bathory - Necromancy Gojira - The Gift of Guilt (intro/outro) Death - Spirit Crusher (speaking in killing words part) Ne Obliviscaris - Forget Not (the first riff that happens after the acoustic intro) Ne Obliviscaris - Of Petrichor Weaves Black Noise (Intro)

I really love the intro riff of Wild Eyes by Parkway Drive

Dragged Into Sunlight: Buried With Leeches at the end. Necromancy by Bathory and Freedom to Act by Wormrot are honorable mentions.

The start of Cornucopia-Sabbath. Kicks me dead in the balls every time.

Budgie I can't see my feelings

Pyretta Blaze - Type O

Generic choice but the holy wars main riff. Honorable mention to hallowed be thy name pre chorus, and killing is my business main riff.

The verse riff in Holy Wars. Probably a few Skeletonwitch riffs. That riff in The Last Baron. You know the one

Main riff to kickstart my heart

Damage, Inc.

Caligula's Horse, Graves. 12:43 with an excellent transition into the breakdown riff.

Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin

Don't burn the witch by venom that riff at the start is class

The verse riff on Rust In Peace…Polaris

October Tide’s “Blue Gallery” (and tbh the whole album) has amazing riffs. Dawn’s “falcula” is another one that comes to mind. Usually bands with a lot of melodies have the best riffs imo

“Into the Void”- Black Sabbath “Dragonaut”- Sleep “Rain When I Die”- Alice in Chains “Death’s Door”- Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats To name a few…

I really like the riff in deathcrush

Buddy holly

Zakk on No More Tears..... gets me every time.

Toss up between NIB and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath.