Favourite riffs

[leatherface]

This is a thread dedicated to some of your favourite metal, punk or rock riffs that you have to revisit again and again., across diffferent years, (or outside of any of the former genres) , Mine is quite old school

Contribute if you wish.



My list (in no order):

Life of Agony: This time
Corrosion of Conformity: Mine are the eyes of God
Slayer: Live undead
Crowbar: Existence is punishment
Carcass: Corporal Jigsore
Alice in Chains: Them Bones
Napalm Death: I Abstain
Candlemass: Bewitched
Grim Reaper: See you in hell
Black Sabbath: Neon Knights
Black Sabbath: Hole in the sky
Bong Ripper: (all of 'Satan Worshipping Doom')
Cro-Mags: We gotta know
Misfits: Astro Zombies
Opeth: Sorceress
Anthrax: Keep it in the family
Therapy?: Teethgrinder
Motorhead: Mean machine
Judas Priest: Starbreaker
Pantera: Slaughtered
Type O Negative: Summer Breeze
Saxon: Wheels of steel
King Diamond: Sleepless nights

amongst many others......

[Blitzer666]

Bad news, Warriors of Genghis khan.

[Bogmetaller]

Under the guillotine by kreator - could listen to that on repeat for a week and still wouldn't get sick of it

Dittohead

First riff in War Ensemble

The savage bit in the middle of war is my shepherd

Blinded by fear

The beginning of Over the wall

Jesus I could go on but that'll do for now

[Juggz]

Sacred Reich - Death Squad
Overkill - Who Tends the Fire
Black Sabbath - A National Acrobat, Eternal Idol
Celtic Frost - Dethroned Emperor, Procreation of the Wicked
Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver, Hard on You
Coroner - Tunnel of Pain,  Sirens, Serpent Moves, Grin (Nails Hurt)

Ah I could be here for the rest of the year...

[Pentagrimes]

The opening riff of "Fink Dial" by Iron Monkey still makes me want to throw a table at someone. Meanest riff ever.

"Procreation of the Wicked" is the greatest metal riff of all time.

[Wiseblood]

Could be here all day too but here are a few.

Napalm Death - Diktat (the slow riff at around 2.41) / Hierarchies

Life Of Agony - Broken Valley  (from 2.50 in)

Metallica - Eye of the Beholder (That backwards little riff before he starts "doesn't matter what you see...")  / Fade To Black (That end heavy riff is possibly the greatest of all time / Phantom Lord / Blackened

Killing Joke - The Great Cull

Def Leppard - Gods of War

Down - Lifer

C.O.C - Dance of the Dead / Vote with a  Bullet / King of the Rotten

Smashing Pumpkins - Zero

Megadeth - Tornado of Souls / My Last Words

Slayer - Dead Skin Mask / Spirit In Black / Epidemic

Lair of the Minotaur - The Ultimate Destroyer

Black Sabbath - Under the Sun / I / Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

White Zombie - Electric Head pt1

So many other bands too... Anthrax, Suicidal, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy....

[Ducky]

Disincarnate - "Monarch of the Sleeping Marches" (that intro!)
Napalm Death - "Cure for the Common Complaint"
Dark Angel - "Act of Contrition"
Cobalt - "Arsonary"
Crowbar - "Nothing"
Iron Monkey - "666 Pack"

Death - everything they've released.

[Eoin McLove]

Down 'Stone the Crow'. Beautiful interplay between the guitars on that.

[Jward]

AC/DC Jaibreak

That opening riff is just grooving
Love the change of riff smashing in for the pre-chorus
Then the chorus is the opening riff again but louder

So simple, but rockin'!

https://youtu.be/HRo2m6RYJpI

[Pentagrimes]

The little breakdown just after the first chorus in "Leave Scars" by Dark Angel. Outrageously hefty.

[Wiseblood]

Prong  - Whose Fist is it Anyway

[Bogmetaller]

Throwing out a few more here cause I'm bored in work

A. I. R  anthrax
Life demise Unanimated
Empire falls primordial
Hell awaits slayer
Flag of hate kreator
Babylons pride decapitated

Nothing obscure there in fairness 

[Wiseblood]

Melvins  - Honey Bucket 

[Born of Fire]

Bolt Thrower are surely the masters of ridiculously catchy chunky riffs that get lodged in your brain

No Guts, No Glory
Anti-Tank
World Eater
When Cannons Fade
Remembrance
Laid To Waste

The list goes on and on!

[mick1sheridan]

It's probably a bit obvious but Master of Puppets is the best ever in my opinion. Others I can think of:

Death - Symbolic
Deftones - My Own Summer
Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
Cannibal Corpse - From Skin to Liquid (25 seconds in)
Pantera - This Love (2:47)