Most Heroic Metal riffs/solos?

[Cyclonic Spear]

Was just listening to the Odyssey by SymphonyX, and the riff at the end of the song is the most heroic riff i've ever heard!! Wondering if there are more riffs or songs like this?

 

[TheInsane]

Im not sure its what you seek but Therions "Three Ships of Berik, Pt. 2: Victory!" has the same kind of feel to it I think.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Isen Torr - Mighty & Superior

 

[Tennyson]

Heroic solos:
Hibria - Kingdom to share (1:55)
Therion - Asgard (3:08)

Heroic riffs:
Judas Priest - Hell Patrol (starts at 1:43 but the whole goddamn song is heroic)
Kamelot - center of the universe intro riff
SuidAkrA - Wartunes (3:25)
Bathory - Nordland intro riff

And heroic songs in general:
Ensiferum - Dragonheads
Ensiferum - Finnish melody
Ensiferum - Victory Song
Equilibrium - Mana
Falconer - Clarion Call


i'm a big fan of this stuff - glory metal; put-your-leg-up-on-something-and-throw-your-head-back metal

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Heroic riffs? Like triumphant? If so I can think of nothing better then pretty much everything off of Will of the Gods is Great Power by Scald.

 

[waif]

Amon Amarth are kind of the kings of fist-pumping, shout-along stuff.

 

[Einherjar86]

Ereb Altor's "Wizard." Kicks in at about 2:30

 

[ConnorFromHell]

Shriek Of The Vengeance by Galneryus.

 

[WCannibal]

Amon Amarth are kind of the kings of fist-pumping, shout-along stuff.

Shriek Of The Vengeance by Galneryus.

 

[RedFox742]

Was just listening to the Odyssey by SymphonyX, and the riff at the end of the song is the most heroic riff i've ever heard!! Wondering if there are more riffs or songs like this?

Which, the TRIIIIUMPHANT CHAMPION OF ITHACA one?

Yeah, I love that one too.

Anyways, probably doesn't count as a "riff", but there's a reason Nightwish's Ghost Love Score has become the "epic maneuver" soundtrack of the 'Net.

 

[metal_wrath]

Bal-Sagoth - Naked Steel

And many other Bal-Sagoth riffs.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

The overall feel of this song is heroic/majestic. The melody at the end is very uplifting.

 

[razoredge]

for some reason this question strikes me odd, perhaps because I dont know what a "heroic" riff is. As first I was going to say just keep listening to Symphony X their music is loaded with great riffs, then I realized how stupid, metal is all about the riffage so you mearly need to put on some music and take the ride

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

I love topics like this so please keep the favorites coming!

Perhaps the single most heroic riff, at least to this listener, comes from In Flames' instrumental Man Made God at the 2:42 mark. It's just ass-kicking.

Lost Horizon - the opening riff to the song Pure makes me want to behave heroically.

We find another impetus for heroism when listening to the riff at 2:47 in the song Nightmare Heaven from Arcturus.

Yet another riff that makes me want to charge into battle is Bal Sagoth's riff at 1:03 in the song A Tale from the Deep Woods.

And in what is very well the most heroic song of all time, since every second of the composition exudes heroism, we find specific acts of morality and courage at the 3:45 mark in the epic, To Storm the Cyclopean Gates of Byzantium by the tour-allergic Bal-Sagoth.

 

[Eligos]

Right when the guitars come in. Awesome shit.

 

[Einherjar86]

We find another impetus for heroism when listening to the riff at 2:47 in the song Nightmare Heaven from Arcturus.

I would never think of that as "heroic," but it is a cool riff. Cool song, actually.