Your top 5 favorite riffs.

[blindvomit]

Desperately trying to kill time awaiting my new guitar, so list your 5 favorite riffs that make your head bang:


5. Lamb of God - The Faded Line (1:32)
4. Amon Amarth - The Fate of Norns (1:53)
3. Amon Amarth - Where Death Seems to Dwell (3:21)
2. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (2:12)
1. Nevermore - The River Dragon Has Come (0:56)


Other killer riffs:

Children of Bodom - Bed of Razors (2:20)
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper (1:23)
Basically every Amon Amarth riff.

There's alot more riffs I love but I don't remember right now, I'd have to listen to songs to remember which ones.

 

[Earth Breather]

Norther - Blackhearted (1:32)
Stratovarius - Black Diamond (2:08)
Warmen - War Of The Worlds (0:27)

That's all I can think of

 

[Silver Incubus]

Pretty much any riff in any Death songs.
Esp, chorus of misanthrope

Intro to scavenger of human sorrow

Intro to The Philosopher

 

[BodomiC]

every Ark riff

 

[Serephidian*]

The keyboard break in Finntroll - Trollhammeren

ive explained where in other thread


Vader - This Is The War at 00:39

Nevermore - Final Product - the triplet bits are killer.

 

[Wings of a dream]

Off the top of my head

Angra - Nothing to say (Main riff)
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
Nightwish - Passion and the Opera (Guitar intro riff on one of the versions)
Sonata Arctica - Black Sheep (Intro riff and pre-solo riffs)
Stratovarius - Against the wind
X Japan - Art of Life

That's 6 but ohh well

 

[Dred]

intro riff 0:00-00:14 to "Release" by Nightrage
00:00-00:40 of "The Charm" by Unearth
Chorus riff of "Rose of Sharyn" by Killswitch Engage
00:58-01:10 of "From your grave" by The Absence


fuckin killer

 

[Otränad]

Megadeth- Tornado of souls
Exodus- Chemikill
Exodus- War is my shepard
Bodom- Silent Night, Bodom Night

Just some of my favs..:hotjump: :hotjump:

 

[Rock Hydra]

Chorus: Stepping Outside the Circle - Shadows Fall
0:35: Metallica - Hit the Lights
Intro: Inferno - Symphony X
Intro: This Love - Pantera
Intro: Break You - Lamb of God

 

[Jani Laiho]

Desperately trying to kill time awaiting my new guitar, so list your 5 favorite riffs that make your head bang:


5. Lamb of God - The Faded Line (1:32)
4. Amon Amarth - The Fate of Norns (1:53)
3. Amon Amarth - Where Death Seems to Dwell (3:21)
2. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (2:12)
1. Nevermore - The River Dragon Has Come (0:56)


Other killer riffs:

Children of Bodom - Bed of Razors (2:20)
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper (1:23)
Basically every Amon Amarth riff.

There's alot more riffs I love but I don't remember right now, I'd have to listen to songs to remember which ones.

why are they all mostly from the same 2 bands? thats like putting Bodom and Norther in the same top 5 metal bands category, it just....doesnt make any sense. have some variety

 

[TheTechnogoat]

In no order or technicality, just awesomeness
Wintersun-Beyond the Dark Sun Intro
Amon Amon - Where Death seems to Dwell 3:21
Finntroll-Ursvamp (accordian line)
Finntroll - Forsvinn Du Som Lyser (whole song )
Ensiferum-Token of Time (verse riff)

 

[Cofee_Annihilator]

all about kissing the shadow. lake bodom...

 

[-Rivfader-]

Umm off the top of my head
Norther - A Fallen Star (intro of the song)
Nevermore - The Sound of Silence (00:57 to about 1:15)
Children of Bodom - Chokehold (2:30 to 2:45) riff that plays along with the solo
Strapping Young Lad - Underneath the Waves - it's about in the middle of the song
Iced Earth - Travel in Stygian

 

[GhostOfPerdition]

Nevermore - The Sound of Silence (0:36)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (almost every riff)
Children Of Bodom - Angels Don't Kill (main riff)
Nevermore - Enemies of Reality (0:57)
Flame on... In Flames - Vacuum (Main riff)

 

[Hrafn]

riff as in just power chords, or solo too, or just powerchords? I don't get it anyways..

Children of Bodom - Towards Dead end (Intro)
Imperanon - Shadowsouls (Chorus)
Norther - Mirror of madness (Chorus)
Sinergy - Passage to the fourth world (Intro)
Kalmah - One From The Stands (Intro)
Behemoth - Conquer All (Intro)
Arch Enemy - Ravenous (Main riff)

 

[enjoi17]

Wintersun- winter madness! (the whole song, but the riff at 4:05 rawks!)
Norther - Endless War (2:20 actually physically impossible not to headbang at this part)
Kalmah- My Nation (4:16)
Sonata Arctica - Wolf and Raven (2:10)
Children of Bodom-Children of Bodom(1:19)

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Wintersun- winter madness
Stratovarius- Will the sun rise
Children of bodom- Children of bodom
Yngwie Malmsteen- Demon dance
Kalmah- hades

 

[rayden_ad]

Off the top of my head

Angra - Nothing to say (Main riff)
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
Nightwish - Passion and the Opera (Guitar intro riff on one of the versions)
Sonata Arctica - Black Sheep (Intro riff and pre-solo riffs)
Stratovarius - Against the wind
X Japan - Art of Life

That's 6 but ohh well

yaw! Nothing to say its amazing ;D

Actually, I would say the whole Storm The Light's Bane by Dissecton! :

 

[Heavenscent]

Melody of The Final Countdown
Main riff Painkiller
Opening riff So You Die - Bloodbath
Edge of Sanity - Covenant of Souls - 3:12
Slayer - Raining Blood - All of it, it's just too classic not to mention
Lion - The Transformers - main rhythm riff

 

[TheTechnogoat]

Opening riff So You Die - Bloodbath

that and outnumbering the day