Epic Riffs Thread

[Mprinsje]

Entombed - Wolverine Blues - YouTube

BORN FROM PAIN - 'Rise Or Die' - YouTube

Chimaira- Six (Lyrics) - YouTube

Immortal - At the Heart of Winter [HQ] - YouTube

Converge - The Saddest Day - YouTube
epic riff starts at 0:10, but the beginning is too cool to miss.

this is keeping me busy

 

[DarkWolfXV]

Cryptopsy - Phobophile

 

[Ikiharmaa]

I love the whole One Kill Wonder album by The Haunted but especially Shithead, D.O.A, and Shadow World.

Ghost Brigade have massive riffs and two that stand out are Horns and Suffocated.

godlike taste´here! Also really dig the Amoral mentions. They have so many great riffs I can't even count that far (you guessed it, I can only count to 4), the intro riffs to Silent Renewal and Tiebreaker have not yet been mentioned though

the guys from Destrage are absolutely nuts as well


and this Extol album!
Extol - Blood Red Cover - YouTube

Mokoma, some amazing simple riffs, used to hate the cleans with a passion though
Mokoma - Hiljaisuuden Julistaja - YouTube
Mokoma - Tämän Maailman Ruhtinaan Hovi - YouTube
Mokoma - Vade Retro, Satana! - YouTube

Mors Principium Est
Mors Principium Est - Finality - YouTube

why is my fav Soilwork riff on an album I never listen to ;_;


I've only got knives for you
The Duskfall - I've only got knives for you - YouTube

let a drummer make a guitar riff:
Suvilehto - Syövereistä (Full EP) - YouTube

This Or the Apocalypse's album Haunt What's Left has a couple very rocking riffs for metalcore
This Or The Apocalypse "The Incoherent" - YouTube

 

[dschonn]

Since most of us guitarists mostly play the the lowest possible power chord - lets be honest - I´m a bit surprised no one has mentioned the IMO most epicly simple, groovy, brutal etc. riff yet:

Intro-Riff of Decapitateds Spheres of Madness:

 

[Chuck]

Groovy breakdown riff:

Misery Signals - A Certain Death - YouTube

Sweet ABR riff:

August Burns Red - "Meddler" - YouTube

How has no one posted Kvelertak?



whole song is riffed filled

EDIT: It auto embed? wtf well sorry

 

[wankerness]

Man, that Nevermore riff off their last album sounds so much like Nonexist. This first riff is a good one.

 

[samthebrutal]

Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead - Skinless - YouTube

Whole record is awesome, and the riff at the link is a personal fave.

 

[Nag]

EDIT: It auto embed? wtf well sorry

I edited the OP to explain what happens, if you just copy and paste the link with no timing, it will auto-embed. gotta use the "link" tool... for whatever reason

 

[Chuck]

Ahhh okay cool. Thanks man

 

[Koop]

Gojira : Wolf Down The Earth: With lyrics - YouTube

Black sabbath into the void lyrics - YouTube
Dat intro riff.

Rage Against The Machine: Killing In The Name - YouTube

Tetrafusion - No One Sleeps - YouTube

Opeth - Heir Apparent with lyrics - YouTube
This whole song is full of great riffs, but I love the outro

 

[wankerness]

Good call on "Killing in the Name Of," I was trying to think of my favorite riff by them and your answer was better than anything I could come up with! I always liked the verses on "Vietnow" and "Snakecharmer" too.

EDIT: Oh yeah, just thought of this one, I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever heard at the time (i hadn't heard 46 & 2 so I didn't know it was a ripoff ):

Dream Theater - Home

I think the wah makes it cooler than 46 and 2 though.

 

[Furtive Glance]

Machine Head - Wolves

Fucking love this part.

 

[wankerness]

Haha, yes, I love pinch harmonics on bends like that. See also: Arcturus - The Chaos Path, Dream Theater - Lie, Strapping Young Lad - Oh My Fucking God.

I always loved the riffs on "Ten Ton Hammer," for some reason that and "Take My Scars" remain my two favorite Machine Head songs even though no one seems to like that album.

 

[ASoC]

The intro riff and also the chorus riff combined with the melody
alice in chains - dirt - them bones - YouTube

This Chorus is awesome. Also, dat bass intro
Alice In Chains - Would? - YouTube

I love this whole song, but the intro is the attention grabber for me
Korn- Ball Tongue - YouTube

Epic Chorus here
Tool - Forty Six & 2 - YouTube

The glitch sound is included as part of the epic riff
Animals As Leaders - Wave of Babies (Digital Single) - YouTube

I'll post again when I think of more

 

[wankerness]

With you all the way on AAL and Them Bones, but the chorus on would? That's just two powerchords! The vocal melody is the epic thing there.

 

[1337]

Bloodbath - Hades Rising
2:20-2:44

 

[wankerness]

Well, that's weird. Sounds like they went all modern after Resurrection Through Carnage, I never listened to the later stuff before cause no Mikael. RTC has a lot of great riffs, btw, Ways to the Grave and Death Delirium being my favorites.

 

[InertSolo]

Machine Head - Imperium

Meshuggah - Straws Pulled At Random

Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

Death - Empty Words

Corelia - Red Sky Harbor

Dream Theater - Scarred

Morbid Saint - Assassin (That intro riff gets me EVERY TIME.)

Cannibal Corpse - Necropedophile (This riff is just so disgustingly vile. So good!)

Gorguts - Obscura (The whole. fucking. song.)

Happy listening fellas

 

[pullingstraws]

Tool - Lateralus [HD] - YouTube

Rage Against The Machine - Township Rebellion (HD Audio) - YouTube

 

[scherzo1928]

I really friggin love this riff.