Riffs That Flatten Buildings

[Blasphemer]

This riff makes ME feel like I can flatten a building (2:45)

 

[FormerlyVintage]

If only someone could tab this. I can't figure it out

There's a powertab floating around, but it doesn't work...

 

[Sikthness]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdoPuhzHdMI
2:10


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KtLt35NH-M
2:25

 

[NickVicious24]

This one does the trick for me, the tone is just so huge and thick.
Crushes walls and buildings!

 

[Decapitated666]

The Survival Fires | Inter Arma

At 6:00 prepare to get ....ing pummeled.

 

[The Spanish Inquisition]

 

[DISTORT6]

My favorite old school one:

 

[Paul Gilbert]

So much good shit in this thread and bands I need to get into now! you guys!

Now there's already a lot of content this thread, but I tried!:


Decapitated - Spheres Of Madness



Revocation - Cradle Robber



All Shall Perish - Black Gold Reign



Tool - Ænema



Mastodon - Divinations



Meshuggah (ikr?) - Beneath



The Black Dahlia Murder - What a horrible night to have a curse



Nine Inch Nails - Last



Veil Of Maya - Resistance



Your Demise - Burnt Tongues



The Acacia Strain - The Impaler



Uneven structure - Hail



Impending Doom - More than Conquerors

 

[UnattendedGolfcart]

This song makes me want to destroy everything in my path. Fortunately I usually listen to it at the gym, it makes me able to get anything done.

The main riff at 1:08 could demolish a building, then the chorus at 2:20 and the breakdown at 3:00... Oh gosh, I'm getting chills listening to it.

 

[Dr. Von Goosewing]

Nice to see this thread back



opening riff & 3mins in...

 

[BucketheadRules]

Hopefully this hasn't been posted - 2:30 here blows my mind every time.



Every single riff in this (and indeed Decapitated's entire discography), but especially 0:15 and 0:50:



Pretty much all of this:



This is pretty sweet:



1:05 - impossibly brutal:



1:45 is awesome too:



Say what you will about them, but 0:30:



0:30 here too - what happens when you detune your lowest string to the point where it's completely slack, then turn on your fuzz pedal:



Again, you may not like the band but 0:48 is awesome:



Pretty much any of the riffs in this (and Deadhead from the same album) are heavy, but my favourite is at 1:30:



Obviously 3:00:



4:10, Jesus:



1:45:



I think that should do it for now.

 

[TheHandOfStone]

These will suffice when there are no wrecking balls available:

 

[BucketheadRules]

Having said all that, one of the best, catchiest and actually heaviest riffs I've heard in a LONG time comes from a band who aren't metal at all.



Tell me that doesn't make you want to bang your head.

 

[BucketheadRules]

Also, Steve Albini.



4:45:

 

[gorthul]

I'm sure it was already mentioned, but imo the heaviest and most crushing riff is the one of Personae Non Gratae by Meshuggah. Especially after Sum this riff is insanely devastating and downright heavy.
Also the breakdown in Dehumanization is just crazily heavy. To me Catch 33 is probably the heaviest album of all time (and yes, I do know stuff like Nails, Anaal Nathrakh etc.).

 

[redstone]

If only someone could tab this. I can't figure it out

I can tab it, don't have the time to do the whole leads tho, maybe a few licks.

 

[Svava]

From the new Devil You Know record, and this brings the ruckus:



But for all time earthquake riffage:

I accidentally played both those tracks at the same time- it worked fine xD


Also this is the most mind-blowingly powerful riff I've heard

 

[Domselis]

Oh come on, get on my level. Bloodbath master race reporting in

 

[tm20]

the whole song is just crushing

 

[p0ke]

Pretty much anything by Gojira. Well, maybe not the mellow stuff.

To name a few:



Especially that riff at 1:15

or the main riff from this one: