Best Riffs

[YI]

I'm bored. So what are your favourite riffs? We've done it a few times, but not recently. So here we goes.

I'm off at this moment in time, so I'll just go with one quickly, that being "Bend Your Arms To Look Like Wings" by Funeral For A Friend. 0:34 when it kicks in. Pure epic.

[Liam]

I like the bit that segues the intro to the bulk of the song in Pantera 'Cemetery Gates'.

[Summers]

I like the bit that segues the intro to the bulk of the song in Pantera 'Cemetery Gates'.

I love that.

[fourstarfizzle]

About 30 seconds in, the riff in "You're The Dream Unicorn" by Blood Brothers, is simply amazing.

[Liam]

Oh, another one I love is the breakdown bit in In Flames 'Clayman'.

I'm not really a big riff fan, but yeah, those two.

[Nerf]

Trust by Megadeth.

[Bushmeister]

Pelican's "March Into The Sea" with the massive buildup starting at about 6:00 and leading to an equally massive payoff.

Moonsorrow's "Jumalten Kaupunki" is all about epic riffs.

[METALMAN]

Helicopter by Bloc Party is good.

Three Evils by Coheed and Cambria

Killing in the Name by Rage.

Supermassive Blackhole.

Club Tropicana by Wham

and several far more worthy ones I can't think of right now.

[Cactus Drags]

The intro riff...no wait, the entirety of Coheed's Welcome Home. Awesome for riffs.

[Robsturgh]

8.50 - 9.15 of Dream Theater's In the Presence of Enemies pt 2.

Soilwork - Razorlives introduction

Opeth - Bleak Riff from 6.40 - 7.20

Mastodon - March of the Fire Ants breakdown.

I could name riffs all day, I really could, but by far my all time favorite riff is the ending of Megalodon by Mastodon. Just brilliance.

[Devlyn Michaels]

I have to aggree with Liam Byrne, that rift is amazing!

[Farmer Reil]

The intro to Peacemaker by Sonata Arctica, but that's mostly because of the cocking of the shotgun, which doesn't really count.

As for actual riffs, Violent Revolution by Kreator!

And anything by Korpiklaani. Just makes you wanna dance.

[Cadet Ember McLain]

"Iron Man" - Black Sabbath and "Detroit Rock City" - Kiss/Hammerfall.

[VerbalPuke]

Ambassador of Fear - English Dogs

Shoot You In the Back - Motorhead

Full Metal Warrior - Bludwulf

Thrashing Death - Toxic Holocaust

Queen Babylon - Reagan Youth

Conspiracy World War 3 - Inepsy

EZ Ryder - Jimi Hendrix

And probably a million more beyond that.

[Terry Funk]

Sweet Child O' Mine - Gn'R

[Cactus Drags]

Joe Satriani's Summer Song.

[Jack_Attack]

Self Esteem by the Offspring, even if it is one of the old Smells Like Teen Spirit/Louie Louie/Wild Thing style riffs.

[Farmer Reil]

"Detroit Rock City" - Kiss/Hammerfall.

Edited August 9, 2007 by Farmer Reil

[Cactus Drags]

Animal Alpha's Bundy FTW.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I'm particularly fond of the sweet bass parts in Black Sabbath's N.I.B.