25 Greatest Guitar Riffs

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pffft, any list like that that doesn't include "Sultans of Swing" isn't to be taken seriously.
 
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There were just too many great guitar solos left out and more than a few questionable ones on that list.
 
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Nugent = strangle hold
Hendrix = SSB
Iomi = war pigs
Angus = whole lotta Rosie
EVH = eruption
 
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Van Halen - Unchained
Metallica - Blackened
Slayer - Raining Blood
Alice Cooper - School's Out
The Ventures - Walk Don't Run
 
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davethevol said:
Van Halen - Unchained
Metallica - Blackened
Slayer - Raining Blood
Alice Cooper - School's Out
The Ventures - Walk Don't Run
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Did you know that the intro to "Blackened" is actually being played backwards.

Jason Newsted wrote the original riff and they decided to play it backwards.
 
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Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
Slayer - "Raining Blood"
Pantera - "Cowboys From Hell"
Iron Maiden - "Trooper"
Judas Priest - "Metal Meltdown"
 
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SouthKnoxVOL said:
Did you know that the intro to "Blackened" is actually being played backwards.

Jason Newsted wrote the original riff and they decided to play it backwards.
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I'd heard that a long time ago but forgot it. That piece of music is just on a whole other level for them.
 
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Pantera Walk
Slayer Disciple
Tool Lateralus
Tool Prison Sex
Pantera I'm Broken
Metallica Whiskey in the Jar
Disturbed Hell
Lamb of God Walk with me in Hell
Hatebreed Destroy Everything
Strapping Young Lad Love
 
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davethevol said:
I'd heard that a long time ago but forgot it. That piece of music is just on a whole other level for them.
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Yeah.....And Justice for All and Master of Puppets....are two of the greatest albums ever produced in any genre.
 
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Strictly speaking riffs, not songs:

The Kinks – ‘You Really Got Me’.
Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
Nirvana - "Smell Like Teen Spirit" (aka the riff that killed 80's rock)
Rage Against The Machine - "Killin' in the Name Of" (Tom Marello is sick)
White Stripes - Seven Nations Army
Smashing Pumpkins - "Today"
Ozzy Osborne - Crazy Train (Wilde man Zack)
 
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I'm big into older (90's) Scandinavian metal so I am a little biased on where I choose my riffs..although most listed above are very good.

In Flames - Every single song from their Subterranean EP. Actually most In Flames records from Subterranean to Clayman are chocked full of songs with great rif***e.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ2pT6mBrTM

At The Gates - Slaughter Of the Soul and The Head of the Hydra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhLqkPtp-Hg

Edge of Sanity - Blood Colored (also albums Spectral Sorrows/Purgatory Afterglow/Crimson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3emFczewdvI

Opeth - The Night and the Silent Water (first two albums have a bunch of good riffs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9RzeEwXb_c
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
I'm big into older (90's) Scandinavian metal so I am a little biased on where I choose my riffs..although most listed above are very good.

In Flames - Every single song from their Subterranean EP. Actually most In Flames records from Subterranean to Clayman are chocked full of songs with great rif***e.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ2pT6mBrTM

At The Gates - Slaughter Of the Soul and The Head of the Hydra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhLqkPtp-Hg

Edge of Sanity - Blood Colored (also albums Spectral Sorrows/Purgatory Afterglow/Crimson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3emFczewdvI

Opeth - The Night and the Silent Water (first two albums have a bunch of good riffs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9RzeEwXb_c
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I dig your music tastes

Got me thinking about some awesome Death Metal Riff

Deicide Homeage for Satan
Six Feet Under Seed of Filth
Cannibal Corpse I cum blood and Hammer Smashed Face
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53knsmbjY8Q[/youtube]
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
I'm big into older (90's) Scandinavian metal so I am a little biased on where I choose my riffs..although most listed above are very good.

In Flames - Every single song from their Subterranean EP. Actually most In Flames records from Subterranean to Clayman are chocked full of songs with great rif***e.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ2pT6mBrTM

At The Gates - Slaughter Of the Soul and The Head of the Hydra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhLqkPtp-Hg

Edge of Sanity - Blood Colored (also albums Spectral Sorrows/Purgatory Afterglow/Crimson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3emFczewdvI

Opeth - The Night and the Silent Water (first two albums have a bunch of good riffs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9RzeEwXb_c
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Subterranean is by far the best In Flames album. Stand Ablaze is such a powerful song.
I used to be a huge Opeth fan, but they've changed so much in the past few years that I always forget them now. I caught a show with them and Enslaved a few years back in Knoxville and they were amazing live.
 
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