I'm having a hard time finding a better one. This might be tops. Tried a bunch of old riff kings like Cactus, Blue Cheer, Sir Lord Baltimore, Buffalo, but I don't think they can beat Sabbath. Never in My Life by Mountain comes close for me though.
I'm partial to doom riffs so I gotta give love to Electric Funeral as the granddaddy. It's simple but so good.
The Cromlech Gate by Enslaved is super heavy and maybe my actual favorite, followed by too many by Candlemass tracks to mention. Ocean Demon by Runemagick is a series of great riffs.
But Tony is god so I can't neglect Patterns by Iommi and Follow the Tears by Heaven & Hell which are good 'n' heavy too.
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foggy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Gonna have to go by genre
Tech Death:
Sorreption - King of undisputed nonsense
runner up: Necrophagist - Seven
Melodic Death Metal:
In Flames - Dialogue with the stars
runner up: At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Death Metal:
Decapitated - spheres of madness
runner up: Bloodbath - So You Die
Progressive metal:
BTBAM - Ants of the sky
runner up: Opeth - Serenity Painted Death
Metalcore:
Darkest hour - Tranquil
runner up: 🤔
I could probably come up with a top 5-10 for each genre. I could probably dig for 5 more genres. This is already a sick playlist.
Honorable mentions to Rage Against The Machine and Soilwork. Some absolute riff kings. Those two bands honestly trump the whole list/thread/whatever.
serpineslair@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
What about thrash metal?
foggy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Not a fan of most OG thrash bands, personally, so my top picks would be bands influenced by those bands.
I'd say top thrash riff pick would probably be
Children of Bodom - Lake Bodom
I'd have to revisit Kiuas's first 3 albums to pick out the thrash bangers. They're mostly power metal with some thrash, black, and melodeath.
If well allow Kiuas - Heart Of The Serpent as thrash, then yeah. But idk kinda more black/power metal than thrash.
I guess of OG thrash I do love sepultura... And Kiko Laurieo in general. Does Angra count by association? Or are they way too power? 😔
foggy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
She's So Heavy - The Beatles. I know it's not "metal", but it's metal as fuck.
Cyclist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
It's almost stoner or doom.
Haagel@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 2y
I love that song that goes ba duh duh dunna dun dun banananana duh duh buh buh
raptir@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 2y
I don't know about all time, but...
Oddly most of my favorite stuff - like prog metal - I tend to not like a particular riff from.
Ryan213@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Bleak by Opeth. Heartwork by Carcass Sinister Mephisto by Arch Enemy
foggy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Bleak rules (fuggin Steven Wilson backup vox) but if I'm going Opeth on riffage, it's serenity painted death for me
Opeth - Serenity Painted Death
Like 2 straight minutes of neck breaker after neck breaker.
Ryan213@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Man, I miss old Opeth.
ShunkW@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Follow the smoke to the riff filled lands
cowpowered@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Something about Rammstein's Keine Lust always sends a ton of blood to my peen.
DredUnicorn@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Götterdämmerung by Zeal and Ardor, goes hard always gets me excited.
hactar42@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Trivium - Entrance Of The Conflagration
ace_garp@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Intro to Mandatory Suicide
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
From Slayer, I'm partial to Raining Blood, but they have so many legendary riffs that you couldn't go wrong picking at random 😂
rockSlayer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
easy choice for me, O Father O Satan O Son by Behemoth
CM400@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
That’s a great one. Mine would have to be either Satan is Real by Kreator (main riff), or I’m Broken by Pantera (also main riff).
jeffw@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Maybe an unpopular choice, but Sabbath’s Into the Void
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
I'm having a hard time finding a better one. This might be tops. Tried a bunch of old riff kings like Cactus, Blue Cheer, Sir Lord Baltimore, Buffalo, but I don't think they can beat Sabbath. Never in My Life by Mountain comes close for me though.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Serpents of the Light by Deicide gets me as amped up now as it did 25+ years ago 🤘
cowpowered@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Photograph by Nickelback.
They are ahead of their time and won’t be understood for a couple more years.
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
I'm partial to doom riffs so I gotta give love to Electric Funeral as the granddaddy. It's simple but so good.
The Cromlech Gate by Enslaved is super heavy and maybe my actual favorite, followed by too many by Candlemass tracks to mention. Ocean Demon by Runemagick is a series of great riffs.
But Tony is god so I can't neglect Patterns by Iommi and Follow the Tears by Heaven & Hell which are good 'n' heavy too.
pelotron@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y
This is an impossible question, how dare you. But I'm not gonna let you guys get away with not mentioning the Riff Beast himself, Kirk Windstein.
Crowbar - It Pours From Me usually comes to mind first.
Also, KoRn - Clown to this day has one of the most disgusting guitar tones I've ever heard.
Deftdrummer@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Inflames - colony hits so hard!
fuckstick@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
My Own Grave - As I Lay Dying