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Offline Jaq

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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #35 on: July 21, 2011, 02:50:15 PM »
The chorus riff to Boston's "More Than A Feeling."
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #36 on: July 21, 2011, 02:53:13 PM »
Does it count for keys?

Because the very beginning of Rush's Subdivisions is always a sorta spine-chiller.

Same for the beginning of Kansas's Lamplight Symphony.

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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #37 on: July 22, 2011, 03:10:59 AM »
DELIVERANCE

Seriously, the riffs in that song RULE

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« Reply #38 on: July 22, 2011, 10:07:48 AM »
So many great riffs, I can't count them anymore. Just any riff with a badass overdrive sound, unexpected groovy syncopations or cool tonal surprises sound great to me. I'm a sucker for those, that's for sure. That's why I can't possibly lose my love for metal, never.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #39 on: July 22, 2011, 01:14:20 PM »
Quote from: petrucci07 on July 22, 2011, 03:10:59 AM
DELIVERANCE

Seriously, the riffs in that song RULE



Totally agree with this!

Also, I'll suggest:

Decapitated - Nihility
Nevermore - The Psalm of Lydia
Rush - The Big Money
Megadeth - Take No Prisoners (the whole song has crazy riffs)
Opeth - The Grand Conjuration
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #40 on: July 22, 2011, 02:47:33 PM »
Quote from: MetalManiac666 on July 19, 2011, 09:53:52 PM
Periphery - Icarus Lives!

I'll add:
Strapping Young Lad - Love
The Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #41 on: July 22, 2011, 04:33:17 PM »
Devin Townsend - Stand(main riff)
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #42 on: July 22, 2011, 10:50:31 PM »
Quote from: juice on July 22, 2011, 04:33:17 PM
Devin Townsend - Stand(main riff)

What a freaking awesome riff.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #43 on: July 23, 2011, 02:06:10 AM »
Some old school riffs that you guys might not think of or know and might wanna check out at some point...

Intro from Red Sky by MSG
The main riff from How Many More Times by Led Zep (very smooth bass playing on that one by the way...)
Sails of Charon by the Scorpions
All of the riffs in "In Keeping of Silent Earth" by C&C
And I know that it's not cool to mention Pull Me Under around here but, that opening riff is what first got the attention of a lot of us older DT fans and there's a good reason for that.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #44 on: July 23, 2011, 05:06:51 AM »
Pull Me Under is a great riff :)

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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #45 on: July 23, 2011, 05:44:17 AM »
There are so many good ones I could probably go on and on.  Think I'll just throw out a few from my 3 favorite bands instead

Red Barchetta - 3:40ish right at the end of the guitar solo and drum roll.  Always puts me in head-banging mode
La Villa Strangiato - the opening/recurring one.
Natural Science - at 2:20 when the song starts picking up.
Dreamline - the opener.  Very sharp and simple
The Analog Kid - the opener.  Love how it just goes up, and right back down.  Nice arpeggio
Passage to Bangkok - the opener.  just a really cool riff.  And Jerry Stiller headbanging to it in R30 is such a chuckle

Dazed and Confused - the recurring one first heard at 1:15 and at the end of every verse.  Plus, it's got a great bass riff to open the song
Whole Lotta Love - as previously mentioned.  Probably my favorite riff of all time
Custard Pie - Another great opening riff that opens a great album
Achilles Last Stand - two riffs in one ... the guitar and the bass doing a different riff.  Both rule.

Home - 2 words ... womp womp
The Glass Prison - it's a riff factory.  The opener, the start of Restoration, and then the bass-guitar unison leading into the wankery section
In the Name of God - it's another riff-fest.  Opener, "Straight is the path", the end of the unison at 10:00.  Love it!
Lines in the Sand - around 4:00ish ... sharp as a dagger.
Ytse Jam - not much to say here.  We all know and love it.
A Change of Seasons - such a contrast to come out of the funeral march into the amazing opening riff

I couldn`t resist a few honorable (classic rock) mentions
Blue Oyster Cult - Don`t Fear the Reaper ... I`ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell
Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
Layla
Foghat - Slow Ride
Jimi Hendrix - Foxey Lady
Stones - Start Me Up; Jumpin Jack Flash; Paint it Black... man, they`ve got some really great, but simple ones.

I`ll stop it there before I really ramble on.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #46 on: July 23, 2011, 10:08:03 AM »
Quote from: juice on July 22, 2011, 04:33:17 PM
Devin Townsend - Stand(main riff)

Yeeeeeeeeeeees. This and the main riff in Planet of the Apes
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #47 on: July 23, 2011, 01:05:36 PM »
Quote from: AwakeFromOctavarium on July 23, 2011, 10:08:03 AM
Quote from: juice on July 22, 2011, 04:33:17 PM
Devin Townsend - Stand(main riff)

Yeeeeeeeeeeees. This and the main riff in Planet of the Apes

That song has a main riff?
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #48 on: July 23, 2011, 01:32:27 PM »
DT - The Great Debate

Whenever we're talking about a riff factory...
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #49 on: July 23, 2011, 02:05:40 PM »
Strapping Young Lad - Wrong Side (the riff that starts the song.)

And did anybody say The Dark Eternal Night yet?

Outro riff from Pull Me Under... Main one in Lie. What about the start of About To Crash (Reprise)? Just Let Me Breathe comes to mind as well. The Count of Tuscany at 3:55! PANIC ATTACK?!

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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #50 on: July 23, 2011, 02:24:17 PM »
Quote from: ZKX-2099 on July 23, 2011, 02:05:40 PM

And did anybody say The Dark Eternal Night yet?

PANIC ATTACK?!

No. Because they're not great riffs.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #51 on: July 23, 2011, 02:38:40 PM »
Vast has always had some pretty memorable riffs for me, specifically those to Here and Be With Me. The intro to Rocket by The Smashing Pumpkins is hypnotizing and never gets old. The acoustic guitar strumming to Nutshell by Alice In Chains is devastating and haunting.

That's all I can think of at the moment.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #52 on: July 23, 2011, 03:14:24 PM »
Buckethead - Population Override
Buckethead - Lotus Island
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #53 on: July 23, 2011, 07:13:06 PM »
Quote from: Adami on July 23, 2011, 01:05:36 PM
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Quote from: juice on July 22, 2011, 04:33:17 PM
Devin Townsend - Stand(main riff)

Yeeeeeeeeeeees. This and the main riff in Planet of the Apes

That song has a main riff?
I consider the intro riff as the main riff since it gets repeated the most, I think. It's quite a meshuggah ripoff btw.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #54 on: July 23, 2011, 07:55:56 PM »
Quote from: jsem on July 23, 2011, 02:24:17 PM
Quote from: ZKX-2099 on July 23, 2011, 02:05:40 PM

And did anybody say The Dark Eternal Night yet?

PANIC ATTACK?!

No. Because they're not great riffs.
I don't like TDEN, but Panic Attack is a great riff.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #55 on: July 23, 2011, 08:25:18 PM »
Porcupine Tree - Shallow
Tool - Jambi (Intro riff :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal)
Slayer - Chemical Warfare
AC/DC - It's A Long Way to the Top...
Black Sabbath - Supernaut
In Flames (Kick-ass riffs factory) - Colony main riff / Swim / Versus Terminus (At 02:12) :metal
Scorpions - The Sails of Charon (Testament's version is awesome as well)
Almost every riff on Van Halen's debut album. I'm the One stands out.
Disarmonia Mundi - Common State of Inner Violence :2metal:
A lot of riffs in Judas Priest's Screaming for Vengeance
CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings main riff
Alice in Chains - Nutshell :heart
Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm Shift Initial riff / Everything in Acid Rain
Karnivool - Deadman intro / Roquefort
Meshuggah - Bleed (I don't give a fuck if it's their most known song, it kicks ass)
Unearth - Zombie Autopilot / Grave of Opportunity
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #56 on: July 24, 2011, 01:31:04 AM »
Quote from: AwakeFromOctavarium on July 23, 2011, 07:13:06 PM
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Devin Townsend - Stand(main riff)

Yeeeeeeeeeeees. This and the main riff in Planet of the Apes

That song has a main riff?
I consider the intro riff as the main riff since it gets repeated the most, I think. It's quite a meshuggah ripoff btw.

Eh, it's not a great riff. I mean it's not bad, but it's just kind of there. Pretty odd timing wise, but still just 1 note.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #57 on: July 24, 2011, 02:33:19 AM »
devin townsend - triumph the banjo riff  :)
iron  maiden - rime of the ancient mariner
rainbow - stargazer
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #58 on: July 24, 2011, 02:57:38 AM »
Anything by John Petrucci. The man is a genius at guitar work. Riffs, progressions, and solos.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #59 on: July 31, 2011, 03:30:22 PM »
I heard La Grange and Barracuda today, and had to ressurect this thread. 
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« Reply #60 on: July 31, 2011, 03:43:40 PM »
Best riff ever as far as I'm concerned: He Man Woman Hater by Extreme. I don't mean the bumblebee intro bit, I mean the awesome one with bending after 'no women allowed.'

Other than that, Battery by Metallica and Snow by the Chilis are pretty great riff-wise.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #61 on: July 31, 2011, 04:39:50 PM »
House Of Lords/Steelhouse Lane- Metallic Blue. Always gets me air guitaring.

And a great one just came to me, Marillion- Hooks In You. Rocking Marillion.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #62 on: July 31, 2011, 06:39:50 PM »
Death- A Story to Tell   :metal  One of my favorite Death songs and his guitar work on it is ridiculously awesome.
Dark Castle- Seeing Through Time   :metal  Gives me goosebumps everytime I listen
Kvelertak- Offernatt   :metal  Seriously go listen to this right now >:O

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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #63 on: July 31, 2011, 08:05:14 PM »
The Metal riff in On The Backs Of Angels has become my favorite DT riff.
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #64 on: July 31, 2011, 08:20:42 PM »
Quote from: jingle.boy on July 31, 2011, 03:30:22 PM
I heard La Grange and Barracuda today, and had to ressurect this thread. 
The thing with La Grange is I'm pretty sure I've heard the exact same riff in at least two other songs, both of which I think were older. Not sure what the songs were called though. Still, a great riff.
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« Reply #65 on: July 31, 2011, 08:29:50 PM »
New Millenium Cyanide Christ-Meshuggah
Chelsea Grin-Last Breath chorus riff
Despised Icon-Day Of Mourning intro riff
Frayed Ends Of Sanity-Metallica verse riff
Tool-Vicarious verse riff
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #66 on: August 01, 2011, 12:13:40 AM »
Great thread so far, I love hearing monstruous (sp?) riffs. But everybody has failed to mention Amorphis, the authors of some of the most catchy-emotional-brutal-melodic-dynamic-awesome (all at the same time) riffs ever:

Better Unborn
Against Widows (OMG!!!)
On Rich and Poor (No words can describe this one)
My Kantele
Elegy (at around 3:10 where the guitar and piano play the melodic riff against the brutal vocals)
Relief (These guys are not from this world)
Two Moons
Leaves Scar (the main theme)
Perkele -the God of Fire (can you resist headbanging to that?)
The Smoke (sweet and brilliant)
Brother Moon
Into Hiding
The Castaway
Drowned Maid

Man, these guys can write metal riffs
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #67 on: August 01, 2011, 12:46:25 AM »
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« Reply #68 on: August 01, 2011, 06:17:50 AM »
Earthquake - Graham Central Station
Always On The Run - Lenny Kravitz/Slash
Killing In The Name Of (or, pretty much the whole record) - Rage Against The Machine
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Funk #49 - James Gang
Fatal Tragedy, from about 2:50 and especially from 3:05
Home
In The Name Of God
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Cult Of Personality - Living Colour
Sing A Simple Song - Sly & The Family Stone
Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On - Funkadelic
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Re: Great riffs
« Reply #69 on: August 01, 2011, 07:32:23 AM »
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Traditional twelve bar blues.

hehe. awesome.
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