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Title: Fav riff of all time?
Post by: fireflyry on Feb 20, 2008, 02:56 AM

Hit me....

My vote, the break down in Heresy by Pantera.

Simple but brutal.

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Post by: tarkil on Feb 20, 2008, 04:53 AM

I'd definitely go with a Pantera song too... Which one is a tough question though... I'll have to think about it later...

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Post by: Timmy666 on Feb 20, 2008, 06:25 AM

summer.

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Post by: theis on Feb 20, 2008, 09:30 AM

off the top of my head:

pantera - i'm broken.

fucking love that riff.

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Post by: Deadradio on Feb 20, 2008, 04:53 PM

The first riff from Judith: A Perfect Circle

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Post by: Jacob on Feb 20, 2008, 06:38 PM

too damn many...

a few off the top of my head:

Paradise Lost - Hallowed Land
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
Mew - Am I Wry?
Tool - 4 Degrees

Title: Re: Fav riff of all time?
Post by: Alvar on Feb 20, 2008, 09:21 PM

my own

Quote from: Timmy666 on Feb 20, 2008, 06:25 AM
summer.

jambi
or plagues (converge)

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Post by: theis on Feb 20, 2008, 09:50 PM

every zeppelin and sabbath song.

page & iommi = riff masters.

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Post by: Crazylegs on Feb 20, 2008, 11:31 PM

porcupine tree - gravity eyelids

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Post by: whodunit? on Feb 21, 2008, 12:57 AM

Quote from: aenemic on Feb 20, 2008, 06:38 PM

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand

intro of this song just rocks my socks.

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Post by: 13hourstoparadise on Feb 21, 2008, 02:11 AM

Team Sleep - Acoustic One ? maybe?

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Post by: platp116 on Feb 21, 2008, 04:25 AM

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Sleep is Wrong
High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings (basically that whole cd, but the title track especially)
Mastodon - Hearts Alive (closing riff after solo when all parts come together and crush)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (whole song is one riff for the most part anyways, hahah, but boy is it one hell of a riff)
King Crimson - Red
Gorguts - Nostalgia (the section that first kicks in around 1:10 and repeats throughout the song)
QOTSA - Song for the Deaf

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Post by: tarkil on Feb 21, 2008, 04:40 AM

Oh yeah, there's that "Blood & Thunder" riff from Mastodon too... Kicks ass...

Usually Mastodon's riffs are teh shit too...

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Post by: Deftones-argentina on Feb 21, 2008, 02:48 PM

Metallica - Master of puppets

That was my first step into metal back in the day. I heard the intro And I knew something brand new for me was to begin.

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Post by: Shaye on Feb 21, 2008, 03:47 PM

Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin
Life in the Fast Lane - The Eagles
Burden in My Hand - Soundgarden
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
All Right Now - Free
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Cult of Personality- Living Color

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Post by: theshadeisatool on Feb 21, 2008, 03:52 PM

Pantera - A New Level
NIN - Last

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Post by: deftonekid on Feb 21, 2008, 09:14 PM

RATM - Bulls on Parade

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Post by: Atomic on Feb 23, 2008, 03:16 AM

the chorus in Soil by System Of A Down

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Post by: claudio on Feb 23, 2008, 07:29 PM

Shit, thats like asking what my favourite meal is.

I gotta say:
Coheed and Cambria - The Crowing
Alice In Chains - God Am
Pantera - Suicide note pt 2

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Post by: KoRnudo on Feb 23, 2008, 08:19 PM

Hallowed by thy name - Iron Maiden
Cemetery Gates - Pantera

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Post by: 13hourstoparadise on Feb 24, 2008, 05:37 PM

Fuck, what was I thinking....

Simple Man - Deftones or Lynard...... Best riff ever.

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Post by: Shaye on Feb 25, 2008, 07:11 PM

^5 that's a good one.

I have to mention...

Green Day - Brain Stew
Heart - Magic Man
Micheal Jackson - Beat It (Riff by Eddie Van Halen)
BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet
AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long

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Post by: ALightOn on Feb 27, 2008, 07:05 AM

5 Minutes Alone, 25 Years, A New Level-PanTerA
The Ocean-Zep
Hexagram
I Don't know AnyThing-Mad Season
Rain When I Die, Down In A Hole, (Got Me Wrong), Grind, What The Hell Have I?-AIC
Black Hole Sun, My Wave, OutShined-SoundGarden
NoseBleed, Engine # 9
Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City-G n R
Idiot Box-Incubus
Victim, Endure-NonPoint
What I've Wanted To Say-FaR
Unity, Hydroponic, Homebrew, Lucky, Silver, Off Beat Bare Ass-311
Go-Pearl Jam
All Apologies-Nirvana

just to name a few

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Post by: ALightOn on Feb 27, 2008, 07:06 AM

...a shitload more...

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Post by: deafnotes on Feb 27, 2008, 09:58 AM

jumpin jack flash and i cant get no satisfaction - rolling stones.
i wanna be your dog - the stooges
sweat leaf - black sabbath

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Post by: TheRoach` on Mar 06, 2008, 05:01 AM

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
...sickest solo/riff ever. I mean it's a backwards solo for christ sake!

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Post by: fireflyry on Mar 06, 2008, 05:26 AM

Good call.

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Post by: deafnotes on Mar 07, 2008, 06:50 AM

cortez the killer

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Post by: Jizzlobber on Mar 08, 2008, 12:03 PM

the double time riff appearing half way through the Black Sabbth song - Black Sabbath

slo start but when that riff kicks in...its pure awsomeness

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Post by: decapod on May 25, 2009, 05:13 AM

01. Earth - "Tibetan Quaaludes"

02. Meshuggah - "In death is Life/ In Death is Death"

03. ISIS - "Ghost Key"

04. Neurosis - "Given to the Rising"

05. Dredg - "Mourning this Morning"

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Post by: Jizzlobber on May 25, 2009, 08:23 AM

hmmm

Pantera - Fucking Hostile

they open verse riff after "1,2,3,4.."

fucking brilliant riff indeed!!!

i see i went for Sabbath also... : p

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Post by: tarkil on May 25, 2009, 02:41 PM

Quote from: decapod on May 25, 2009, 05:13 AM
04. Neurosis - "Given to the Rising"

Hell yeah !!!!

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Post by: defTHE1s on May 25, 2009, 06:06 PM

Nosebleed
Root
Pink Floyd - Interstellar overdrive
Boy's Republic
Muse - New Born
SOAD - Suite Pee
Muse - Assassin

and a lot more!!

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Post by: decapod on May 25, 2009, 08:35 PM

Quote from: tarkil on May 25, 2009, 02:41 PM
Quote from: decapod on May 25, 2009, 05:13 AM
04. Neurosis - "Given to the Rising"

Hell yeah !!!!

The riff at the end is soooooo sick.

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Post by: E-Money on May 25, 2009, 11:52 PM

Jimi- Little Wing

Rage-Bulls on Parade

Deftones-BQAD

Radiohead-Optimistic

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Post by: defTHE1s on May 26, 2009, 03:06 PM

and Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
QOTSA - 3's and 7's
QOTSA - Sick Sick Sick

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Post by: raynor on May 26, 2009, 10:12 PM

ok not a riff but the first solo in sympathy for the devil by the rolling stones. greatness right there.

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Post by: Nebontha on May 27, 2009, 12:14 AM

VERY cool thread.
Ghostride made some wicked riffs, they will be in my head for a very long time :D
Too bad the dudes canned that project :(

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