Best riff of all time

[JennyPen]

this is just personal opinion and it's hard to pick but what do people think are the best Hard riffs (no namby-pamby stuff) of all time?

I have a few

1. The hard riff from the end of Fade To Black by Metallica
2. While we're on the band, For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica
3. The slow riff from Davidian by Machinehead
4. Born Of A Broken Man by Rage Against The Machine

I'll think of more in the course of this post

Of course knowing me they'll ALL be Tallica ones. I do LOVE them.

Oh, 5. Toxicity by System Of A Down (I know it's really the drum bit but there you are!)

[Cemetry Slut]

I think Guns N' Roses .."Sweet child O'mine".its a lovely song oh and Muse "New Born"

[JWalkBoom]

'Smoke on the Water' - Deep Purple...

[Nightcrawler]

DAVIDIAN!!!!That'll get my vote everytime.Old Machinehead are excellent.

[Vampira]

Yeah, the Davidian one is fairly kick ass. Best riff.... Hmmmmm, the middle of one by tallica
"taken my arms, taken my legs" etc

[Demios]

I would have to agree with Davidian,although ''Walk'' by Pantera is just fuckin evil!

"Reign In Blood"- Slayer.
"Eye Of The Beholder" - Metallica.
"Hammer Smashed Face" - Cannibal Corpse.

[Cemetry Slut]

Waht aobut Dave ghrol's riff in tenioues D's Tribute!!! its good enough?!?

[JennyPen]

That's not a riff Lorna! It's a solo!

As always, *ahem Master ahem* what? I said nothing! (gets up and jives in a Lars-like fashion)

I would also tend to put out virtually everything by Fu Manchu. They rock, oh yes indeedio.

Anything else. Hmmm. What about ooh I know, Blind by KoRn. Even my MUM was unintentionally moving her head in a banging fashion (that's twice in 1 post! wow!)

[Patrik_Flame]

Black Sabbath - iron man/ Snowblind
Deep Purple - smoke on the water
Therapy? - Hellbelly
Korn - here to stay/ blind
SOAD - Chop Suey
Machine Head- The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears
The Beatles - Get Back
Deftones - Back To School
MetallicA - Master of puppets
Down - Beautifully depressed
Marlyin Manson - beautiful people
Coal Chamber - Bradley

and (in the words of commandant lassard) Many many more!...

[stairway 2 hell]

iron maiden- the number of the beast
rage against the machine-killing in the name/bullet in the head
feeder-just a day
and of coarse metallica-master of puppets

[Lord Perky Goth]

Ahh no you stole all but one of the ones i was going to say.
Inkubus Sukkubus-Dark Mother.

[Vampira]

bullet in the head was on in freds last night, it fecking rocked! happy belated bday to Donal. he's all legal and stuff now!
and they played pardon me by incubus and be quiet and drive by the 'auld deftones. Twas a good night. i love bers new gf polly! she cool!

[Thomas the Great]

How about that Riff in Slayer - Alter Of Sacrafice
after when he says "Enter to the Realm Of Satan"...

Or Pantera's "Shedding Skin" near the end...

[JennyPen]

you got a bullet in your fuckin' head.....UGH!!!

Tie Your Mother Down by Queen. It's so cool!

[Thomas the Great]

Drowning Pool - "Bodies"..
Thats got some funky riffs in it...
plus it reminds me of WWE during the
"WWF vs, Alliance(WCW/ECW)" days..

[happy joy joy]

m m m m close 2 the end of damage inc - metallica

p.s im a elf lover! teeheehee i am you know!:wakko:

[Cemetry Slut]

ok sorry bout that but i was also saying thats awsome aswell..

Yes indeed you are an elf lover!

[Nail_Bombed]

Nail_Bombed 5 fave riffs...

1. Black Sabbath - Children Of The Grave (class opening riff)
2. Slayer - Angel Of Death (opening fast riff, then 'AAAAAAARGH!')
3. Machine Head - Down To None (one minute in then dirty riffage ensues)
4. Earth Crisis - Slither (class as heck)
5. Ten Point Rule - A Prime Example Of Irish Ignorance (very Downset style riff but very class)

NB.

[Cemetry Slut]

and all in all i only know 2 of them..im so ignorant..thanks Hugh1 oh and are you still going to copy that C.D for me??

[Thomas the Great]

What about..

"Venom - Possesed", The riffs in that are quite cool and slow..
Or "Witching Hour" also has some good riffs.

[Thomas the Great]

P.S. Im a Reindeer Love,,,
Really I am.

[Lord Perky Goth]

Originally posted by happy_joy_joy
m m m m close 2 the end of damage inc - metallica

p.s im a elf lover! teeheehee i am you know!:wakko:

Hey.I'm an "Elf Lover" too.God, Happy_Joy_Joy hope you not a dude. :eek:

Although it could we worse we could be
Reindeer Lover.Not a good mental picture.:santa:

[JennyPen]

Originally posted by Creamy Goodness
Drowning Pool - "Bodies"..
Thats got some funky riffs in it...
plus it reminds me of WWE during the
"WWF vs, Alliance(WCW/ECW)" days..

those were the WORST days of the WWF in recent times.

Although these days they're not much better either.

I'm gonna go with the blindingly fast riff from Motorbreath by Metallica. You should see his little fingers going live when he's playing it it's SO fast, baby!

[Thomas the Great]

I thaught they were cool, With Austin being a heel and all,
I guess it kinda sucked with Shane McMahon being a heel again..

Today, its crap cause Triple H is not only a heel, but he is now changing his Persona,,
What happened to the whole wearing a Denim Jacket over a leather jacket, he looked Kick ass then..


L.P.G dont diss my Reigndeers.. :o

Anyway back to Riffs..
I think My Dying Bride's "A kiss to remember" has some good, slow riffs in it.
Well not all good songs have to be Fast..

[Vampira]

Originally posted by PhoenixJ

You should see his little fingers going live when he's playing it it's SO fast, baby! "these are my crime fighting pants.. fight crime with metal!!!"

god bless Kirk Hammet!

Babaaaay!

[Nightcrawler]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nail_Bombed

3. Machine Head - Down To None (one minute in then dirty riffage ensues)
That too is good."The More Things Change.."is probably MH's best album.

[Lord Perky Goth]

I'm not dising your Reigndeers.But i think santa might want to get a replacement for micky (Reigndeer keeper) Or are you bribing him?Lol

Peace out,
LPG.

[JennyPen]

Yeah, babaaay!

HHH RULES as a heel it's then that he's the coolerest EVER. When he's a face he SUCKS! And as for the denim over leather, that was crap. The rest of the guys walked around in like a t-shirt over their trunks. Did he have circulation problems or something?

Fighting crime with metal is the only way forward.And don't ya love guys with black nail varnish! It rules babaaaaay! *evil growley Jaymz laugh*

[Thomas the Great]

HHH was kick ass as a Heel I gotta admit,
but hes not the type of Heel that I wanted him to be now,,
Hes now like one of those fu cking pansy Heels like William Regal,
Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarret, and Chris Jericho (todays Jericho)..
You know, the ones you gotta mock because there so crap.

OK, maybe not the denim Jacket, but with the jeans, and the
T-shirt that said "Game Over?! Your DAM right im over"

I want the whole adittude, and carnage back in him.. and I want him to still say to all his fans, "You Suck"..
and as for him being a Baby face, I thaught he was quite cool with his feud with Kurt Angle, in year 2000..
My favourite moment as he was a heel was when returned after his injury from the Six man Hell in a Cell match,, and smashed Austin over the head with a lead pipe, and then climbed on top of the announce table in celebration... and if you listened carefully you could hear some faint cheers from the fans..

Back to riffs..
What about Slayer's "Killing Fields",
the starts riffs are cool..

[happy joy joy]

Originally posted by Lord Perky Goth


Hey.I'm an "Elf Lover" too.God, Happy_Joy_Joy hope you not a dude. :eek:



yes i am a dude but who is 2 say i cant love :chick: elves:wakko:

[JennyPen]

I missed happy_joy_joy saying bout Damage Inc - 'we chew and spit you out, we laugh you scream and shout, all flee with fear you run, you'll know not where we come from (damage incorporated) (drum roll) GO!!'

EXCELLENT song. great, great riff.

I love the riff from -Human too. It's cool. SOOOOO heavy, as is Sad But True

[Vampira]

Originally posted by PhoenixJ
Yeah, babaaay!

*evil growley Jaymz laugh* nuh uh! Evill Jason laugh!

[Demios]

"You've got to Breathe Man Breathe!!!!!"

Anyway back to the Riffage:
"Whole Lotta Rosie" - AC/DC
"Man In A Box" - Alice In Chains
"Parabola" - Tool

[JennyPen]

A parabola is a line!

That riff off - Human is SOOOOOO heavy... comin' up for air!!!

Y'know, I know I told you this already Deb but I feel the masses should know...indeed, Jaymz was fabled for having (and losing) a very VERY growly voice back in the day. But Jason has a growlier voice than Jaymz EVER had! It's scary! It's that LAUGH in the middle of FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE on the cunning stunts DVD... christ i make an involuntary jump every time I hear it. It's the most evil laugh EVER, it's terrifying.

[JennyPen]

The gods are laughing (mwahahahahaha) so take your last breath....

another riff: hmmm. I suppose the old sleep now in the fire is good. i love the line in it that goes 'i am the nina the pinta the santa maria!'

[Vampira]

SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE!!!! do do do do do (<guitar solo attempt failing miserably, feck these keyboards not making guitar noises!)

[skippy[r]]

ummmm....for me....

slayer - angel of death
slayer - hellawaits
black sabbath - symptoms of the universe
carcass - exhume to consume
iron maiden - powerslave


skippy

[Thomas the Great]

Slayer - At Dawn they sleep,

The riffs at the part where he keeps saying,
"Kill.. Kill.. Kill.. Kill.. Kill.. Kill.. Kill.. Kill.. KILL!!.. KILL!!...."
Are cool, nice and slow :D

[JennyPen]

Haha There's a song by Diamond Head called 'Sucking My Love' where the dude has an orgasm in the middle of it. It's ahem cool

I downloaded a kickass song the other day, not really riff related at all, it's Tenacious D (allegedly), 'I'm The Only Gay Eskimo'. It's hysterical.

Hmmm. Another riff. I suppose a Tallica one (I'm nothing if not predictable) - The Four Horsemen. Heh heh heh. Evil is the only word.

Also - Poison by Alice Cooper. That makes a kickass ringtone. (ahem)

[Demios]

Broken - Pantera
5 Minutes Alone - Pantera

Dimebag really creates some unreal riffage!
Perfect 'just-woken up post hangover' metal.

[JennyPen]

5 minutes aLONE!!!!!!! I LOVE that album...it's soooo cool.

I just got 2 copies of Kill Em All and a copy of ...And Justice For All today for my bday! How cool am I!!

[JennyPen]

And from that i'm gonna go with Harvester of Sorrows and maybe a little Leper Messiah again... it's SO good... now now now nee now, now now nee now! (indeed darn these heyboards!)

Sleep Now In The Fire - now now now now NEEW now, gonow now now now NEEW now!

[Vampira]

TWO copies of kill em all? Thats a lot.
My present is sooooo much better though.... Oh yes. Wait til friday missy!

[JennyPen]

3 copies now, and 2 copies of ....and justice. sigh. im so predictible even my friends/boyfriend/mum are all buying me the same pressie! Ah well!!

[Vampira]

my one is sooooooooooo much better!

[Demios]

Originally posted by Vampira
my one is sooooooooooo much better!

Getting a little competitive arent we???:rolleyes:

[Demios]

Back to the Riffage:
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Ailen.
Alice In Chains - Damn That River/Them Bones.(Good,not the best)

[JohnnyJ]

Soul to squeeze, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Violet high,Cyclefly
Hollow Pantera

[Kedzz]

Jimi Hendrix--Voodoo Child
Nirvana--You know you're right

[Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by Demios
Back to the Riffage:
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Ailen.
Alice In Chains - Damn That River/Them Bones.(Good,not the best)
To be fair though,the riffage of Alice In Chains is good overall but since we're givin' examples,gotta go with "We Die Young".
THEM BONES!!!!YEAH!!!!!

[Chickenman]

Cannibal Corpse - "Stabbed in the Throat"
Slayer - "Mandatory Suicide"
Black Sabbath - "Into the Void"
Metallica - "Dyer's Eve"
Cryptopsy - "Born Headless" (EVERYONE should hear that song!!!!)
Cannibal Corpse - "Grotesque"


There you go. B.

[Chickenman]

Oh, and of course Soundgarden "Fell on Black Days".

[Vampira]

The more things change by machinehead
or iron man by sabbath

[Chad]

bring back jake the snake roberts and million dollar man ted diBiase!!!

[JennyPen]

Well now after this weekend i'm gonna say 'The Spine Splitter' by VCannibal Corpse.

Also that Cypress Hill one that is upstairs in my room but i couldn't be bothered getting it. Oh, fine I will *runs upstairs at breakneck speed and trips when coming back down again, grunt* (pant pant) it's called 'Get Out Of My Head'(pant pant must catch breath i'm so unfit pant pant)

Also, 'Wish you Were here' by Incubus and a little bit of 'Asthmatic' and 'New Disease' by Spineshank. Gotta love Spinbeshank. Ah, Jonny Santos, you will be mine...

[Nail_Bombed]

Spineshank live - are godly. This I know becuase I was in Oxford in England for six months last year. Within that six months I had gone to countless local and other gigs... and got to see Spineshank together with Dry Kill Logic and a local band called JOR (who have now got massive in UK through extensive touring and columns in Kerrang!). Th gig rocked my ass off.

In fact, all the bands rocked. Sadly, the band (Spineshank) in the flesh, although mostly a nice bunch of guys, had one problem - Jonny Santos. Completely unapproachable, egotistical, Axl Rose-a-like 'rock god' type, who wouldn't give any of his fans the time of day. The rest of the band were well cool dudes, very easily spoken to, especially the bassist - nice guys. Shame their singer's a complete cock - even if he is a brilliant singer, he made himself out to be the epitome of arrogance then. He sure was 'Playing God' that night!

Dry Kill Logic were ALL cool dudes, very laidback American nice guys - though rather enamored with English Chinese food - and very tolerant of the weed to the extent that they asked a fan where to get some! :D

All in all, the gig rocked - and the afters were cool, apart from finding out that Jonny Santos may look kinda cool in the magazines, but in reality he's a dick.

NB.

[JennyPen]

Really? I did NOT know that. Ah well, sure how bad. I saw 'Daisy Daisy' once where she went on tour with them... it was hysterical, imagine it, a 28 year old teeny bopper on tour dressed up as a goth with Spineshank. Nealry wet meself laughing. AH well!!!

[Mute]

my favourite HHH moment, going back a few years now...

Austin (standing in ring): "i can't hear a word you're saying coz u got 17000 people calling u an asshole"

Crowd: "aaaashole, aaaaashole, aaaashole....!!!"

HHH (on ramp): "do you think i give a damn what any of these idiots think, i don't care, u can all kiss my ass"

imagine getting to tell 17000 people to kiss your ass!!!
and william regal is a dude.

riffs? mneh, whatever, usually prefer the space in between anyway...

[happy joy joy]

Originally posted by Chickenman
Cannibal Corpse - "Stabbed in the Throat"
Slayer - "Mandatory Suicide"
Black Sabbath - "Into the Void"
Metallica - "Dyer's Eve"
Cryptopsy - "Born Headless" (EVERYONE should hear that song!!!!)
Cannibal Corpse - "Grotesque"


There you go. B.





this is about riffs not songs what part(s)??? sorry there alot more posts like this but im picking on you! :wakko::evil:

[Patrik_Flame]

eletric wizard - the chosen few "dah dah dum deh deh deh Dah Dum DaH!" etc.

[JennyPen]

I'm gonna go with... hmm.... *think hard* What about 'Wicked Thoughts' by Bernie Q? Bass riffs rule!

[Vampira]

anasthesia pulling teeth!

[girly so groovey]

smells like teen spirit is the 'only' riff in my opinion!

[JennyPen]

I know a LOT of ppl hate Saliva but they've some kickass riffs, and songs. Your Disease (Ive that on the stereo, I should REALLY get their album) is cool, Superstar... their on so many soundtracks I would LOVE to be in their position financially...

[girly so groovey]

the smoke on the water riffs pretty good too...

[JennyPen]

*ahem* bass solo take one..... (hehe go cliff and his pulling of the teeth with the aid of anasthesia)

[girly so groovey]

thats a solo einstein! i love the bass riff in bullet in the head. guitar riff in sleep now in the fire. also i simply love the paradise city and message in a bottle riffs!

[JennyPen]

Breadfan by Budgie is always good.

I believe myself and the Deb one have covered the riff in Sleep Now In The Fire... new new new new NEOW new!!

One Of A Kind by Breaking Point is good too. And I've been listening to the classics lately, so i'm going with 20th Century Boy by T-Rex, Whatever You Want by Status Quo, Gimme All Your Lovin' by ZZ Top and (just for the hell of it)Lita's song from WWE, tho one on Volume 5. 'Tis good listening, all of it.

Ooh ooh ooh, and 'Kenny Goes To Hell' by Jaymz Hetfield. God Bless Trey Parker. in the words of Teeny Weeny Tom, God Bless Us, Everyone!!!

[Demios]

Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top.
Tush - ZZ Top also.
La Grange - ZZ Top...thats right u've guessed it....ZZ Top.

But seriously i think Continental Op by Rory Gall or perhaps Messin with the kid are his best tracks/riffs.

[JennyPen]

What 'bout the ol' Gimme All Your Lovin'? That amooses me no end

[Demios]

It's okay,but the older stuff im more into,zztop were far different before they realised "eliminator",still its a fairly good album.

Dead Inside - Chimira.

[JennyPen]

Jayzus, I was jokin'. I think the amooses should have tipped you off. Silly boy! Wales has addled your already bolloxed brain!

Riff riff riff riff riff...hmmm..... (trying desperately to think of a non-Tallica one because I'm really annoying people with my obsession, and the fact theat I have Kill Em All on isn't helping) Ooh Ooh not a heavy riff, but I Stay Away by Alice in Chains. Bless boyfriends and their Music Bank collections, eh Nightcrawler?

[Demios]

Im likin "Gasoline" by Audioslave.
They've got some serious Zepplin hooks to some of their tracks.
Morello is an weilder of classic riffage!

[Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by PhoenixJ
Jayzus, I was jokin'. I think the amooses should have tipped you off. Silly boy! Wales has addled your already bolloxed brain!

Riff riff riff riff riff...hmmm..... (trying desperately to think of a non-Tallica one because I'm really annoying people with my obsession, and the fact theat I have Kill Em All on isn't helping) Ooh Ooh not a heavy riff, but I Stay Away by Alice in Chains. Bless boyfriends and their Music Bank collections, eh Nightcrawler?
Indeed,cheré.

The insane riffs of Cannibal Corpse should also be mentioned e.g Hammer Smashed Face.

[JennyPen]

I've been partial to 'The Spine Splitter' for some time now, ever since 'the incident'.....

[Demios]

"From Skin To Liquid" - Cannibal Corpse,pure chunks of riffage.
There will be more incidents yet jen jen.i've bought two more of their albums..my minidisc is being beaten by them right now.
SStttaaaabbbeeddd IIInnn TThhheee TThhrrooaatt!!!

[JennyPen]

Oh I look forward to each and every incident... once I return from the land of the upside-down stuff.

A riff, a riff, my kingdom for a riff. Hows aboot - 20th Century Boy" by T-Rex - that's GOTTA be one of the best!

[Demios]

Originally posted by PhoenixJ
Hows aboot - 20th Century Boy" by T-Rex - that's GOTTA be one of the best!

Dawm-da-da-dawm dawm-da-da-dawm!!!Boland...that damn genius.

Pit Of Zombies - Cannibal Corpse.

[JennyPen]

I've been hearing things. Hearing legend about a Cannibal Corpse cover... Demios, is it true? A 'Corpse cover of (dare I say it) No Remorse???

[Vampira]

I could have told u that babe!

[Demios]

Originally posted by PhoenixJ
I've been hearing things. Hearing legend about a Cannibal Corpse cover... Demios, is it true? A 'Corpse cover of (dare I say it) No Remorse???

'Tis true,the song is sheer manical perfection.
Dare i say....fuck metallica's version.
You see!!!its powers are indeed potent.It has poisoned my mind.I am doomed.

[JennyPen]

We shall see how fair down under changes me. I may forgive you in time... until then... you are serious celestial galactic shit...

Ahem! back to the riffage! Today's riff-of-the-day (I think I should start producing riff of the day toilet paper) is......Prod, MuDvAyNe. Scary. Also Death Blooms. Those fucking death blooms...

[Thomas the Great]

"The Songless Bird"- My Dying Bride,
The Riff after the melodic part in the middle is class!

[Vampira]

riffage... the last 2 mins of enterfaith by soulfly. Fucking hostile riffage!

[Demios]

Boogie Van - Fu Manchu.

[JennyPen]

All of Fu Manchu stuff is good. I mean, it's liel, whoa, dude, i have this riff in my head, 'awesome' 'wow' 'bodacious'

EG - The Wasteoid

[Thomas the Great]

If you want good riffs, listen to The Haunted's new album "one kill wonder".. inSANE!! I tell you.. :evil:

[JohnnyJ]

Drive- from cyclefly's newest album.
Mouth for war-Pantera
Izabella-Jimi Hendrix
Dead Battery-Pitchshifter
Karma Killer-Cyclefly
Going Inside-John Frusciante(solo Album)

[Her Unholiness]

Diamond Head - Am I Evil

[Demios]

Originally posted by Thomas the Great
If you want good riffs, listen to The Haunted's new album "one kill wonder".. inSANE!! I tell you.. :evil:

There last album was like maiden riffage on crack!!!
True words there Tomas.....also try The Haunted "Made me do it"