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Personally one of my favourite slayer Riffs is from angel of death. It's the riff after the first verse riff. 1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-3-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-2 Close enough
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My top is: 1. Angel Of Death. 2. Raining Blood. 3. Black Magic. 4. Hell Awaits. 5. Killing Fields. 6. War Ensemble. 7. Seasons In The Abyss. 8. Disciple. 9. World Painted Blood. 10. South Of Heaven.
(In no particular order) Seasons in the Abyss South of Heaven Killing Fields Hell Awaits Silent Scream War Ensemble Dittohead Angel of Death Raining Blood Mandatory Suicide
No Seasons in the Abyss? I don't know tough to hold it to only 10. Mandatory Suicide is my favorite Jeff riff of all time and God do I miss him. As an individual who struggles with the same demons Jeff did it makes me sad to know he couldn't get through it because I know the hellish depths it can take you. RIP Jeff.
Necrophiliac? War Ensemble? Seasons? Spirit in Black? Reborn? I could go on for hours But I can understand Slayer have sooo many insane riffs it's just too hard to pick only 10
Goosebumps all the way! Pretty much all my youth summed up here - and I'm 43 now ^^- SLAYER!!! But Why does "Skeletons of Society" never appears in any one of your picks? I love "Seasons" and this song in particular. But I guess it's crazy hard to choose only the 10 best Slayer riffs.. BTW Angel of Death without Dave that sucks IMHO
The intro to "War Ensemble" definitely should have been on here. I would have to include "Sprit in Black," "Disciple," and the closing riff from "New Faith" on my personal list. These are decent picks though.
1. Raining blood - reign in blood 1986 2. South of heaven - south of heaven 1988 3. Angel of death - reign in blood 1986 4. Seasons in the abyss - seasons in the abyss 1990 5. Black magic - show no mercy 1983 6. Repentless - repentless 2015 7. War ensemble - seasons in the abyss 1990 8. Disciple- God HAtes Us all 2001 9. World painted blood - world painted blood 2009 10. Dead skin mask - seasons in the abyss 1990
I love how so many of these are from the south of heaven and seasons in the abyss albums. I always fucking loved the riffage in those albums so much. \,,/
I saw everything on this list coming from a mile away. Knew nothing from divine intervention would be on and nothing from the 2000s, was actually surprised that not even disciple made cut.
10 Greatest Slayer Opening Riffs (?) Fn ghost of war, 1:50- about 2:23 (well pretty much through the end) The actual RIFF in angel of death...nasty! sex murder art at dawn they sleep spill the blood it's hard to make this list...their riffs are iconic!
Anybody who shits on Paul should listen to Testament's Formation of Damnation, and then tell me he's not as good as Dave. Dave is a better Slayer drummer, but overall i'd say they're equal
HaliniSnow Paul is a great thrash drummer. Lombardo is the greatest thrash drummer. Without even mentioning all of the other parts he wrote, he created the Angel of Death fill.
paul is an awesome drummer, but slayer just dont sound the same without dave!!! its a whole different drum sound, very noticable, even when paul is playing daves songs.
I believe Angel of Death contains a greater one to include in this list.
Andriy Vasylenko hello
Andriy Vasylenko Agreed, my friend.
I believe you're talking about the middle riff during the interlude when the tempo slows down, yes? Because that riff is just amazing.
Skeletons of society is also a great riff, but I don't make these lists, anyway, I'm a big fan of what you do Andriy, keep it up!
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Seasons in the abyss?!???
Percival Melanson THANK YOU
Percival Melanson underrated song and album
Hell Awaits?
Percival Melanson chemical warfare anyone???
Alex Wheeler THANK YOU
War Ensemble deserves a spot
Aakash Balaji So does Tormentor
Yeah, War Ensemble should've been on there.
Waaaay too many killer riffs to choose from.
The Cadaver I agree. I guess Hell Awaits deserves a spot too
No, EVERY slayer song deserves a spot on this list
A lot more deserving than Live Undead
They should have included middle interlude riff in angel of death
Agreed
100%
WHOLE SONG!!!
Absolutely
YES!
If you didn't come to this video knowing raining blood was #1, there's no hope for you.
Mitchell Brubaker ikr lmao angel of death is my number one though
Alex Steel exactly xD
Kris Radke I can see why people think that but I think it is
Kris Radke I never said it was. But we all know it was gonna be #1.
I think south of heaven is the best 🤷♂️
Raining blood is always #1 on every list lmao
wellmax I think Angel Of Death is a lot as well.
Wow,SPOILER
Because those two are by far their best songs and it's not even close
i think dead skin mask or the antichrist
Its one of the most iconic metal riffs of all time
I like that one riff where they pick the open E a lot
Oh... i love that one
Ah yes!!... that one 😂
HaliniSnow same!!!
It's a big part of the thrash concept, but it's totally OK. It's slayer we are talking about, not mEtallica
zach nai Hetfield utilizes the open E much better than Kerry King or Hanneman
I am a simple metalhead, I see Slayer, I like.
The Yigo Hellyeah!!!
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The Irate Metalhead
I disliked your comment to like it again
The Irate Metalhead Hahahah I'm done great comment
One doesn't simply sum up Slayer with only 10 riffs...
Intro riffs at that. Fuckin lame
You can try
Sad that Seasons in the Abyss wasn't on here. Love that riff. :(
Which one it got 3 riffs
Let's be honest here, everyone already knows what's gonna be #1
The breakdown in angel of death is supreme! You know that one belongs to the number one spot.
Behind the Crooked Cross or the 2nd riff of Metal Storm/Face The Slayer is my favourite
Crooked Cross is really good
My favourite is Temptation's breakdown riff. It's not even fast nor complex it's just pure, heavy and groovy badassery.
Personally one of my favourite slayer Riffs is from angel of death. It's the riff after the first verse riff.
1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-3-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-2 Close enough
Boomba 64 fuck tabs learn pentagram lazy fuck+!!
Isaac dissonance how do you know he learnt it on tabs?
Álvaro Bass not using notes or chords but just numbers
Boomba 64 my hand wants to kill itself when I play that part on guitar
@@isaacdissonance3967 who the fuck learns slayer on pentagram
The opening riff to Jesus Saves woukd be in my top 10, that's alwsys been one of my favorites if not my favorite riff from them
Yesss!
The criminally insane riff after Kerry's solo is pretty badass
DEATH RIFFS C'MON!!!
WE NEED EM
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Also works for Black Metal and Pornogrind and Grindcore
Elchinodiabolero He meant the band. And Black Metal uses octaves a lot so...
Elchinodiabolero You have not heard death in your life
Plz I would love a death list
I think the fact that 4 out of 10 riffs here (almost half) are from south of heaven is a testament to how underrated the album is.
I think Disciple deserves to be here
frwellmonalisa I love the opening riff
Disciple, expendable youth, repentless
Fuck yes ❤️. I love the bloodline intro too slow and heavy
Finally! They have some of the best riffs in the thrash metal history.
Last time I was this early Kerry king still had hair...
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY FUCKING PUT ANGEL OF DEATH'S INTRO RIFF INSTEAD OF THE MIDDLE ONE, WICH IS IN TOP 10 RIFFS IN METAL HISTORY
I think they might mean all the riffs in a song
Missing expendable Youth !!
Rabitozoc Tuikalon yes, great riff
Live undead is such an underrated song and they rarely play it live which makes me sad
And every single riff was written by Jeff. All hail the king! R.I.P., Brother.
Where's War Ensemble or Spirit In Black? Silent Scream is my favourite though!
HAIL SLAYER!!!!!
How in the FUCK did you manage to make Jesus Saves not on this list. It's arguably top 3!!! That opening riff is ludicrous.
top ten slayer riffs: every riff off of the album hell awaits
Behind the crooked cross, Ghosts of War, War Ensemble, Payback, World Painted Blood, New Faith
My top is:
1. Angel Of Death.
2. Raining Blood.
3. Black Magic.
4. Hell Awaits.
5. Killing Fields.
6. War Ensemble.
7. Seasons In The Abyss.
8. Disciple.
9. World Painted Blood.
10. South Of Heaven.
Needs War Ensemble and Seasons in the Abyss
Top 10 slayer drum lines?
(In no particular order)
Seasons in the Abyss
South of Heaven
Killing Fields
Hell Awaits
Silent Scream
War Ensemble
Dittohead
Angel of Death
Raining Blood
Mandatory Suicide
Live undead ?
I thought the drums on Live Undead had good flow. Specifically in the beginning, and near the end when the tempo picks up.
supremist is one that I like
The entire South of Heaven album has godly drumming, Dave's finest hour imo
What about Disciple? :(
My favorite is probably evil has no boundaries
Wow where's chemical warfare, that personally is my #1 favorite slayer song
I think every tune from South of Heaven & Seasons in the Abyss should be played here, in their entirety. The little snippets were brutal to deal with.
No Seasons in the Abyss? I don't know tough to hold it to only 10. Mandatory Suicide is my favorite Jeff riff of all time and God do I miss him. As an individual who struggles with the same demons Jeff did it makes me sad to know he couldn't get through it because I know the hellish depths it can take you. RIP Jeff.
Spirit in Black, Kill and Kill Again, Haunting the Chapel, Chemical Warfare?...Man Slayer got so many killer riffs.
JAYJAY TEE Kill Again is one of my favorites
blood red has a badass riff
Necrophiliac? War Ensemble? Seasons? Spirit in Black? Reborn? I could go on for hours
But I can understand
Slayer have sooo many insane riffs it's just too hard to pick only 10
FUCKING SLAYER DUDE
You can't guess how many times I've heard south of heaven but now I think I'm going to listen to it again
Smoke on the water?
Thunderstruck?
Iron Man?
LavenderShrimp stair way to heaven?
LavenderShrimp you forgot Johnny Be Good
The sarcasm in here is so sweet 😂
Where tf is skeletons of society
Angel of death is probably the best song known to man
I'd place some new stuff in the back and put angel of death at no2
Goosebumps all the way!
Pretty much all my youth summed up here - and I'm 43 now ^^- SLAYER!!! But Why does "Skeletons of Society" never appears in any one of your picks? I love "Seasons" and this song in particular. But I guess it's crazy hard to choose only the 10 best Slayer riffs..
BTW Angel of Death without Dave that sucks IMHO
Man some of these clips are so old that Kerry King was in good physical fitness in them
0:37 Do I see an Irish flag
For me, all of Slayer's riff is fuc*in* awesome
Black Magic is really catchy I find
My favorite has still gotta be the riff right after the solo in Ghosts of War, fucking KILLER!!!
No one:
Someone's girlfriend at 3am: 1:20
How is Angel of Death only 7?
PS: why is it that every time they use Raining Blood in a video, it’s always footage from Still Reigning 2004?
Holy shit the same riff for 30 years! SLAYEEEEEEEEER!
MarschallRommel as much as I love slayer, you're not wrong
When Tom Araya used to headbang like crazy madman
My personal favourite is the verse riff of Jihad that comes in at about 1:50.
The riff in The middle of angel of death is not only the best slayer riff, but one of the top 3 metal riffs of all time!
The intro to "War Ensemble" definitely should have been on here. I would have to include "Sprit in Black," "Disciple," and the closing riff from "New Faith" on my personal list. These are decent picks though.
Did you ever listen to Seasons in the Abyss????
Raining blood is legendary. THE EVIL IN THAT ONE 🤘🏼🤘🏼
1. Raining blood - reign in blood 1986
2. South of heaven - south of heaven 1988
3. Angel of death - reign in blood 1986
4. Seasons in the abyss - seasons in the abyss 1990
5. Black magic - show no mercy 1983
6. Repentless - repentless 2015
7. War ensemble - seasons in the abyss 1990
8. Disciple- God HAtes Us all 2001
9. World painted blood - world painted blood 2009
10. Dead skin mask - seasons in the abyss 1990
WORLD PAINTED BLOOD HAS A AWESOME RIFF BUT ITS SUCH A UNKNOWN SONG
Antichrist? Great opening riff
Yeah but what does Corey Taylor think about this?
Kerry and Jeff did a lot of awesome guitar solos, especially on Rainning Blood.
Spill the blood, anyone?...no?
...mkay
For a little grooviness, Skeletons of Society, Behind the Crooked Cross, & a swingin' tune called Hell Awaits.
I love these riff videos
Hell Awaits has 3 of they're best in the first 2 minutes
I love how so many of these are from the south of heaven and seasons in the abyss albums. I always fucking loved the riffage in those albums so much. \,,/
I'm glad South of Heaven is #2
Mine has to be War Ensemble's verse... SO GOOD!
I like the music after 1990 as well!
Sick! I just saw Slayer at San Francisco yesterday \m/
Criminally insane.
Where is jihad or dittohead and repentless or Seasons in the abyss?
You can't forget seasons in the abyss!
First I was like: ,,postmortem is only number 10?!" But then I was like: ,,OMG they have so many great riffs."
I see that Circle jerks sticker on the guitar, slayer are punks at heart.
The interlude riff from angel of death is so much better than the intro.
Glad to see my fav Slayer song make it at #7
Chemical Warfare?
War Ensemble?
Tormentor?
thic could be like 15 or 20 riffs tho
And do Sepultura next!!🤟
FINALLY Silent Scream gets CREDIT for something!!!! Such a great song!
Spill the blood intro is pretty good. I feel like that song gets over looked
"Top Ten" is not enough when it comes to Slayer!
Kim Borgholt I thought it was too much
What happened to Chemical Warfare and Haunting the Chapel?
Good list this ! Can't really complain.
War Ensemble and Altar of Sacrifice.
Crionics, tormentor, fight till death, Altar of sacrifice, kill again, reborn, chemical warfare, and necrophiliac all deserve spots
Tormentor, Metal Storm/Face The Slayer, Jihad, Final Six, War Esemble, Serenity In Murder, Disciple.... Those riffs are goddamn badass
what about World painted blood??
I saw everything on this list coming from a mile away. Knew nothing from divine intervention would be on and nothing from the 2000s, was actually surprised that not even disciple made cut.
Hell Awaits
Captor of Sin
very good choices here. I would have added hell awaits. that's prob my fav intro by them. seasons in the abyss has some great riffs. disciple too.
10 Greatest Slayer Opening Riffs (?)
Fn ghost of war, 1:50- about 2:23 (well pretty much through the end)
The actual RIFF in angel of death...nasty!
sex murder art
at dawn they sleep
spill the blood
it's hard to make this list...their riffs are iconic!
Yoo...the double bass in that live video of Angel of Death...goddamn.
IF LOMBARDO'S NOT HITTING THE SKINS, THE RIFFS DON'T MATTER AS MUCH.
Anybody who shits on Paul should listen to Testament's Formation of Damnation, and then tell me he's not as good as Dave. Dave is a better Slayer drummer, but overall i'd say they're equal
HaliniSnow Paul is a great thrash drummer. Lombardo is the greatest thrash drummer. Without even mentioning all of the other parts he wrote, he created the Angel of Death fill.
paul's awesome but, in the context of the greatest slayer riffs, lombardo's part of the reason for their greatness.
paul is an awesome drummer, but slayer just dont sound the same without dave!!! its a whole different drum sound, very noticable, even when paul is playing daves songs.
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