literally can not beat the groove section of 5 minutes alone. nothing is heavier or slicker than that. makes u feel happy, mad, bubbly, and disgusted at everything that isn’t that section. nothing compares.
For me, “A New Level” by PANTERA starts with the heaviest riff I can think of. Pure power and aggression. Phil Anselmo even declares “SUCH POWER!” That song crushes from the very beginning of the Live: 101 Proof album.
Pantera: Domination (Moscow) A new level intro Great southern trendkill Suicide note pt 2 riffs at 0:52-1:45) This love (2:43) Yesterday don’t mean shit (2:00) Metallica: Sad but true The god that failed For whom the bell tolls (bridge) Harvester of sorrow Judas kiss (chorus riff) Sweet amber (4:31)***undderrated*** Damage inc. (3:15) Slayer: Angel of death breakdown, When the drums join its incredible. Raining Blood Crowbar gets honorable mentions because they’re grimy sludge riffs.
Definitely Domination by Pantera. If that breakdown doesn't get your adrenaline pumping so hard that you're ready to run through a wall then you ain't right.
@@hmpz36911I bet if you saw them playing it live in 99 you'd sing a different tune lol. Also, Sepulturas Dead Embryonic Cells breakdown is only 1 note, still bangs
A kind of underrated riff for me is the riff after the little runs in the middle of Children of the Grave by Sabbath. Goes half time and makes me strum the strings way too hard
Pantera and gojira are the first bands that come to mind for me. A new level, domination, the second riff from sandblasted skin.... The intro riff from Heaviest matter of the universe. Also Demiurge from meshuggah!
It's always going to be That Breakdown Riff in Domination by Pantera. It's basically the blueprint for every breakdown that followed for the next 20 years. Honorable mention to the Outro riff for Gojira Explosia and the Outro riff for Davidian by Machine Head.
The two heaviest riffs ever made are the opening riffs to "March Of The S.O.D." by S.O.D. and "World Eater" by Bolt Thrower. The original version off Realm Of Chaos.
@@sachah.1526 they are an alt metal band, grunge was more of a movement than an actual real genre, it’s why the big 4 all sound different and slot into diff actual genres but they’re all considered grunge. A song like them bones is just straight up metal
The one that most consistently gives me the stink face is all the heavy ass riffs in Blackwater Park by Opeth. That song is just 12 unrelenting minutes of ever evolving insanity and societal decay and it’s soooo wonderful. Heir Apparent is another honorable mention.
How no one says “Demiurge” by Meshuggah, SPECIFICALLY the breakdown after he says “A profit of extinction!” Is beyond me. That is literally open the portal to hell heavy.
Meshuggah has some of the heaviest riffs I've ever heard in my life, good example is Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave it Motion. Dir En Grey has some nasty riffs to on albums like Uroboros, Dum Spiro Spero, and The Marrow of a Bone.
For me, a few that come to mind: - Opening riff from "Symbolic" - Ending of Power Trip's song "Manifest Decimation" - Vacuity - Gojira - Domination - ending of Slaughter to Prevail's "Demolisher" - For Whom the Bell Tolls - Main riff from Electric Funeral - Dopesmoker
Boris - Heavy Friends/Flood part 3 Part Chimp - Dirty Sun Eagle Twin - the insane breakdown in Job Cain ii Beatles - I want you (she’s so heavy) Electric Wizard - the end of Weird Tales And of course, loads of Dopesmoker
The bridge in “Angel of Death” has to be up there. “Bleed” is fucking brutal. I’m sure a lot of people would say that, but it’s really fucking heavy. “Sand Blasted Skin” is nuts too.
If we're talking Meshuggah, I think Sinews, Demiurge and Lethargica are all wayyyy heavier. I would personally say those 3 are the heaviest that I can think of.
voice of the soul by DEATH is so badass. just the acoustic alone is so dark and evil and i’m in love with it. one of the greatest and most beautiful pieces of art ever.
That final breakdown from Domination by Pantera. Rex, Vinnie, and Dime are playing together duh-duh-duh duh-duh-duh duh-duh-duh duh-duh-duh over and over, then Dime goes into that blistering solo over Rex and Vinnie, then Dime finishes the solo with that squeel and comes right back into the mix with the other two but with a little half-time groove this time...that's metal so metal it makes the sticker peck out.
It breaks my heart because, Dimebag was only 38 years old when he got ripped from us By that psychotic Nut bar... It's hard telling how many epic songs that cowboy had up his sleeve. Because he was FAR FROM DONE!!! Fly High Dime and Vinny!!! You both changed the game!!! 🤘❤❤❤🤘😊
The jam in strength beyond strength is mesmerizing. Always turned that part up as loud as possible . Can’t really go wrong with Panterra. Harvester is worthy as well
There’s so many. March of the SOD, Territory by Sepultura, Scourge of Iron by Cannibal Corpse, Day of Suffering by Morbid Angel, Strike of the Beast by Exodus, Into the Void by Black Sabbath, the palm mute riff on For Whom the Bell Tolls, High Rate Extinction by fuckin Crowbar? Holy Wars? Anything Dimebag did? Am I Evil? Hell Awaits by Slayer?? So many good ones man. So hard to pick one. However, Dopesmoker is on another plane of existence when it comes to heaviness. Now that’s something else.
imo for me, the opening riff of dividian by machine head is the most hardcore riff that has ever been listened to. And the closer of the song is so heavy too.
The song Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. It's basically the first heavy song ever, and it's still one of the heaviest. Also- the song Times Of Grace by Neurosis is probably the heaviest song ever. When it kicks in after the little clean intro part. Holy Shit. Soooo crushing!
Eyes of the South- Down Bulls on parade- Ratm Seek and Destroy- Tallica Laid to rest- Lamb of god Symphony of Destruction- Megadeth Domination- Pantera
The intro to “Wasting Away” by Nailbomb has gotta be up there. The left channel into full stereo is pretty bad ass. It’s a little “industrial” but goes from slow chugging, to full speed metal.
@@Happylink75 exactly 21min. It was made to be this exact length because that was the longest a song could be and still be published on a separate label as an EP. As I remember it, they wanted to support the label of a friend without infringing on their contract with their existing label. Something along those lines. In any case the song is absolutely stunning in both complexity and intensity. For some reason this most convoluted and lengthy song of theirs was the one song that made me really get into them. Still my favorite Meshuggah song.
-Intro of "Kaleidoscopic tendencies" by the zenith passage -ending of "Planetary Duality part 2" the faceless The 1: 28 mark of "born in dissonance" meshuggah - beginning of "flourish" the contortionist - "sanctity of brothers" unearthed
Funny, none of these guys brought up any doom metal. Closest they got was “Into the Void” which is fair enough. That song is what made me a stoner metal fan.
Into the void sabbath, or 5 minutes alone Pantera. I’d even throw Walk Pantera, Papercut Nirvana are all nasty and gnashing heavy but some how have a VERY melodic sound within. But if I had to give it a winner Predictable by Korn that beginning riff is so heavy to me the way the riff just has this type of eerie stalker walking sound. Idk I heard all those songs and heard plenty after and still all those songs give me goosebumps and make my face kinda smash up and I love it lmaoo
Yeah Sabbath and Pantera are the champs when it comes to the heaviness. But my dark horse pick is Grind by Alice in Chains. Oh, also the drop in Gojira's The Cell.
Harvester of Sorrow Strength Beyond Strength Sabbath bloody sabbath Pull the plug Raining blood Refuse/Resist And one lesser known: the bridge riff to "Pink on the Inside" by Knives out Edit: for new stuff, Whitechapel's "Brimstone" is seismic
The outro to Dreamtheaters dark eternal night deserves to be mentioned. Not just the guitar but the keyboards as well. That’s the first one that popped in my head, but there are so so many to pick from.
Strenght Beyond Strenght is also the first that poped in my mind instantly. Any Dying Fetus riff would be also a very good contender. Suprised i did not hear DF mentioned. Also Revocation are def up there (Hi Dave 😅)
2:30 mark of Kyuss' One Inch Man, Opening Riff of 3 Days of Darkness - Testament, Opening Riff of Mother Puncher - Mastodon, Opener for Rain in Blood - Slayer
How in the actual damn did nobody say Dimes main riff in a new level?? I mean he was the ultimate Riff God but that one in particular is the epitome of a heavy metal guitar riff!
March of the S.O.D into Sargent D is the best one two punch in Metal. Dime Bag knew where the riffs were. That’s why he gladly filled in with Scott and Anthrax.
Came here to say where’s Eyehategod in there.. Crowbar is close enough! “Broken Down But Not Locked Up” by EHG, check it out along with the rest of the album
The first couple that come to mind are Scourge of Iron by Cannibal Corpse (particularly the last minute or so) and Iommi’s work on Sign of the Southern Cross. I mean what a badass riff that just conquers
So many but the breakdown on Pantera's Domination is a good candidate, the breakdown in Sepultura's Dead Embryonic Cells, and the Die By My Hand riff in Creeping Death from Metallica, theres so many...last riff in Davidian by Machine Head is brutal af too.
All due respect to Trevor Rabin and those Yes albums he made in the 80's. He kicked those guys in the ass and forced them to lose the wizard robes and edit down their songs. 90125 and Big Generator are stone classics.
Big Generator is sooooooo underrated/polarizing. Another heavy Rabin riff worth noting is City of Love (fun fact: the chorus from City of Love was the basis for the chorus for Love? by Strapping Young Lad, which is heavy AF).
Pantera - Breakdown at the end of Domination Sepultura - outro to Roots Machine Head - outro to Davidian White Zombie - Psychoholic Slag (the "ending" of Welcome to Planet MF)
This entire video could have just been Pantera riffs and they all would have been 100% right. Any song off far beyond driven or vulgar display of power
The opening riff of Darkane's "Demigod" is the heaviest thing I've heard in my life. Sounds like they recorded it by dropping mountains onto other mountains. Pretty close to that are Meshuggah's "Bleed" for the low teeth-gritting bending and Decapitated's "Post (?) Organic" for the generally sounding like a stampede of mastodons.
Any riff by Dimebag is absolutely crushing, but the breakdown on 5 Minutes Alone is just another level for me
Immortality insane is awesome af
Throes of Rejection outro riff
damn right!!! 333
Yes, interviwees wanted to give a chance to others musicians but fact is Dime's riffs comprises 90% of that list
literally can not beat the groove section of 5 minutes alone. nothing is heavier or slicker than that. makes u feel happy, mad, bubbly, and disgusted at everything that isn’t that section. nothing compares.
Slaughtered by Pantera. That whole song is just nasty
I concur
I very much agree.
Yes.
Slaughtered is so good
🤘🏻🤘🏻
The breakdown for Domination is insane and by far one of the heaviest
Same thing I was thinking
If not THE
This is a damn good answer
Avoiding the like, to keep your comment eternal!
I agree.
I love the fact there’s so much love from
other musicians for some of dimebag’s riffs. Dude was a master of the craft.
333
For me, “A New Level” by PANTERA starts with the heaviest riff I can think of. Pure power and aggression. Phil Anselmo even declares “SUCH POWER!” That song crushes from the very beginning of the Live: 101 Proof album.
Definitely!
i think it was ozzfest, forgot what year, maybe 1998, when they played that song, phil’s fucking low growls are just on fucking point
@@mexicanmaui1062 ozzfest uk : milton keynes 1998
💯 agree
I live in Haltom City Texas about 10 To15 minutes to dimebag house!
Domination or just about every riff Dimebag Darrell Abbott ever played 🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥
That last part of Domination, especially the live version, is just amazing. It's simple, but damn is it heavy.
RIP Dime and Vinnie! What legends. "Slaughtered" gets my vote, though. That song just crushes!
Totally agree!!! The lat part of Domination it’s a new level of heaviness 🤘🏻
Yes
Domination, Moscow live '91
The intro riff in Davidian by Machine Head is definitely a contender. The crushing tone of the guitars blended with the harmonics are something else
Bro the last riff on that song is even heavier 😂
@@fordifly1368 hahahahaha thought he might have been mistaking ten ton hammer, cuz there’s no way you could pick the intro to Davidian over the outro
Ooh, love!
@@fordifly1368yeah man that outro is dirty, fucking love it
Pantera:
Domination (Moscow)
A new level intro
Great southern trendkill
Suicide note pt 2 riffs at 0:52-1:45)
This love (2:43)
Yesterday don’t mean shit (2:00)
Metallica:
Sad but true
The god that failed
For whom the bell tolls (bridge)
Harvester of sorrow
Judas kiss (chorus riff)
Sweet amber (4:31)***undderrated***
Damage inc. (3:15)
Slayer:
Angel of death breakdown,
When the drums join its incredible.
Raining Blood
Crowbar gets honorable mentions because they’re grimy sludge riffs.
Sweet Amber is so underrated
Crowbar-To Build A Mountain
Yeah the riff for domination is different in the Moscow version…
A very underrated riff is the bridge riff in ill cast a shadow by pantera (the one with the triplet drum beat)
Primal Concrete Sledge!!
Pantera Becoming, the live version where they go into Throes at the end.
New level is far more nasty
Yes!! Becoming is so kick ass. I'm born again, with snakes eyes.
You just reminded me of “Sand Blasted Skin”. Fuck is that ever a heavy riff, especially live.
Seen that one live its fuckin 🤘
slaughtered intro riff. nuff said
For me 4th of July by Soundgarden, still be one of the most heaviest an darkest riffs ever written and the first to come to my mind
It is a killer. Had it on in the car an hour ago.
My favorite soundgarden song, it has such a dark sound, and Chris’s vocals makes it almost hauntingly melancholic
That's a wicked heavy riff. Good call
Holy water should get an honorable mention
Fuck yes dude. 4th of July is easily on of my favorites from superunknown
Definitely Domination by Pantera. If that breakdown doesn't get your adrenaline pumping so hard that you're ready to run through a wall then you ain't right.
Well said my friend
Have you heard baby shark?
Good song, but really? That one chord breakdown kills the ending.
Primal concrete sledge is heavier imo.
@@hmpz36911I bet if you saw them playing it live in 99 you'd sing a different tune lol. Also, Sepulturas Dead Embryonic Cells breakdown is only 1 note, still bangs
A kind of underrated riff for me is the riff after the little runs in the middle of Children of the Grave by Sabbath. Goes half time and makes me strum the strings way too hard
Black Sabbath, Pantera, Metallica, Gojira & Lamb of God riffs does it for me
Totally agree
Don't forget crowbar
Omertà
@@adaminzunza2721 there are heavier riffs other than omerta, brother.
Oh, I forgot to mention Meshuggah
Death - Spiritual Healing that opening riff is heavy as fuck.
Was looking for this comment
The "breakdown" towards the end is heavy as shit
Leprosy and pull teh plug do it for me. Every time I hear that “oh my gawd”- in my head
After the tapping intro
Within the mind too
Holy Mountain by Sleep, slow bass solo and the drop into the first verse sends shivers up my spine and rattles the pictures off my walls every time
Pantera and gojira are the first bands that come to mind for me. A new level, domination, the second riff from sandblasted skin.... The intro riff from Heaviest matter of the universe.
Also Demiurge from meshuggah!
It's always going to be That Breakdown Riff in Domination by Pantera. It's basically the blueprint for every breakdown that followed for the next 20 years. Honorable mention to the Outro riff for Gojira Explosia and the Outro riff for Davidian by Machine Head.
100% Domination and Davidian. Variations of the same theme, but work like magic...
Hey yo
Bridge Riff of Backbone by Gojira and Explosia for sure
Davidian riff is brutally heavy, forgot about it. I commented on the Domination riff in my original comment. Great choices!
Machine Head my favorite band
The two heaviest riffs ever made are the opening riffs to "March Of The S.O.D." by S.O.D. and "World Eater" by Bolt Thrower. The original version off Realm Of Chaos.
Thank you, the first riff that came to mind was "World Eater" and yes specifically the original version not the later one! Excellent choice.
Thank you for mentioning bolt thrower those dudes are underrated asf!
Thank you. Headbangers Ball chose THE MARCH, for good reason.
Omggg finally someone mentioning bolt thrower…. Personally I think the ending of 7th Offensive by BT is also crushing af
@@noahtaylor4971 yeah that whole 2001 album is banger city!
"It Ain't Like That" - Alice in Chains. If you got the chance to see them perform it live your chest is still hurting along with your soul.
Also them bones has a kiiiiiilllller riff!
Great answer!!!
Cantrell is a god.
I'd honestly classify Alice in Chains as metal before I'd classify it as grunge. They go heavy as fuck sometimes
@@sachah.1526 they are an alt metal band, grunge was more of a movement than an actual real genre, it’s why the big 4 all sound different and slot into diff actual genres but they’re all considered grunge. A song like them bones is just straight up metal
The one that most consistently gives me the stink face is all the heavy ass riffs in Blackwater Park by Opeth. That song is just 12 unrelenting minutes of ever evolving insanity and societal decay and it’s soooo wonderful. Heir Apparent is another honorable mention.
Damn I forgot Blackwater. The whole song its a brilliant display of brutal riffs.
I love how confident Kenny is about Into the Void, and I can’t disagree
people are entitled to opinions, but this is the correct answer.
You can only answer a question that confidently when you're right and he is right. Cheers
“Pyretta blaze” leaned heavily on this riff 🔥
Came to say into the void. It’s just too good.
That song gave birth to the whole entire genre of Doom Metal in my opinion
‘Into the Void’ - Black Sabbath
What bout electric funeral??
How no one says “Demiurge” by Meshuggah, SPECIFICALLY the breakdown after he says “A profit of extinction!” Is beyond me. That is literally open the portal to hell heavy.
Innit.
I literally can't not headbang to that riff. I always have to stand up to full body headbang
EYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SCORCH THE SKIESSSSSSSSSS
Meshuggah has some of the heaviest riffs I've ever heard in my life, good example is Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave it Motion.
Dir En Grey has some nasty riffs to on albums like Uroboros, Dum Spiro Spero, and The Marrow of a Bone.
For me, a few that come to mind:
- Opening riff from "Symbolic"
- Ending of Power Trip's song "Manifest Decimation"
- Vacuity - Gojira
- Domination
- ending of Slaughter to Prevail's "Demolisher"
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Main riff from Electric Funeral
- Dopesmoker
Don’t forget funeralopolis
Power trip is awesome
People=shit and hammer smashed face
The symbolic riff sooo good
@@calestraight2119 rip Riley
The middle slow riff of Kyuss' Spaceship Landing, Electric Wizard Funerapolis, ending riff of Neurosis' Locust Star
YES. Slow heavy = HEAVY.
The end of locust star is definitely a contender
How about every song on Electric Wizards _Dopethrone_? I agree with your picks--they should be doom.
Finally! A real answer.
Every riff on far beyond driven is lethal 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Surprised no one has mentioned the breakdown on 5 minutes alone. "Ass stomp!"
Boris - Heavy Friends/Flood part 3
Part Chimp - Dirty Sun
Eagle Twin - the insane breakdown in Job Cain ii
Beatles - I want you (she’s so heavy)
Electric Wizard - the end of Weird Tales
And of course, loads of Dopesmoker
The bridge in “Angel of Death” has to be up there. “Bleed” is fucking brutal. I’m sure a lot of people would say that, but it’s really fucking heavy. “Sand Blasted Skin” is nuts too.
I agree with angel of Death. I like He who sleeps. That shit gets me pumped
agree.... that bridge is like opening the dimensional doorway to hell... instant stinkface and a throat punch to follow. BRUTAL.
Sandblasted Skin is criminally underrated. The Underground in America is heavy as fuck too.
One by one by Immortal, riff at 1:00 is also one of the heaviest.
If we're talking Meshuggah, I think Sinews, Demiurge and Lethargica are all wayyyy heavier. I would personally say those 3 are the heaviest that I can think of.
voice of the soul by DEATH is so badass. just the acoustic alone is so dark and evil and i’m in love with it. one of the greatest and most beautiful pieces of art ever.
emotional ass song :(
It doesn't exude evil to me but definitely the cry of pain, despair, and desperation of a man crying out from pain and suffering.
That final breakdown from Domination by Pantera. Rex, Vinnie, and Dime are playing together duh-duh-duh duh-duh-duh duh-duh-duh duh-duh-duh over and over, then Dime goes into that blistering solo over Rex and Vinnie, then Dime finishes the solo with that squeel and comes right back into the mix with the other two but with a little half-time groove this time...that's metal so metal it makes the sticker peck out.
It breaks my heart because, Dimebag was only 38 years old when he got ripped from us By that psychotic Nut bar... It's hard telling how many epic songs that cowboy had up his sleeve. Because he was FAR FROM DONE!!! Fly High Dime and Vinny!!! You both changed the game!!! 🤘❤❤❤🤘😊
That guy is not joking Into the Void by Black Sabbath is literally the heaviest riff ever
Yeah its sick but what about the riff on sabbath bloody sabbath. I can not believe I'm the only one championing it
Under the sun and sabbath bloody sabbath are up there too
Snowblind riff is a punch to the face then just mellows to a psychedelic melody, so for me the heaviest is Master of Puppets by Metallica.
Alex Skolnick got it right, it’s gotta be an Iommi riff. I would say Into the Void
@@Obi-WanKannabis brother yesss. Under the sun, Sabbath bloody sabbath (second part) and into the void I tbink r sabbaths heavy top 3
Harvester of sorrow
....the opening to no remorse. That shit is wild...shortest straw omfg
Fuck yes!!!
Metallica don’t get credit for some of those songs. They are heavy hitters for sure
The jam in strength beyond strength is mesmerizing. Always turned that part up as loud as possible . Can’t really go wrong with Panterra. Harvester is worthy as well
I’d say pantera’s art of shredding when there’s 30 seconds left of the song! I snap my neck in half listening to that part
I think we could get along bud \m/
I'd add the crazy riff after the 2nd verse (at around 2:00 mark)
The intro to "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath -- that's the riff that set the standard for heavy!
The breakdown at the end of This Love goes full send.
There’s so many. March of the SOD, Territory by Sepultura, Scourge of Iron by Cannibal Corpse, Day of Suffering by Morbid Angel, Strike of the Beast by Exodus, Into the Void by Black Sabbath, the palm mute riff on For Whom the Bell Tolls, High Rate Extinction by fuckin Crowbar? Holy Wars? Anything Dimebag did? Am I Evil? Hell Awaits by Slayer?? So many good ones man. So hard to pick one.
However, Dopesmoker is on another plane of existence when it comes to heaviness. Now that’s something else.
imo for me, the opening riff of dividian by machine head is the most hardcore riff that has ever been listened to. And the closer of the song is so heavy too.
Yeah the last riff is crushing...
Pantera " New level" - Godflesh "Decline and fall" - Slayer "piece by piece"
I was waiting for them to say new level broooo, kinda sucks but glad u said it
Godflesh - Like Rats
I believe that’s the song I’m thinking of, might be wrong though
New Level and Domination!
My mind and heart go to every riff Dimebag ever played but how is no one going to talk about Electric Funeral by Black Sabbath???
Dude that riff is soooo heavy and there’s no power cords, it’s in e standard, electric funeral is very heavy and that’s impressive
"Electric Funeral" is actually the most metal song ever written,
after "Hocus Pocus", of course.
@@IllustriousCrocoduck Hocus Pocus was Proto-Thrash. Nice pick. Same for Electric Funeral.
Who plays hocus pocus?
@@mcguirem A band called Focus. Check them out.
Haha great call on Big Generator. I never would have thought of that but it's spot on.
For me the heaviest riff is the outro to Deliverance by Opeth.
The song Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. It's basically the first heavy song ever, and it's still one of the heaviest. Also- the song Times Of Grace by Neurosis is probably the heaviest song ever. When it kicks in after the little clean intro part. Holy Shit. Soooo crushing!
Eyes of the South- Down
Bulls on parade- Ratm
Seek and Destroy- Tallica
Laid to rest- Lamb of god
Symphony of Destruction- Megadeth
Domination- Pantera
Eyes of the South for sure \m/
Eyes of the south holy hell, love down
God Damn!
You’ve got some tegridy.
Out of all the Pantera riffs U-Pick walk??
Meshuggah: Demiurge - pretty much the entire song, Clockworks - 4:11, Swarm: first minute, Pravus: pretty much entire song, New Millenium Cyanide Christ: 3:30 - 4:30
So many Meshuggah songs could work here, Stengah is one of the first that came to mind
The breakdown of domination (the famous hevy one) and the breakdown of lepper mesiah (not so much famous but is INSANE)
The intro to “Wasting Away” by Nailbomb has gotta be up there. The left channel into full stereo is pretty bad ass. It’s a little “industrial” but goes from slow chugging, to full speed metal.
Meshuggah’s “I” the breakdown at 10:30 into the song. Just absolutely crushes
Yes!
Totally
How long is that song???
@@Happylink75 not enough
@@Happylink75 exactly 21min. It was made to be this exact length because that was the longest a song could be and still be published on a separate label as an EP. As I remember it, they wanted to support the label of a friend without infringing on their contract with their existing label. Something along those lines. In any case the song is absolutely stunning in both complexity and intensity. For some reason this most convoluted and lengthy song of theirs was the one song that made me really get into them. Still my favorite Meshuggah song.
One the greatest heavy riffs intro is The Doorway by Neurosis
YUP
Abso-fucking-lutely. And then the outro riff is just as heavy if not heavier.
Came here to write this hahaa
Absolutely disgusting
Their cover of "Day of The Lords" is fucking brutal!
Lamb Of God - Contractor
Skips right past face melting to bone melting. That riff melts you from the inside out
Chimaira-Salvation is the raunchiest and most crushing riff ive heard in a very long time.
Mastodon- March of the Fire Ants was pretty damn nasty
Respect to the guy who picked WEAKLING! Heaviest riff is the end part of To Carry The Load by CROWBAR
If it were a top 10, Crowbar would take 7 spots.
Existence is Punishment would like to have a word.
This is the one, straight caveman stupid heavy
Pantera's throes of rejection end riff, Gojira's Backbone, Sabbath's symptom of the universe, some of the riffs that comes to my mind
Hell yeah man end of Throes of Rejection was my favorite growing up!
-Intro of "Kaleidoscopic tendencies" by the zenith passage
-ending of "Planetary Duality part 2" the faceless
The 1: 28 mark of "born in dissonance" meshuggah
- beginning of "flourish" the contortionist
- "sanctity of brothers" unearthed
Something off Celtic Frost's "To Mega Therion" album, probably a "Dawn Of Megiddo" riff.
There are a lot but for me, March of the SOD is so heavy. You want to jump right in the pit and MOSH.
Black Sabbath (specially for it's time), Electric Wizard, Sleep, Conan, YOB, Ufomammut, Sunn O))) have some of the heaviest riffs known to mankind
The breakdown from Hawk as Weapon is brutal right at, These Skies are Dead...
Funny, none of these guys brought up any doom metal. Closest they got was “Into the Void” which is fair enough. That song is what made me a stoner metal fan.
Into the void sabbath, or 5 minutes alone Pantera. I’d even throw Walk Pantera, Papercut Nirvana are all nasty and gnashing heavy but some how have a VERY melodic sound within. But if I had to give it a winner Predictable by Korn that beginning riff is so heavy to me the way the riff just has this type of eerie stalker walking sound. Idk I heard all those songs and heard plenty after and still all those songs give me goosebumps and make my face kinda smash up and I love it lmaoo
Yeah Sabbath and Pantera are the champs when it comes to the heaviness. But my dark horse pick is Grind by Alice in Chains.
Oh, also the drop in Gojira's The Cell.
Grind is a damn good pick
Basically any Crowbar riff
That's just a given.
Harvester of Sorrow
Strength Beyond Strength
Sabbath bloody sabbath
Pull the plug
Raining blood
Refuse/Resist
And one lesser known: the bridge riff to "Pink on the Inside" by Knives out
Edit: for new stuff, Whitechapel's "Brimstone" is seismic
The Thing That Should Not Be
Altering the future intro
@@victherattlehead5099 spiritual healing intro too
@@dillonmacpherson3350 yeah, also the lack of comprehension main riff, suicide machine intro, misanthrope and many more
@@victherattlehead5099 pretty much the entire death catalog could fit
The outro to Dreamtheaters dark eternal night deserves to be mentioned. Not just the guitar but the keyboards as well. That’s the first one that popped in my head, but there are so so many to pick from.
Going into this video I'm thinking "Man In The Box" by AIC for sure. But now I see we're on a bit of a different level here lol
"Return Trip" by Electric Wizard
Strenght Beyond Strenght is also the first that poped in my mind instantly. Any Dying Fetus riff would be also a very good contender. Suprised i did not hear DF mentioned. Also Revocation are def up there (Hi Dave 😅)
For me, a very memorable one is that breakdown part in Resistant Parasites, by Sepultura! The dive bomb before it is just * chefs kiss *
2:30 mark of Kyuss' One Inch Man, Opening Riff of 3 Days of Darkness - Testament, Opening Riff of Mother Puncher - Mastodon, Opener for Rain in Blood - Slayer
The bridge of "Dead Embryonic Cells" or the main one note riff of "Nomad" by Sepultura
Propaganda breakdown riff also 🤘🏼
Very good riff
How in the actual damn did nobody say Dimes main riff in a new level?? I mean he was the ultimate Riff God but that one in particular is the epitome of a heavy metal guitar riff!
Tactical Nuke - The Acacia Strain (whole song)
Barrier Hammer - Torche (1:43)
Lethargica - Meshuggah (3:02)
The breakdown at 4 minutes 55 seconds into Flying Whales by Gojira never fails to send my soul to another plane of existence.
Those slow pick scrapes in there are what do it for me
Pretty much EVERYTHING from 4:55 onwards in that song is heavy.
Pantera- Slaughtered or Gojira- The Heaviest Matter of the Universe. It is hard to pick just one though.
Slaughtered is underrated, so fucking heavy, one of my earliest memories of “oh wow I wasn’t ready for that”
dude listen to fucking yamas messenger by gojira
Black Sabbath is mathematically the heaviest riff possible and I'll not hear otherwise.
no
nope
No way
Agree completely. Iommi is the King of heavy riffs
hard to argue...
The two that came to mind for me are the beginning of World Eater by Bolt Thrower, and then Chasm of Oceanus by Disma
Electric Wizard - Return Trip
Opeth - Demon of the fall
Sepultura - From the past comes the storm
Nobody mentioned the break down in Slayer’s Angel of Death? That shit is heavy af
Meh.
Ehh it’s aight lol
Someone did actually and the ones slagging it are probably the same posers that think Pantera are heavy 🙄
“So. Heavy.” by Psychostick.
YES!!! 🤘😂🤘
hahaha hell yeah
The only right answer
"It's so heavy... it's kinda nauseating!"
So true!!!!!
the last riff from 3:35 in mastodon's fallen torches when the drums kick in or anything from machinehead davidian
Heaviest riff ever is Funeralopolis by Electric Wizard. Second would be The Lasting Dose by Crowbar. Third would be Destroy Everthing by Hatebreed.
Pantera comes stronger than many other band!
Stronger than all!!!
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You mean the band that started out as a hair metal band? Yeah no thanks
And thanks to the dude who introduced to me to Big Generator. That is a hell of a riff. Who'd have tbought that Yes would have featured on this list?
For me, that part in Opeth Deliverance but it's the drums that makes the riff so awesome.
March of the S.O.D into Sargent D is the best one two punch in Metal. Dime Bag knew where the riffs were. That’s why he gladly filled in with Scott and Anthrax.
Dimebag, It Makes Them Disappear from the album Reinventing The Steel .
Crowbar has some of the heaviest and most emotional riffs ever made! Like new man born, i feel the burning sun and many more!
Planets collide got me into that band. Heavy af
To Build A Mountain
Walk With Knowledge Wisely
Jup, definitively Crowbar. „I am forever“ for me.
@@louismaynard881 Numb Sensitive for me, that intro is crushing🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
Came here to say where’s Eyehategod in there.. Crowbar is close enough! “Broken Down But Not Locked Up” by EHG, check it out along with the rest of the album
The first couple that come to mind are Scourge of Iron by Cannibal Corpse (particularly the last minute or so) and Iommi’s work on Sign of the Southern Cross. I mean what a badass riff that just conquers
So many but the breakdown on Pantera's Domination is a good candidate, the breakdown in Sepultura's Dead Embryonic Cells, and the Die By My Hand riff in Creeping Death from Metallica, theres so many...last riff in Davidian by Machine Head is brutal af too.
Black Sabbath Master of Reality has one of the grimmiest Dirty Riffs out there. Metallica's And Justice Album too has some hard hitters.
All due respect to Trevor Rabin and those Yes albums he made in the 80's. He kicked those guys in the ass and forced them to lose the wizard robes and edit down their songs. 90125 and Big Generator are stone classics.
Big Generator is sooooooo underrated/polarizing. Another heavy Rabin riff worth noting is City of Love (fun fact: the chorus from City of Love was the basis for the chorus for Love? by Strapping Young Lad, which is heavy AF).
You're talking about stuff these people haven't even heard of before! What was Big Generator, like drop A? Way before Machinehead, Sevendust, BLS.....
An awesome display of guitar prowess by Rabin.
That one riff 6 or 7 minutes into Ghost of Perdition is my choice. Honorable mentions go to Future Breed Machine breakdown and A New Level
Pantera - Breakdown at the end of Domination
Sepultura - outro to Roots
Machine Head - outro to Davidian
White Zombie - Psychoholic Slag (the "ending" of Welcome to Planet MF)
"Night Goat" by Melvins
First one that comes to my mind is Walk-Pantera
When the intro kicks in on “Funeralopolis” by Electric Wizard. Oh my god, so fucking brutal.
My heart for deliverance by Neurosis. It can't be heavier. And there can't be more beauty in a heavy Riff!!
One of my all time faves is that riff from domination by Pantera. Of newer tracks, the outro to New Faces in the Dark by Loathe, gets me every time.
This entire video could have just been Pantera riffs and they all would have been 100% right. Any song off far beyond driven or vulgar display of power
The Godfathers of Groove Metal and Kings of The Breakdown
Anthrax's version of "Milk", Slayer's "Seasons in the Abyss" when it kicks in after the intro, and the verse riff from Sepultura's "Territory".
The opening riff of Darkane's "Demigod" is the heaviest thing I've heard in my life. Sounds like they recorded it by dropping mountains onto other mountains.
Pretty close to that are Meshuggah's "Bleed" for the low teeth-gritting bending and Decapitated's "Post (?) Organic" for the generally sounding like a stampede of mastodons.