Favorite Guitar Riffs?

Favorite Guitar Riffs:
Sultans of Swing

I'll See the Light Tonight


Just two that I thought were really cool. (and I know Dire Straights aren't metal by any means, I just love that riff in the chorus)

Master of Puppets
Ride the Lightning
The Four Horseman
Blackened
Harvester of Sorrow
Cowboys From Hell
Psycho Holiday
Cemetery Gates
A New Level
We'll Meet Again
Sweet Leaf
Into the Void
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Children of the Grave
Symptom of the Universe
End of my Daze
Crazy Train
Bark at the Moon
Wrecking Crew
Elimination
The American Way
Lost Again
Emotion #13
Alone
War Inside My Head
Welcome to the Jungle
Still of the Night
Crying in the Rain
Unchained
Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love
Panama
Mindbender
Intro/Hateworld
Mandatory Suicide
Planets Collide
Sirens
Divine Step
Serpent Moves
Into the Pit
Souls of Black
Holy Wars
Tornado of Souls
Into the Lungs of Hell
In My Darkest Hour
Hook In Mouth
Method to your Madness
Fake Healer
Badlands
Arise
Troops of Doom
March of the SOD
It's The Beat
Weapons of our Warfare
A Dog's Breakfast
Exoskeletons
Swarming Spirits
Painkiller
Grinder
Breaking the Law
Living After Midnight
Heading Out to the Highway
Lights Out In London
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Blackout
Sails of Charon
Another Hit and Run
Lady Strange
Photograph
Wasted
Gimme All Your Lovin
Tush
Purple Haze
Voodoo Child
White Room
Sunshine Of Your Love
Black Dog
The Ocean



And more...

Oh crap that's a big list, I just chose 2 of my fav's and posted. I too have many, many more favorite riffs. Like:
Join the Legion - Cirith Ungol
Before the Storm - Queensryche
Pictured Life - Scorpions
Emerald - Thin Lizzy (especially the twin harmony part)
Crystal Mountain - Death
Damien - Savatage
Azrael - Crimson Glory
In the Fallout - Fifth Angel
Eden Lies Obscured - Sanctuary
Saints in Hell - Judas Priest
Powerslave - Iron Maiden
Icarus (Borne on Wings of Steel) - Kansas
Death Race - White Wizzard
The Four Horsemen - Metallica
Die With Your Boots On - Iron Maiden
Voice of the Cult - Chastain
Sirens - Savatage

All of those in no particular order.

I'll just stick to a few;

Dire Straits-Money For Nothing
Big Star-Thirteen (acoustic, but it still counts)
Klaatu-Anus Of uranus

Back In Black

For Those About To Rock

Hells Bells

Children of the grave

Gilbert wrote:

Children of the grave

great riff!

Love this riff!

Thrasher73 wrote:

Love this riff!

Metallic Blaze wrote:

Gilbert wrote:

Children of the grave

great riff!

Children of the Grave was one of the first riffs I taught myself on guitar, monster of a riff.




My favorite Sabbath Riff.

I also love the riffing of Candlemass.

This is impossible for me so let me just say every metal band or rock band I like has tons of riffs I love. Thats why I listen to them. They are all my favorites....

The main riffs to "Painkiller" and "Into the Coven" come to mind.

Desert Plains - Judas Priest
Supernaut - Black Sabbath
Hole in the Sky - Black Sabbath
Sacred Heart - Dio
Crionics - Slayer
See You In Hell - Grim Reaper
Sinners Bleed - Entombed
Dreaming In Red - Dismember
Rock & Roll - Motorhead


Thats just a few off the top of my head.

right now, itchy to hear -

Metallica - Trapped Under Ice
Vengeance Rising - Mulligans Stew
Raven - Let It Rip
Eldritch Rite -Task Force

I'll just say that my favorite riffs can be found in songs by Metallica, Slayer, Testament and Celtic Frost.

I could go ahead and name a bunch, but one I really love and can never get enough of is that first riff in Dark Angel - Promise of Agony

Straight Through the Heart - Dio

Another Return to Church Hill by Artch
The bridge riff in Across The Rainbow Bridge by Ayreon
Master of Insanity by Black Sabbath
Another Stranger Me by Blind Guardian
Corporal Jigsore Quandary by Carcass
Bodom Beach Terror by Children Of Bodom
As I Slowly Die by Cryonic Temple
We Will Never Die by Dark Empire
To Forgive Is To Suffer by Death
Lone Wolf Winter by Destroyer 666
Juular by Devin Townsend
Velvet Embracer by Diablo Swing Orchestra
Evilution by Dio
Mindtraveller by Falconer
Empress by Gamma Ray
One More Time by Hammerfall
Sahara by Iron Mask
Heart of Metal by Iron Savior

There are too many. I just realized I'm not even half way through my artists, so this is where I'm going to stop... for now. I might finish this list later.

Dragonaut - Sleep
Man Or Ash - Corrosion Of Conformity
The Outlaw Torn - Metallica
Suffer As One - Crowbar
Fury Whip - High On Fire
Exciter - Judas Priest
Loved To Deth - Megadeth
Killers - Iron Maiden
Wolf - Iced Earth

Here be another good one