Similar Riffs/Melody

Just an interesting fun comparison, GammaRay's Land of the Free Pt.II", The title track,no.9
There is a similar Melody, to IronMaiden's "the Clairvoyant" from 7th son of a 7th Son. Check it out.

(Edited...sorry, Not Hellwoeen, it's Gammaray... :geek: )

On the Gammaray Track, you'll hear it at 4:18- 4:30 (Maiden Influence?)

I got some..


W.A.S.P. - Arena of Pleasure -- Uriah Heep - Bird of Prey (intro)
Helloween - Cry for Freedom -- UFO - Doctor Doctor (intro)
Royal Hunt - Paper Blood -- Grave Digger - Rheingold (almost the exact exact exact same intro riff)

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

I got some..


W.A.S.P. - Arena of Pleasure -- Uriah Heep - Bird of Prey (intro)
Helloween - Cry for Freedom -- UFO - Doctor Doctor (intro)
Royal Hunt - Paper Blood -- Grave Digger - Rheingold (almost the exact exact exact same intro riff)

I thought I heard Paper Blood somewhere else,cool Orion!

I was listening to an album just a few weeks ago and thinking that a certain song was quite a bit like Smoke on the Water....

The intro's to Who Tends the Fire (Overkill) and Seasons in the Abyss (Slayer).

The riffs in Do You Close Your Eyes (Rainbow) and Power (Rainbow).
The I Dream Of Genie theme and The Ballot Or The Bullet (VH) riff.

ZZ Top (Tush) & Motorhead (No Class) and a third song by somebody I can't place right now, anybody know? I don't mean Nuge's "Yank Me Crank Me" either, which is another similar riff.

Captain Beyond's "Dancing Madly Backwards" reminds me of not only Sabbath's "Megalomania"; but even more of Iommi proteges Quartz's "Wildfire". You gotta wonder if Tony was unconsiously influenced there, as the Captain Beyond riff was written in what, 1972?

Just listen to the intros of Venom's "Welcome to Hell", Tyger of Pan Tang's "Hellbound", Dio's "Stand Up and Shout", Accept's "Flash Rockin' Man" and Iron Maiden's "2 Minutes to Midnight". They all have the same intro riff, some just change the tempo a little bit. Hm, I'm sure there are more songs with that intro but these were the songs that popped up in my head at the moment.

Pontus wrote:

Just listen to the intros of Venom's "Welcome to Hell", Tyger of Pan Tang's "Hellbound", Dio's "Stand Up and Shout", Accept's "Flash Rockin' Man" and Iron Maiden's "2 Minutes to Midnight". They all have the same intro riff, some just change the tempo a little bit. Hm, I'm sure there are more songs with that intro but these were the songs that popped up in my mind at the moment.

Yeah, that riff was almost an NWOBHM signature. I bet there are five more songs that use it from that era. For what it's worth I never got sick of it anyway! I still love it.

SAHB Healer wrote:

Pontus wrote:

Just listen to the intros of Venom's "Welcome to Hell", Tyger of Pan Tang's "Hellbound", Dio's "Stand Up and Shout", Accept's "Flash Rockin' Man" and Iron Maiden's "2 Minutes to Midnight". They all have the same intro riff, some just change the tempo a little bit. Hm, I'm sure there are more songs with that intro but these were the songs that popped up in my mind at the moment.

Yeah, that riff was almost an NWOBHM signature. I bet there are five more songs that use it from that era. For what it's worth I never got sick of it anyway! I still love it.

Yeah, it sure was. I really like that old good riff too.

I think that Nitro got a song with the same intro riff as well, not sure though.

Well, the truth is everyone barrows from everyone...We only have 8 notes...Just like the blues, there is only so much you can do in a Metal Box...

Glenn Rogers wrote:

Well, the truth is everyone barrows from everyone...We only have 8 notes...Just like the blues, there is only so much you can do in a Metal Box...

Totally agree

R.H.C.P. - Give it away now = Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

I hear they also borrowed an old Uriah Heep track for the main riff on a song from Californication, Anybody know the song(s)?? I guess the guitar player sits around listening to old metal & cleans it up, Makes it funkier & makes millions........

assault_attack wrote:

R.H.C.P. - Give it away now = Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

I hear they also borrowed an old Uriah Heep track for the main riff on a song from Californication, Anybody know the song(s)?? I guess the guitar player sits around listening to old metal & cleans it up, Makes it funkier & makes millions........

Same can be said about Zeppelin,Stones,Beatles ect...
It's all been done...Just enjoy it for what it is...

Mustaine stole the "Motorbreath" riff for "FFF." I also think Metallica's "The God That Failed" and Megadeth's "Dawn Patrol" might have been an old riff or something from when Mustaine was in Metallica. They're similar.

Ultimatum's "Deathwish" reminds me of AC/DCs "Jailbreak."

Operatika's "Dreamworld" is a blatant rip-off of Nightwish's "She Is My Sin." Of course, Operatika is a complete Nightwish rip-off so that's no surprise. Great rip-off band, though.





That's about as blatant as they come.

AC/DC. They all sound the same.

I seem to remember someone posting this before, but here goes...

This guy BakNBlack did a whole series...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adukrwHY09s

Check out the sidebar for links to a whole slew of 'em.

I think one famous one is when Blitzkrieg (& later Metallica) amped up the riff from the old prog rock song "Hocus Pocus" by Focus. This is actaully something that everyone appreciated, since the original was an instrumental on an other wise pretty tame old prog disc.

Check out the choruses to:
Kreator - Total Death
Exodus - Strike of the Beast

The intros from Montrose's "Bad Motor Scooter" and Motley Crue's "Kick Start My Heart".