Songs With the Best Rhythm Guitar

The Top Ten
1 Master of Puppets - Metallica

The guitar shredding is epic througout the song. The rhythmic guitar performance is top-notch.

The song is better than the whole career of most bands

2 Raining Blood - Slayer

The most amazingly complex guitar ever

3 Holy Wars ... the Punishment Due - Megadeth

Megadeth has the best guitar of any band ever

4 Smoke On the Water - Deep Purple

If you wanna hear this riff played together by Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Iommi, Brian May, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson and Chris Squire,
YouTube this:
Smoke on the Water: Featuring Deep Purple, Queen, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush etc

The most classic riff in metal history

5 Mouth for War - Pantera

The best riff of dimes, rip dime.

6 Phantasmagoria - Annihilator
7 A Light In the Black - Rainbow
8 The Trooper - Iron Maiden

I thought it was lead guitar when I first heard the song, lol

Iron maidens best riff

9 Rising Force - Yngwie Malmsteen
10 Hells Bells - AC/DC

Many say highway to hell or back in black is their best, but I like this one most

The Contenders
11 All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

The lead is better, though.

12 Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
13 Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
14 Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
15 Redneck - Lamb of God

The riffs are good, but the vocals are something else

16 Painkiller - Judas Priest

The vocals are better on this one

17 Dante's Inferno - Iced Earth
18 Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
19 Schizos (Are Never Alone) - Annihilator
20 Crimson King - Demons & Wizards
21 The Cut Runs Deep - Deep Purple

The rhythmic (and melodic) qualities of this song are outstanding. A very underrated Deep Purple song.

22 Blackened - Metallica
23 Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags - Amon Amarth

I'm still torn between this and The Pursuit of Vikings but maybe this one is more elegant and atmospheric.

24 The Pursuit of Vikings - Amon Amarth
25 Hall of the Mountain King - Savatage
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