Top 10 Lesser Known Heavy Metal/Rock Guitar Riffs of the 70s

Unlike Iron Man by Black Sabbath or Kashmir by Led Zeppelin these songs are less known .And some of the less known heaviest guitar riffs of 70s .

The Top Ten

1 Bird of Prey - Uriah Heep

This is an amazing song and yes - it's very underrated. Glad to see it at #1.

2 Not Fakin It - Nazareth

3 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll - Blue Oyster Cult

4 Ogre Battle - Queen

5 Natural Thing - UFO

6 Speed King - Deep Purple

7 Tie Your Mother Down - Queen

8 Into the Fire - Deep Purple

9 Stone Cold Crazy - Queen

10 Electric Funeral - Black Sabbath

The Contenders

11 Working Man - Rush

12 Teenage Nervous Breakdown - Nazareth

13 Free Wheeler - Nazareth

14 Mistreated - Deep Purple

15 The Shed (Subtle) - Rainbow

16 Victim of Love - Eagles

17 Shylock - Buffalo

18 Crash Course in Brain Surgery - Buffalo

19 Satori - Flower Travellin' Band

20 Plastic Shotgun - Night Sun

21 Witchy Woman - Eagles

22 Kill the King - Rainbow

23 Larks' Tongues in Aspic, PT 1

The riff right after the intro(after the drum build-ups, also) isn't the heaviest, or in the same sense as some other bands, but it's definitely a heavy riff by a 70's rock band, never the less a Prog rock band.

24 Sympathy - Uriah Heep

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