Metal Songs With the Best Guitar Riffs

The Top Ten
1 Holy Wars... the Punishment Due - Megadeth

This is probably my favorite metal riff although this isn't my most favorite metal song.

2 Master of Puppets - Metallica

This song is just unreal.

3 The Trooper - Iron Maiden

Back then, I didn't like this song that much. But the riff interested me to listen this song. And as time passed I started to love this riff.

4 Iron Man - Black Sabbath
5 Raining Blood - Slayer

best riff in any type of music

It's a given in my book,

6 Painkiller - Judas Priest

The main riff is great

7 Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

If this riff is considered as one of the top 5 guitar riffs of all time then, it generally should be first or second on the list.

8 Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
9 Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden

That's the 2nd most copied riff in metal history after Raining Blood by Slayer. It deserves much more than #23

10 The Thing that Should Not Be - Metallica
The Contenders
11 Tornado of Souls - Megadeth
12 Mouth for War - Pantera
13 Cowboys from Hell - Pantera
14 Alison Hell - Annihilator
15 Blackwater Park - Opeth

Such an epic and heavy sounding riff.

6:58 is a particularly good one

16 Hall of the Mountain King - Savatage

YES. SO GLAD THIS IS UP SO HIGH. SUCH a underrated band, let alone this song! I 2as looking to download the classical piece of the same name when I saw this song. The Art caught my eye so I gave it a shot and BOY was I amazed. Instantly fell in love with this band, same with my brother. This song deserves the top spot.

Godly riff, how could you not love it?

One of my all time favorite riffs.

17 Enter Sandman - Metallica
18 Walk - Pantera
19 Holy Diver - Dio
20 Human Insecticide - Annihilator
21 My Last Words - Megadeth
22 I'm Broken - Pantera
23 Angel of Death - Slayer

This should be in the first place

24 Ace of Spades - Motörhead
25 Dawn of the Angry - Morbid Angel
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