Metal Songs with the Greatest Riffs of the 2010s

In the 2010s there was a significant change in the metal riffs aesthetic.

The Top Ten

1 Akroasis - Obscura

Riffs are tastefully written and flawlessly executed. Elegance that sounds effortless.
Riffs are played in such a way that make room for the other instruments - most evidently, for the bass. This makes music sound richer, fuller. Steffen Kummerer is genius.

2 Eyrie - Ne Obliviscaris

3 Spit Out the Bone - Metallica

Good ol' thrash riffs are still exciting. And Metallica are back!

4 War of the Gods - Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth melodic riffs are great

5 Wheel of Time - Blind Guardian

Great examples of "symphonized" metal riffs. That's a pretty new territory in metal.

6 Faceless Queen - Septicflesh

Play the sample if you don't know this song of 2017

7 War Eternal - Arch Enemy

Those melodic riffs... (play the sample)

8 Ode to the Sun - Obscura

Who said that brutality can't be melodic?

9 Anthem - Iced Earth

10 Strike - Primal Fear

Excellent guitar work throughout

The Contenders

11 Get Fisted - Skull Fist

12 Ten Sepiroth - Obscura

13 Bastards of the Machine - Symphony X

14 Emergent Evolution - Obscura

15 Raise Your Horns - Amon Amarth

16 Speed of Light - Iron Maiden

17 Transference - Children of Bodom

18 Dead Sea Scrolls - Angel Witch

19 The Realms of Baba Yaga - Edguy

20 Kill the Silence - Nervosa

21 Krater - Tsjuder

22 Witch Cult Ternion - Blackthorn

23 Prophet - Candlemass

24 The Game - Dragonforce

25 Cirice - Ghost

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