Top 10 Metal Sub Genres with the Best Riffs
you can share you favorite riffs from these subgenres as some good riffs are less known.
Thrash Metal is a Heavy Metal subgenre developed during the early 1980s and an early precursor of Extreme Metal. Thrash Metal features a faster and more aggressive guitar work than Traditional Metal with shredding and double-bass drums and can range from melodic singing to loud shouts.The English band, Venom is credited for laying the groundwork for Thrash Metal with their debut album "Welcome... read more
Zxm observation is kinda correct but honestly low E and A strings don't annoy me. Another thing in thrash annoys me - overuse of snare drum (especially that simple monotonous hardcore punk beat).
Thrash metal riffs are good. But excessive uses of low E and A strings kinda annoy me.
Heavy Metal music is a sub-genre of rock music that originated in the late 1960s-70s, featuring more distorted and heavier instrumental work and darker lyrical themes. Heavy Metal broke into mainstream success with bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica.Other notable Heavy Metal bands include Judas Priest, Anthrax, Testament, System of a Down, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Avenged... read more
Classic/traditional metal riffs - Iron Miaden, Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Primal Fear.
Annihilator and Coroner riffs are awesome - still thrash but more intricate.
Annihilator even have songs almost entirely composed of riffs: Schizos (Are Never Alone) Parts I & II, Phantasmagoria.
Cool Coroner riffs - Absorbed, Masked Jackal.
Bands like Amon Amarth, Children Of Bodom and Arch Enemy have great riffs.
My favorite riffs from this subgenre are: Amon Amarth - The Pursuit of Vikings, Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags.
Fast and melodic riffs that aren't very heavy but they are very technical. There are some differences between the bands but overall, power metal riffs are very good.
Yes, power metal riffs are very good. More complex, more chords progression.
This is the ordinalry, old school death metal (it isn't technical, brutal or progressive) - its riffs are usually thrashy and most of the metal fans like thrash riffs.
Zxm is right - prog metal riffs are complex.
I have only one problem with prog metal in general, and riffs in particular - with rare exceptions, prog metal doesn't get my blood pumping but I insist on this. I know this is a very subjective perception and it's an individual preference.
Progressive metal should be on top 3 in my opinion. Better technique, more notes, more strings played. Ultimately more chord progression.
I mean some Pantera riffs.
I am not much into the riffs by the other groove metal bands to be honest because they replaced metal riffs with punk/core riffs or versions of heavy psychedelic riffs.
I like Theocracy riffs. Some Blind Guardian songs are also progressive power metal.
Symphonic metal riffs are kinda complex. I think its more power metal riff structure based, but I noticed, symphonic metal riffs are very good.
To put it straight: there is no better feeling than getting high off of shrooms, LSD, weed, whatever, and then being pummeled into submission by a wall of fuzz-laden Marshall 4x12 cabs all hammering out a slow, ominous, addictively bluesy ass shattering Stoner riff. Stoner and Doom breaks the riff down into it’s thunderous, repetitive core elements, delivering an oddly pleasing, somehow soothing attack on the senses. The bottomline is that if you are looking for the true essence of the riff, look no further than the overly loud, in-your-face, bluesy, non-apologetic sonic pounding of Stoner.
Bands I would suggest checking out are the legendary Sleep, Kyuss and Mastadon.
Elephant Tree, a relatively new band on the ever growing Stoner/Doom scene, is high on my list of recommendations. With lyrics depicting a non-defined, yet always present impending doom hanging over your head, pounding and hammering drums and one of the most killer guitar tones I’ve ever heard ...more
