Awesome metal riffs - part 2

Awesome metal riffs continues.

Legion of the Damned - Into the Eye of the Storm (Malevolent Rapture)

Excellent riffs.

Highlights: 0:00, 2:02

Liers In Wait – Overlord (Spiritually Uncontrolled Art)

What is metal list without some obscure death metal.. if I’m not mistaken some of the members of Grotesque and At the Gates formed this band. Brutal, hard hitting riffs.

Highlights: 0:15

Machine Head – Davidian (Burn My Eyes)

Riffbomb!

Highlights: 0:02, 0:51, 1:51

Manowar – Shell Shock (Battle Hymns)

“Business man at home while I got shell shocked”. Fuck yeah.

Highlights: 0:00, 1:03

Megadeth - Peace Sells (Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?)

Who can forget..

Highlights: 0:00, 1:26, 2:18

Mercyful Fate – Shadows (In The Shadows)

Simple but effective riffs.

Highlights: 0:00, 0:40, 1:30

Metallica – Jump In The Fire (Kill ‘Em All)

Yes, we’ve reached Metallica. It’s inevitable. On topic: lovely thrash/speed metal riffs.

Highlights: 0:00

Metallica – Ride The Lightning (Ride The Lightning)

Grooveh.

Highlights: 0:12, 1:08, 1:56

Metallica - Master Of Puppets (Master Of Puppets)

Yeah.

Highlights: 0:04, 0:53, 1:27

Mötley Crue - Live Wire (Too Fast For Love)

Great, straightforward riffs.

Highlights: 0:03

Mötley Crue – Merry-Go-Round (Too Fast For Love)

Ok, maybe I’m a bit queer. I still thinks it’s a good riff though.

Highlights: 0:00, 1:00

Nile - Black Seeds Of Vengeance (Black Seeds Of Vengeance)

And now to something a bit different. Nile – seriously - kicks – ass.

Highlights: 0:05

Obituary – Dying (Cause of Death)

Some very good riffs here.

Highlights: 0:01, 0:35, 0:50

Obituary - Slowly We Rot (Slowly We Rot)

This song got everything a death metal song needs IMO. Groove, tempo changes, good hook and riffs of course. Ok, maybe it gives away some brutality for groovyness, but I don’t mind.

Highlights: 1:35, 2:26

One Man Army and the Undead Quartet – Killing Machine (21st Century Killing Machine)

Pretty cool thrash riffs.

Highlights: 0:25, 0:47, 2:00, 3:42

Pestilence - Chronic Infection (Consuming Impulse)

Simply perfect death metal.

Highlights: 0:00, 0:24, 1:06, 1:20

Pestilence - Deify Thy Master (Consuming Impulse)

DEIFY - THY - MASTER.

Highlights: 0:00, 0:40, 0:59, 1:24

Scarve - The Perfect Disaster (Irradiant)

AMAZING song.

Highlights: 0:02, 1:20, 1:44

Sepultura - Beneath the Remains (Beneath the Remains)

Just yes. Sepultura are fantastic.

Highlights: 0:51, 2:07, 3:21, 3:34

Sepultura – Inner Self (Beneath the Remains)

Groovy shit.

Highlights: 0:00, 0:49, 1:25

Sepultura – R.I.P. (Rest In Pain) (Schizophrenia)

RIP Sepultura…

Highlights: 0:00, 0:31, 1:34, 2:06, 3:17

Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen (Never Mind the Bollocks... Here's The Sex Pistols)

Hah.

Highlights: 0:00, 0:45

Slayer - Angel of Death (Reign In Blood)

Obligatory.

Highlights: 1:38, 2:06, 3:07

Sodom – Surfin’ Bird (Sodom)

Yes I did!

Highlights: 0:00

Sodom – Christ Passion (Persecution Mania)

Good ol’ Sodom, eh?

Highlights: 0:23, 3:07, 4:02

Sodom - No Captures (Sodom)

Fine, groovy thrash.

Highlights: 0:00, 0:13, 2:45

Suffer – Infections (Manifestation of God)

Really heavy opener riff. Just the way we like it.

Therion - Muspelheim – Gudaskymning (Secret of the Runes)

Very good metal mixed with an orchestra. Beware: not only guitar riffs on this one.

Highlights: 0:48, 1:09, 1:58

Therion - Wine Of Aluqah (Vovin)

Good riffs and bonus for being an incredibly memorable song.

Highlights: 0:22, 0:54, 1:07

Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat (Thunder & Lightning)

The heaviest Thin Lizzy song? Regardless, it’s pretty neat.

Highlights: 0:00

Unleashed – Winterland (Sworn Allegiance)

Cool riffs.

Highlights: 0:00

Vader – Traveler (Blood [EP])

Awesome opening riff.

Highlights: 0:00, 0:22

Vreid - Då Draumen Rakna (Pitch Black Brigade)

Some pretty slick riffs here.

Highlights: 0:24, 1:09, 1:20, 2:32, 3:38

Warbringer - Systematic genocide (War Without End)

These guys are gods. Groovy, authentic thrash at its best.

Highlights: 0:14, 0:35, 1:38, 2:30, 3:19

Warbringer – At the Crack of Doom (War Without End)

Simply EPIC riffs.

Highlights: 0:25, 1:28

Yyrkoon - Doctor X (Occult Medicine)

Hands down one of the most unappreciated (or undiscovered) bands in death metal. Close to perfect.

Highlights: 0:16, 0:36, 1:33, 2:25

Yyrkoon - Occult Medicine (Occult Medicine)

These guys are seriously gifted.

Highlights: 1:16, 2:02, 5:19

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