As for me, it’s probably Katakysm’s The Black Sheep
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Götterdämmerung by Zeal and Ardor, goes hard always gets me excited.
I don’t know about all time, but…
- Visigoth - Revenant King - the intro and all the variations on it throughout the song
- Eternal Champion - A Face in the Glare
- Unleashed - Midvinterblot - I know it’s super basic but it gets me amped up regardless
- Opeth - Serenity Painted Death - Already mentioned but damn
Oddly most of my favorite stuff - like prog metal - I tend to not like a particular riff from.
This is an impossible question, how dare you. But I’m not gonna let you guys get away with not mentioning the Riff Beast himself, Kirk Windstein.
Crowbar - It Pours From Me usually comes to mind first.
Also, KoRn - Clown to this day has one of the most disgusting guitar tones I’ve ever heard.
Inflames - colony hits so hard!
The older I get the more I appreciate the simple brutality and precision of Metallica’s “Battery” riff
I’m partial to doom riffs so I gotta give love to Electric Funeral as the granddaddy. It’s simple but so good.
The Cromlech Gate by Enslaved is super heavy and maybe my actual favorite, followed by too many by Candlemass tracks to mention. Ocean Demon by Runemagick is a series of great riffs.
But Tony is god so I can’t neglect Patterns by Iommi and Follow the Tears by Heaven & Hell which are good ‘n’ heavy too.
Something about Rammstein’s Keine Lust always sends a ton of blood to my peen.
Gonna have to go by genre
Tech Death:
Sorreption - King of undisputed nonsense
runner up: Necrophagist - Seven
Melodic Death Metal:
In Flames - Dialogue with the stars
runner up: At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Death Metal:
Decapitated - spheres of madness
runner up: Bloodbath - So You Die
Progressive metal:
runner up: Opeth - Serenity Painted Death
Metalcore:
runner up: 🤔
I could probably come up with a top 5-10 for each genre. I could probably dig for 5 more genres. This is already a sick playlist.
Honorable mentions to Rage Against The Machine and Soilwork. Some absolute riff kings. Those two bands honestly trump the whole list/thread/whatever.
Serpents of the Light by Deicide gets me as amped up now as it did 25+ years ago 🤘
