What is the HEAVIEST riff in rock?

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  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    dcfaithful wrote:
    pinwheel wrote:
    4th of july by the soundgarden

    Nice choice.

    I thought of one last night -- "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Mansons. We can all admit that the chug of that riff is pretty damn heavy.

    such a fucking great riff, i'd hate to say.
    Beavis: All my friends are brown and red? What does that mean?
    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    rhcpjam1029 wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    pinwheel wrote:
    4th of july by the soundgarden

    Nice choice.

    I thought of one last night -- "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Mansons. We can all admit that the chug of that riff is pretty damn heavy.

    such a fucking great riff, i'd hate to say.

    Why do you hate to say?
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Iron Maiden - Mother Russia
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  • Electric Feel
    Electric Feel Posts: 198
    Tone wrote:
    Muse - Stockholm Syndrome or Supermassive Black Hole


    Stockholm Syndrome was already mentioned under it's other name, "A Song for the Dead".

    That is a massive Queens rip-off riff. Pretty kick ass though :oops:
  • Electric Feel
    Electric Feel Posts: 198
    These are the first few that came to mind:

    Refused- Deadly Rythm- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clGuSJL ... re=related

    At the Drive In- Arc Arsenal- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmTSQZjR ... re=related

    Rage- Know Your Enemy (at 35 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4smim2MNvF8

    QOTSA- Sick Sick Sick - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHDaKtx6bGY
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I'll throw in some different cuts that no one has mentioned so far.

    Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMkjOIROR4w

    Iron Maiden - The Trooper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgqxQmAbTBc

    Slayer - Angel of Death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_zsJ8KPP0

    The Stooges - Search and Destroy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irskrVvKR1E

    Probot - Red War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7PQFEI6-8w
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  • savman
    savman Posts: 230
    Indeed - a cool thread

    My vote is for the opening riff in Crazy Train.
    Pretty heavy for the year it was written.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Wicked Game- Chris Issak

    that shit is brutal
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Not exactly the kind of heavy we're looking for here but...
    Lookout Mountain by Driveby Truckers is some pretty heavy shit in my book
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Not exactly the kind of heavy we're looking for here but...
    Lookout Mountain by Driveby Truckers is some pretty heavy shit in my book
    love that song. hope they play it saturday
    Charlotte 00 | Charlotte 03 | Asheville 04 | Atlanta 12 | Greenville 16 | Columbia 16 |Seattle 18  | Nashville 22 | Ohana Festival 24 x2 | Atlanta 25 x2
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    intodeep wrote:
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Not exactly the kind of heavy we're looking for here but...
    Lookout Mountain by Driveby Truckers is some pretty heavy shit in my book
    love that song. hope they play it saturday
    Dude! I saw them at Bonnaroo in 2008 and then again with Booker T. last year and they played it both times. It is a bad ass song. I still can't help losing it when that damn guitar kicks off at the beginning
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    I'm surprised something off "Bleach" hasn't been mentioned. Lot of heavy riffs there.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,892
    currently, i would say the 1st track off them crooked vultures where its toward the end of the song and than all of a sudden it hits you hard. the other track that hits so friggin hard at the end is At the Drive In's "invalid litter dept." its similar to TCV's riff but they are just so hard hitting. love it.
  • lephty
    lephty Posts: 770
    did anyone else say

    Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose?!
  • PJamGrungeFan
    PJamGrungeFan Posts: 289
    One - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmNNkBv34fs#t=4m19s

    The Thing That Should Not Be - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF1a13y1n_U#t=0m56s

    Makes ya wanna go nucking futs!
  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    May 30th wrote:
    currently, i would say the 1st track off them crooked vultures where its toward the end of the song and than all of a sudden it hits you hard. the other track that hits so friggin hard at the end is At the Drive In's "invalid litter dept." its similar to TCV's riff but they are just so hard hitting. love it.

    nobody loves me and neither do i
    heavy song man. glad you mentioned it.
    Beavis: All my friends are brown and red? What does that mean?
    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    most of these riffs people are saying arn't heavy at all, even though they are mighty fine..

    are we talking pure heavy meatiness? 13 by karma to is meeaty.
  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    just heard this on xm bluesville yestarday...it's a seriously heavy blues riff. check it out.

    doyle brahmall II - problem child

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmV0ycbWai8
    Beavis: All my friends are brown and red? What does that mean?
    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • PJamGrungeFan
    PJamGrungeFan Posts: 289
    Brisk. wrote:
    most of these riffs people are saying arn't heavy at all, even though they are mighty fine..

    are we talking pure heavy meatiness? 13 by karma to is meeaty.
    The Thing That Should Not Be crushes your face!
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    rhcpjam1029 wrote:
    May 30th wrote:
    currently, i would say the 1st track off them crooked vultures where its toward the end of the song and than all of a sudden it hits you hard. the other track that hits so friggin hard at the end is At the Drive In's "invalid litter dept." its similar to TCV's riff but they are just so hard hitting. love it.

    nobody loves me and neither do i
    heavy song man. glad you mentioned it.

    That album is a riff clinic

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