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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Cernunnos on Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:00 pm

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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Dian Wei on Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:05 pm

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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Metal Iain on Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:38 pm

Yeah, Opeth don't have proper riffs.
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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Lev on Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:55 pm

I wouldn't class anything Opeth have done as a riff.


Dream Theater on the other hand.
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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby thrashduck on Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:33 pm

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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Nick Slazbian on Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:21 pm

Opeth have some quality riffs purely for the fact they aint this....


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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Dian Wei on Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:24 pm

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D--------- 9-------15---9------------19-------
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E 0-0-0-0---0-0-----------0-0-0-0------------

Opeth Riff.
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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Lev on Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:24 pm

So anything not thrash is quality now?
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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Metal Iain on Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:38 pm

Music is only good when it doesn't have riffs.
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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Nick Slazbian on Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:42 pm

Nowadays yeah. Same old shite aint it.
Watershed has mean riffs on it.
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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby RedBurp on Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:19 pm

Any music from Doom
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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby GoreBastard on Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:50 am

This one:


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E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-- (x 4)

And all of Motorheads songs.
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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby zykloned on Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:12 am

the one that instantly comes to my head is blackened

theres way too many tho,
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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby Andy Slazbian on Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:48 pm

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Re: What is the best riff ever written?

Postby meluaz on Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:07 pm

i say bloodstone by priest
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