10 ICONIC Black Metal Riffs

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Let's walk through the history of Black Metal and revisit some of the most influencial riffs of the genre.
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Track list:
0:00 Emperor - I Am The Black Wizards
0:47 Mayhem - Funeral Fog
1:39 Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
2:20 Bathory - Dies Irae
2:45 Satyricon - Mother North
3:16 Immortal - Withstand the Fall of Time
3:42 Burzum - Jesu dod
4:07 Dissection - Night's Blood
4:43 Marduk - Throne of Rats
5:27 Emperor - Ye Entrancemperium
Gear Used:
- Jackson Soloist SLX (w/ Seymour Duncan pickups)
- Warwick Corvette $$ 5-string bass
- Fortin Nameless Suite by Neural DSP
- JST Bassforge Hellraiser
- Ernie Ball Strings
- Hosa Cables
- Dunlop Picks
- Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Interface
- Ableton Live 10
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[@uniservicemann3186]

Transylvanian Hunger will NEVER get old for me. That riff is a god tier ear worm

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It really is.

[@tarimkoysever]

i sometimes arpeggiate the riff with a clean tone, and play it slowly feeling it, it is really that perfect

[@ekklesiast]

He played it wrong unfortunately

[@Callisterbw]

​@@ekklesiasti noticed as well

[@Gett.Rightt900]

It is not that good simple pop like riff

[@ChuckyDoll79]

I couldn't imagine a "10 iconic black metal riffs" without Emperor - I Am the Black Wizards. Thumb up.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

They are a quintessential part of black metal

[@baldotorbarina9023]

Transilvanian Hunger intro riff is Smoke on the Water of BM

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Is it tho?

[@baldotorbarina9023]

@@jojoplaysmusic most recognizable and repetititive i mean.. i like Darktrhrone unholy trinity Ablaze/Funeral/Transilvanian 🤘🤘🤘

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@baldotorbarina9023 when you put it that way. I guess it's true.

[@ominousburrito5198]

and majorly the first song guitarists play when getting into bm cuz its relatively easy

[@user-ee8ku4gn8v]

I guess that makes mayhem's freezing moon enter sandman

[@vadimvishnevskiyguitar]

Hell yeah 2 Emperor songs

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah I love Emperor! I think Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk might be one of the greatest (if not the greatest) black metal album:

[@antoniogonzalez4252]

@@jojoplaysmusic agreed!

[@AlessandroScaltritti]

@@jojoplaysmusic sorry, imo is In the nightside eclipse the best black metal album Then (always by my personal opinion) the are: de mysteriis, det som engang var, transilvanian hunger and nemesis divina

[@containternet9290]

The riff intro on Ye entranceperium was actually done by Euronymous.

[@jelcrane3702]

Dies Irae by Bathory ! Very underrated song, great choice !

[@michaelstudeny8848]

I love that you put Withstand the Fall of Time in here, but I'm dearly missing that one glorious riff that pops up in the middle and at the very end, it may be my favorite BM riff ever :D But a great video nonetheless!

[@broncoxy]

sweet selection, goood stuff!

[@paulmiz3671]

awesome set!

[@Taras-Nabad]

Cool stuff man

[@reuseTecktonik9]

Probably the best pure black riff of all time is Transilvanian hunger, is raw, evil, dark, sound like a forest and snow. is fast like war and desolation.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It’s definitely the “default” Norwegian Black Metal riff.

[@AnCapDanny]

Dude, yes! You earned my subscription. 🤘🤘

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Sick 🤘

[@dvir12345]

Awesome video!!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thank you so much

[@rudyhernandez8744]

Can’t wait to see them this august

[@BenLubin]

Dope video dude

[@FlagellumDei78]

A pretty satisfying selection of riffs.

[@MiniulekJr]

Great selection 🥷

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks ninjaman

[@Poemwriter_Angelo]

i knew them all except Satyricon. i like it.

[@gianlucamicheletti4644]

Perfekt 🤘🏻🖤🔥

[@arsethnagash9877]

Buena recopilación. ✋

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Gracias!

[@ilovefuzzycats]

I come back to this video so often

[@DanSainz]

That’s crazy man

[@bartrhoads1203]

Great video

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks!

[@merlin2k6]

The first one is still my favorite black metal riff of all time!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

It’s in my top 3 for me.

[@lespagnolmannaick456]

All the riffs of Mork Gryning's second album, "Return Fire", are also awesome, as well as Allegiance's first album riffs.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I made sure to include Mork Gryning here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHLSc2WrndN_bbs

[@razieldiaz2914]

Joder puro arte 🔥🎶

[@user-kg5ko9rw4w]

These are incredible. Going to make a playlist with these. How long have you been playing guitar? I started a month ago and am learning the fade to black solo

[@user-ei1lp2hl4p]

It's an impeccable list

[@bdawg3942]

Hey buddy, can you do “ in the still of a northern full moon” ( the greatest black metal song eva) and Strid “End of life” the originators of BSBM! Nice work

[@dearestbrotherfrank]

He played parts of Transylvanian Hunger and Jesu dod wrong.

[@dakotaroosa1525]

And nights blood

[@JFKDrums]

👌🔥🔥🔥 relaxing and interesting to watch

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Pretty soothing music if you ask me

[@JFKDrums]

@@jojoplaysmusic indeed🤘

[@atiliogonzalez5574]

Increíble 🖤✨🖤

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Gracias!

[@sourcreamking]

7 Norwegian, 3 Swedish... Great job! 🤘

[@jojoplaysmusic]

May I direct your attention to this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXbYgWNueKunhrc

[@warrendchild]

Killer vid

[@paulmiz3671]

Hey JoJo! I think you're really cool and thanks to that video I bought a guitar and want to get back to black metal after 20 years. could you tell me 1 thing (or maybe any of your viewers) Where do you get this percussion from ? Do you arrange it yourself in Ableton ? Or are there any places I can download percussion arrangements or whole specific songs? Thank you and sorry for boomer questions

[@louissamuel3247]

Pretty sure he gets it from ToonTrack EZ drummer! Mentioned it in another vid :)

[@marcin-gorka]

Two things: hell yeah two emperor riffs, and secondly - where did you pick up that version of jesu dod? Love that piece but I play it very differently and never seen or really heard it played like that

[@AdolfStalin]

You should do some Greek, Finnish and Czech black metal riffs

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Way ahead of you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noCph3yqgapnndk

[@tomaszgajdzik620]

bro where did you find that amazing hoodie or idk whats that but looks amazing

[@jojoplaysmusic]

My mom has a bunch of stuff like that lmao. While looking for this I found a bunch of coats and stuff like that that looked super goth and/or black metal-esque. Don't know where my mom got that taste, her favorite group is Creedence.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@X Ennial early 60’s 👀

[@hassamnodtveidt4689]

Night’s blood it’s beautiful

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Fantastic melodies in that song

[@jeffmoppi]

nice playing, and a cool selection. However I have to point out, the second Riff of Transylvanian Hunger is wrong, the ending chords. listen closely. keep them coming!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah I noticed that, this video is over a year old. Looking back I noticed the riffs I was getting wrong in details and such. So I try to make videos nowadays in which I can include them and play them properly. Thanks anyways!

[@jeffmoppi]

@@jojoplaysmusic it's expectable when you grow as a musician. Most people don't like their old stuff. You have great taste in music.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@jeffmoppi thanks man! It’s not that I dislike my old stuff, but more so that I make sure to improve on my mistakes in future material.

[@oropher1234]

Throne of rats is also wrong.

[@istur92]

Beautiful video and beautiful riffs. I have a question for guitarists, I’m try to learn tremolo picking but I success doing it only in the bottom part of the guitar, where is the second or third pickup. It’s impossible for me to go up, near the first pickup or between them cause when I do tremolo the strings “bounce” too much. But play all a song like this gives me a very bad wrist position that cause my pain every time. What do you think that I do wrong?

[@rhythmmmmm.]

Tremolo is literally just picking really fast bro, all you gotta do is keep the same wrist and hand position as you have on the low strings. Since you're playing metal, it's just inevitable you're gonna be better at hitting the low notes since you spend more time with it, but that's what it boils down to, just do more of the same on the other strings until it's comfortable all the way across the board.

[@effectosis742]

#11 Gorgoroth - "Gorgoroth"

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yes, that’s why I included them in 2 videos after this one. Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXbYgWNueKunhrc And here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHLSc2WrndN_bbs

[@effectosis742]

@@jojoplaysmusic ""Gorgoroth" is also the title of the song from Antichrist . But also "Possesed by Satan" is a classic from that album

[@muttinnittin6527]

And ritual

[@patrickfournier4557]

Why? Dindnt see that before .. mayhem/darkthrone/satyricon dude your Killing me awesome work always clear sound nice play on marduk 🤘🍻

[@jojoplaysmusic]

If you liked that, you’re getting a BIG treat in a few weeks.

[@blackheavyblans]

My resolution dropped automatically when this video starts playing. My network connection is trve 🤘

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hehehehe yeaaaa

[@AlexandarJL]

Mother north 10/10

[@christophercarson7733]

I'll admit I'm still kinda new to the black metal if I'm correct real early venom and Celtic frost were maybe black metal if I'm wrong please correct me I saw them in 82-83 then early Sodom then early deicide which I know isn't black metal but I love glen Benton and the Hoffman brothers were a good combo dark funeral I've been getting into alot lately those guys are flat out scary looking but as a drummer I like the chords and riffs they pull off to be honest Jojo I just like watching you jam you make it look so easy like your bored lol I love the black cloak too

[@kyleway8513]

Venom, early Sodom, and Celtic Frost are part of the "First Wave of Black Metal" along with Bathory, Sarcofago, Hellhammer, Mercyful Fate, early Kreator, Master's Hammer and others The Norwegian scene is considered the "Second Wave of Black Metal"

[@krzysztofzakrzewski7777]

Black Metal is a King of Metal Music 🤘🔥⛪️🔥🤘

[@michelegrassi4385]

Marduk is the most extreme black metal band , at least among the most famous bands, but Immortal and Dissection are another story in my opinion.

[@marat9124]

lol what

[@user-vf1tf6bs7n]

Thank you for no frosty moon!😁

[@buwumet]

I think you got the Darkthrone drums backwards. It's a traditional blast, not an inverted blast

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I’m gonna give another listen.

[@user-gy8tn2rq7h]

Somberlain

[@AXEL77hrm]

At least 2 riffs (or more) are little wrong: I mean 'Withstand the Fall of Time' and 'Throne of rats'. By the way you are a nice Axe!

[@raimondsstokmanis1892]

Pretty sure jesu tod is wrong as well.

[@SuperSuperpenisman]

Fantastic! You can play the shit outta the guitar!

[@Fenix-ku1pw]

what type of guitar is that?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Jackson Soloist SLX

[@jdfenix7]

Not one use of that Floyd Rose lol. Great playing

[@jojoplaysmusic]

No but it’s my E standard guitar

[@brunaforte77]

🤘😈🔥

[@brunoferreira394]

Funeral Fog!!!!

[@estebansoria3877]

El riff de Jesu Dod de Burzum hace parecer que los demas riffs no tienen ningun sentido. Es simple y potente.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

En lo personal, mis favoritos fueron los de Emperor y el de Mayhem.

[@estebansoria3877]

@@jojoplaysmusic Jojo no conosco mucho del genero pero me gustan mucho los riffs. Exelente video y el detalle que le agregaste al riff de Burzum suena genial. Saludos.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@estebansoria3877 muchas gracias!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

@@estebansoria3877 entonces creo que mi canal te sirve de buena introducción a muchas bands.

[@pettson3816]

The Jesu Död by Burzum riff you played sounded wrong somehow? Maybe it's just a bad recording on the album? I'm not a guitarist though so maybe i'm totally wrong.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Just relistened to Jesu Död. I think it IS because of the bad recording. I can totally hear how one could interpret it that way, so I wouldn’t blame you. I’m also guessing that Varg didn’t have his guitar that well tuned (or if it even had the tuning stability to stay tuned through the whole recording).

[@DaniBerna]

A parte la classifica.....sei forte ciao da Firenze IT🤟

[@MetalConfederation]

No Dark Funeral & Gorgoroth?It's sad...

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXbYgWNueKunhrc

[@Celtsryan]

Quintessence

[@zigotina]

mayhem should be freezing moon

[@ozeemusic3285]

Hell yeah black metal aghhgh

[@jojoplaysmusic]

🤘🤘

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

You mean “blergh” 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@riff_axl6257]

What's Tunning bro?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

E standard

[@healumuz]

u r the death riffs god?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I might be

[@Peppeblackmetal]

Great list but for Marduk I think you could have chosen a better one, Wolves, those of the sunlight, on darkned wings, panzer division marduk, of hells fire would have been more iconic IMHO. Love throne of the rats I just think is not as iconic as the other mentioned ones.

[@dimitrisFkNATO]

Mayhem kicks ass.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Just saw them live yesterday!

[@chupiconverge6034]

B u r z u m!!

[@4evam3]

Wierd choices for Marduk and Immortal. The rest is pure gold.

[@dimitrisFkNATO]

Fk.Great kid.When I was 20+(?)wanted to learn guitar too,but soled all to get grugs&cassettes...

[@Lustawaii]

😮😮😮😮

[@reportme4hacking148]

Burzum 🔥🔥🔥

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

I’m disappointed that “Dies Irae” was the Bathory riff chosen. “Necromansy” is a far superior riff: hell, Kristian liked it enough to rip it off wholesale for his song “war” 😂

[@RichardDeBerryOfficial]

@@OneTrueVikingbard Anything off Bathory's ST could have been a better pick tbh.

[@karolpopiak2031]

No Celtic Frost? ):

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Hace some Celtic Frost: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXbYgWNueKunhrc

[@Jonathan_Brose]

Where you from?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

México

[@Jonathan_Brose]

@@jojoplaysmusic ¡Saludos desde Brasil! Tengo muchas ganas de visitar México. Tus videos son espectaculares. ¡Gran abrazo!

[@yomiyaskilainen]

Where is gorgoroth?

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHLSc2WrndN_bbs

[@alphajames33]

Guys, add some Greek black metal to your Playlist. Some Rotting Christ : "Non serviam", "Fgmenth thy gift", "Wolfera the Jackal", "Pyr Threonte", "Lex Talionis", "666", "Daimonon Vrossis", "In Yumen/Xibalba", "Dub Sak Ta Ke", "Kata ton Daimona Eautoy". They have a great discography, since the end of the 80's!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

If you like the Greek stuff, I have some treats for you coming very soon.

[@alphajames33]

@@jojoplaysmusic Great! Can't wait!

[@Rokgnara]

excellent video! However, the main riff of Mother North is wrong. there is a note that is wrong

[@Rokgnara]

same for withstand the fall of time

[@dvir12345]

"support the bands in anyway you can" Even burzum?😂

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah, except burzum. I just had to include it for its significance in BM history :p

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Check the description again 👀

[@genzeuronymous7787]

Yes

[@MetalKeith666]

@phantom no

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

Can’t support Bathory anymore: Boss is dead too and Black Mark Records is kind of, well, gone. How can one find the good music when it’s vanished?

[@Aurora2097]

Burzum all the way!

[@EchoLog]

Jesu dod done wrong without the leadup

[@willybastian5077]

without taake-nordbundet? are you joke?

[@IcapapalotlPopocatepepetl]

That short-haired govnar' doesnt even know of Limbonic Art? Even unlol.

[@viniciusprado7796]

Faltou Black Vomit do Sarcófago

[@qbert3306]

Born on the same day as De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas was released? Talk about kvlt...

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I know right?

[@cheesewonton7263]

How do you tremolo pick so good? I’ve been trying so hard but I just can’t do it

[@SuperBlackshadow666]

Mother North неправильно

[@pedrocaetano5032]

How the hell are you 28 years old ? You look way younger

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I am not lol. I just share a birthday with De Mysteriis, not birth year.

[@pedrocaetano5032]

@@jojoplaysmusic sorry I missunderstood

[@Tom_Amil_Echita]

The Immortal one is completely wrong, but kudos for the rest.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Yeah you’re right

[@teedomeowgi7959]

For how much speed picking black metal audaciously relies upon, the experience is extremely slow in terms of riff and overall song brutality compared to the more aggressive modern metal community that utilizes more rhythm and guitar techniques. It's like flooring the gas pedal in a Honda with a spoiler next to an alien space ship that uses gravity for momentum. You played guitar very well though.

[@jojoplaysmusic]

Thanks. I guess you could say black metal is more about the atmosphere it creates maybe.

[@teedomeowgi7959]

@@jojoplaysmusic sorry dude I was drinking and just being a dick for no reason. Keep shredding

[@pentasigil]

damn . very impressive als burzum is magnificent

[@wermacht84]

ICONIC black metal riffs... Dissection? Marduk 2004? At the Heart of Winter? No.

[@xmadman666]

𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐇𝐄𝐌 ⛓️🔪

[@urblotasunkynewulf615]

So you want to play these iconic riffs include BURZUM and say don't support him? Hypocrite.

[@RichardDeBerryOfficial]

I love Varg's music, but not him as a person. Nevertheless, I still feel like he should get at least some support.

[@Dod777]

Qualquer lista sobre Black Metal que não Sarcófago já fica desqualificada... 👎🏻

[@bmwolfGrim]

no finnish bm, just overrated norwegian bands and some swedish bands

[@cheesewonton7263]

What thickness of picks are you using

[@jojoplaysmusic]

I think I was already using .88

[@mohammadmadanian384]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@D4rkyyyyyy]

teach me master!!!!!!