The 20 Most Criminally UNDERRATED Riffs In METAL

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[@BradleyHallGuitar]

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[@ОлегЛесков-у8о]

"Hurt and Virtue" riff. Greetings from Russia

[@eugenemonfourny6119]

Favorite underrated riffs : Mr Speed by KISS, My Goo Reputation by Hardcore Superstar, Evisceration Plague by Cannibal Corpse and Buick Makane by T.Rex

[@littlefever]

Count discount! A pretzel for you troubles 🥨 thanks!

[@YoyoRene]

thx for my favourite riff there is Sabaton's Rorkes drift much love from austria

[@peehandshihtzu]

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[@danpop2405]

The Porcupine Tree and Haken riffs are just perfect

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

AYEEEE

[@45scienceproject]

Fuck yes on the proggy shit. Especially Porcupine Tree.

[@bonki3549]

@@45scienceprojectlove them to bits

[@FACEL1FT]

@@45scienceprojectFinally PT is getting their well deserved respect

[@alexg4751]

Fuck I'm glad Bradley started off with that Haken riff. That riff was so beautiful, it just dragged me into actively listening to the rest of the video 😅

[@davutb7293]

1:19 Haken/Ectobius Rex 1:33 Megadeth/Poison Was The Cure 1:45 Cradle of Filth/Better To Reign In Hell 1:56 Summoning/Flight Of The Nazgul 2:08 Burzum/EA,Lord Of The Depths 2:21 Symphony Of X/Iconoclast 2:38 Sabaton/Roke’s Drift 2:53 Periperhy/Blood Eagle 3:08 Trivium/Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr 3:24 Avenged Sevenfold/Eternal Rest 3:40 Porcipine Tree/Anesthetize 3:58 Dream Theater/The Dark Eternal Night 4:16 Sylosis/Teras 4:35 Children Of Bodom/Red Lights In My Eyes,part 1 4:44 CKY/96 Quite Bitter Beings 4:54 Mastodon/Seabeast 5:17 Emperor/Curse You All Men! 5:32 Opeth/Serenity Painted Death 5:47 Necrophagist/Fermented Offal Discharge

[@subzero352]

Two of this list is against Ukraine - Burzum and Sabaton

[@GGGriggs]

​@@subzero352I don't know about Varg, but Sabaton???

[@RadicalRocker]

Not all heroes where capes

[@germantorre1422]

​@@subzero352And? Turn off the tv.

[@B-Bigbawz]

​@@subzero352don't care

[@meepacheep7186]

that opening to dark eternal night is one of my favourite riffs ever, its constantly stuck in my head, same with red light in my eyes part 1 that whole first COB album is underrated as hell

[@glenmore1122]

I agree!!

[@Khron0s]

The dark eternal night's riff is just too groovy

[@realtoken]

Agree bro

[@QueenLiliTheRed]

Deadnight Warrior was the first Bodom song i ever heard, I was about 15 and been a fan since, they helped get me into metal along with Pantera but I think I listened to Bodom first. Rest in peace Alexi

[@Germs19]

Massive respect for playing Summoning and Porcupine Tree.

[@carrasco921]

Frayed ends of sanity riff before solo in Metallica That’s riff rips through my ears and is an eargasm

[@donaldschell3777]

Appreciate the Megadeth shoutout! Another one of theirs that I think is horrifically underrated you've also played recently. The outro section of Rust In Peace...Polaris is absolutely killer. Props on that whole album btw, you shredded that

[@captDymov]

All the riffs from the Youthanasia are CRIMINALLY underrated

[@Xei_Men]

​@@captDymovподдерживаю. Youthanasia один из недооцененных альбомов в принципе

[@kevgmei]

I always get excited when that riff comes!

[@tonykuriger573]

Not only is the Haken riff criminally underrated, Haken is surely the most criminally underrated band in progressive metal. Every album is a masterpiece.

[@partthethird]

and Virus links all their previous albums together in so many subtle ways. Just awesome

[@IljaLammeretz]

Sure Haken is underrated, but I do not think the most underrated in the progressive metal scene. They are one of the most popular bands in the scene.

[@igornaimoli7321]

Nah, the most underrated band in prog metal is Wilderun by far

[@Chris-Ian]

Necrophagist have many underrated great riffs - the delayed riff before (and after) the solo of Culinary Hyperversity, the riff after the solo of Ignominious and Pale (underneath the harmonies), the end riff of Diminished to B (easiest Necro riff, still cool), Epitaph's riff before the solo (so sluggish) to name a few.

[@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026]

YES! Those and FOD are probably my favorites, but, in my opinion they don't have "bad" riffs/solos. Had the pleasure of seeing them live twice...it was almost hard to mosh at times because everyone was so busy ogling the musicianship in amazement! During the solos, it was like a group of well behaved music connoisseurs watching legitimate musical virtuosity...then right back into the circle pit lol.

[@Chris-Ian]

@@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026 Of course they don't have bad riffs. Some of the solos are not as good and memorable as others, but its forgiveable, considering Epitaph is as close to perfection as an album can get.

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

What do you guys think of my picks? What would YOU have included??

[@Slipknotfan_20]

Tornado Of Souls, Megadeth

[@MHoM.]

0-3-5

[@danpop2405]

The main riff from Haken - Messiah Complex V: Ecotbius Rex Edit: wrote this before the video started, Holy shit Im so happy to see Haken on this channel

[@arleyburke]

I'd add beast and the harlot by a7x no-one really talks about it

[@eddiethehead4791]

Iron Maiden- Powerslave...

[@derekgerber-margie7128]

Can't tell you how happy I am that you included Dark Eternal Night. I feel like that song gets overlooked by a lot of folks.

[@DOSStorm]

I feel like many of the good DT albums get panned by many of their fans. Systematic Chaos, Train of Thought and Dark Clouds and Silver Linings are fantastic

[@iau]

DT's only sin was being _too good_ in the 90s. If any other band had written their later music they would be consider godlike.

[@thepotatotaxi2430]

​@@DOSStorm train of thought is a top 3 dt album idk what you mean

[@Iser1999]

tbh opeth in general are outstanding at making riffs. I was also fascinated at how they use all sorts of weird chords instead of powerchords. and they also have an interesting way of making leads and harmonies. really good stuff. for bodom I love all their catalogue despite the fact that some people say the last ones were kinda eh. I love Alexi's riffage and soloing. RIP Legend.

[@IllustriousCrocoduck]

Opeth may not be my absolute favorite band, but if I could only listen to one band for the rest of my life, it would be them. They don't get old. Ironically, I like the middle-later albums more than the early ones.

[@ihsan_lol]

@@IllustriousCrocoduckdo you have any recommendations of their later stuff, stuff after Ghost Reveries?

[@IllustriousCrocoduck]

@@ihsan_lol I don't dislike any if them but Pale Communion and Sorceress for sure. "Cusp of Eternity" on the former is the song that made me love them.

[@jglobal9075]

I love all of Opeth's discography but I think Still Life - Ghost Reveries was definitely their peak, especially creatively. That being said, Watershed, Pale Communion, In Cauda Venenum are my favorite later Opeth albums (in that order). @@ihsan_lol

[@dragonicblaziken7]

Alexi wrote so many amazing riffs throughout the Bodom discography, and Red Light Is definitely a great pick. If I'm thinking great deep cut riffs for them, even though the first 3 albums are usually my go-tos, one of the first that comes to mind is Hold Your Tongue from I Worship Chaos.

[@45scienceproject]

Stellar track! The title track was also amazing (from I Worship Chaos I mean). RIP Alexi. Glad I got to meet you and see you perform a few times before you left us buddy.

[@veiddimaddur8354]

Lake bodom is another great pick from something wild

[@dragonicblaziken7]

Indeed, it is

[@micheldebois]

I love COB but this is Bach Invention 13 in A minor BWV784. RIP Alexi you had the best musical influences.

[@cdfox85]

​@@micheldeboisAlexi seamlessly incorporated a lot of Bach and Mozart and other classic stuff into his own riffs. He was a brilliant composer in his own right.

[@Xyz_669]

You know the day will be better when Bladley uploads a new video.

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

God BLESS you guv'na

[@Xyz_669]

​@@BradleyHallGuitarTlanks 🗿🍷

[@derekbridgerii2102]

​@@BradleyHallGuitarHenceforth, you shall be known as Bladley Blall the Blest!

[@OTTOAUDIO]

Thanks Bradley for using my heavy fella, the II II II II on this list & for partnering up 🔥🔥🔥 To those watching, I say one thing: demo it in your room free 14 days. It will hit you like nothing else 😎

[@onetakehoovie5955]

Teras by Sylosis has been my main warm riff for about 10 years now. Great to hear it is still well respected

[@SwainerDrummer]

Hell yes! I was glad to see the mention of both Sylosis and Symphony X

[@RollerSpendingGaming]

This riff is the my main motivation for the headbanging. Absouletly banger!

[@blackfox1320]

Damn dude, this video was awesome. Well done good sir.

[@ArranPark]

The conjuring by megadeth has easily their most underrated riffs

[@lukaswisner5134]

i fucking love the breakdown from the conjuring

[@acog_quarks8753]

Yup, I remember hearing my brother play it a couple times but I completely forgot about it until I heard the album and it just unlocked a core memory lmao

[@MusicOfDreamweaver]

I find "Sea of Madness" by Iron Maiden underrated. Few, if any, mention this track when talking about Iron Maiden and it is an amazing riff!

[@Goldarlives]

I like the part where it goes clean right before the solo.

[@eddiethehead4791]

My day has now been automatically made amazing... Iron Maiden's powerslave riff is underrated...

[@johnny_b_dude]

"Relapse" by Polaris, the opening riff sounds like heaven. RIP Ryan Siew :(

[@MorbidGuardian]

Dark Eternal Night was the song that really made me fall in love with Dream Theater. Glad to see it being given some love. Lots of seriously nostalgic riffs on here between DT, Bodom, Necrophagist, Megadeth, Trivium, etc.

[@markbalazscseke470]

Real nice of you to mention Teras of Sylosis, surprisingly few people know about them. I'd have definitely included mainly any riff from Opeth - Karma or the opening riff of VÉHÉMENCE - L'étrange clairière pt 2. Nice video, as ever

[@clockworker]

Soilwork - Structure Divine Dark Tranquillity - Rundown Mors Principium Est - Reclaim the Sun / Altered State of Consciousness Darkane - Layers of Lies Morbid Angel - Dawn of Angry Opeth - Bleak Mors Principium Est is generally underrated, so many great riffs, Soilwork's first three albums are rife with greatness in that regard as well.

[@clockworker]

Forgot to mention Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

[@salitz91]

Paint the Sky with Blood, by Bodom after Midnight, the main groove riff. It's just so simple, brutal and driving. It is one of the great gifts Alexi gave us before he left. Edit: Super glad to see Dark Eternal Night, Sylosis and especially Sabaton on here!

[@baschdiro8565]

I'm happy to see some Sabaton here. Among my favourite riffs are Balls to the Walls by Accept and Heaven is Falling by Jaded Heart.

[@jao_o_emo]

screeches from the silence have one of the best riffs i’ve ever heard

[@maf579]

The Gods Must Be Crazy, by Periphery. They have so many great songs that it gets a bit overlooked, but that main verse riff is so melodic and rhythmically interesting as well 🤘

[@MaverikTheKaos]

some of my fav riffs: Slough Feg - Addendum Galactus Kalmah - Swamphell Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Legion of Beast Ravage - Grapes Of Wrath Pandemonium - Reflecting Mirrors

[@SamDestroyer29]

Great list to (re)discover great metal albums, glad to see some Sylosis and Periphery here (even though I would've gone for the opening riff in Reptile), but also you made me want to check out that band 'Abba' on your shirt, they look like a sick black metal act.

[@thepotatotaxi2430]

dude the instrumental part in reptile is where it goes from periphery to perriffery

[@the_way_the_truth_the_life]

Great list man! I love these types of videos because it gets all of my metal bros out there sharing their favorite obscure bands and songs and you always end up with great recommendations of shit you never heard before! Here is my criminally underrated riff from a band that a lot of metalheads probably never heard the band is Cadaveryne, the album is Fathering the Apocalypse and the name of the song is Seven, once you hear the main riff you'll never forget it for the rest of yout metalhead life, it's just so uniquely wicked!

[@darthmetalus7469]

Great picks. Those riffs in anesthetize, serenity painted death and seabeast are fantastic. There is also one other amazing riff in anesthetize, I think it's in the next section after the one you played, one of my all time favs.

[@wafflemanofficial3130]

Also the riff which is literally one open C string panned from left to right

[@iamchizzle]

That’s so sick you included CKY! I’ve always loved the riffs in: Nuclear Assault - Critical Mass Coma - Overkill

[@Goldarlives]

If you like CKY, you should check out Foreign Objects, the singer’s original band. The song Test It Out has one of my favorite riffs of all time

[@blumblum_is_unfunny44]

My favorite underrated guitar riff is Betrayer by Kreator!

[@descendinguniverse666]

Grave Digger - almost all 90s riffs also Threshold, Vanden Plas, Symphony X, Ayreon/Star One are full of sick prog metal riffs at least Symphony X made it to this list, awesome

[@fabiosiqueiradub]

That Eternal Rest riff is fire, specially the breakdown part. I would've included Tonight in Flames by Cradle of Filth

[@truthseeker5120]

Jinjer - Pit of consciousness when clean singing starts. Love that riff and never heard anyone comment on it.

[@dl_supertroll]

It's always good to see Sabaton getting some attention and not being hated for once

[@treestar22]

Sabaton gets hate?

[@dl_supertroll]

@@treestar22 ya think

[@treestar22]

@@dl_supertroll I rarely ever see sabaton hate. What is it about?

[@dl_supertroll]

@@treestar22 they think we're Nazis. Also general shit about being posers and not metal enough.

[@VincePaierr]

​​@treestar22 They got too popular, and too many normies like them I guess. I've seen them get a lot of hate in the comments here

[@DerrickAndersonMusic]

The riff at 5:55 in Nevermore's This Godless Endeavor has been one of my favorite riffs for a looooong long time.

[@shredpilled]

Hole in the Sky - Black Sabbath. Been blasting that one the last few days. Also not sure where it ranks among fans but Killing is My Business is a pretty sick Megadeth riff.

[@danmccarthy2481]

And Into the Void as well!

[@scifiordie]

@@danmccarthy2481the intro to into the void sounds so timeless, not just in metal but in music, only Iommi could come up with something like that!

[@gungriffen]

1:33 Megadeth/Poison Was The Cure, even better then I remembered!

[@zauselbart]

Judas Priest - Demonizer Iced Earth - Democide Ill Niño - This is War Sabaton - White Death In Flames - Gyroscope Immortal - Withstand the Fall of Time Kreator - Enemy of God Some of my absolute favorite Riffs in these songs. Especially the whole Angel of Retribution Album by Priest has some awesome rythm guitars.

[@Bollthorn]

Some absolute bangers here. 'Curse You All Men!' is an amazing song. Anyway, some of my favourite riffs: Hecate Enthroned - Christfire Akercocke - Seduced Deicide - Serpents of the Light Bal-Sagoth - In the Raven-Haunted Forest... Mgła - With Hearts Toward None II Carcass - Incarnated Solvent Abuse Immortal - Mountains of Might Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times

[@tatianaa6833]

Paradise lost are extremely underrated and no one never mentions them. It's hard to choose a single riff, there are so many of them, but i'll pick I Remain and In Truth from the album Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us. That album is a masterpiece

[@rheathesaturnmoon9124]

For me, the ending riff to “Into the Wilderness” by Gojira is so perfect and doesn’t get talker about enough

[@MisterMacky]

Sabaton is a criminally underrated band. Even some of their simpler riffs just hit, Dreadnought is a banger

[@TeacherJuanMQ]

Far from underrated.

[@ahsoka5385]

Here’s a list of riffs which I think are underrated, all from different genre of metal🤘🏻 Melechesh - Multiple Truths Nightwish - Passion and the opera The Abbey - Desert Temple Nargaroth - Sommer (all riffs in this song are amazing) The Dark Element - Get out of my head Harakiri for the sky - Once upon a winter Within Destruction - Ultima Darkthrone - Sjakk Matt Jesu Krist Trivium - Beauty in the sorrow Machine Head - Ghosts will haunt my bones Gojira - Where dragons dwell Bullet for my Valentine - Alone Dragonforce - War!

[@noahenglish6654]

The CKY appearance wasn’t expected deron miller is such an underrated guitarist

[@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026]

Iconic riff without a doubt. Honestly, it's the only riff/song by them I can remember off the top of my head.

[@noahenglish6654]

@@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026 give an answer can be found a listen by them..the whole album has some fantastic riffs, deron miller’s death metal band world under blood is amazing as well.

[@samsaalfeld4273]

Cradle Robber by Revocation, Out from Below by Sylosis and A.I.R. by Anthrax are all underrated favorites of mine. Love the Sylosis riff you played earlier, they need more love

[@judaspriestly88]

Something wild is still one of my favorite COB albums, and RLIME pt1 is one of my favorite songs on that album \m/>_

[@samuelobertscheider6331]

Serenity painted deaths pinch harmonic riff is the best riff ever. EDIT: didn't even know it was in here at first, Brad chose the wrong one tho eventhough that one is hella sick too

[@mattiatosi8350]

Thanks for including Haken, one of my favourite bands ever that DEFINITELY need more recognition

[@faustohage9197]

Gematria - SlipKnoT, When Girls Telephone Boys - Deftones, Broken Vision Rhythm - Loathe, Fixation On The Darkness - Killswtich Engage, and Pretty - KoЯn are some of my favorite underrated riffs

[@remimarine3544]

My favorite riffs : Kingdom of Heaven by Epica Dreams of Retribution by Arch Enemy (the one that come at 3:25) Absolutely great 👌

[@matiosmi137]

Some of my all-time favs include: Beyond Creation - Fundamental Process Haken - Messiah Complex V: Ectobius Rex Animals As Leaders - Tooth And Claw Dream Theater - The Glass Prison Trivium - Like A Sword Over Damocles Nevermore - Enemies Of Reality Coroner - Internal Conflicts Scar Symmetry - Reichsfall Aspherium - The Revenant Opeth - Chrysalis I don't even need to tell which ones in particular, they'll hit you 😉 Edit: OMG, never thought you'd include Ectobius Rex right out of the bat 😮

[@danielehartmann2787]

The first ascending and then decending Main-Verse-Riff of Nevermore's "Born" is another criminally underrated MASTERPIECE.

[@jaema8281]

Awesome stuff! You uploaded a video awhile ago playing modern metal and talked about how you mainly listen to more classic stuff (unless I'm completely misremembering) 2:54 was so pleasant to see you blitz through, such an awesome riff. I'm glad that you included some modern prog metal for the representation, truly too fun to play. Cheers!

[@KeinonNoniek]

The end of Teras by Sylosis is just legendary. I can't help to headbang everytime I listen to it.

[@turdbooger6051]

I think a lot of Alex Lifesons riffs deserve more love, I mean the dude was filling the space between Peart and Geddy Lee!

[@kongu12395]

Analog Kid is probably my favorite Rush riff, Headlong Flight too.

[@StonedJesus]

My Dying Bride - Like Gods of the Sun Witch - Seer Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet Alice In Chains - Phantom Limb and A Looking In View Audioslave - Moth

[@ZacharyBorrelli]

Big yes to the Dream Theater inclusion, I think that album has some proper huge riffs throughout

[@myselph1761]

Volbeat's Leviathan is super fun and groovy. One of my favs.

[@augustus1138]

I just saw them last Saturday in AC! They kick so much ass! My kids’ first concert! I feel like that was a parenting win lol Gotta love Devil’s Bleeding Crown as well!

[@AvelGonzalez-q4p]

I definitely think that the infinitely awesome riff for Vanishing by Lamb Of God deserves more praise. Its's just so good!

[@666ryan]

wasn't expecting porcupine tree lol tastefully done

[@marco_gorelli]

The children of bodom one is literally a bach piece (invention no. 13). But I agree, it's awesome!

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Oh sick, I always wondered what it was from!

[@HansaGBB]

1:58 Thank you so much for introducing me to the Summoning. I fell in love with a completely new genre 🤘🏻

[@lanzarlaluna]

I love these videos because they are a great way for me to discover new music. 😊

[@lordtachanka7968]

Love the prog representation here. I knew The Dark Eternal Night was coming the moment I saw the Majesty logo on the thumbnail.

[@RGudmetalhead]

Some other underrated riffs from my favorites: Strapping Young Lad- Almost Again Vulture Industries- This Cursed Flesh Ihsahn - My Heart Is Of The North 2 Times Terror - Ikävässä Paikassa Ministry - Khyber Pass (riff in the middle of the song before Al's vocals) Black Label Society - Set You Free Nile - Evil To Cast Out Evil Behemoth - The Satanist (chorus riff) Hypocrisy - Eraser Paradise Lost- Rise Of Denial Fear Factory - Body Hammer

[@diabsoul]

Almost Again is a great one

[@BeemanFunnyman]

The main riff in sabaton's "Ett slag färgat rött" or in english "killing ground" it's both very powermetal-y and ironmaiden nwobhm style gallop thing either way, great (concept) album about swedish kings

[@sangramos]

Loved the trivium and avenged riffs! I feel like anything off of Shogun is super underrated like The Calamity as well as some of the deep cuts off of Nightmare like God Hates Us

[@Rewolweri]

96 Quite Bitter Beings was a riff I had forgotten! A great song too

[@leerobbo92]

Seeing Porcupine Tree on here makes me so happy. Anesthetise is one of my favourite songs, and that moment in the song is a big part of it. Also the best song I've ever seen live.

[@Smonserratm]

Some good riffs The Smoke of Many Fires - Be'lakor (I mean the better one, among the many other good riffs in this song) House of Sleep - Amorphis An Ancient Sign of Coming Storm - Amon Amarth The New Build - Dark Tranquillity Hallowed Land - Paradise Lost Ancestral, I - Rivers of Nihil Sand Baptism - Rivers of Nihil Demons are a Girl's Best Friend - Powerwolf Patrimoni Mundial - Crim Black Rivers Flow - Lazarus AD

[@tourdeforce17]

Seeing Porcupine Tree in a metal video is always surreal, but man that Anesthitize riff has been one of my favourites since I first heard it. One of the most melodic and beautiful drop C riffs I've ever heard, so simple when you break it down but so powerful

[@troysmithfr]

"The Conjuring" (Megadeth) - the breakdown part "Mindreader" (Electric Callboy) "Spirit Crusher" (Death) "Remote Tumour Seeker" (Archspire) "Steambreather" (Mastodon)

[@lewisdavidson1324]

I love ur videos Bradley they have inspired me to pick the guitar back up after my surgery. I couldnt have done it with out you.

[@H.M.J.Guardian]

Orden Ogan-Nobody leaves, the riff at 4:20 is perfection

[@klinkklankradio]

I appreciate that you included one of the coolest Porcupine Tree riffs from Anesthetize! Fairly easy to play yet sounds kinda tricky.

[@Konrad_Kurze_8]

4:55 That's the moment when I started to love Mastodon

[@bjwaters]

The first riff I always think of when it comes to awesome metal riffs is "Under the Oak" by Candlemas. It's nothing fancy, but with that guitar tone, it comes across as massive and epic.

[@VincePaierr]

From the same album, I would have to go with Blackstone Wielder.

[@elpeluca7780]

Unto Infinite Twilight/Majesty of Infernal Damnation by Incantation, the riff that starts at 4:22

[@Gerd0]

That Eternal Rest riff has such cheesy badass energy. I love it. Another off Still Life, the riff going on in the rhythm section during the lead is amazing. Almost would go as far as saying cooler than the lead playing over it.

[@Slafs]

The introriff on The Effects by Rotten Sound is criminally underrated.

[@paradigm_sh1ft]

Seabeast goes hard! Love that song, love that riff. Live it's amazing and definitely a headbanger.

[@Jaymzzz1349]

Waking The Fallen has some incredible riffs. the entire album is a chefs kiss

[@CompleteProducer84]

Maybe not underrated since the song is popular, but the pre-chorus riff in “My Last Serenade” by Killswitch has always been a personal fav

[@RyanMaziarz]

That whole song really - love those little fill riffs in the chorus between the phrases.

[@CompleteProducer84]

@@RyanMaziarz Hell yeah, pretty much a perfect song

[@andrewpappas9311]

Definitely happy seeing Anesthetize on here, my friend is a huge Porcupine Tree fan and that one is one of his favourite songs from them and I love that riff as well. Additionally some other riffs I’d like to include are Kurenai and IV by X Japan, I’m not sure how popular they are outside of Japan but I love those guys and those riffs definitely go hard and it’s fucking awesome

[@sonnyford2407]

My favourite underrated riffs would be Born of a Broken Man by RATM and Moth by Audioslave. Tom Morello has so many famously iconic riffs but these two never seem to get talked about

[@johnjohn37371]

They're easy to play, but I still love the main riffs from Danzig's Twist of Cain and King's X 's Over My Head...

[@josephsomers9880]

Yeah, Mastodon used to write some killer riffs. The riff that starts around four minutes into Siberian Divide off of Blood Mountain...crushes.

[@claytonmitchell5685]

I’m a metalcore kid forever, so I’ll always suggest underrated metalcore riffs. Bands like Silent Planet (First Father and Darkstrand) and Invent Animate (White Wolf) come to mind, older bands like ABR and TDWP have some great ones as well. But man, not sure anyone does riffs like old Megadeth and Symphony X. Pantera also has some low key banger riffs on their later albums, but it’s hard to call any Dime riff underrated

[@d.minor_dissonance]

Serenity Painted Death is one of the HEAVIEST THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE!!! Especially the palm muting scratchy riff. "RIPPED FROM MY EMBRACE" one.

[@HarunaNoJikan]

Rorke’s Drift riff always gets the blood flowing

[@eremgame]

Great list, thanks! I would add some Gorod riffs

[@obelixpfeifenreiniger2863]

video begins at 1:17 thank me later

[@Stevelangdon93]

Devildriver - Clouds over California, pre solo riff Symphony X - Nevermore

[@CureEclipse11]

Pelican - Immutable dusk (the riff towards 05:54)

[@JulianEmdon]

Solid list! That Mastodon 'Seadbeast'.. greatest outro riff.🤘🤘

[@mathiasjensen4857]

I would say endlessly falling, and Ball of hatred by Defecto! Not only underrated riff, but underrated song and band!