Top 10 Metal Riffs That Improve Your Right Hand Technique

[@Tharsis_]

0000 riffs were the best thing for me as a drummer learning guitar since they’re so rhythm based

[@p1nkp1ss41]

Exile - Slayer. One of the most brutal songs I've ever had to learn for my right hand

[@freddymaierx2363]

*put here a Meshuggah song in*

[@masq692]

@@freddymaierx2363 they barely use only zeros

[@freddymaierx2363]

@@masq692 I didn't mean it in that way I ment it in a rhythmic way yk?

[@masq692]

@@freddymaierx2363 i thought thats what you meant but my dumbass commented anyway

[@Yarumasi]

Wish more people looked into Annihilator. Its our Canadian metal treasure and Jeff Waters is one of the greats of the greats.

[@ashleycarr8923]

Yep they're amazing. Love their work

[@bnrbrr8667]

actually there is no good albums from annihilator except the first one "alice in hell". please correct me if i'm wrong but all original members quits band except jeff waters and i think jeff plays fast but he is not able to create memorable riffs, interludes etc. i like crystall ann so much but when i tried other albums i couldn't find any catchy intros, melodies,riffs like that. they're just bunch of fast thrash metal riffs.

[@straw8165]

Ooh, which album(s) should i start with??

[@mgggg-rc3nl]

​@@straw8165 set the world on fire and king of the kill are great, you can start with it

[@raen19]

The solo's in Don't Bother Me and No Zone blow my mind. Speed is also really hard to play, but mostly for picking - it's a shuffle, so playing it at, ha, speed, and with accuracy and clarity, is a real challenge for your picking hand.

[@Theslayer360]

I loved the 0 0 0 0 0 part 😎👍

[@joshg7949]

Not as good as the 000 0 0 000 part though

[@elimeier3428]

Can you leave a time stamp? I can’t find that part

[@Cb2on2docin]

​@elimeier3428 im pretty sure it's Dead Embryonic cells

[@andersonrodrigo63]

Actually is quite difficult to keep this rithm consistency... very nice video!

[@epasternak4206]

It is ?

[@Aestareth_]

yea@@epasternak4206

[@FreddyMercurio-rt3eb]

​@@epasternak4206Yea. Even if they're 0-0-0-0 riffs, it still requires technique. Without technique even these riffs become horrible.

[@PeterVenkman_666]

The verse riff from Pantera's "a new level" is another good example of an interesting rhytmic riff

[@tkendel6]

i’m surprised that domination wasn’t on here. that end riff really helped me get better with my right hand

[@Quofite]

Technicaly it's not just 0s but power chords, just like Raining Blood's breakdown or intro riff to Scars of the Crucifix

[@artursruseckis4242]

you are supposed to use two strings for Domination breakdown

[@mckay91095]

Invincible by Tool is a great example of using the "0 0 0" technique as a rythym technique

[@timjaeger6589]

And the breakdown from Jambi, especially!

[@thebatman1482]

You need to pull off the third fret on the two bottom strings for invincible, so it's not a 000 riff

[@micahandfriends8210]

You can do a lot of stuff while playing 0 0 0 0 0 riffs Edit: OMG 1K LIKE THX GUYS

[@mrfleisch1636]

Yeah it's called rythmic.

[@khristopherkomodoensis4734]

Yep. Even though it's a huge meme, it really captures the essence of early metal rhythm guitar (Sabbath, Priest, Etc). Drop Z-flat djentcore sounds like a far-cry from Children of the Grave, but all it's done is crank the emphasis on the rhythm up to 11.

[@evonai]

Yea light a blunt and drink beer

[@chips655]

Yup, make millions

[@gigatesla]

So many fingers for activities!

[@Matt-tw3oz]

great vid. learning and playing Disposable from start to finish without a break i recall as being painful. to have that as just one song in a set of a dozen or more songs playing live is just mind blowing to me. for folks who don't know that Decapitated song, check that out right now. every part is a work of art.

[@DeanOMiite]

This is hilarious because I try to explain to people why I'm a good guitar player who has been playing for 25 years, yet there is so much that I'm also inexplicably terrible at and this video perfectly encapsulates that. My picking hand (left for me) is soooo bad and stuff like this gives me so much trouble, but my hand can dance all over the fret board like nothing.

[@laarenadelospodcasts]

That bass tone is killer.

[@426baron]

Especially on "Eye of the beholder"...😂

[@josephpretorius8607]

Oh man you can't forget L'efant Sauvage by Gojira! Killer open drop C.

[@spazap]

same with the art of dying

[@Kyle97x]

@@spazap Remembrance outro riff too

[@thecoolguy117]

Explosia 🤘

[@Sifilsimon]

Lizard skin

[@raen19]

Cool collection of riffs. I like that you only used down strokes for Set The World On Fire too. Great practice for down picking, which is really important to maintain for playing good rhythm guitar. Nice vid. The end of Deliverance by Opeth is also a great example of 0000.

[@tomofengland]

Absolutely brilliant concept for a video! And thanks for including the tabs, it really helped 😆

[@isukatgeetar15]

Here's some more great examples of 0000 riffs: Grace - Devin Townsend By Your Command, outro riff - Also Devin Explosia, main riff - Gojira Chemical Warfare - Slayer

[@A.Grapefruit]

necrolust by mayhem too

[@1nefes1ses]

I wanted to start with an electric guitar after this video, even though I can’t play the guitar that I bought with great desire cause of my incompetence. At worst, I’ll do some right-hand exercise with headbang.

[@mlackin]

Even one of the new metallica songs 'if darkness had a son' starts off with just a 0-0-0 very slow riff but practicing timing and precision is very important something I see a lot of people neglecting

[@TheSuffocater]

Great video ! Nice selection of songs ;)

[@Gutszomb11]

I enjoy videos like this, I've only been playing for a year so I would enjoy more riffs that are real good for practicing more right hand techniques, like string skipping and such. Nice video 👍

[@achrafmaaden6263]

The intro riff to Walk With me in Hell by Lamb of God taught me string skipping , check it out it's great.

[@AvansionCollective]

Gojira's L'Enfant Sauvage is also a great example as it is not just normal strumming but also a specific way of pulling the strings when you strum up. I'm a guitar teacher and I've found that a lot of even reasonably advanced students still struggle with the nuances in that riff.

[@mike_likes_sludge]

I've always said that one string guitars are the future and here it is! :)

[@alperenzkan]

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[@hippopotomostrosesquippeda5804]

Thank you very much for this video! For the longest time I've been looking for a a full 800 gazillion string guitar course and now I gotta say this is the perfect and very insightfull guide for me

[@angelodias7720]

Nice vid, bro. You sound like a great teacher. Cheers from Brazil!

[@cjandneilami]

Hardest One Note Workout Ever! Brilliantly easy to follow without the inlays🤘

[@MrDeepzek]

I was struggling with this and then realized I have the exact same ring you are wearing. I put it on and now I rock. The secret is out 😆

[@elgalora.3006]

With this video you make me smile :) Pls, do some children of bodom stuff (solos)

[@DeanFennell-or1je]

Perfect! Thanks man! Simplified so those gallops and stops can finally be cleaned up!

[@rienzilopez8500]

Amazing, my favorite riff you played definetely was the one that goes 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0, truly one of the riffs of all time

[@Taxable_Trophy]

Yeah, disposable heroes is a master peice

[@Behdad47]

You can also play Bow Down by Born of Osiris. It's a machine gun of a song and it helped me a lot.

[@philgraves4998]

Awesome video love all these riffs! Disposable Heros has a special place for me because it was the first time I heard a riff like that!

[@devinsinclair5254]

It’s amazing you can take a guitar drop the low string down a touch and make beautiful riffs without pushing frets.. they all sound so good.. this kinda picking takes years of practice though

[@razielbarrantes5254]

Muchas gracias, excelente trabajo, muy buen canal de guitarra!!

[@abraxasvoice440]

That she wolf riff is a killer.

[@Kriegter]

You can make all sorts of different rhythms with just 0s, after that just put extra notes in between and you have a riff

[@josemariagl70]

Gran trabajo amigo,muy bien preparados estos vídeos,gracias,creo que compraré el curso,un saludo desde España!!

[@GabiGhita]

One 0000 riff that I really love is the verse riff from a song I stumbled onto by chance: "Exposed Hatred" by Chastisement. It's an instant earworm.

[@AndrewJuarez]

Great video 🤘 please do another one like this. Metal rhythm can be so underrated

[@EnigmaticAnamoly]

Agreed. I was stoked to see Spheres of Madness as an example because that's the same exact reason I started learning that song myself, right hand/alt pick improvement 😂 And yes the appreciation for and talent it takes to play clean tight rhythms should not be underestimated

[@dirtblock5723]

my neighbor who knows morse code wonders why i'm about to resurrect the ancient egyptian gods

[@CC-bi8hw]

Eye of the Beholder is such a killer riff. Love your vids!

[@dorisclarke6549]

Amazing demonstration of how guitar works. (10% of human population can only figure out the concept) its Like learning a new language

[@TheRealRaditz9001]

Respect for putting SFU in the video

[@flamethegame1]

Just for including In Your Face I'm gonna have to subscribe! Not many top lists on KZbin include them, I'm glad someone on KZbin knows about Children Of Bodoms greatness!

[@lepenseur8191]

Nice video which once again outlines the importance of the right hand... and cool announcement of the lessons!

[@420Gold]

As soon as I saw this video I thought “if eye of the beholder isn’t on here then this list is bunk”, thankfully you didn’t let me down! Such a great fuckin metal groove! Love listening to and playing it.

[@themysteriousoa4466]

My favorite open string song is 00000 by Rob Scallon and he played it on a Schecter Hellraiser Nine String!

[@akivisko]

Fear Factory - Demanufacture, not really a 00000 riff but the song is really hard on the right hand pretty much every FF song is good for improving the right hand because DIno is a machine

[@more_me_than_I_am]

This whole medley itself makes a killer track

[@yourlocalbankrobber102]

This video gave me chills over my back

[@TolisKarapPlanB]

As soon as I saw She-Wolf. I was already invested. It's my favourite!

[@lproof8472]

Great stuff as always! You should recommend guitar picks too.

[@asianaxeman]

This is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen.. Bravo man !

[@brandineauxs4530]

Chemical warfare would have been the best Slayer riff to show in this line up. Ghost of war is great but man chemical warfare has that swing. Great video.

[@indianriffmaster]

Great Video Sir, Love From India 🙏🙏🇮🇳

[@jenshagelstein7695]

I think this is first, I see your face and you talking 😃 very good, keep on rockin

[@Blacksoul444]

Love the intro of cutting unneeded strings!!

[@anm6327]

Really nice video mate!! You can add to the songs Motorhead's orgasmatron as well!!

[@kluhc4632]

The song Manifest Decimation by Power Trip came to my mind. One of the best 0000 riffs!

[@Deris87]

That is a really simple but clever idea for right hand practice. I'm definitely gonna be working on these.

[@justinkantner7162]

Those keyboards though…👏🏻

[@W4Rx1Sx0V3R]

Learning Gojira songs are definitely one of the best exercises to get endurance, chugging techniques, fast triplets, etc. 😂

[@pro3gamer685]

Short history; someone stole my right hand, i search everywhere until i see that video-I found my hand ;) Greetings from Poland Ibrahim, as alwyas great content and great skills.

[@joshua.recovers]

1:32 Pursuit of Vikings. This is one of my favorite riffs to play once you add the rest of the notes.

[@LightningDominator]

Great warmup for my right hand.

[@afterimage289]

I saw the title of this and thought 'she wolf better be on there ' and there it was leading off the video 🤘🏻

[@mondragon9282]

When I saw the video title, I immediately said "if Disposable Heroes isn't on this list, throw the whole thing away." Glad I was not disappointed lol

[@smallfaucet]

So fawking glad to see COB on the list! \m/

[@mallninja9805]

Oh yeah I remember this Rob Scallon video! It was great.

[@budaroddy]

Glad to see someone doing justice to Ghost of War

[@Sadion666]

Through the flesh to the soul by Invocator! and i'll go out on a limb and say it's one of the heaviest riffs ever

[@Cathaklysm]

The rhythm section behind the solo in Lamb of God - Walk With Me In Hell is killer too

[@StanleyVP69]

This is actually insane lmao. You should do a sweep pick tutorial please!!!

[@Fleischsturm]

Hypnotized by Heathen should also be on this list 🤘

[@joatagewin]

Nice, Spheres of Madness. I almost went mad trying to learn how to play the riff right after that wheb I was a teenager

[@DookyShoes1]

Proof that Papa Het has the right hand of God. Lots of great riffs in the video

[@bulletgaming5712]

Good way to get the rhythms dowm and not have to worry about everything else and it still sounds good.

[@diamond196604]

very very powerful exercises and so melodic thnx a lot

[@pgmusicla]

Great video, great song selection, and nice clean playing! I was hoping to see Metropolis Pt. 1, but maybe next time if you do another video on this topic! Cheers!

[@greaseball28]

Pretty amazing how you can change tuning on the fly like that..

[@senyashh]

perfect man thank you ^*^

[@mikoajwojno2313]

Ok the exercise is great and all but those are some real bangers!

[@davidepannone6021]

Before I watch the video three songs come to mind: she wolf by Megadeth, disposable hero and damage inc by Metallica. EDIT haha holy shit, those were the first two songs

[@1tzelG_]

thank yo so much. is a great enjoyable exercise. i can keep it but hurts a bit. i feel my righ hand slower.

[@dcaffran]

Although it is not a 0000 riff exactly, Replica by Fear Factory is also a great right hand exercise. Well, to be fair most FF songs are.

[@arbuznazarov9326]

you're talking about the fast riff in the chorus after the chords?

[@dcaffran]

@@arbuznazarov9326 yes! There are parts like that that should be mostly downpicking, because then in little moments the speed is doubled and you need your upstrokes there.

[@arbuznazarov9326]

@@dcaffran didn't 100% understand what you mean, but the main single note riff of the song is played with alternate picking, Dino Cazares said so in his tutorial tho it can be a good exercise to do it with downpicking

[@RichardTheWizard]

This is even better than the 4 chord pop medley guys.

[@Baldurmoon027]

I appreciate the windmill for The Pursuit of Vikings

[@FACEINITSPLACE]

Merhaba, kheu! Yanlışlıkla kanalına rastladım, o zamandan beri neredeyse her gün izliyorum. Aferin sana, saygı! It's machine translate, I'm Russian.

[@FACEINITSPLACE]

Я случайно наткнулся на твой канал. Ты делаешь хорошее дело! С удовольствием смотрю и слушаю!

[@elihyland4781]

Domination breakdown forever

[@denisblack9897]

At first it seems funny, but it’s 100% a great idea for rhythm exercise

[@RedVulcan]

‘D.O.A.’ By The Haunted is another good one, featuring a mix of a matching and gallop rhythm.

[@PearsonAl-vx8vg]

can you post tab soon?

[@giordano_0]

Puedo tocar estos riffs sin tener que cortar el resto de cuerdas?

[@thewobblywelder8362]

Yup. I used to sit in my room and do this as fast as possible. Makes for a wicked rhythm guitarist

[@dedsun81]

Thank you for including the tabs.😅

[@NicoleMccurdy-my2km]

I started playing in 88. Being from BayAreA my first lesson was on double or alternate picking and down picking. Now my right hand is 2nd to none. Roll outta bed and play thrash classics

[@hb2289]

Rubs my hand together (Excellent!) I'm trying Ghosts of War now!

[@Bob_Shy_132]

Pretty amazing how some of the most memorable songs are the simplest....

[@martinfrost2918]

Doing the lords work there.

[@awguitarroom8033]

All of these are bangers 🤘🤘

[@jasongall7634]

Thank goodness there were tabs, I would be lost otherwise.