Top 25 Cliche Metal RIFFS

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[@oscarsolis3625]

If these are cliche riffs, I really want to hear the non cliche ones.

[@everychannel1025]

Listen to Death

[@haydenschmid760]

@@everychannel1025 😩

[@remnant24]

Listen to any metal song. Is the riff one of the above? If yes, keep listening until it's not. If not, you found a non cliche one.

[@seanschraidt3985]

Dream Theater

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Candiria Jazz Metal

[@DireThorns]

I think that we can all agree that Bradley's shiny sparkly dazzling frets stunned us all upon first look

[@bigbadboiyeah7555]

yes i agree

[@tonysmith8379]

It's like a rock concert on your fretboard.

[@cjnf11]

He blinded me with science.

[@Andrew-th8jk]

@@BradleyHallGuitar rgb frets

[@sartajhanspal5604]

This man just single-handedly called out pretty much every well known metal band on earth

[@Cestariarts]

I guess he was using both hands dude, watch again

[@MrBazz420]

i dont mind cliché riffage if the song is good, writting a riff is easy, writting a good song is hard

[@groovymoon]

I am STILL wondering why he isn't one of the most sought after hired guns on the planet

[@ΣΠΥΡΟΣΚΟΥΤΣΙΟΥΜΠΑΣ-ν8λ]

Sabbath worship riff is like a mixture of seven nation army and black sabbath the title track

[@WhIte0NErd]

Candlemass

[@pyrofromtf2944]

Ikr

[@ernst-filipmichel9744]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnjZgYVnr8-ea8k reminds me of the first track from this ost Edit: it's just the palpatine theme

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

You mean the great: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)

[@mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844]

@@ChaseThePinballWizard yes, Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) is one of my favorite Black Sabbath songs, especially on the album Black Sabbath

[@2SICH]

That transition to djent riff was smoother than silk 😮

[@hw_yozoraVODS]

There she is :3

[@afellowmetalhead9453]

👨‍👨‍👦

[@aaronpicklehorse8558]

@@afellowmetalhead9453 the hell ?

[@dominikweber4305]

Twoooooosich

[@michakwiatkowski1313]

go to kitchen and make some pierogi

[@TjStorm97]

Let's all be honest... We love these riffs no matter how cliche they are.

[@lucasmiguel4734]

Most of them

[@tronesos3923]

2:24 ah yes, black sabbath finally covered seven nation army

[@coldguto]

Black Nation sabbathist army

[@thebiggestboi_art906]

Honestly a lot of these riffs kicked ass even though they're supposed to be cliche lmao

[@creepysplatter9260]

Sometimes cliche is good

[@the_pieces_fit]

chliché doesn't necessarily equal bad, they exist for a reason after all

[@metalboy5150]

Remember kids, tropes are tools.

[@thebiggestboi_art906]

@@creepysplatter9260 yeah it all depends on placement and how you use them in a song for sure. I'm a doom metal musician and theres many tropes in that genre I cant get enough of. Sabbath paved the way and i show my love for that by writing riffs that take inspiration from the really good stuff they've done that I enjoy

[@dirkmaes3786]

A trope and a cliché are totally different concepts. Tropes are things that people use to define a genre. A cliché is an idea that used to be a novelty, but it got so overused that people associate with uninspired/generic. For instance when Michael Jackson released "black or white" there was a breakdown where he started rapping for one bar; that got copied so many times it became a cliché.

[@karlmikhailtibule1481]

So we want to create a top 10 metal cliche combined and become a full song and so on Bradley will create a new album called Metal Cliche

[@MetalMilitia83]

@@BradleyHallGuitar we’d definitely listen to an album if you make one

[@dominikweber4305]

@@MetalMilitia83 i agree

[@karlmikhailtibule1481]

@@BradleyHallGuitar yeah but i can wait for making this album if you upload top 10 metal cliches, that will be epic.

[@harrisontownsend910]

Do it Mr Hall, please.

[@mcgamescompany]

I like how basically playing every note on the fretboard without any logical pattern has become cliche

[@biamenezes7801]

Yeah, I think it is not necessarily cliche, but a good general representation of some subgenres/bands idk

[@dq7860]

Demilich

[@richardstopford2133]

That open string phyrgian riff is amazing.

[@gckbowers411]

aint that the one tool keeps using?

[@pajchoking8388]

that riff reminded me of 46 & 2 by tool

[@hugog2760]

sounds very lamb of god

[@yegocego]

It sounded like kill em all

[@HorseloverFat1984]

​@@gckbowers411 Yup. Tool are the godfathers of the phrygian scale.

[@patrickburton1401]

I really really love it when content creators have a promo that actually correlates to their content. Thanks Bradley!!! I’m gonna impress my step mom with these

[@Dryjo1]

Is the result on P-hub already?

[@ThrashMetalHell]

1:16 Iron Priest 1:26 Necrophagist 1:36 In Flames 1:42 very Exodus-ish more than Metal.. 1:52 Morbid Angel 2:02 Pantera's Far Beyond Driven 2:14 Mortuary Drape 2:24 obvious 2:33 Dream Rush 2:43 Forbidden 2:57 Dillinger Escape Plan 3:04 Fear Factory 3:11 Killswitch Trivium 3:17 Meshuggah 3:30 Mekong Delta 3:38 Suicidal Tendencies 3:51 Nevermore 3:57 Cacophony 4:10 Mid 90'2 Slayer 4:16 Trivium again 4:22 Voivod 4:29 every single OSBM band 4:42 Lamb Of God So what CLICHE could be missing? I would say of course the classic Glam Metal riffing, then Death's classic harmonic style (Spirit Crusher) and maybe some kind of very slow, drone-inspired riffs. Actually very hard to find some becuase you probably sum them up all!

[@eviekai]

Great job and good jokes ! 😉

[@JupiterKnight]

since when did pantera harmonic pick scrape

[@JupiterKnight]

sus

[@JupiterKnight]

? ? ? ? ?

[@eviekai]

@@JupiterKnightyes, it’s a bit anachronistic, I guess it’s more of a Gojira thing. The riff didn’t sound like Gojira either, so idk 🤷‍♂️

[@TheSquareOnes]

And when you string them all together like this you still manage to get a pretty fresh prog song, demonstrating why genre roulette is one of the best songwriting tricks anyone could learn.

[@ciaranw520]

Genre roulette, I like it

[@msb8013]

Which makes me wonder if the video and title came after the song.

[@cotopaximusic]

"I'm bored of riffing here's an amazing solo" caught me off guard and made me lol

[@everything_is_backwards]

3:30 probably that’s the face Buckethead is making under his bucket while performing lol

[@Gary_a_normal_human_being]

I just dedded

[@caelenselke-minogue]

Nah, he probably just looks bored af. Tapping is easy compared to a lot of stuff. Fellow Buckethead fan here btw.

[@zylavormusic2616]

Hair metal is the epitome of cliche metal riffs

[@JohnJames.]

Metal playing skills drop with hair cut

[@Dylanhennessy]

Me, a metal musician watching this: "Oh wow this gives me a lot of ideas to work on"

[@hw_yozoraVODS]

Tapping + rake is Gojira's main repertoire

[@Madchris8828]

And boy it blew my mind first one I heard it :)

[@hw_yozoraVODS]

@@Madchris8828 to this day, everytime i hear flying whales i get chill, and the intro for born in winter makes me hyped to the point of almost crying.

[@shiv7001]

The second riff is Dying Fetus - Homicidal retribution haha Thanks Brad, your metal riffs variety knowledge has no limit

[@TheMetallplayer]

Some of the bands that came to mind watching this 1:15 Iron Maiden 1:35 Avenged Sevenfold 1:42 Metallica 2:02 Gojira 2:15 Slayer (Seasons in The Abyss) 2:26 Black Sabbath 2:57 SOAD (???) 3:10 Alter Bridge (??) 3:38 Motorhead 3:58 Racer X 4:43 Opeth

[@raymundoaustria5821]

Last one is wrong that obviously is pantera

[@ludens1472]

1:26 reminds me of Pray for Plagues

[@me4tgr1ndr]

@@ludens1472 1:26 as blood runs black 100% specifically "my fears have become phobias"

[@SerpentM52]

1:51 really reminds me of some Vektor songs

[@ethanlee9692]

@@me4tgr1ndr reminds me of Homicidal Retribution by Dying Fetus

[@ArnoVlmt]

Can't wait for you to be sponsored by a string cutter! 😬

[@TheSunMoon]

This should go in The Book of Heavy Metal!

[@KingFilth]

READ ALL ABOUT IT

[@hor1zonstr1der9]

@@KingFilth IN THE BOOK OF HEAVY METAL!!

[@maximo666]

Man, I've just discovered your channel and Im not gonna lie.....I've been watching every single video of yours the whole day. And I still cant believe how damn well you play guitar, and you still trolling as you do it. Keep it coming mate! Cheers from Argentina!

[@Exileduh]

1:43 i thought that was battery

[@formula73]

Dude the Sabbath riffage still gets me…now and forever.

[@ivanpochtar314]

1:15 This reminds me of high speed dirt and skin o' my teeth 3:51 Slaaaayer! 4:23 When jazz player discovers metal

[@ligma6496]

4:23 is basically opeth lmao

[@cmoud5855]

1:15 sounds like 2 minutes to midnight as well

[@ivanpochtar314]

@@cmoud5855 True

[@cheenu711]

1:19 ah yes 120 seconds to midnight by Ferrous Maiden

[@wcnmvp3820]

If you're in a trad band, you're required to write a song with an old school driving riff

[@Blight_6]

Ah, that open string phyrgian riff. Pretty much every band uses it at some point, it's simple, but we all love it because it's so fucking badass.

[@nmnate]

1:16 Old school driving: Judas priest 1:34 Harmonized Pedal note riff: reminds me of some old in flames TBH 2:25 Sabbath worship: very nice, sabbath + 7 nation army! 2:34 Proggy rush worship: I hear quite a bit of dream theater 2:43 Fast power metal pedal note riff: Iron savior maybe? Nice riff :) 3:12 Open string phrygian: wow, nice. Trivium-esque or maybe killswitch? 3:38 Punky thrash: I definitely hear motorhead in this :)

[@fuckingfuck6405]

Open string phrygian generally reminds me of LoG more

[@am19228]

Old School Driving is totally 2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden.

[@memoire-30jm09]

4:16 Metalcore Harmonised Octaves reminds me of Trivium, The Devil Wears Prada, Of Mice & Men, and Bullet for My Valentine. 😁

[@thepaladin7816]

I was just so distracted by the uncut strings at your guitar's nuts 😅 but I think this covered nearly all the cliché metal riffages 🤘

[@turolretar]

His guitar has nuts?

[@thepaladin7816]

@@turolretar Oops - I meant tuning pegs/heads!

[@cameronj6161]

Bradley Hall Is so funny, underrated and a huge inspiration. Brad, you are the man! 🤘👏

[@cameronj6161]

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@cameronj6161]

@@BradleyHallGuitar OMG! YOU RESPONDED! This is an honour.

[@KenKopper]

You're enthusiasm is great 👍🏻

[@bobbydogstone8526]

This whole sountrack is the perfect power instrumental song for ADHD metal heads!!

[@viniciusleaoa]

How did you miss the palm muted constant 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 both in the slow (like Seek and Destroy's verse) and fast (FUCKING SLAYER) versions???

[@doom-mantia]

Judas Priest - Green Manalishi 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

[@doom-mantia]

Megadeth - Headcrusher riff before the bridge 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

[@rejiix]

Ok, but what are the tabs for Megadeth - She-Wolf?

[@viniciusleaoa]

@@rejiix oh man, that's really hard to find...no one has been able to figure out how it's played Dave is playing tricks on us 😔

[@rejiix]

@@viniciusleaoa damn, Ive always been really curious about that rhythm. It's almost certainly in 4/4 but is very hard to decipher

[@froggy1333]

That metal core harmonized pedal riff actually slaps

[@edgelord590]

youre my favourite guitarist youtuber, so talented :)

[@thejonathandoan]

Bless me, I thought this video was just a super-long ad for that LED fret/app thingy... Anyways, great vid! These "clichés" were all great! I particularly liked the pick rake one.

[@minechof824]

1. Motley Crue 2. Every tech death band ever 3. Trivium 4. Meta- I mean Anthrax 5. Cannibal Corpse 6. Gojira 7. Black Sabbath 8. Acid Bath 9. Dream Theater 10. Dragon Force 11. Whitechapel 12. Lamb Of God 13. Muse 14. Meshuggah 15. Gojira, again 16. Motorhead 17. Iron Maiden 19. Skillet 20. Rammstein 21. Avenged Sevenfold 22. Buckethead 23. Mayhem 24. Pantera

[@tanaysaraswat7939]

Exquisite proportions of metal, meme and beauty. You give me life bradley.

[@UziNineMillomeetah]

This is actually a really good starter blueprint on major styles of metal riffing.

[@Odie50000]

Okay but that Black Metal riff still slayed.

[@ArexSant]

wow that lights for the frets its actually epic to learn and memorize chords!!!

[@doomeyer]

1:26 basically every song in BMTH's first album

[@trynottodie3317]

When the first riff came in I just went straight into "2. MINUTES. TO MIIIIDDDNIIIGHTTTT"

[@VK-wy6ff]

Cliches are life ! Thanks for the moment ;)

[@definitelynotsolidsnake]

ill be honest, that fret zealot thing is actually a pretty good idea for beginners If I ever decide to Re-Learn guitar but right handed, ill definitely check it out

[@ryanpowers5316]

the metalcore octave riff sounded like pull harder on your strings of martyr

[@GTInai]

Metalcore Harmonized Pedal Note Riff = Into the Mouth of Hell We March Metalcore Harmonized Octave Riffs = Pull Harder On the Strings of Your Martyr

[@definitelynotnero]

4:16 *PULL* *HARDER* *STRINGS* *MARTYR*

[@TheMetalFreshTiger]

1:22 i thought it was 2 minutes to midnight ahahaha

[@metalguy1016]

2:24-2:32 Seven Nation Army if it was played by Black Sabbath.

[@EminencePhront]

I was going to complain about the lack of southern groove metal but you redeemed yourself at the end.

[@arnoldr1746]

All these riffs were actually pretty sick !

[@isaacfox9835]

Dude your solos are always dope as fuck even when you’re just dicking around

[@Monotone_Shark]

You’re too good. You can play any modern heavy music. That playing was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@poolpartyjacob]

Drop d and octave riffs really did my homies a7x dirty

[@jdkanuch2790]

All of these riffs kick ass!

[@bobblake6530]

Great playing Bradley!!

[@2tommyrad]

Fret Zealot. My buddy and I thought of that same thing, but back around 1978. Drilling holes, using the old style plastic LEDs in single form, routing the wires in a groove on the back of the neck. Then we smoked some Afgan hash, grabbed our boards and went surfing.

[@MaloneysDigest]

Gorgeous bit of work.

[@Behdad47]

2:17 can't sleep. Thanks.

[@CursedT04st]

"top 25 cliché metal riffs" *plays every existing style of riffing*

[@theinheritor7566]

Open string is Lamb of God

[@matakos22]

Big grooves big necks too

[@MrHostile12]

Also "First time discovering drop d"

[@Apinodo]

I like how chuggz 4 dayz and phrygian were like the sequencing sections of a song and the transition was sooo good.

[@aaronarcher2356]

You are always putting out content. This is great. You make it very enthusiastic and entertaining. Thanks. You rock

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

Number 1 sounded a little like 2 Minutes to Midnight to me.

[@sergejmiladinovic1181]

Which is the most commonly used riff ever, or some variation of it.

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

@@sergejmiladinovic1181 Yeah, but 2 Minutes to Midnight did it best, imo.

[@TheHeadown]

"Slow and evil" face made me spat my coffee 😅👍

[@orang3lazaru5]

This video reminded me about 5 times to go listen to old Darkest Hour

[@markstoneking3944]

This is the musicians equivalent to a locker room strut.

[@heavymetarismyway9741]

I wish you had dome some crab walking during the tremolo (black metal) section.

[@David-pt3mh]

And then there’s me thinking “these riffs are rad as fuck”

[@lecheparavaka]

Great video! Sick drums brw

[@alessandrolucia2040]

I mean... they're all f-kin great. Your skills are amazing.

[@jugularmusic]

You're getting ALL those rad sounds out of that TINY Marshall that's sitting on your computer desk?

[@samycovo3170]

I thought I was a metalhead. I now know I'm a clichéhead.

[@diamondmasterxd9940]

3:10 was definitely the best one, reminds me of Killswitch Engage

[@lakabaka]

More like Muse

[@nicolacavalieri2364]

@@jimmymht01 avenged sevenfold - god hates us, bullet for my valentine - knives, slipknot - AOV

[@iqiyi1928]

Bro the punky thrash sounds sick. Make a song using THAT riff. Holy heck

[@TheGodofwarkratos12]

This is a remix of everything i listened to all my life

[@elektrik-fz4up]

the first time using drop d felt like a personal attack

[@digital360]

One of your best broham!

[@softsoundsCL]

Not sure how I never noticed the Twin Peaks tat on your right hand! Dope

[@SilverPaladin]

I love the Rick Graham Signature Fist Shake ™ at the end!

[@iuriiusgt]

Punky Thrash ,still my favorite cliche Riffs!

[@gymnassfan]

It was cool, right?

[@iuriiusgt]

@@gymnassfan ,of course!

[@itookallthenames]

Toxic Holocaust should steal it

[@ayac-_-]

Punky thrash sounded a lot like mercenary by tankard

[@joshuataft5541]

Nice job. Great playing

[@Khamûl0fTheEast]

1:35 thats legit 90% of bullet for my valentine songs

[@62Tob]

I don't care about all those riffs but your faces are priceless !

[@ComradePilas]

That melodic metalcore tho 😩

[@MrFischia79]

Slayer's uncut strings killed me! You are great!

[@zac8084]

“Big groove big necks”😂😂😂

[@carlosg8108]

When I saw that there was am ad, I was like.. ugh, another skillshare sponsorship, I guess I'll watch it to support Brad... Holy smoke! Those things on the fretboard look super interesting O-O

Bloody British hell mate, your playing skills are proper brilliant! Cheers from Brazil and as always, great video!

[@michaelfortunato3117]

1:52 "Tremelo Madness" could also just be called "black metal" lol

[@ItsMeowMeowTime]

This entire video just sounds like really improvisedprog mwtal and i love it

[@notanonymousperson]

Keep in mind, cliche doen't mean bad. You can still write a good song with cliche riffs.

[@mitchell.colbert.113]

I see you with your Rick Graham muscle flex reference, you can't hide it from me Bradley I know

[@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970]

1:15 gee, couldn’t possibly figure out which band this sounds like 😂

[@wieslawirzyniec4527]

okay, now that is some quality advertisement and demonstration