Greatest Guitar Riffs

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Back in black by AC/DC

Enter Sandman

Smooooooooooooooooooooke on the water, fire in the sky!

I did say I missed some.

Some? You missed the important ones, apart from Walk this Way and Iron Man. Smoke on the Water, Sunshine of your Love, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, Sweet Child of Mine, (I cant get no) Satisfaction, Jonny B. Goode, You Really Got Me, Oh pretty Woman, Day Tripper, Layla, Purple Haze.

Yea okay. I use the word "some" rather loosely.
You missed the e in Johnny B. Goode

How about All of jimi Hendrix? This is a stupid thread because there are so many good ones, its impossible to pick a single one. Personally if I had to pick one from your list, it'd be Crazy train by Ozzy

I did say riffs

 

[Aries_Split]

Well...riffs....


That's my favorite riff of all time.

 

[oliveira8]

Some? You missed the important ones, apart from Walk this Way and Iron Man. Smoke on the Water, Sunshine of your Love, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, Sweet Child of Mine, (I cant get no) Satisfaction, Jonny B. Goode, You Really Got Me, Oh pretty Woman, Day Tripper, Layla, Purple Haze.

Yea okay. I use the word "some" rather loosely.
You missed the e in Johnny B. Goode

Indeed I missed...dang!

 

[Ruzzian Roulette]

Cemetery Gates by Pantera

My favorite riff.

 

[Grand_Poohbah]

Master of Puppets! Best riff of all time hands down.

"The song has been ranked as the third greatest heavy metal song ever by VH1.
In March 2005, Q magazine placed it again at number 1 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. The song was ranked #2 in Martin Popoff's book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time. Popoff put together this book by requesting thousands of metal fans, musicians, and journalists to send in their favorite heavy metal songs. Almost 18,000 individual votes were tallied and entered into a database from which the final rankings were derived. It also came first in a recent 100 Greatest Riffs poll from Total Guitar."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Puppets_(song)

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. That riff is hypnotic!

 

[oliveira8]

Master of Puppets! Best riff of all time hands down.

" The song was ranked #2 in Martin Popoff's book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time."

What was the first song in the book by the way? xD

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

That.

Easily one of the best solo's ever played, played by one the best guitarists to ever live.

I'm quite partial to this one myself (the question was more riff than solo):

Spoiler: Video

If we're going to go into solos (I was going to make another thread later) then go for the huge one in Mr. Crowley.

 

[MasterStratus]

Probably Snow(Hey oh)-Red Hot Chili Peppers. Awesome.

 

[Skeleon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFRZxyh0vDU

BÖC - Buck's Boogie

It's just seven minutes of crystallized awesome.

 

[Neonbob]

This is my favorite of all time:

Spoiler: Only for the Weak

Plus, the solo in "The Walking Wounded" is pretty good.
Lastly:

Spoiler: Empty Inside

 

[oliveira8]

Master of Puppets! Best riff of all time hands down.

" The song was ranked #2 in Martin Popoff's book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time."

What was the first song in the book by the way? xD

Just googled it as I didn't want to wait for the reply...

It's: Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Here's the first 100 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Top_500_Heavy_Metal_Songs_Of_All_Time]

Meh fail list...Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Rainbow, Rush arent really heavy metal...

 

[Grand_Poohbah]

Master of Puppets! Best riff of all time hands down.

" The song was ranked #2 in Martin Popoff's book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time."

What was the first song in the book by the way? xD

Paranoid by Black Sabbath.

 

[Horticulture]

I certainly agree with Black Dog from the OP. Some of my other favorites:

Maiden: the Trooper
RATM: Wake Up
Scorpions: Rock You Like a Hurricane
BTBAM: Prequel to the Sequel
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Helmet: Unsung
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Gov't Mule: Thorazine Shuffle (Bass riff, but the guitar work is sick too)

 

[Zamn]

Smells Like Teen Spirit

The brilliance is its simplicity

 

[timmytom1]

The only one i can think of atm is iron maiden "remember tomorrow" add to that harvester of sorrow and shortest straw

 

[Clashero]

Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Seriously, who can't recognize it right away?

 

[Lusperus]

Any way you want it by journey

 

[Slash Dementia]

Infectious Hospital Waste - Demolition Hammer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYalps_DcbQ

Midvinterblot - Unleashed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYTZrNkrf7I

 

[wewontdie11]

Well my favs:

Spoiler: Redneck by Lamb Of God

Spoiler: Beating Around the Bush by AC/DC

Spoiler: Hole in the Sky by Black Sabbath

Spoiler: My Curse by Killswitch Engage

Spoiler: 96 Quite Bitter Beings by cKy

Spoiler: Set To Fail by Lamb Of God

Spoiler: Sad But True by Metallica

Spoiler: YYZ by Rush

Ahh I could go on....