What is the HEAVIEST RIFF of all time?? (I'm disappointed)
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What is the heaviest riff of all time? I react to rockers reacting, courtesy of Revolver! Spiritbox, Gwar, Baroness, In Flames and more pick the heaviest metal riff of all time.
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My favorite part of all these is the commentary on Revolver's ability to churn out endless content from the same session.
Yup
It's like a spoon, when all you need is a knife.
Yeah, they really got their money's worth
My worlds are colliding with @dynamicphotography_ and punkrockMBA! Fly fishing and headbanging
My grandma used to be such a huge fan of the HEAVIEST RIFF of all time. She would get in the pit, and during that riff she would mosh and mosh until she couldn't mosh anymore. She did this every day she was alive until the day that she died, which was sadly yesterday. I will miss granny June forever, and I will always remember her when the HEAVIEST RIFF of all time plays on the radio. Even though I am sad she is gone, I know that she's looking down on me from heaven, proud as ever, still listening to the HEAVIEST RIFF of all time.
Granny June was a real rocker
obligatory dead relative comment
MGK actually created the "American Badass" riff for Kid Rock.
Dude also invented a time machine, but he won't share the schematics with the rest of us.
@@SageGingko i heard that Elon Musk is actually an android partially programmed by MGK.
No, it was Avril Lavigne
The truth reveiled
Who cares! They both suck anyway!
I am amazed that Pantera was barely mentioned. Not suprised it wasn't mentioned but the heaviest riff of all time is in "unsilent death" by Nails. You can fill that thing crushing your skull
Can’t expect Nails to be mentioned in any bullshit mainstream list. I miss them so much
Haha exactly the song I was thinking!!
Nails is based AF
@@theinfant not their fastest or noisyest, but God!!!! That breakdown!!!!
For me it’s the breakdown in Wide Open Wound
I love how much content you are able to chug out from all this revolver content.
'Mouth For War' has to be my answer. Kicked my teeth in the first time I heard it, and it still does to this day. One of Pantera's finest offerings, imo.
Yes! Love it
Finn reacting to Mikes dead answers always crack me up. Please make a video reacting to his music!
Better yet, just Mike’s Dead interviews
@Kira the Shepsky Studios I want finn to do the interview still having no clue who he is 😂
The hardest riff is clearly fireflies by owlcity
tbh his new album is the SHEEEEit tho. especially for a Christian electronica project 😎
Also the reason Meshuggah is glorified for the 000-000-0000-00-00-000-000-0000-00-00 is because they have extraordinarily unique timing. It was groundbreaking
Guitar almost used as a percussion instrument. A drum plays one tone but makes many different sounds depending on the timing
March of the S.O.D. is the heaviest riff ever. No contest.
nobody ever mentions SOD in these types of things, and that makes me sad 😕
@@psychobethaSystem of a Down?
@@kidneystonermusic stormtroopers of death 😃
Dude you are so right That riff rules!
That one sure and the war dance in part in Indians by anthrax Scott just makes killer riffs
The two heaviest riffs that popped into my mind were Necromancer - Sepultura and Slaughtered - Pantera!!
Sepultura, yes!
Great picks 👍🔥
Strength beyond strength is super heavy
@@aaronpeterson7521, just about every song on Far Beyond Driven is heavy AF!!
Slaughtered is my vote for heaviest Pantera riff, for sure. Not sure about 'of all time' but yea, that one's a face-slayer.
I mentioned it on the metal vocals video too, but To Sirius by Gojira has my favorite and heaviest-feeling to me riffs of all time. The back-and-forth heavy sections on the back half of the song are just completely nuts. The fact the very heaviest moment in the song comes while he's growling something like "dolphins from outer space will show us the way" is the icing on the cake. EDIT: Posted before I got to Tetrarch lol, their answers were also good.
Should've been Backbone imo
@@deloriablackwolf1251 Ocean Planet is heavier than both
Meshuggah “Demiurge”, right after the lyric “a profit of extinction” sounds like the GATES OF HELL OPENING
May not be the heaviest, but my personal favorite is the riff from "Just One Fix" by Ministry. You can feel the heroin withdrawal emanating from that one.
Definitely one of the darkest riffs and bands during their 90’s era
Crowbar is a pretty good call. "Oh What a Feeling" is a really heavy song, in a psychedelic way.
Finn summarized my thoughts on Gojira perfectly: “Light on the songs, heavy on the riffs.”
Flying Whales by Gojira.
That chuggy, heavy, world destroying riff is yet to be matched. 6:24 in the song to be exact
I didn't quite which one. Can you imitate it with your mouth please?
Good choice
Floods by Pantera has an amazing riff, not to mention an amazing guitar solo and outro.
Might be my favorite song of theirs. Amazing indeed!
2nd half of Domination is my personal favorite Pantera riff. Just brutal.
@@chrisman3965 No argument here, it's very badass.
"From Skin to Liquid" by Cannibal Corpse always struck me as almost a blatant exercise in exploring the furthest reaches of riff heaviness. It's so far over the top.
Bro, that’d be INFINITE MISERY from their album KILL. The sound is so SO crushingly massive…
Suffocation - Liege Of Inveracity
The slam riff in the middle that so many bands steal (with good reason)
I said Bind, Torture, Kill, but suffocation has to be in this list.
The verse riff to Nomad by Sepultura is one of my favs
Agree! You could pick a couple of different riffs from that song including the transition riffs in the middle that goes into the pause.
The heaviest riff for me is from knocked loose EP “A tear in the fabric of life”, the theme of that EP is so heavy especially with the animation of the accompanying visuals they put out with it. “God Knows” is when the full weight of guilt seems to hit the main character and when the coffin drops and the breakdown hits I think that’s what makes the riff hit so hard.
You mentioned a coffin drop, which made me think of Gojira - Vacuity. In the video, the moment the coffin falls down the mountain is FUCKING BRUTAL.
Many brutal riffs on that EP but I really like the into to Where Light Divides the Holler
Big fan of Where Light Divides the Holler!
@@butHomeisNowhere___ wow you’re right
@@kvvvy6359 yep that one is sometimes heavier for me, the call out before the big riff hits is really good too
Black Sabbath totally deserves to be on here. Breakdown riff in Sabbath Bloody Sabbath!
Thank you! Either that or intro to Under the Sun or Into the Void
I have problems....
I'm watching Finn's reaction to a video I already watched.
Just can't help myself...
Gojiras entire discography is a good start...
'Heaviest Matter of the Universe' is a no brainer classic. "The Link Alive" performance of 'Remembrance' is basically straight from space itself.
Dude….. the whole Link Alive show destroys. They got 0 songs from the first 2 records on this current tour. I’m hoping they do a 20yr anniversary link alive tour after this one
I had to remember to breathe 40 seconds into the first song. They completely smashed my brain opened. What a show!
Almost every riff from dopethrone by Electric Wizard is heavy as fuck! It's like your face melting
Nostalgia by Gorguts is the heaviest song for me. Heavy af, eerie and chilling yet brutal riffs and terrifying vocals. Just amazing
Whenever i think of heavy gorguts riffs clouded always comes to mind for me
Excellent choice. That riff is CRUSHING!! Gorguts are so underrated and Lemay is a such an amazing singer, his yells are so hateful & spiteful
But their heaviest, and thus one of the heaviest riffs of all times, is the last riff of FORGOTTE ARROWS from Colored Sands, the sound becomes surreal, they added some FXs i dunno, it’s PUMMELING
Your level of irony has reached another level Finn. Amazing
Suffocation's Liege of Inveracity. Not just the heaviest, it pioneered a whole subgenre of Death Metal
based.
First riff of Master's Apprentices by Opeth.
“Oblivions Peak” Knocked Loose. That tempo change in the intro is so fucking sick, the tone is bruuuutal, and the riff itself is so evil.
Nobody defined "heavy"..... but to me it's a song that makes you move involuntarily, head bang and make an angry face. Like it's so heavy you can't NOT do these things. That being said.... Gojira - To Sirius
Ocean Planet from the same album has a even heavier riff
@@davi_cabral18 Almost every song can be considered for heaviest riff ever on that album. lol I just really like how To Sirius hits. It's groovy and heavy at the same time. Backbone might actually BE the heaviest though.
Ignore my first answer: Behemoth "Conquer All" without a doubt
I saw this as well and was left wondering "how do all these musicians not know what a heavy riff is"?
Whats amazing here is a bunch of them actually mention it has to be fast.... WHY would anyone think a requirement for a riff to be heavy, is it being fast?
Slow usually feels heavier to me.
Pantera is getting a lot of love on the video and in the comments! Glad to see the world is still spinning. My vote would be Strength Beyond Strength or Great Southern Trendkill. Also, Meshuggah is respected because of the time signatures and pioneering Djent. What Emmure did was is in no way comparable to Meshuggah.
Floods by Pantera has an amazing riff, not to mention an amazing guitar solo and outro.
The breakdown riff from domination is the heaviest pantera riff.
@@ericsmith8129 it’s not. Gotta go with OP on this one SBS breakdown crushes
Slaughtered for me
Had to pause and listen to Bleed, and Courtney's on the spot rendition of it was exactly in key with the original.. respect!
Bleed is when your head is split in two and you can see the center of the universe staring at you.
Gotta go Rational Gaze over Bleed though…right?
@@johncombs6369 Fair.
@@michaellingenfield5812 The entirety of Catch 33 over both
Probably gonna go embracing nocturnal damnation by shadow of intent
awesome taste dude
I love the riffs when Emmure does them too 😍
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Lolz
"IT MAKES THEM DISSAPEAR" BY PANTERA
the bridge riff of Esoteric Surgery by Gojira using that double tritone chord is the heaviest riff of all time. Change my mind.
Holy shit! That exactly what I thought! Wasn’t expecting the exact riff I thought of to be here. Haha
Love to see this track mentioned here. One of my favourite songs of all time.
It’s actually one of the finest metal songs of all-time and not enough people talk or know about it. Even coming right after the legendary track, “the art of dying,” there is something about “Esoteric Surgery” that perfectly blends brutality and beauty; it’s a song you can both rage to or cry to. I think that’s the power of that double tritone in breakdown.
Listen to Pustulated, Brodequin, Disgorge, Immortal Suffering, Eternal Suffering, Mortal Decay, Regurgitaton, and Hostile Deviancy for some insanely heavy riffs
@@Cluster71 thanks for the recommendations, I’ll check em out
Fear Factory - Smasher/Devour
Pantera - Hellbound
Chimaira - Eyes of a Criminal
Unearth - Predetermined Sky
Machine Head - Imperium
Sepultura - Breed Apart
Slayer - Gemini
Crowbar - High Rate Extinction
Hatebreed - Remain Nameless
Groove metal 🤘
Kinda surprised nobody mentioned "The Only Thing They Fear Is You" off the Doom Eternal OST.
I just about died at "Icey Dicey," btw. RL lmao
Everybody knows it’s Flooding Secretions by Impaled Rektum.
Ending riff of "bulls on parade" of RATM . To make it that heavy without downtuning is hard. I'm a bit nostalgic about that one, it was THE song that introduced me to metal.
Good shout, though Iirc the tuning is E flat so technically downtuned. I am being a pedantic pick in saying that though lmao
It's Drop-D which was tuned down by 90s standards but feels like nothing these days
@@DrBdan8 LoG sure makes drop-D sound like something.
. World Eater by Bolt Thrower
. The opening riff of Everything Dies by Type O, heaviest Ballard of all time.
. The bridge riff in Forgotten Days by Pallbearer
. Casket Garden by Dismember
. Most Boris riffs but Kuruimizi edges it
. Arbeit Macht Fleisch by Carcass
So many riffs, such little time…
I would choose ALL THAT REMAINS by Bolt Thrower. Massive, massive riff
Don't know if it's the heaviest riff ever but I've always loved the droning guitar in 4th of July by Soundgarden
such a good song
Oh fuck yeah, also Holy Water from Badmotorfinger Is fucking heavy
Just came here to say the same! Also "Gun" is heavy as shit, both when it's slow and when it speeds up.
The chorus of Listen to the Bell by Mercyful Fate has always been memorable to me for how heavy it is. It's in E standard tuning, but the the combination of guitar tone and snare is so damn powerful.
First, your commentary is genius Finn! Secondly, I think Enter Sandman has to be one of the most iconic heavy riffs I heard growing up. I wasn’t a Metallica fan at the time but I’m getting to respect them. The first heavy riff I ever really appreciated was Sick of It All ‘Burn the District’ and then more recently Suicide Silence’s ‘You only live once.’ Of course there were all the Cannibal Corpse albums, but anything mainstream that would be recognized today would be considered something more hard rock (unfortunately)
Sad but true is a contender
Entombed- To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Always Speak The Truth
Lamb of God- For Your Malice
Pantera- I’m Broken
I absolutely love the Blackened breakdown tbh. (Metallica)
It's groovy AF I know that
I think the absolute heaviest riffs belong to the Doom/Sludge/Stoner genres. Sure, Death Metal is more "brutal" and crazier in general but for sheer heavy guitar riffs...I can think of so many from that sphere. Its a toss up between
Electric Wizard - Barbarian
Electric Wizard - Return Trip
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Crowbar - New Dawn
Crowbar - To Build a Mountain
Down - Bury me in Smoke
Bongripper - Reefer Sutherland
Conan - Satsumo
Conan - Hawk as Weapom
High on Fire - 10,000 Years
The riff that basically started this whole thing is probably Black Sabbath - Under the Sun.
You can see from the small amount of songs I have posted that these are far heavier(guitar wise) than your standard thrash and death. Its crushingly heavy.
Backed. My first thought - after the obvious choice of Sabbath - was something doomy sludge. I think my pick might be Combat Shock from Meth Drinker.
@@beatsandskies3 Right on bro. Just checked it out. Reminds me of Eyehategod kind of or even Weedeater but way more lofi. Killer.
It might not be the heaviest but Fourth of July by Soundgarden is pretty fucking heavy for a band that isn't generally considered metal. Sad But True is a good pick as well, and perhaps Blackened if we're talking Metallica.
DEP "Happiness is a smile"
i'd probably have to go with "Stone" by Alice in Chains, specifically the bridge riff although the main riff is pretty damn heavy too
11:19 Frigg off Finn, stop offending me and my personal interests. I will resist your claims and move on with my life😒
The heaviest song I’ve ever heard is “Shitstorm” by Strapping Young Lad. It genuinely sounds like a nervous breakdown set to music… and you can literally feel that shit.
I have them all the time and I agree 🤘
Yes.
And
Yes.
But Shitstorm isn't so much a riff but a literal mental breakdown to the brink of suicide caught in audio format, which is why I excluded it from consideration. But certainly the heaviest song of all time.
The fact none of them mentioned Aftermath or Love? By Strapping Young Lad shows all of them are posers and not real rockers #gatekept
Gojira - Space Time. Still sticks out to me as pretty ridiculously heavy.
Or clone
08:58 I'm going to say either "The Sleep" or "By Demons Be Driven" by Pantera. Those dyads Dimebag plays in "The Sleep" are just insane. But, "Demons" is just so punishing. Everything in unison, kick drum with guitar with bass. Hard choice for me.
By Demons Be Driven is insanely heavy and never, ever seems to get mentioned. That one has been a constant on my gym playlists for literally 15 years
not sure if the heaviest but Vacuity by Gojira is heavy af
Its a tough tough question but im going with chainsaw dismemberment by Mortician.
The Eternal Return To Ruin by Black Tongue is my go to, any riff off of nadir really is heavy as hell
Black tongue was on my mind the whole time
Heaviest band of all time tbh
Very good choice. Modern production helps a lot. They’re not as heavy as CONAN though (1st album). Not as heavy as « Migration » by BURIED AT SEA
Strongly disagree with saying Sabbath aren't heavy. The song "Black Sabbath" is one of the heaviest, most ominous songs ever written.
Haven’t watched the video yet, but my vote goes to Sad But True by Metallica, with honorable mentions to the breakdown from Pantera’s Domination and Omertà by Lamb of God.
Also Raise your Horns by Amon Amarth. And the opening riff from Sixpounder by Children of Bodom.
The band was only mentioned once but I think “To carry the load” by crowbar is the heaviest riff. Especially the final 40 seconds of the song. Breakdown to end is amazing
I’m disappointed that no one has mentioned the opening to “World Eater (89)” by Bolt Thrower
Jose picking a heaviest riff reminded me of the part of ratatouille where the rat is trying different foods.
Pantera Domination
DOMINATE!!!! OH YEEEAAAAAA
Dare I say dom/hollow? We gunna cut that mother in half. Break your necks in the air!?
@Slammydavisjr 😊😊a😊😊😊a😊😊
Slaughtered’s riff is pretty heavy
Oh so you mean that one that goes “du du du, du du du, du du du…du du du, du du du du, du du du”?
The intro riff of beast by the acacia strain is the heaviest riff of all time
Based on sheer heaviness alone, researchers have agreed that The Underground in America by Pantera has indeed, the heaviest riff of all time.
I say Mouth For War but the heaviest riff came from Pantera for sure. \m/
I said strength beyond strength but also good choice
Is this where the KKK members are meeting?
5 Minutes Alone is their heaviest riff IMO, but to each their own.
@@butHomeisNowhere___ yes. Be sure to tune your guitars to hard R
The guy from Wargasm said: Ivy Lab - Orange. They are a drum & bass group from the UK and they really great music, but it's definitely more on the vibier chill spectrum. Top notch tunes though.
I can't believe no one mentioned any Fear Factory song... like Edgecrusher!
In terms of heavy riffs, i do think blesd by mushuggah always comes to mind, as well as surfacing by slipknot, two of my favorite riffs of all time, as well as just going hard
Listen to Seven by Necrophagist.
It’s tough to isolate a riff as “heavy”, because it’s often dependent on the sump of all things. I can think of songs that are heavy, but heavy riffs are dependent on things like the kind of distortion used, pick attack, in combination with bass, drums, production etc. I don’t find Alice In Chains to be particularly heavy, but the opening their songs Sludge Factory and Grind are heavy because of the context of the song and guitar tone… Even Domination by Pantera won’t sound that heavy when isolated from the song.
Good call
Absolutely, Alice In Chains riffs are heavy as fucking hell
the iron gate by iam is the heaviest thing i’ve ever listened to, the big main chunky riff never gets old
I heard it live a few weeks back and bro….it’s insane 😂
@@hunterwilliams9434 i wasn’t lucky enough to hear it when i saw them but it was still my favorite show
Texas Death baby 😈
Too Quick To Grieve by Tallah has like multiple contenders for heaviest riff of all time, but that breakdown, dude… DUDE! Such a meaty, pounding riff
For me, the riff like 45 seconds into “strength beyond strength” by pantera. Especially when Vinnie slows it down on the drums 🤤
Dime's playing is so fucking smooth
I love all the votes for Pantera songs. Mouth For War is my vote for heaviest riff.
I was living in Minneapolis one block from the Metrodome Stadium when they demolished it at 6am with multiple explosions. Not sure that it was the heaviest riff ever, but I did wake up and piss the bed.
My vote is for a couple of the riffs from Crawl on Entombed's 2nd album Clandestine. Still gives me ugly face with sneer sound since 1991.
The final chorus in Freak On A Leash, IMO one of the heaviest riffs ever. Crushing
Finn is so sarcastic, that I can’t even tell when he’s being serious.
The guy from wargasm recommended "Orange" by Ivy lab. Pretty cool song, dunno if it's the heaviest riff but it's a pretty sick drop.
How any conversation about heavy music can be held without the mention of Godflesh is beyond me. Even Kirk Hammett, who covered that really heavy Kid Rock song, once said that Godflesh is the heaviest band of all time. I do not disagree. That said, while I do think Godflesh is the heaviest band of all time, it might be difficult to nail down a riff that's heavy. It's more of an overall thing.
Greatest content farming of all time: Revolver on this day vs Finn reacting to every Revolver video.
For me it's probably the Liege of Inveracity slam riff.
Korn should be up with the best in heaviest riffs discussion. Those riffs are so dark and bassy.
Devil In I - Slipknot! Love those gallops tjey're magical!
Also I love The Clincher by Chevelle, that Drop-B, man!
I'm also really surprised that Did My Time isn't mentioned when you talk about Korn. Some gitpunching riffs!
Chevelle is the most underrated and underappreciated band out there. They're amazing.
Love Chevelle
Gallops aren't heavy they're groovy
That riff that you didn’t know was laid to rest by lamb of god
The live version of New Millennium Cyanide Christ is SOOOO heavy, bone-brushing. That, or the last riff in By the Ton. OR that riff about 10 and a half minutes into I.
Btw, it’s pronounced Ram-STEEN. Anyone who pronounces it different is not my favourite.
I haven’t watched yet… but if Into the Void by Sabbath isn’t on here I will be very disappointed.
Props to Finn for not ignoring Pantera. Yeah, they’re being skewered right now, but you can’t disregard the music/influence.
Jose totally nailed it....the breakdown on Dead Embryonic Cells is brutal
Maybe I'm just weird, but I still think the main riff from Deep Purple's "Burn" is one of the heaviest.
The outro to Backbone by Gojira for me, especially live its so heavy.
Fuck yeah
Sabbath? Yes, children of the grave, live version. Sad but true too.
But i'd go with one of the slower cannibal corpse tracks, evisceration plague or scourge of iron.
Davidian by Machinehead
The slow, plodding, torturous heaviness of Giant Squid's La Brea Tar Pits has my vote. It's amazing what power only a few notes can hold in the right hands.
Dude i completely forgot about that band I’m about to go listen to Minoans again
The breakdown in Pain Remains Part 3 by Lorna Shore after the "bury me" lyric. So simple and the drums 😱
“Corpus Delicti” by Cannibal Corpse contains the heaviest riff of all time at the :21 mark
The theory and technical capabilities behind Meshuggah and Acacia Strain or Emmure are wildly different. The tab might be 00000, but the rhythm is dramatically different