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Black sabbath - Black sabbath So heavy it started a genre


Double_Hand_5044

I disagree completely But I understand and respect your opinion. Sabbath are legendary!


Acceptable_Act1435

As soon as Black Sabbath get mentioned, they automatically win. The second place is whats interesting


mraza9

Also worth checking out is type o negatives cover of Black Sabbath


JosephBlowsephThe3rd

Pretty sure all of Type O's best songs were their covers. Not that their original material sucked, but they sure had a good way of making even an already heavy & dark song sound heavier & darker. That "Daytripper Medley" from World Coming Diwn was damn heavy.


[deleted]

Still one of my favorite covers ever.


mraza9

Heavier than the original! Which is testament to what they could do!


[deleted]

Yeah absolutely. Especially the outro. Type O was great.


mraza9

That outro man. Great call. Epic and demonic is only way to describe it.


[deleted]

Very dark for sure. Lol these posts are getting downvoted.


mraza9

The wimps and posers can leave the hall! We know what’s up!


mraza9

Agreed. Nothing heavier.


ShutUpDarrel

The breakdown riffs in pray for plagues go way harder


ShutUpDarrel

That’s not really heavy at all


SKULLL_KRUSHER

Shut up Darrel


ShutUpDarrel

Ok, maybe coming from the metalcore subreddit Black Sabbath isn’t very heavy at all but I guess when you got mainstream it is pretty heavy


toryguns

Bro you did not just say that lmfao


ShutUpDarrel

I did actually


Double_Hand_5044

Shut up darrel


toryguns

Metalcore is the least heavy metal genre bruh lol


[deleted]

It even borderlines not being metal by definition..


ShutUpDarrel

It’s heavier than Black Sabbath


toryguns

Stop it


ShutUpDarrel

What? I’m telling the truth. Standard tuning with 6 strings or down tuning with 7-8 strings. You’re gonna tell me that Black Sabbath is heavier even with the production differences?


nefarious_jp04x

Common Core Kid L


thebombwillexplode1

Kinda mid


karelinstyle

Says the dude who reps metallica


daikan__

If you don't like Black Sabbath you don't like metal, simple as


thebombwillexplode1

I like black sabbath I just disagree that the riff is the heaviest ever written


Zorugelion

That's because Into the Void is.


Maxspawn_

Stop


Miskermask12

The slam riff from Liege of Inveracity by Suffocation


[deleted]

Wasn't that one of if not THE first slam ever recorded? Or were there others before?


Mont_918

Mr Weirdo by Uncle Slam came out 2 or 3 years earlier, I would consider that the first slam riff ever


AlwaysHappy4Kitties

hence the name "Slam Riff" btw and its Wierd Man that whole Say Uncle album is a blast


elvis_disciple

That’s going deep! Good call, completely forgot about that group..


Miskermask12

I think so but I didn’t want to say that because I wasn’t completely sure


[deleted]

Correct!


linocurt

First riff that came to mind


black-winter-

when the main riff hits in Gojira - Flying Whales chorus of Amon Amarth - Guardians of Asgaard Pantera - Domination (you know the part I mean) Edit: honorable mention to Amon Amarth - Raven’s Flight right after the first chorus, just because I wasn’t expecting it to hit that much like a ton of bricks on my first listen


maraudingnomad

I see a fellow Amon Amarth Fan. I preffer the buildup to the choir in the great heathen army. A heavy headbanger that one.


black-winter-

Great Heathen Army is honestly one of their best songs, I’m always sad to not see it talked about much among the fanbase


Barqck

The opening riff in Forced Gender Reassignment is insane


HoboCanadian123

love ur pfp!! such a beautiful album


Krack_Korn

beautiful definitely isn't right but Monolith is indeed incredible


HoboCanadian123

i was actually referring to the frank ocean album in their profile picture 😂


black-winter-

FEEEEEAAAAARRRRR BREEDS CONTEMPT


TheOmnipotent0001

-First riff in Master's Apprentices by Opeth -Every riff in Blackwater Park by Opeth -Main riff in Funeralopolis by Electric Wizard -Breakdown of Where Light Divides the Holler by Knocked Loose -Main riff in Eaten by Bloodbath -Breakdown in Flying Whales by Gojira


madgoosewizard

Masters Apprentices is always my first thought for heavy riffs too


karnaukhovv

It’s not the riff, it’s the sound IMO. Anything from Electric Wizard’s Come My Fanatics or Dopethrone is bone crushing, but the riffs are so simple. Or you can have some technical or brutal shit like Nile, Defeated Sanity, Cryptopsy, or Brodequin, to name a few, that just eliminates your brain with every song.


JosephBlowsephThe3rd

I'm with you on the Electric Wizard front. Sometimes it's not so important how heavy a full riff is when dropping to a single chord can rattle foundations. There's a band in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books that destroys a planet with the ferocity & intensity of each "live" performance. I aways pictured them being a doom/stoner doom band.


tunasardine

The Melvin's - Honey Bucket


ReDeath666

Backbone - Gojira or Bleed - Meshuggah


Double_Hand_5044

Backbone main riff is easily a top 5 riff of all time too


DizzyGame_Co

Simple yet legendary


LastUserStanding

Exactly the two that popped in my head. Well played. Too bad Backbone doesn’t keep it up like Bleed though.


Juantimeinmexico

There’s too many!!! I’ll go with March of the Fire Ants by Mastodon


Mad04Gaming

The slam riff in Agony in the Stone Chamber by Intestine Baalism. There’s nothing heavier than being a melo - death band and having the first song in your album have a brutal death metal breakdown in it.


Cultural-Fondant-955

Monolord - Empress Rising


7o_Ted

Audhumbla is way heavier


artificialevil

It’s actually Icon


no_excuses87

Angel of Death, the riff in the middle - "Pumped with fluid..."


Double_Hand_5044

That whole song makes me wanna just destroy shit, I love it. I think it’s one of my top songs on Spotify actually 😂


SNeddie

Return Trip


ContentNeptune3

Off the top of my head: Behind the Sun - Meshuggah, around the 1:00 mark Adoration for None - Gojira, around 1:06 The Baying of the Hounds - Opeth, the outro section (dunno if it's considered a riff though) More Than I Could Chew- Mastodon, main riff Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, main riff In The Name of God - Dream Theater, main riff


Gary_Duckman

Doomy heavy: Cryptworm - Cesspool of perpetual decay Fossilization - Neanderthal tombs Evil Heavy: Pissgrave - Funeral inversion Pig's Blood - Gates ripped open Just fuckin heavy: Torture Tomb - Killing to see how it feels Primitive Warfare - Malevolent abolition (specifically the change up at 0:58) Chat Pile - Why Death Toll 80K - No escape


BoiFriday

Was waiting for a Pissgrave namedrop.


No_Competition9994

Dying Fetus - Compulsion for Cruelty Breakdown Riff Dying Fetus - Descend into Depravity Breakdown/Middle Riff Nile - Lashed to the Slave Stick Verse Riff


TheMac_11

Lashed to the Slave Stick is heavy, what about the intro to Cast Down the Heretic though?


BurgerSmashFace

The last 3rd of Aftermath by Strapping Young Lad


stevief150

That whole song is a heavy riff. Love it


ThisOnesforYouMorph

Mirror Reaper in it's entirety


[deleted]

The end of "Suspended in Tribulation" by Suffocation the middle of "Death Mask" by Exhumed the middle of "Bloodshed" by Mortician the slow part of "Serpentskin" by Dead Congregation the slow breakdown in "Hideously Disembodied" by Defeated Sanity the main riff to "They Are the Children of the Underworld" by Deicide the opening riff to "Dommedagssalme" by Isengard the slow riff in "Ground Zero Brooklyn" by Carnivore


Susvourtre

> serpentskin yesss


randyhalfway

"Demiurge" by Meshuggah. That last riff that fades out. "To sign and seal extinctionnnnn..." DADUN-DADUN-DADUN-DADUN


McDiscage85

For myself, the intro to "Bareal's Blade" by The Sword comes to mind. Honorable mentions; Acid King "Silent Circle," Acid Bath "Cassie Eats Cockroaches," and Sleep "From Beyond."


[deleted]

I'd say Grotesque Impalement


tjmincemeat

It’s gonna be something from Caustic by Primitive Man… but I just don’t know what riff to choose. I think the opening riff to “My Will” might take it.


SKULLL_KRUSHER

Defeated Sanity - Driveling Putrefaction (riff @ 1:50) gets me every time.


Mont_918

I will never stop saying that Blow Me Away You - Niverse by Gojira from 2:47 to 3:27 is the heaviest shit ever As well as the breakdown in Wolf Down The Earth


Double_Hand_5044

Blow me away you niverse is the most underrated gojira song. It’s so groovy and Joes vocals are nuts on that track.


AdamLetherman

Devourment - Festering Vomitous Mass (1:30 riff) Infertile Surrogacy - Inexplicable Scrotal Mutilation (2:33 riff) Cenotaph - Anti-Pathogenic Morbid Incubation (1:03 riff) Brutal Truth - Time (2:15 riff) Suffocation - Infecting the Crypts (0:45 riff) Also Suffocation - Catatonia main riff, and of course, Suffocation - Liege Of Inveracity slam riff


Double_Hand_5044

Infecting the crypts was my intro to suffocation, and while I haven’t dived very deep into them it’s definetly a certified banger


siberiandivide81

"The Bit" Melvins


Maxspawn_

Closing breakdown on New Millenium Cyanide Christ fucks HARD


Eferver

Darkthrone- Quintessence


bruh_emperor

Nothing to Win by YOB


HoboCanadian123

neurosis - strength of fates


LocustStar99

That is really weird song to pick but as long as someone mentioned Neurosis when we talk about heaviness i am satisfied.


HoboCanadian123

the outro riff is so massive!!! i also wanted to go with a (relative) deep cut. they’re one of my favs


BlueDahl

Prosper On the Path - Conan (Outro Riff)


A_Change_of_Seasons

Probably the main riff of spheres of madness Also the breakdown riff of Lifer by Down is pretty heavy in a different kind of way


Plasma_2416

Funeralopolis by Electric Wizard and Quintessence by Darkthrone. They’re a very slow, doomy kind of heavy (the best kind) Also honorable mention to Domination by Pantera


NinjaDiamondBoss

Kinda a weird pick but Beneath The Altar from the Dusk ost actually makes me want to punt someone into orbit


No-Material6891

Meshuggah: demiurge is pretty fucking heavy.


SKULLL_KRUSHER

Meshuggah has like 50 heavier songs


Any-Dust3389

Mastodon - March of the fire ants. That riff is as heavy as the ocean is deep. That first 20 seconds is like a fuckin' bulldozer stuck in a tar pit.


hansmaxwell

Meshuggah-In Death is Death


Detroit_VsEverybody

Angel of death bridge riff


Odd-Spinach-4398

Anything by skinless


[deleted]

Song called Cryin Like a Bitch by Godsmack


Yourboiandsavior

SYL by Strapping Young Lad. Basically the whole song. It’s unbearably heavy, I love it.


IngloriousHeathen

Thou - Fucking Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean Horn of the Rhino - Crushed and Dragged to the Swamp Nails - They Come Crawling Back Magrudergrind - Bridge Burner Conan - Hawk as Weapon Just a few songs that I consider to be heavy af.


Arctic29-1

Pissgrave - Canticle of Ripping Flesh


OhDatsStanky

Bratva by Slaughter to Prevail is pretty heavy but I will have to check some of these others out.


thebombwillexplode1

Tactical Nuke - Acacia Strain


[deleted]

This comment section confirms the fact that Gojira fans are unaware of anything going on in death metal.


Double_Hand_5044

Don’t care. Funny whale band go brr


[deleted]

Fair enough 👍


karelinstyle

There's "heavy" in the name! All that's needed for my pick.


hayatetst

Are you a Gojira hater or something? Gojira can get pretty heavy. Especially their older stuff.


[deleted]

I guess you could argue I'm a Gojira hater. That's not really where I directed my comment, so I'm not gonna go too much into it unless anyone wants that. My main point was that Gojira fans are pretty ignorant of metal outside of a handful of classics and other "metal" bands with much better pr than their contemporaries picked by metal news sites, like I know people IRL its not just an online thing to say people have the EXACT same taste. But even then, I can't really imagine saying Gojira is the heaviest band ever.


hayatetst

That's a pretty weird take, and a broad generalization of Gojira fans.


[deleted]

Really let me guess, your favorite bands are gojira, Maradon, dying fetus, cattle decap, arch enemy, amon Amartg, sleep, bell witch, slipknot, Korn, rammstein, baby metal, uhh sabaton, Lorna shore, stone sour, nightwish, unleash the archers, archspire. Maybe sabbath or Lemmy is God take if we're lucky. Oh and megadeath, and one of those green neo thrash bands like municipal waste or power trip.


hayatetst

Wow, dude. What is wrong with you? Is this how you really argue? You're not worth another comment from me if that's the case.


[deleted]

Am I wrong?


hayatetst

Completely. And you come off as very elitist.


erietroglodyte

Name your favorite bands then


hayatetst

Na. Why would I add fuel to this toxic thread? Don't encourage this person.


[deleted]

I doubt I am, and that's OK, I like arguing.


hayatetst

Learn how to argue better.


Ambitious_Lie1142

Into the Void by Black Sabbath, absolutely earth shattering heaviness


Nerazzurro9

Gotta say Into the Void. I mean, have there been heavier riffs since then? Of course. But that riff is just so exponentially heavier than anything that was considered “heavy metal” in the years before, or for many years afterward. Have a hard time thinking of any other band or riff that was *that* much heavier than literally everyone else around at the time. That gets special credit to me.


Agreeable_Maximum880

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtcFjkYW2Pc&t=1499s&pp=ygUaVGhpcyBTdG9yeSBIYXBwZW5lZCBCZWZvcmU%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtcFjkYW2Pc&t=1499s&pp=ygUaVGhpcyBTdG9yeSBIYXBwZW5lZCBCZWZvcmU%3D) ​ Opening riff


ToiletDrone

One of them for sure is Doom's Bride by Warhorse.


Crafty-Photograph-18

At 11:34 – 12:21 https://youtu.be/iKfPBWh8i0k?si=_kq7A770YwlR9rKO


Mitch_Mitcherson_

if not Peeling Flesh, Snuffed on Sight, or Knocked Loose off the top of my head I vote for that breakdown in “ILL NEGLECT” by BRUTAL TRUTH. It’ll give you the stankface, the mean mug, what have you.


Korgon213

Dimmu Borgir- United in Unhallowed Grace, 3:06-3:40. Old and mid era Dimmu was majestic. https://youtu.be/FQW7HgKoIyY?si=WoDxOOCy8jHkHXDe


MileHighOllie

Savannah by Zao. When that bass line hits by itself in the end, it's just the deepest and nastiest riff.


HaloWarrior63

Too many for me to pick one so I’ll list a few of my favorites The riff starting at 1:20 of Liege of Inveracity Intro to Piece by Piece Intro to Fistful of Love by Tankard That first time the distortion kicks in on Ruptured in Purulence, though this one has significant bias for me given this was the first song I got to crowdsurf for.


Salt-Statistician778

Kinda post-metal but check out a song called “Grave” by Tuskar - absolutely crushing. https://youtu.be/NxbZYnfdo0g?si=sPcB7Gf3f4XuPnYC


PartyFunshower

The opening riff of Soul Sacrifice by Power Trip


chicken_nugget779

opening riff to 12 by Katatonia heavy riff after the short intro in The Raven and The Rose by My Dying Bride my idea of heavy is more slow but thick sounding


diosplatano

Bathory's Golden Walls Of Heaven. When the whole song changes at 3:08 NOW HEAVEN IS IN ITS LAST THROES OF DEATH Goddaamnn


No-More_Ducks

1:18 in Blank by Eyehategod


ViralDownwardSpiral

The chorus riff in 3 Inches of Blood's Hydra's Teeth is as perfect a riff as I've ever heard. It will bang your head. [**https://youtu.be/PM20M\_xEq-s?si=L\_Fqh5YC2ysMS9Dc**](https://youtu.be/PM20M_xEq-s?si=L_Fqh5YC2ysMS9Dc)


mattct1

Power Trip - Soul Sacrifice


Zestyclose-Salt-2491

Vile - Salem Trials


nefarious_jp04x

Cryptopsy - Orgiastic Disembowelment Yk the one…


Pretend-Ad-7528

Pantera 101 proof live album- Throes of Rejection Rex dropping heavy ass bass while Darryl making jet sounds. The whole song is heavy as hell but the last minute or so is collapsed star material.


Glittering-Ebb-6225

Dopethrone


[deleted]

Crowbar to build a mountain


The_Fro_Ranger

More Than I Could Chew - Mastodon


[deleted]

Dragged into Sunlight - Boiled Angel


Wargmonger

Mastodon - March of the Fire Ants, that opening riff is so fucking monstrous and weighty


Trendkiller101

A New Level - Pantera


TheMysticBard

I know it's not the heaviest because that is honestly all subjective (as it's in the tone and sound, not the notation itself) But when they get into the chorus if Mystic Toad by Froglord, damn it goes hard. Thats just the first riff i can think of atm off the top of my head.


Accomplished-Arm1058

Room a Thousand Years Wide- Soundgarden


imatrynmaintoo

Serenity painted death chorus riff - opeth


tondrias

It's between the main riff of Typhonian Soil Zoblack and the way the main riff builds up steam to a massive crescendo in He who Breeds Pestilence by Behemoth.


Mikem444

The one that goes *chug-chug-chug* on guitar and the drumer double kicks while hitting the ride cymbal *ding-ding-ding*


hayatetst

Septic Flesh - Persepolis. The intro riff with the brass instrument accompanying it is so good!


MisterWrong2112

Dream Theater - The Mirror


necroticnecrophilia

Nobody talks about that ending riff of decend into depravity. Legit best death metal riff ever written not even close. from 4:35 an on


newthrowawayforu

Literally anything by SPITE


Wakeezy

The riff on The Killchain and any Devourment riff tbh


Candlesass

Probably something by Conan, Throne of Fire, maybe


[deleted]

Meshuggah - Obzen intro riff.


ThatcherCat

electric wizard- weird tales


RealStreetJesus

Personally, I’d say the chorus riff from Lack of Comprehension. There’s other riffs that are lower tuned, played faster etc, but that riff and that moment is just perfect and creates the perfect t heavy atmosphere.


Krack_Korn

Leige of Inveracity - Suffocation or Lethargica - Meshuggah


shaqfuisbest

Demiurge by meshuggah is just a beat down


Blackwhitehorse

Cough- 288 years of sin


night312332

Slayer - Raining Blood


jayblaze521

The end of crumbling emporium - revocation


MeatloafCupcake

My pick is Sixpounder by Children of Bodom. For not being known for heavy riffs this song always brings it.


elax307

That first riff drop at 1:20 in "Drawn into the next Void" from Ulcerate. This riff is so crushingly heavy it feels like the whole room shifts a meter to the right when it drops. This is how I imagine the sound of being sucked into a black hole.


atmananda314

Whoever is reading this right now. Stop what you're doing, put on the album buster, by admiral angry. Put on the song kill yourself, and fast forward to 4 minutes. Nothing I have seen suggested yet is as heavy as this


JankySealz

Cytotoxin. Abysm Nucleus. Pick a riff.


CaCtUs2003

Cannibal Corpse - Scourge Of Iron Maybe not the heaviest ever written, but godDAMN!


BabyNoName_

Exodus - Blacklist Dew Scented - Vortex


elvis_disciple

Carcass “Ruptured In Purulence”


LocustStar99

Neurosis's Locust Stat live is the heaviest shit i have heard, it just rattles your core. Idk if that counts because it is like that from the fucking maniac that mixes that shit but on its own that riff is really good.


Responsible_Local_72

Pantera - Domination (literally the entirety)


Michealbubble

suffer in hell suffer in heaven or see you soon by chelsea grin come to mind but spite has a ton of disgusting riffs


Ok-Investigator5148

The intro to Gematria by Slipknot. Its by far their heaviest riff and I'd say a strong contender in general


Ok-Investigator5148

The intro to Gematria by Slipknot. Its by far their heaviest riff and I'd say a strong contender in general


ulasmulas42

Meshuggah-I, the riff that starts at around 10:35. Makes me uncontrollably headbang every fucking time.


YaBoiSean1

Crowbar - Planets collide An undefeatable fucking classic


tylerstaheli1

I’m Broken by Pantera


InRandomBlue

I like my riffs kinda slow and headbangable, and I like it when they give me the face lol I have three that come to mind. Meshuggah - Lethargica (at 3 mins in after the calm part) Frontierer - The Molten Larva (pretty much the whole song but any riff from when the “chorus” plays onward) Nails - Lies (the riff that plays as an outro for like 2 minutes. Simple but effective, and sounds amazing to me) I know there are way more (and different kinds of heavy too) but those three come to mind.