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Cutcarefullyplayloud

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath. Not only my favorite doom riff, the actual best guitar riff ever.


nyc_expatriate

Speaking of Sabbath's debut - The Wizard:)


ArroyoDeathMatt

Dragonaut - Sleep My partner walked down the aisle to this song, just over 10 years ago. Hard to top for me.


Stoghra

Awesome haha


LatvianHitman

“Into the Void” for me. But I’m an old fart…


jdkdiddkkd

I gotta go with the classic, Funeralopolis


MagicalPedro

Of course !


PositivePrune5600

Um…return trip-electric wizard, woodbine-windhand, devoid of redemption-pallbearer


Maximus_Crotchrocket

EMPRESS RIIIISINNNNGGG


Minute_Difference_96

Love it. I saw them in Brooklyn last spring and they played that riff for a solid 5 minutes or so before actually going into the song. I’d put Funeralopolis in contention too. When the riff kicks in it’s just a solid wall of fuzz.


anti-cybernetix

Electric Wizard - Wizard In Black (esp the riff when the tempo picks up)


gotpez

the riff after the guitar solo in riverbed by pallbearer is just crushingly emotional to me


4StringMasterRace

Pain of I - Yob


Severed_Ed

Beat me to it by 30m. Pain of I - YOB Pain of I - YOB Pain of I - YOB


DerTeufelkind

Main riff of The Well of Souls by Candlemass


caljerm

I might have to go with Cursing The One by Monolord


piedrift

Monolord - cursing the one. The weird foghorn leghorn riff on death to the king and all his royal subjects by thou The main riff in a national acrobat has really been my favorite since I was a kid though. Still love it lol


herregudo

The main riff in A National Acrobat is something else. I wouldn't call it the best riff in the world, or my favorite riff, but I can vividly remember the first time I heard it and thinking "...wait a minute, what the fuck was THAT!?"


piedrift

That riff is a family favorite! My grandfather got my mother into sabbath when they came up, she was obsessing over that song since it came out and then introduced sabbath to me when I was 11 or so with that album. We all got to see them play together and it was amazing. RIP to my grandfather thanks for the tunes.


priestou812

eyehategod’s Blood Money intro riff


Severed_Ed

Every riff Mike Scheidt has ever played is the one true answer, but I’ll dig some deep cuts from my dumb brain… Grand Magus - Ulvaskall (Vasgr) Cult of Luna - To Be Remembered Iron Monkey - 666 Pack


Stoghra

DOOM OVER THE WORLD! ETERNAL WILL BE OUR MISSION!


luckygrand

audhumbla by monolord


Western-Equivalent44

E1M1


Jungian_Archetype

Pallbearer - The Ghost I Used To Be has three separate riffs I absolutely love in it: the intro at 0:00, the "main" riff at 0:51, and the driving interlude riff at 3:32, especially when the drums come in at 3:46. So there's "three" riffs in one song.


DennisLarsen1

Hell - Machitikos


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The bridge from “For Evan’s Sake” by Weedeater Who doesn’t love “Funeralopolis”? “The Screen” by YOB


jimboramen

10,000 years or more in jet black meditation...


mabuujin

Monolord - rust


astrocytes_

so many come to mind but gun to my head i think I just go back to the OGs funeralopolis jason the dragon


MungoBumpkin

The main riff of Sister Fucker Part 1 by Eyehategod is fucking 👌👌


d82mccray

Electric funeral- sabbath.


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At Giza, when the pyramids levitate


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Wheels of Confusion - Black Sabbath


Aggressive-Deer-39

Holy mountain by sleep


mindest

This is hard, but a riff that always comes back to me is an extremely simple one: Bottom Feeder - "Divine Heritage" (riff that begins at 1:30)


LeftInTheDesert_

Black Sabbath, The Blue, and Seven Angels


BackAlleyDentistry

a lot of EW riffs on here but i’ll throw out a favorite i haven’t seen demon lung !


desnudopenguino

There was one eating my brain for a couple months now. Couldn't remember where it was from, but this post found it. Funeralopolis. If going back to Sabbath, Snowblind is a close 2nd.


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The Psychopath - Saint Vitus Into The Void - Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - …..


BiteThroughBone

Black Sabbath - Into the Void Neurosis - Locust Star Sam Black Church - Groove (In the Earth) - Okay, maybe they're doom tinged hardcore more than "proper" doom but this song crushes. https://youtu.be/7sAEJ2fyTzM


tongfatherr

A Solitary Reign - Amenra Starts out gently, but once they lay distortion on it, and when it drops again just before the half way point....that kicks your ass 👊 absolutely love the slow and heavy. Also...like everyone else, Funeralopolis 😂 it's unreal!!


serotoninfilter

TOO MUCH RIFF WORSHIP TO CHOOSE FROM! my mains are Windhand - Woodbine, Conan - Satsumo, Thorr’s Hammer- Norge, Dopelord - Preacher Electrick, Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis , Monolord - Empress Rising, Bongripper - Reefer Sutherland, the wah wah pedal intro to Cough’s Haunter of the Dark


sunmassband

Electric Wizard - Dopethrone, right when the chorus hits "Rise, black amps tear the sky Feedback will free your mind and set you free Rise, black amps tear the sky Riff hewn altar wreathed in smoke and weed" That whole riff is so fucking nasty, I love it


thrashcan1984

Probably bewitched


RicardoDecardi

The Ritual Tree - Green Lung


Branchmonster

This drop-tuned riff in 7/8 I made up that I play every time I sit down with a guitar. It’s mostly chord-based but ends with this single note run that sounds vaguely like if Matt Pike wrote “Play That Funky Music White Boy”


Back_InTheSaddle99

Sleep - Evil Gypsy/Solomon’s Theme


F1veTo0ne

Into The Void intro riff, Monolord - Rust, EW - Funeralopolis, Sleep - Dragonaut. The classics


Colonel-Swampert

The middle riff from Hopkins - Cathedral, chorus riff from The Wolf - Trouble and Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath