The 10 Best (But Most Underrated) Metal Guitar Riffs

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Which classic or modern metal guitar riffs do you think are the most underrated in Metal music? Are you a modern 8 string or classic thrash kind of riffer?

Riff Chapters:
0:23 - Riff 1
0:57 - Riff 2
1:43 - Riff 3
2:10 - Riff 4
3:12 - Riff 5
5:14 - Riff 6
6:00 - Riff 7
6:33 - Riff 8
7:11 - Riff 9
7:54 - Riff 10

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[parkersmith]

The opening riff for Where Dragons Dwell by Gojira is so unappreciated. It’s so pretty and fits on the album very well. Love that song

[PenguinzFTW]

For me, a LOT of Testament's riffs go unnoticed. For example, the opening riff in Native Blood off the Dark Roots of Earth record. Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick are just a match made in heaven when it comes to thrash metal

[connorlockaby]

Thanks for including Trashed, Lost, and Strungout. How that song gets overlooked is beyond me because it's just such a good example of everything that makes COB so great.

[SatansLeadGuitarist]

Nickleback has some seriously underrated guitar riffs. Ive always loved the main riff from Flat on The Floor.

[IanAwfuls]

I love that you included Wes Borland and Nickelback Pete! Great job!

[simon]

Don't know about anyone else but, the Trivium riff reminds me somewhat of the main riff from Through The Never by Metallica... which is another under-rated riff :)

[conqueftador]

I feel like Pantera's "You've Got To Belong To It" whammy riff is a good one I don't hear many people talk about.

[Farvann]

To me "Stormshield" by Nasum has one of the most great riffs ever. That part at 01:04 in that song together with the blastbeats is just wild. Not an objective opinion of course 😁

[ScottishMan]

The opening/main riff to "The Last Fight" by Bullet For My Valentine ia very underrated in my opinion.

[eddiesalazar]

Troops of doom- Sepultura
The killchain- Bolt Thrower
Brain dead- Exodus

[nathanmclauchlan]

Nice list of underrated riffs. A few bands I don’t typically listen to, but I can appreciate their riffs, their great

[MrGareth]

FINALLY someone showing that riff in the struggle within some love and leader of the rats! This is why Pete is my favourite..well that and being a riff god

[devinftf]

“Eulogy for an Angel” by From Autumn to Ashes is the song that got me into metal. The opening riff is simple but killer.

[tasteinmusic]

Payback is so brutal (even on ukulele!)

[pearljaime]

All within my hands and the outro for unamed feeling are awesome

[nathanpruitt]

Phenomenal choices! I've been listening and enjoying the chorus to Car Bomb's Scattered Sprites. It has a sexy minor 9th in it and just brings a heavy Deftones feel to it

[Grindgodgrind]

Nice to see Sikth on here, I saw them in a tiny little pub in Portsmouth back in 2000/2001. Great band! My underappreciated riff would be Pinball Map by In Flames.

[oxidizedoregano]

In my opinion, any metal riff that is slower just sounds way more badass and satisfying to me

[superheavydeathmetal]

My face lit up when you picked "Leader of the Rats". I freaking love that song! My God, is that album 20 years old?!? Arch Enemy has been so awesome for so long.

[shanemurphy]

Cheers Pete, your videos are always such fun to view. Gonna be adding a lot of these to my playlists!