50 Best Riffs of the Decade (2010-2020)

50 of some of the best riffs to come over of the past decade!

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[NikNocturnal]

*EDIT: Thanks to good old COPYRIGHT claimers, I had to cut the first song "A7X - God Hates Us" short and BABYMETAL - Karate out.*

Comment your favorite riffs of the decade down below!

[NobdyNw]

You're gonna feel like a fool when some writes the best banger on the 30th of December.

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I use these lists as a tool to find out about more bands. Thank you for these.

[Patrick-fvyh]

Anyone else watching this and just can’t believe how long ago some of these songs came out when it still feels like they came out like last year

[Pierseus]

0:15 Avenged Sevenfold - God Hates Us
0:16 Deftones - Diamond Eyes
0:26 The Word Alive - The Hounds of Anubis*
0:39 Motionless In White - Abigail
0:52 The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
1:03 In Flames - The Sound of a Playground Fading
1:20 Insomnium - Weather the Storm
1:37 Born of Osiris - Follow the Signs
1:52 Psycroptic - Carriers of the Plague*
2:05 Periphery - Scarlet
2:15 Parkway Drive - Dark Days
2:30 Meshuggah - Demiurge
2:45 Bring Me The Horizon - Shadow Moses*
2:59 Beartooth - Go Be The Voice
3:13 Killswitch Engage - In Due Time
3:24 Northlane - Quantum Flux
3:39 Animals As Leaders - Tooth and Claw
3:52 Volumes - The Mixture
4:10 Monuments - I, The Destroyer
4:27 Chelsea Grin - Letters*
4:40 Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War
4:56 Make Them Suffer - Blood Moon*
5:11 Wage War - The River*
5:24 August Burns Red - Martyr
5:38 Veil of Maya - Mikasa*
5:51 Gojira - Silvera
6:05 Asking Alexandria - The Black
6:15 Shokran - Creatures From The Mud
6:30 Babymetal- Karate
6:40 After the Burial - Lost In The Static*
6:56 Mastodon - Sultan’s Curse
7:05 Oceans Ate Alaska - Escapist
7:22 Polaris - Lucid
7:31 Shadow of Intent - The Catacombs*
7:44 Trivium - The Wretchedness Inside
7:59 Architects - Doomsday*
8:14 Breaking Benjamin - Tourniquet
8:31 Ice Nine Kills - Stabbing In The Dark
8:42 Erra - Valhalla*
8:57 Crystal Lake - Aeon
9:19 Jinjer - Teacher, Teacher!
9:29 As I Lay Dying - Shaped By Fire
9:45 While She Sleeps - The Guilty Party
10:00 Mark Morton - Cross Off
10:15 Slipknot - Unsainted
10:24 Dream Theater - Paralyzed
10:35 Shrezzers- Anaraak
10:48 Korn - You’ll Never Find Me
10:57 I Prevail - Bow Down
11:10 Spiritbox- Rule of Nines

Starred some of my favorites


Some favorites of mine that didn’t make it:
Anchorlines - Spineless
Texas In July - Bloodwork
Cadence Calling - The Fear Complex
Sylosis - To Build A Tomb
blessthefall - Wishful Sinking (and Hollow Bodies)
Like Moths to Flames - A Feast for Crows
Currents - Another Life
Erra - Ultraviolet (literally the entire song)

[indeimaus]

periphery represented, feels good

I feel like you could do the best 50 riffs of each year

[joaquinyauri]

You should do "BREAKDOWNS of the decade" too :D

[themadmanofgadara]

That fact that "Cross Off" is here made me happier than I could possibly imagine.

[adrianamorphous]

Wow a YouTuber actually knows/cares about Insomnium.
Well done

[zparkyy]

Brooo that cover of Baby Metal is probably the cleanest attempt ever. I couldn't ever play it before, but now that Im covering your rendition of it I fucking nailed it

[jaydenw.]

I’ll be surprised if this doesn’t get copyrighted just from the intro

[horse_dog]

If this was a loud wire list it’d be all Ghost songs

[TheCrashx]

So glad Polaris made it in here, one of the best bands out

[MartinHopkinsArt]

"Best Deathcore/Metalcore Riffs of the Decade" but yes this is a sick list, and now I have a lot of new bands to check out. Loved seeing "Paralyzed", "You'll Never Find Me", and "Karate" on here! Surprised to not see "Cirice" (Ghost), "Behold the Crown" (ATB), or no Metallica although they had two albums chalked full of juicy thrash riffs.

[alexandercarlinmusic]

When you like the guitar so much you get the same one as a 7 string

[FabulousKilljoy]

I was just waiting for “Shadow Moses”, “The River”, and “Doomsday” lol. Awesome video, Nik!!

[xcxdwcyb]

Blood eagle was the one i was missing the most, nice to include polaris they are insane.

[skinnyd_tk]

starting out with deftones

a man of culture, I see

[xmegaherzx]

*2010*
Deftones - Diamond Eyes 0:15
The Word Alive - The Hounds of Anubis 0:25
Motionless In White - Abigail 0:39
*2011*
The Human Abstract - Digital Veil 0:52
In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading 1:03
Insomnium - Weather The Storm 1:20
Born Of Osiris - Follow The Signs 1:36
*2012*
Psycropric - Carriers Of The Plague 1:52
Periphery - Scarlet 2:04
Parkway Drive - Dark Days 2:15
Meshuggah - Demiurge 2:30
*2013*
Bring Me The Horizon - Shadow Moses 2:45
Beartooth - Go Be The Voice 2:58
Killswitch Engage - In Due Time 3:13
Northlane - Quantum Flux 3:24
*2014*
Animals As Leaders - Tooth and Claw 3:39
Volumes - The Mixture 3:53
Monuments - I, The Destroyer 4:09
Chelsea Grin - Letters 4:26
*2015*
The Art Is Murder - Holy War 4:40
Make Them Suffer - Blood Moon 4:56
Wage War - THe River 5:11
August Burns Red - Martyr 5:23
Veil OF Maya - Mikasa 5:37
*2016*
Gojira - Silvera 5:51
Asking Alexandria - The Black 6:05
Shokran - Creatures From The Mud 6:15
Babymetal - Karate 6:30
After The Burial - Lost In The Static 6:41
*2017*
Mastodon - Sultan's Curse 6:56
Oceans Ate Alaska - Escapist 7:05
Polaris - Lucid 7:22
Shadow Of Intent - THe Catacombs 7:31
Trivium - THe Wretchedness Inside 7:44
Architects - Doomsday 7:59
*2018*
Breaking Benjamin - Tourniquet 8:14
Ice Nine Kills - Stabbing In The Dark 8:31
Erra - Valhalla 8:41
Crystal Lake - Aeon 8:57
*2019*
Jinjer - Teacher, Teacher! 9:16
As I Lay Dying - Shaped by Fire 9:29
While She Sleeps - The Guilty Party 9:45
Mark Morton - Cross Off 10:00
Slipknot - Unsainted 10:15
Dream Theater - Paralyzed 10:23
Shrezzers - Anaraak 10:35
Korn - You'll Never FInd Me 10:48
I Prevail - Bow Down 10:57
Spiritbox - Rule Of Nines 11:10

[metfanl]

Wow, discovered some really cool stuff I hadn't heard before thanks to this video. Great stuff, man!