well? what do you guys think?

death metal is for pussies

about a minute to a minute and a half into "Death Mask" by Exhumed. that "breakdown" riff shatters my skeleton whenever i hear it.

I nearly always snap my neck when the BLOOD RED THRONE Affiliated With The Suffering CD begins with Unleashing Hell.

every Bloodbath riff...ever.

The ending "breakdown" riff of Anata's "Under the Debris" makes me headbang uncontrollably

Yeti said:

im gonna agree with you on that one....In My Human Slaughterhouse has a good one too

to hard to pick on.

highlights:
Every devourment song, Ever
Breeding the spawn/funeral inception/liege of inveracity
Hideously Disembodied break by defeated sanity
dying fetus/dying fetus clone breaks

20 seconds into From Sacrifice to Survival by skinless is pretty heavy

porphyria - every football riff

oh yea, the break at the end of "technology divine" by Mucopus

Funeral Inception

Suspended in Tribulation

1:17 into Inisconcieved by Suffo

*misconceived n00b

Most of CC "The Bleeding." Esp. the intro to "Pulverized." I'm a man of simple tastes, what can I say.

The opening riff of Sepsism's Sadistically Mangled and Devoured

archaeon said:

ha! i SWEAR it looks like an IN instead of an M on the album cover

that breakdown on clandestine known as the first breakdown ever... i forget which song, maybe stranger aeons. not sure...

the opening riff to destroy the opposition

timjohn said:

You've maybe heard of Black Sabbath?

bind torture kill by suffocation. 3:04 or so into it. breeding the spawn also about 1:15 or so into it. suffocation is the heaviest band ever, especially live.

archaeon said:
haha, probably huh?

bringing back the glory by dying fetus, when the guitars slow down and the drums speed up.

anything with bass drops

breakdown in "graves of the fathers" by cryptopsy

The breakdown at the end of Eternal Suffering's Echo of Lost Words. Anybody that disagrees with me is fucking WRONG.

porphyria said:

hahahaha, i've loved the term football riff since the first time someone used it on here a couple years ago. hilarious term.

haha what's a football riff

yeah suffocation has some sick riffs...

Yeahhh!!!! Crushing Riffs!

dismember - override the overture

oh, and thats a load of my spinoke in its hand

tylerl said:

Football riff: a simplistic and generic mosh riff usually centered around alot of open E usage. This type riff usually inspires moronic jocks to prance around the dancefloor and attempt to look tough.

Porphyria doesn't have any tr00 football riffs. They know how to play their respective instruments too well.

I think DM needs more Hockey riffs anyways!
Football blows!

hmm, well i do like a well-placed football riff

I'm going to be serious here for a second and say probably the most truly crushing death metal riffs on one album can be found on the mighty Morbid Angel's Domination


p.s. what would a tennis riff sound like ? ??? :P

that is a good disc

paganmegnfuckinli said:

Tennis Riff=anything by The Devil Wears Prada
most crushing riff=probably the first riff off Goremageddon by Aborted or really anything by these guys.

From dream to dream we have always been like an ever flowing stream...



In Death's Sleep is how it is done

I don't know if its the most crushing riff, but I've had the second riff from Elusive Treasures by Gorguts stuck in my head lately.

a large amount of Suffocation songs have my vote... they still sound so crushing to this day...

As much as I love death metal, I say doom metal is the place to turn to for some real "crushing" riffs.
No "football riffs" or anything else that will get the pre-cum flowing in macho jock assholes in doom metal either!

Ulcerate - Praise and Negation

Opening of the track and album, and it slays.

Leaves peeps with poopie shorts.

best cartoon death riffs go to

and best local death metal riffs for me go to either Goreality or Porphyria.

Suffocation all the way
the end riff in: Suspended in tribulation

Gorgasm - Stitched oral asphyxia....there is one of the heaviest breakdowns ive ever heard in that song

ASPHYX

The beginning to Demigod's "Anxiety."

Decapitated as well.

xanonymousx said:

SPHERES OF MADNESS!!!


oh and Diabolical Masquerade has some incredibly brutal riffs on Nightwork.

Look at all these people who are wrong.

Wrongness!

paganmegnfuckinli said:

QFT

Badminton riffs +1

Necros Christos -Triune Impurity Rites

pull the plug! fucking sick

The opening riffs for when darkness falls by killswitch. Absolute chaos!

Just about every riff on Cephalic Carnage's "Conforming to Abnormality" album.

Such a heavy fucking album.

menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:

When I get home I'll upload the mp3 so everybody can see how wrong they are.

Alright I did it remotely.

The brutality begins at 3:45 into the song.
http://dismal.ath.cx:8099/astronaut_bread/Echo_of_Lost_Words.mp3

immortal13 said:

and that one part on "Observer To The Obliteration Of Planet Earth" from "Exploiting Dysfunction". you know the one.

the ultimate mosh riff is definately that part on "Intentional Manslaughter" (in the middle) by Fetus.

and of course: "NECRO-FILING CABINET" by Embalmer. that slow sludge doom fucking crushing nightmare in the middle with all the maniacle screaming.

oh and tons of Hemdale riffs.

i cant believe no one mentioned "Genital Grinder" from Carcass

thats some crushing shit!

watchmaker666 said:

Some that come to mind:

"World Eater"-Bolt Thrower
"Unchalleneged Hate" Napalm Death
"Scum" Napalm Death
"Raping the Earth" ENT
"Disemboweled" Autopsy
"Excuisite Escathology" Haemorrhage
"I Shall Lead, You Shall Follow" Silencer
"White Knuckle Hellride" Panzer Bastard
"Suck my Dick" Carnivore
"Circle of the Tyrants" Celtic Frost

Sure sure, some or most aren't straight up or at all death metal, but they are all songs with riffs that make me want to run while fist banging.

C.dead said:

+1M

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I'll give a brief synopsis of this thread:
"Hey, what do you think is the most brutal riff in death metal history?"
"Oh, it's definitely that keyboard part from that melodic blackmetal song. I'm serious."

I might catch some flak from this, but some Mortician riffs that aren't just garbage layered over blast beats are pretty BA

the really slooooow part in The Tree of Life and Death by Disembowelment.

aaron_michael said:

i really like a lot of the guitar riffs on Chainsaw Dismemberment.

end riff in epoch of barbarity~internal bleeding

lol@destroyyoualot

more specifically

lol with destroyyoualot

The breakdown in Suffocation's "Pierced From Within" gets me everytime

Morbid Angel's "God Of Emptiness" is pretty much one big slow brutal riff

And while it may not be the most brutal, but i really like that part in Porphyria's "Within The Chambers Of A Blackened Heart" at around 3:40 where they play that cool riff then they slow it way down and it gets all groovy.

Neverpurified said:

Butt-head: "Whoah! Is that a bear?"

watchmaker666 said:

that does have a crushing and memorable riff.

take on me by a-ha. dont pretend like you dont know what im talking about

i'd say lovefool by the cardigans is probably the most brutal song ever written

"Barbie Girl"

craigisfuckingawesomeseriously said:

theres a breakdown in that song... like... seriously

menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:

eternal suffering had a shit ton of crushing riffs. always had such a THICK tone.

that song is sweet.

Mindrot

i love covering pull the plug

"Mindrot"

Holy shit, haven't seen that name in awhile. I fucking love "Dawning", so damn underrated.

There's a lady who knows all that glitters is gold

some of my favorites,

scattered remnants - vaginal vomit
broken hope - wolf among sheep
cock and ball torture - all, could be the heaviest band in my collection
dripping - that entire album is off the charts
dehumanized - prophecies foretold
death - spiritual healing
goratory - the wrath of piper's pit
impetigo - breakfast at the manchester morgue

DestroyYouAlot said:

HA!
i don't really listen to death metal very regularly, but i am listening to "Dove" by Floor... stoner stuff. broken E strings crush skulls.

The break in Morta Skuld's "Through Eyes of Death."

IVh Crusade - Bolt Thrower
Covered in Sores - Cannibal Corpse
Disfigured - Restrained By Invention