Megapost: 50 Killer Riffs for 50,000 Hits

As of today there have been 50,000 hits in this site and so I thought I would celebrate by putting a list of 50 awesome riffs together. What a monumental occasion! (Okay, not really but I thought this would be fun.) This will, of course, include an upload and don't expect one of those shitty, thoughtless lists straight from Rolling Stone magazine that just grabs overused choices from radio classic rock bands as these are just riffs I legitimately enjoy and groove out to on a regular basis. Even though some are obvious choices like "Into the Void", "Smoke on the Water" or "Sunshine of Your Love", I chose them for a reason and most of these are just riffs from my music collection that get me pumped up for different reasons.

Since these are some of my personal favorites, let me briefly explain what I look for in a good riff - the three most important factors for me are groove, hook and weight. I will take catchiness, steady rolling groove and simplicity over wanky, overdone riffs anyday and I think the best riffs are usually the simplest. Also, I seriously considered putting the entirety of "Dopesmoker" on this list but decided it was way too long. But anyways, take of this what you will - I ordered the songs alphabetically to make it easier to go through.

Hopefully you will enjoy this compilation and here's to another 50,000!

PART I

1. The Destroyer - The Atomic Bitchwax

2. Grounds For Divorce - Big Business

3. One Nine - Black Cobra

4. N.I.B - Black Sabbath

5. Into The Void - Black Sabbath

6. Preacher - Blue Cheer

7. Guts - Budgie

8. Black Stone Wielder - Candlemass

9. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

10. Suffering Brings Wisdom - Crowbar

11. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

12. High Roller - Dozer

13. Flames Go Higher - Eagles of Death Metal

14. Sonic Prayer - Earthless

15. Dirty Witch - Egypt

16. Prairie Witch - Electric Horsemen

17. Behemoth - Electric Wizard

18. Satori Part 1 - Flower Travellin Band

19. Satori Part 5 - Flower Travellin Band

20. The Falcon Has Landed - Fu Manchu

21. The Judge - The Gates of Slumber

22. Flower of Disease - Goatsnake

23. Wheel of Time - Grand Magus

24. In the Meantime - Helmet

25. Fury Whip - High on Fire

DL: "Riff List Part I"

PART II

26. Generation Void - Iron Man

27. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

28. One Shot At Glory - Judas Priest

29. Thee Ol' Boozeroony - Kyuss

30. Demon Cleaner - Kyuss

31. Keep Goin' - Lucifer's Friend

32. Honey Bucket - The Melvins

33. Queen - The Melvins

34. The Doorway - Neurosis

35. Wicked Love - Night Horse

36. Brother Blue Steel - The Obsessed

37. Epicurean Mass - Orodruin

38. 20 Buck Spin - Pentagram

39. Here Come The Bastards - Primus

40. Skin on Skin - Queens of the Stone Age

41. Burial At Sea - Saint Vitus

42. Hell Hound - Sir Lord Baltimore

43. Dragonaut - Sleep

44. Hourglass - Solitude Aeturnus

45. Slaves & Bulldozers - Soundgarden

46. Bullhorn - Tad

47. Psalm 9 - Trouble

48. Destroyer - Winters

49. Changing - Witch

50. Molotov Cocktail - 500 Ft Of Pipe

DL: "Riff List Part II"