Metalheads- what band created the most epic riffs?

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Nov 6, 2013 6:42 PM
I'm gonna say Pantera for most epic and Metallica for most recognizable.
Nov 6, 2013 6:42pm
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Nov 6, 2013 6:49 PM
Jesus Built My Hotrod. Great riff.

These days nothing against dimebag or metallica, but I would have loved to see Iron Maiden back in their heyday in the 80's.
Nov 6, 2013 6:49pm
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Nov 6, 2013 7:02 PM
Pantera
Slayer
Iron Maiden
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Nov 6, 2013 7:09 PM
Iron Maiden
Nov 6, 2013 7:09pm
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Manhattan Buckeye

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Nov 6, 2013 7:21 PM
ok, enough.

can you guys stop depressing me. I would pay $500 to kick Justin Bieber in the balls and watch the Iron Maiden Powerslave tour. With special nod to the Number of the Beast Album.
Nov 6, 2013 7:21pm
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Nov 6, 2013 7:29 PM
Eh, Pantera

honorable mention Black Sabbath
Nov 6, 2013 7:29pm
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Nov 6, 2013 7:37 PM
not bad, not bad...saw Ozzy in '96 and '98, before the whole reality show thing. Put on a pretty good show and had Geezer Butler both times.
Nov 6, 2013 7:37pm
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Nov 6, 2013 7:43 PM
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Nov 6, 2013 8:11 PM
Shit. I forgot the obvious. Megadeth

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Nov 6, 2013 8:14 PM
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Nov 6, 2013 8:24 PM
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Nov 6, 2013 9:21 PM
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Nov 6, 2013 9:23 PM
Ted, you're bringing the fucking awesome with those songs. I'm partial to Maiden as #1, but those two albums are as good as it gets on an individual album basis by groups.

I might go with this for my single-song epic riffer.

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Nov 6, 2013 9:23pm
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Nov 6, 2013 9:27 PM
thread ruined, dream theater's here
Nov 6, 2013 9:27pm
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Nov 6, 2013 9:31 PM
And is was part of a good 1-2 punch. Systematic Chaos was DT's heaviest album and had a couple songs loaded with, IMO, killer riffs.

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Nov 6, 2013 9:31pm
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Nov 6, 2013 9:34 PM
Mohican00;1530890 wrote:thread ruined, dream theater's here
lol, to go in a different direction...

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These guys were the most underrated thrash band of that era.
Nov 6, 2013 9:34pm
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Nov 7, 2013 3:56 AM
"Whats your drug of choice"
"What do ya got?"

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Nov 7, 2013 3:56am
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Nov 7, 2013 7:50 AM
Heretic;1530888 wrote:Ted, you're bringing the fucking awesome with those songs. I'm partial to Maiden as #1,
I would default to Heretic on all things Metal.
Nov 7, 2013 7:50am
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Nov 7, 2013 8:45 AM
Used to rock out to this back in high school on my Discman.

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Nov 7, 2013 8:45am
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Nov 7, 2013 8:56 AM
I prefer Motorhead

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Nov 7, 2013 9:39 AM
This is a happy song.

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Nov 7, 2013 9:39am
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Nov 7, 2013 9:41 AM
Have been a fan of Ministry for ages. My brother saw them in the early 80's when he was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago.


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Nov 7, 2013 9:41am
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Nov 7, 2013 9:50 AM
TedSheckler;1531037 wrote:Used to rock out to this back in high school on my Discman.

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Yeah, Beneath the Remains and Arise were both killer albums. Then Chaos AD was solid and then they just went off the charts shitty, first replacing metal riffs with tribal beats and then swapping out their vocalist for an inferior one.
Nov 7, 2013 9:50am