If you’re a metalhead, you know it’s all about those riffs. The 1970s acted as heavy metal’s primordial ooze, inspiring the direction of music for decades to come with pure metal and proto-metal ...

The post Eddie Van Halen’s 10 Greatest Riffs appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Eddie never compromised on his vision for the band, and when singer David Lee Roth departed to pursue a solo career ...

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Tony Iommi is the undisputed champion of the heavy metal riff. He earned that title in the early ’70s, as his memorable guitar riffs — short, repeated chord progressions that help form the rhythmic ...

Nah, we’re totally lying. There’s plenty of “Stairway” below, because bitchin’ rock riffs are precisely what we’re looking for. Ladies and gentlemen, whip out the Ben-Gay and prepare yourselves for ...

The king of metal riffs in the 1990s was the iconic Dimebag Darrell Abbott. Throughout Pantera’s dominance in the ‘90s, Dimebag compiled one of the strongest catalogues of riffs in metal history.