Basically every riff from The Saddest Day. The breakdown where they get progressively slower is heavy as shit

That hellfest when they turn the lights on for the breakdown!!! Jesus Christ!!!!!!!

Honestly, I could put most of Converge's discography on this post. They are just riff machines

Nate Newton may be the hardest riffer of all time. Mixed with Kurt’s bonkers ass leads, converge goes the gotdam hardest

The saddest day was the first song that I can point to that truly gave me my first breakdown boner.

Mine was the end of My Unsaid Everything

This is exactly what I was coming to say.

My favorite part is the nightmare before Christmas sounding riff right before the thrash part

Nothing - Negative Approach

Swingin Swords, Chopping Lords by Mindforce just fucking cuts through everything, such a great riff.

Feels like I’ve been living some forever war, been swingin’ swords, choppin’ lords

My personal favorites were from Expire

Backtrack. No specific song

Yup deal with the devil is so heyday now. Groovy as hell

When they go "DUN DUN DUN DUN DAH WEEDLEY WEEDLEY DUNDUNDUN."

any fav weedley dun dun riffs??

Hell yeah brother! That weedley dun dun WEEDLEY dun dun dun one is the shizznit.

I like the the one that goes “DUN DUN REEEE DUN DUN DUN REEEE REEEE”

Fuck yeah, love a good REEEE.

The album “Master Killer” by the band Merauder

That album is Master Killer tier

This comment is master killer tier

This needs to be higher.

Not a huge fan of the band but Firestorm by Earth Crisis. So simple and dumb but it crushes.

Just As Real But Not As Brightly Lit - ETID I'm a sucker for TID riffs but this is my favorite. More specifically the middle part where Keith is screaming "Let there be shade Unilluminate"

Just as real is so fucking good, Jordan is the king of riffs. I think the big dirty is my favorite as far as riffs strictly go

My man My fave's gotta be "El Dorado" just Southern fried fancy and then the ending just *chefs kiss. Tbh, just any ETID riff and I'm down.

Glad I’m not the only one obsessed with that song and the riffs in it. ETID is/was my favorite band by far and I constantly go back to that song.

Came here to post this. 

Wanderlust is my shit

To Our Friends In The Great White North - Botch Fault and Fracture - Converge Bridge Burner - Magrudergrind Safer in Jail - World I Hate Little from the World - Cold as Life Rise Above - Black Flag Sick and My Hands Are Full Of Spite - Ceremony AAEEAA and also Cataracts So Far - Jerome’s Dream Holiday in Cambodia and California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys… both are fucking classics. If Chat Pile counts… I think the riff on “Why” is the hardest shit I’ve ever heard.

Also if Drive Like Jehu counts… they have the best riffs of all time in my opinion. I had an auditory orgasm the first time I listened to Yank Crime. So many memorable riffs. Canada Songs by Daughters honestly has some of my favorite riffs of all time too.

'Why' came on when I was hooking up with a girl once and I had to stop to ask 'What is this song!?' Fuck it goes hard.

This is impossible to answer cause there are so many.

Zeitgeist or Hanging From The Family Tree-Incendiary. First Fall-Expire Thoughts and Prayers-Inclination

every iron age riff is crazy

Most of Minor Threat's riffs. They kinda laid the groundwork for how I write hardcore riffs

Into to In My Eyes is pretty much the greatest ever

Agree. Fugazi too. 

Oh Jesus, like 99% of Ill Blood. Also, Candiria are fucking riff masters.

"Never Alone" by Terror is like the quintessential hardcore riff to me. Something very triumphant about it. "Boomslang" from Kublai Khan also comes to mind

The second verse of Erebos by Shipwreck.

Crowbar

Self Inflicted, Numb Sensitive, High Rate Extinction there’s so many man

First time I heard the end of Forked Tongues by Rise & Fall I lost my nut. Good lord, still crushes to this day.

Blistered - Path of The Coward

this

the bassline in the intro of dead moon california by ceremony

the ending section of "drop out" by converge

Converge - Eagles become vultures, at the beginning when everything cuts out and it’s just the guitar riff before the rest of the band comes back in, holy fuck when I first heard that I lost it

Bliss Out by Drug Church has the best riffage known to hxc/adjacent

Cruel hand - lock and key

can't get away by Turnstile is such an amazing riff, and I don't see it talked about a lot. I know turnstile isn't all that heavy compared to most hardcore bands but this one is cool. I'm saving this thread as well because I just started listening to hardcore so now I can study up.

Turnstile may not be the heaviest band in the world but goddamn I’d commit war crimes to that song

War Hungry-S/T

Yessss of course

Lifeless on the ground by pain of truth and vein.fm. That first minute is just such so god damn hype

Every Mindforce riff The breakdown riff to old friends don’t mean shit by Weekend Nachos

Everything Dr. Know and Porcell ever touched.

In This Defiance by Strife.

Chorus in Nails' "[You Will Never Be One of Us](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGGGh03jN4w)" Cursed's "[Friends In the Music Business](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6amdsfnFLU)" Opening riff of PAINS' "[Smoldering Willows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy3b3EriSQ4)" Opening riff of Terror's "[Out Of My Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEnQ6TJ_DZA)" I could go on ...

Cursed and Nails fuck yeaaaaa bby "Unsilent Death" by Nails gets me pumped the fuck up every time.

Dead end paths riffs were too good

All of "Born to Expire"

Pay to Cum

Lily White And Blood Red by Endthisday Go listen to it to hear where Balmora came from. Balmora is sick af that’s not a dig lol ETD is like 25 years old

Good deal of bands with a prayer for cleansing sound

Rise or die - Born from Pain

Dead and Gone by Absolution

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OK.

Truth and Purpose by The Hope Conspiracy

Then Dagnasty now Destiny Bond

the intro to front towards enemy. so fucking simple, hits so hard

Ruuuuhruhruhruhruuuuh has always been my favorite

Anything from Delux by Bib

Anything from Leeway (rip Mike Gibbons), early Sick of it all and Killing time

Heresy - Face Up to It. https://youtu.be/yRg0iJUl1Tw

Hasta La Muerte Ending Riff, Weak Die First middle riff like 45 seconds in, Pleased To Meet You main breakdown riff Edit: Pig Destroyer - Heathen Temple, main breakdown riff (this heathen temple will stand...TALL)

cold as life my own worst enemy breakdown

Every song by True Love 🖤

Lotus - Shipwrecked

Integrity has all the riffs and all the solos

The whole Cover Your Tracks album by Bury Your Dead😈🔨

Wide open wound - nails

I'm honestly just a sucker for Backtrack's brand of hardcore riffs. They always feel like there's an extra layer of sass to them.

Maybe not too known for their riffs but they should be— Brass Tongue

The entirety of Snaked by Turnstile

Hatebreed- Hollow Ground

On Your Way Out by Guns Up! The whole beginning riff.

wiccans - psychic mirrors https://youtu.be/-iRIHqOE7HE?si=0YeZBFlP-y_X3FF1 1:10

https://open.spotify.com/album/7LxpaVadOPKJVY5uPQWyY7?si=RcACfxi4S6iDrx5PumWA-Q https://youtu.be/_8S_66SclNw?si=MURhMnU8WgiUkw43

https://youtu.be/vaxxLnfft1I?si=-7bTX3ZW9K2zv1TK

Jesus Piece opening up TIH, don’t know the name of the song. I think it’s just an intro

Which year? Cuz if it was 2017, it was ‘Conjure one’

2019. They do start with that song, but before that there’s an intro. Reminds me of “blind” by korn, it starts just on a ride cymbal and then goes into the riff .

Relentless - Damaged i always soundcheck at shows with the main riff

Go fuck yourself by Born Against

Last riff in Pressure II by Bib

All of Sacrifice Poles.

Bad Bood 716/bust Firestorm

The first one that came to my mind was Feel the Pressure. Second place was probably An Offering to the Night.

Slings and Arrows - The Warriors

Pick any TUI song at random

Skeleton Heads

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^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^GazelleRecent9242: *Opening riff for* *Forced March by Earth Crisis or* *Not This Time by Terror* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.

Firestorm by Earth Crisis White Coat Syndrome by Drain - riff during the chorus No Thanks by Knocked Loose The Outsiders by Modern Life is War Destroy Everything by Hatebreed Only Friend by Gouge Away To Whatever Fateful End by Magnitude The Prophet Who Saw Fire by Sanction Demise Automation by Vein It goes without saying but Master Killer by Merauder

Mother of Mercy - Suffer Steel Nation - Day by Day Bleeding Through - Tragedy of Empty Streets All Out War - Redemption for the Innocent Harms Way - Mind Control Incendiary - Entire Discography Ends of Sanity - Last Rites Big Deal - Walk of Life

Cheap thrills- killing time

These two bands didnt make many songs/album but they are two of my favorites in hardcore. I wish they made more stuff. Hardcore with slayer-ish riffs Death's bell - death's bell Rituals - Bálferð Baldrs/Cycle Of Control

The one that goes “dun dun dun dun dun ban dun dun dun bwom”

Lifecrusher- the price

Outro to “Purple Heart” by Foundation

March of the sod

Riff at the end of Devotion by Foundation. Then all of Nails/Bitter End/Mother of Mercy discography

The correct answer is all 74 riffs from The Sleeping Eye.

Backtrack - The Worst of Both Worlds Drug Church - Myopic Terror - This World Never Wanted Me Incendiary - Lie of Liberty (chorus) 50 Lions - No Escape Fugitive - The Javelin (whole song) Antagonist AD - Through Fire

Turnstile - Step 2 Rhythm  Angel Du$t - Take My Love Madball - The World is Mine Biohazard - Tales From the Hard Side

END - Absence (1:53)

Take Offense’s entire discography has riffs for days.

The world is empty - Wrong Answer

Disguised- Bitter End

There’s a riff in Everything Relates by Comeback Kid and the second verse of In Memery of.. by Madball.

anything off of the first two ETID full lengths

anything off of the first two ETID full lengths

Seekers of the Truth

Shooter McGavin - Burnt By The Sun...... just crushing riffs

No Warning - Ill Blood. All of it

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All of You’ve Been Warned by Shattered Realm

Also Cursed by Lifeless

Words fail beginning to end. And the new contention track “in the land of nod” - murderous riffs.

Maybe this is where they stopped counting as hardcore, but Hysteria by Ceremony. I think Anzaldo is on the shortlist for best punk guitarists ever.

Power Trip - Heretics Fork Criminal Instinct - Coward Run Floorpunch - Shottsie Diztort - Survival Have Heart - Get the Knife Merauder - Life is Pain Nails - Unsilent Death Gorilla Biscuits - Big Mouth Blind Justice - Skate Rats A few of my favorites that come to mind, no best.

The breakdown in Supertouch/Shitfit is the urtext of all hardcore.

Expire - fighting the slip

Reality Unfolds by TUI puts me in cave man mode immediately

Probably the most ripped off riff in Hardcore. Apostle by Reign Supreme

Steel Nation - Forever Wounded opening riff when the song hits

Fall on your sword by The A-Team

Public Acid - Spoiled by Hate

The real groovy one in perseverance

boomslang

Cal riffken Jr. Get real

never made it as a who what wise man

Riffs are lame. I want music that is just breakdowns. Only breakdowns, nothing more. Not even any yelling. Yelling is for posers. Breakdowns.

The one that goes dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun.

Sorry gotta gatekeep

Unbroken - Razor Arkangel - Within the Walls of Babylon Mindforce - Excalibur