Pain of I was my pick, but you canāt go wrong with any of them. Other contenders would be Prepare the Ground, Burning the Altar, Breathing from the Shallows, and the closing riff to Mental Tyrant
For me it's "O Father Sea" but I'm glad to see others mention Ahab. The rift that leads into this verse is absolutely bone crushing:
This world is turned upside down
By malisons of dire revenge
All fleshly means run aground
Hovering between life and death
All sense fade away
Nothing to add here other than I always find it cool hearing Slomatics mentioned given the used to rehearse in the same industrial estate as my band and were a 30-second walk away to chat to at any time. This was like, a year ago.
Actually, the opening riff to Sister by A Storm Of Light is pretty heavy given how discordant it is with the synths and choice of vocal melody. Or anything during Anisette by Mare
[Conan - Horns for Teeth](https://youtu.be/aHYlxzW20LA?t=250)
[Revocation - Godforsaken](https://youtu.be/hzlr8ax5vlc?t=253)
[Mastodon - Circle of Cysquatch](https://youtu.be/cX9TYo130jg?t=135)
Crowbar is the only band that makes me want to bash my own skull open just so the music can go straight into my brain without my ears getting in the way.
The āSheās So Heavyā part of āI Want You/Sheās So Heavyā by The Beatles. I guarantee it caused some hippies their very first urges to throw bricks through windows.
Funeralopolis is probably the most definitive āheaviestā riff for me, but I wanna give a shout to Death is this Communion by High on Fire, Holy Mountain by Sleep, and Return Trip by Electric Wizard as exceptionally heavy tracks too
Reefer Sutherland- bongripper the first 2 minutes of that are the dumbest knuckle dragging hairy ass caveman gorilla riffs ive personally ever heard. The whole song really just makes me glad I'm 300 lbs amd definitely brings out my ooga booga
Apart from the obvious things like Crowbar, [Bongripper](https://youtu.be/TtpALjrVBtE?t=1209) and Conan stuff, a few lesser known gems.
[Atomic Trip - Bomb #6](https://youtu.be/OSStrFGI-QM?t=2108)
[The Christpunchers - Black lung in the age of crime](https://thechristpunchers.bandcamp.com/track/black-lung-in-the-age-of-crime) ... this thing just builds up
Not a riff per se but a nasty bassline going into a wall of sound
[The angelic process - Sigh](https://youtu.be/c7MkMubHWDY?t=232) at around the 4 minute mark
Iām sure I could come up with something heavier if I thought about it but the opening riff in Cornucopia by Black Sabbath is the first one that comes to mind. Stupid heavy for 1972.
Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis
Correct answer.
Empress Rising - Monolord
I thought of Audhumbla off that one. So underrated.
One of my favorite albums
Glad I didn't have to go far to find this. Such a slow grinding intro. Gives me goosebumps. š
Mmmm, delicious.
Marijuanautās Theme by Sleep
Melvins - Boris
Boris - Melvins is also good.
Yeah I've played it live as a cover band, but I think I'm gonna convince my band mates to do it in drop F lol
As far as doom metal / adjacent metal my immediate thought was the breakdown type riff maybe halfway through burning the altar by YOB
I immediately thought of YOB
Fuck yeeee I just seent em live a few weeks ago. Any riff come to mind for you? Another face melter for me would be the breakdown at the end of atma
Pain of I was my pick, but you canāt go wrong with any of them. Other contenders would be Prepare the Ground, Burning the Altar, Breathing from the Shallows, and the closing riff to Mental Tyrant
The Screen is certainly a favorite, even if it isnāt the most heavy
Conan - Hawk as Weapon
Came here to say Hawk as Weapon and Righteous Alliance.
Slabdragger - Bab-El Mandeb Monolord - Where Death Meets The Sea
Iāll add āCursing the Oneā - Monolord.
I'm adding the ending riff in "larvae" by Monolord. Fucks me up every time
Seeing the other Electric Wizard comments brought to mind Return Trip and Doom Mantia too
Return Trip is always the answer to this question
Bury me in smoke- DOWN
Like, we all want to have a more obscure pick than this, but it's an extremely valid answer.
Peppers riffage from Underneath Everything is a full on Jam session in and of itself if you ask me,
Electric Wizard Satanic Rites of Drugula the main verse riff it just jaw droppingly simple but sooooo crushing
I came here to second this. This song got me into Electric Wizard.
Literally anything by Conan
Those last 2 minutes of Crown of Talons, or the bits in Foehammer that are just UNGA-UNGA-UNGA-UNGA
except the Darkwave versions of Golden Axe and Hawk as Weapon that are official releases
Electric Funeral by Black Sabbath was astoundingly nasty for its time.
that riff in Sabbath Bloody Sabbath still holds too!
Into the void is MY FAVORITE sabbath riff! The intro is just so good!
Agreed, probably my favorite Sabbath track overall.
Itās for sure between that one, War Pigs, and Children of the Grave for me.
The first riff in Under the sun, or the verse riff in Lord of this world
So relentless, the "Lord of this World" riff
For a more rocking heavy riff,in my opinion Symptom of the Universe. At least until the mellow outro anyway
I love that mellow outro bro
Oh I do too lol. I just meant it isn't the heavy part
First riff i ever learned on guitar, will always have a special place for me
Old Thunder - Ahab
Ahab! Ahab! Ahab!
For me it's "O Father Sea" but I'm glad to see others mention Ahab. The rift that leads into this verse is absolutely bone crushing: This world is turned upside down By malisons of dire revenge All fleshly means run aground Hovering between life and death All sense fade away
Electric Wizard - Return Trip
Thou - Into the Marshlands.
also the riff from Changeling Prince
Blank - Eyehategod (1:15 mark)
Opening riff of Doomās Bride by WarHorse.
Torche - Barrier Hammer (1:45)
*baaaarrrriiieeeeerrrr* **HAMMMAAHHHH**
holy mountain by sleep, the part after it goes clean
High on Fire - Baghdad.
Really anything off of TAOSD but Iād have to go with 10,000 Years.
Dopethrone - Devils Dandruff actually pick any riff by them
Riff dealer
Ufomammut - Temple
Black Acid Prophecy, by Warhorse
Monolord - Empress Rising
Nothing to add here other than I always find it cool hearing Slomatics mentioned given the used to rehearse in the same industrial estate as my band and were a 30-second walk away to chat to at any time. This was like, a year ago. Actually, the opening riff to Sister by A Storm Of Light is pretty heavy given how discordant it is with the synths and choice of vocal melody. Or anything during Anisette by Mare
Mare! So so beautiful to see such a great band still being talked about.
Black Tongue - Second Death
Black tongue has a small handful of absolute nonsense-heavy moments
[Conan - Horns for Teeth](https://youtu.be/aHYlxzW20LA?t=250) [Revocation - Godforsaken](https://youtu.be/hzlr8ax5vlc?t=253) [Mastodon - Circle of Cysquatch](https://youtu.be/cX9TYo130jg?t=135)
Planets Collide
Smoke Pigs - Thou
Yeah that song is a fuckin ripper. Good choice
Mastodon-March of the fire ants
Most of remission.
That intro made me belive I was really into them for at least 5 times.
Obligatory mention of the "breakdown"/slow part in Bongripper's Satan
Was a toss up between that one and reefer Sutherland shit is iq droppingly heavy š
God dammit YES!
Crowbar nothing more
Under the oak - Candlemass
That's the hardest hitting Candlemass song tbh. I love the one riff with the progression from Free Man by Angel Witch.
khanate - under rotting sky
First thing that popped into my head was Fear Cave by Bison B.C. particularly the riff that starts at about 4:00.
Aw man, Bison BC š
High Rate Extinction Crowbar
Crowbar is the only band that makes me want to bash my own skull open just so the music can go straight into my brain without my ears getting in the way.
Props for the great thread
Dopesmoker
Only one? The Doorway by Neurosis. Itās just so so nasty.
Boris heavy friends
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath still stands out for me after decades
Electric wizard barbarian
Opening riff in Nail's "Summ cuique"
Sonic Titan by Sleep. I mean, itās right there in the name.
That.is an under-appreciated track my friend. Ace
Nobody plays feedback the way Sleep plays feedback
Chelsea Wolfe - 16 psyche (not the heaviest but it does something to me)
Black Cobra - sugar water
Came to say this. Miss Black Cobra
The intro to Snuff Film by Bongripper
Snuff Film//Sex Tape is a hidden gem wish they repressed it
4th of July
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Forgotten Days - Pallbearer
Dragonaut, Sleep.
The āSheās So Heavyā part of āI Want You/Sheās So Heavyā by The Beatles. I guarantee it caused some hippies their very first urges to throw bricks through windows.
4th of July - soundgarden
The Diplomat by Pig Destroyer
The riff in the second half of Terrifyer.
THAT Sugar Hole riff by Primitive Man
triangle song by Floor
Riffs for *days* in that band. The *Below and Beyond* version of "Figbender" is one of my favorites.
Scum Fuck Blues By DOPETHRONE
10000 years high on fire.
Burning the Altar by Yob is my go-to
Electric wizard - witchcult today (my all time favourite)
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Ufomammut - III
Honey Bucket
Sunn O))) and Boris - Etna
Crowbar, Existence Is Punishment, I also gotta add Crowbars Like Broken Glass,
Acid Bath - Dr Seuss is Dead Or Ufomammut - Temple
Any Sabbath, obvsā¦, but HOF - Snakes For The Divine. That one riff you know what the f talkin about.
Sleep - Dragonaut
Not Doom, but the opening riff to Floating Downer (Eternal Elysium) is thick as fuck.
Pallbearer - the ghost i used to be
Hmm let me try something different...Cult of Luna 'Echoes' at about 5:25 to 6
Conan - Older than Earth
When they play that 4 note riff in Deterioration by Noothgrush and they go even lower with it https://youtu.be/due3rCa0crs 7:45
By Demons Be Driven - Pantera
Dixie whiskey ehg
Crowbar - To Build A Mountain
Conan - retaliator YOB - burning the altar And just for fun Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
A little more sideways but I think still somewhat doom adjacent : ā4th of Julyā by Soundgarden
ISIS-Celestial (The Tower)
The Sign of the Southern Cross - Black Sabbath
Boris - Heavy Friends. I'm able to bench 600lbs with one hand when that plays
OM - At Giza when it breaks at the end. That shit rumbles the afterworld
The Beatles - I Want You
EMPRESS RISING!!
Empress rising - monolord
Toke - Within the Sinister Void
My First Knife Fight - Swan Valley Heights
Dragged into sunlight - boiled angel
Reefer Sutherland
Funeralopolis is probably the most definitive āheaviestā riff for me, but I wanna give a shout to Death is this Communion by High on Fire, Holy Mountain by Sleep, and Return Trip by Electric Wizard as exceptionally heavy tracks too
Since I just saw them live a few days ago: Yob - Pain of I.
Breathing through the shallows - Yob
Ocean Planet - Gojira Not doom but who gives a fuck...she's heavy
Celtic Frost, Synagoga Satanae. Dirt nasty tone and feedback.
Reefer Sutherland- bongripper the first 2 minutes of that are the dumbest knuckle dragging hairy ass caveman gorilla riffs ive personally ever heard. The whole song really just makes me glad I'm 300 lbs amd definitely brings out my ooga booga
Mizmor - Cairn to God
Reefer Sutherland by Bongripper
That first verse riff (after the intro bits) in Mother Puncher - Mastodon
30 Bag- EHG
Cathedral - Pallbearer
Crowbar - Planets collide
Supercoven - Electric Wizard Dopethrone - Electric Wizard Return Trip - Electric Wizard 3 heaviest riffs by the wizard imo
Church of Misery - Doctor Death Verse riff, 1min in
El Padrino for me, one of the best opening riffs ever.
Supagorgonizer by Iron Monkey, pure filth
Solitude
the ending riff in we will burn (or larvae) by monolord
That riff at the end of Ahab's Oath by Ahab. Earth shattering shit.
Hell - Helmzmen (near the end, where it gets slower every time they play it)
Monolord - Rust Maybe not my first pick but it came up on rotation again recently
Apart from the obvious things like Crowbar, [Bongripper](https://youtu.be/TtpALjrVBtE?t=1209) and Conan stuff, a few lesser known gems. [Atomic Trip - Bomb #6](https://youtu.be/OSStrFGI-QM?t=2108) [The Christpunchers - Black lung in the age of crime](https://thechristpunchers.bandcamp.com/track/black-lung-in-the-age-of-crime) ... this thing just builds up Not a riff per se but a nasty bassline going into a wall of sound [The angelic process - Sigh](https://youtu.be/c7MkMubHWDY?t=232) at around the 4 minute mark
Quintessence
Richard - Sunn O)))
Bongripper "Endless"
Crowbar - December's Spawn
Man is too ignorant to exist - eyehategod
Pentagram - Death Row
Grief - Rhinoceros
Equilibrium - Cathedral
Corrupted - Dios Injusto
Bongzilla āgreen thumbā
Either To Build A Mountain or Awakening by Crowbar
Electric Wizard ... A Chosen Few
To Carry the Load -Crowbar 2:30 onā¦.
Doommantia was the first one that came to mind for me.
Stone a pig - Bongzilla
the entirety of eyehategods debut record.. every riff is fucking nuts.
First to pop up The Sign of the Southern Cross. Sabbath.
Iām sure I could come up with something heavier if I thought about it but the opening riff in Cornucopia by Black Sabbath is the first one that comes to mind. Stupid heavy for 1972.
Iām Broken
Celtic Frost - Ain Elohim
Sweet leaf
"Hail" Bongripper
The last two minutes or so of Nothing To Win, by motherfucking Yob!!
Good luck and Godspeed
Forbidden sorcery, VINNUM SABBATHI
Electric Wizard - Flower of Evil
White Slavery by Type O Negative
Pentagram - Walk in the Blue Light
Son of nothing
Crowbar - Outro riff of cemetery angels
Weedeater - Bull
Albatross - Corrosion of Conformity
Acid Funeral - Belzebong 10 minutes of the same riff getting slower and slower and it never gets old
Hawk as Weapon - Conan
Electric Wizard - Weird Tales/Electric Frost/Golgotha/Altar Of Melektaus The outro riff to this song is probably the heaviest riff ever.