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WingedOctopus
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:55 pm

Is anything more evil than this riff by Beyond Creation?
http://youtu.be/LA0zEIJ0jq0?t=7m43s

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leatherandtrash
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:03 pm

Very nice. Although it's not the most evil one ever, the first riff I always think of when I hear someone say "tremelo picking" is the main one from Amon Amarth's The Last With Pagan Blood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqkE6j60NTc

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absurder21
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:06 pm

This thread will probably be locked but...
Anyway, that's not a bad riff but I swear I've heard it 800 other times.

My favourite for the subject at hand though.
Eyes of the Dawn-Akercocke(the intro riff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-7B8dm6Mo

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Necroticism174
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:08 pm

That Beyond Creation riff is indeed awesome. I love those guys.

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bloody_spike
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:10 pm

The main riff in Phobophile by Cryptopsy. Evil sounding and also ridonkulously catchy. Close second would be the main riff of Slit Your Guts off the same album.

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StellarGraves
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:18 pm

Some unholy one's that start songs:

http://youtu.be/VpaYgVINawQ

http://youtu.be/Er1b8X2plzo?hd=1

http://youtu.be/ZWoir6KKHzM?t=25s

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dalecooper
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:43 pm

This one, and it's not even close: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ZCAarI ... page#t=30s

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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:00 pm

WingedOctopus wrote:

Is anything more evil than this riff by Beyond Creation?
http://youtu.be/LA0zEIJ0jq0?t=7m43s

NO FUCKING WAY.

absurder21 wrote:

This thread will probably be locked but...
Anyway, that's not a bad riff but I swear I've heard it 800 other times.
My favourite for the subject at hand though.
Eyes of the Dawn-Akercocke(the intro riff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-7B8dm6Mo

Not bad.

bloody_spike wrote:

The main riff in Phobophile by Cryptopsy. Evil sounding and also ridonkulously catchy. Close second would be the main riff of Slit Your Guts off the same album.

Brutal!

dalecooper wrote:

This one, and it's not even close: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ZCAarI ... page#t=30s

Good one!

Speaking about Carcass...
Corporal Jigsore Quandary from (1991) Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious, for example.

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TheAntagonist
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:36 pm

How about Death - Beyond the Unholy Grave?

http://youtu.be/IctiWJ5end8

Still one of my favorite Death Metal songs ever.

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Chainsaw Omega
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:22 pm

dalecooper wrote:

This one, and it's not even close: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ZCAarI ... page#t=30s

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Necroticism174
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:52 pm

I didn't know people still did that /Thread thing. It's pretty lame.

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So good. Makes me want to break up with my girlfriend, quit my job and never move out of my parents house. Just totally destroy my life for Satan.

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theoctavarius
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:03 pm

That one riff in Morbid Angel's Opening of the Gates always seems to get stuck in my head. When the song starts to speed up. So I guess I'll go with that one.

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luisX
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:16 pm

I have to say,that im quite ignorant and can´t know exactly if a riff is done in "tremolo" style,anyway i think Vader´s Litany has a lot of them,in my opinion that album has some of the best death metal riffs,these are my favourite of the album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACtW-2hTPu4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mP8DU0k ... re=related

Still,not sure if they fit in the category,but these are easily some of the best dm riffs (and songs) i know.

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Indecency
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:18 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2b6jBoSGNw&t=5m05s

Fleshgod Apocalypse 'The Egoism'. The 300bpm blast beats just make it that much more evil.

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tehfoks
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:49 pm

Seconding Override of the Overture.

Also by Dismember, pretty much everything from the first three albums. Some highlights:

Dismember - On Frozen Fields
- Fleshless
- Skinfather
- SKin Her Alive

The list could go on, but you get the point... Dismember rules.

Non-dismember awesomeness:

Malevolent creation - Multiple Stab Wounds

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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:01 am

I'm going with Beyond Creation as the best band overall. Their album is definitely in my Top 10. So technical, so progressive...wonderful. It's got the works, plus the best fretless bass ever.

But best tremolo riff ever. Nah. I'm going to submit a melodic death metal song because, well, I believe that this is tremolo. I don't play, but I can read tabs, and they are way picking the 6th string at the beginning.

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lord_ghengis
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:49 am

Disciples of mockery have dozens of them, God of Love being my personal favourite

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Goatfangs
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:16 am

My personal favorite introductory tremolo riff is The Ibex Moon by Incantation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGPLBB4oQA

In terms of evilness, this blows Beyond Creation's riff out of the water.

But it is hard to judge the most evil tremolo riff in death metal, since evil is subjective. Still, The Ibex Moon has several of my favorite death metal riffs all neatly packaged into one song.

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shiduba
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:23 am

Whenever I think about "epic tremolo riffs in death metal" Slit Your Guts and Phobophile (by Cryptopsy) jump instantly into my mind. It just doesn't get any better than that. Override of the Overture is also fantastic.

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StellarGraves
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:58 am

Immolation's Burial Ground : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtXPhDrVl-I

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bloody_spike
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:29 am

shiduba wrote:

Whenever I think about "epic tremolo riffs in death metal" Slit Your Guts and Phobophile (by Cryptopsy) jump instantly into my mind.

Already said 'em, bro.

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joppek
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:39 am

another vote for cryptopsy here

also
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2RH9QEU050

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MGSX666
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:18 pm

Goatfangs wrote:

True evil and depravity is a sound that is hard to achieve. Incantation are one of the few bands that pull it off flawlessly.

On topic, not sure I can choose one riff that is my absolute favorite but one that popped into my mind instantly was the main riff from Close To A World Below.

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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:33 pm

My favorite tremolo-picked death metal riff (I know, cliche) is the solo riff under Rick's solo in "Pull the Plug." It was one of the first Death riffs I learned, and I absolutely love it. Heavy as fuck!

I'll second the "Opening of the Gates" Morbid Angel riff. It has such a twisted little melody.

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Milo
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:29 pm

WingedOctopus wrote:

Is anything more evil than this riff by Beyond Creation?
http://youtu.be/LA0zEIJ0jq0?t=7m43s

OK riff rendered useless by the flow-killing tech faggotry that comes next.

My pick would be:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yrnK8_5C3w

The very first riff. I get a sickening, nauseating feel from it that I couldn't find anywhere else. Funny that the best death metal riff ever is buried at some generic brutal DM album from Netherlands.

My second pick would be the chorus riff in "Lord of All Fevers and Plague" by Morbid Angel. That is the most evil riff ever.

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Per_Ignem_Ad_Lucem
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:19 am

My 2 pence worth:

Possessed - The Exorcist (1:20)

http://youtu.be/-YfOGtXz4wg?t=1m20s

Morbid Angel - Visions from the Dark Side (0.23)

http://youtu.be/lW-Zur-LcL8?t=23s

I realise this is a huge generalisation but to my ears death sounds progressively worse the further it gets from thrash.

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hakarl
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:41 am

The tremolo riff in Crown of Horns, it's the second riff I think. Immolation - Nailed To Gold chorus riff also rules.

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kingnuuuur
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:37 am

http://youtu.be/jT9vxYGqyWI?t=2m5s

The whole album is a fucking master class in death metal evilness and especially trem riffs. Shit, I think that many of the bands mentioned could seriously learn a thing or two from it.

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cultofkraken
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:22 pm

If we're talking evil trem riff... here you go one of my all time favourites. Necrophobic's The Third of Arrivals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI8y1o3-PMU

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