Best Metal Riffs 2023

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as a guy who is approaching 40, i love that i found nik coz i'm getting introduced to all the new sickest bands out there that i would never have found on my own. rock on brother

0:28 Dying Wish - Prey for Me 0:39 Avenged Sevenfold - We Love You 0:48 Metallica - 72 Seconds 0:59 Vildhjarta - + den spanska känslan + 1:15 Spiritbox - Jaded 1:27 Entheos - The Sinking Sun 1:42 Cattle Decapitation - Scourge of the Offspring 1:56 Better Lovers - 30 Under 13 2:11 Monuments - Nefarious 2:28 Invent Animate - Immolation of Night 2:45 Silent Planet - Dreamwalker 2:56 Sylosis - Pariahs 3:09 The Zenith Passage - Lexicontagion 3:21 Architects - Seeing Red 3:33 Nothing, Nowhere - Psycho_Psychiatry 3:43 Bleed from Within - The Will to Resist 3:56 Periphery - Zagreus 4:10 In Flames - Meet Your Maker 4:20 Currents - Unfamiliar 4:29 Unearth - The Wretched; The Ruinous 4:41 TesseracT - The Grey 4:55 Polaris - Nightmare 5:05 Slaughter to Prevail - Viking 5:15 Texas in July - False Divinity 5:27 August Burns Red - Backfire 5:41 Cannibal Corpse - Blood Blind 5:49 Alpha Wolf - Bring Back the Noise 5:59 Make Them Suffer - Ghost of Me 6:13 Alluvial - Fogbelt 6:32 Sleep Token - The Summoning 6:44 Smash Into Pieces - Flow 7:01 Chelsea Grin - Sing to the Grave You hit all my faves, so thanks for the year of metal music Nik, and here's to years more :)

Dang, those riffs are pretty riffy, I like the way the riffage is riffing

I’m not sure if nik realizes how many people he enlightens to new bands and reignites their love for metal. Happy New Year my friend!

Unfamiliar-currents had to be one of the most unique and distinguishable riffs from this year and it still remains catchy I love it , what a great year for metal though 🖤

That whole Spiritbox EP has been in my head since it released. Thanks for the introduction to Monuments, Invent Animate, and Silent Planet! <3

No joke, you are the reason I got interested in Spiritbox. And then went to see them live in September. They are KILLER live.

Jaded is just such an iconic riff already imo. Mike makes some fuckin banging riffs

every riff on Den Spanska Kanslan is absolutely insane. who knew something so chaotic could be so catchy.

Awesome video! The album cover for the Sylosis riff Pariah at 2:55 is from their 2020 album Cycle of Suffering! Pariah is from the album a Sign of Things to Come!

🤘That Alpha Wolf riff is SO CATCHY and Alluvial is one of my favs of the year. Thanks for the hard work, Nik!!

I love that he included Nothing, Nowhere on the list, that metal album he made was amazing.

Ok that Currents riff was definitely a good ass choice but my personal fave was probably "Algorithmic Salvation" from the Zenith Passage. That first riff on "basin of vows" by The Acacia Strain is absolutely crushing though.

In Flames, Unearth, ABR, Cannibal Corpse all on this list is fucking wild. Like not only for the fact that they're all still making music, but the fact that they're making music good enough to included in a top 32 "best riffs" video

I admittedly don't know a majority of these songs but these riffs mean I will be checking out a bunch of them now. I'm curious about that 30 under 13 one!!! Cheers to an amazing 2023 where I was introduced to Spiritbox and Sleep Token thanks to you!!!

That whole Currents album is gold. So glad you featured them. Remember Me will make you cry as a metal fan!

Cattle Decapitation and Entheos absolutely killed it this year, very happy to see them included. Alluvial and The Zenith Passage were cool surprises, too

Cattle decap has one of my favorite riffs this year! There are SOOO riffs this year, it’s insane! Thanks for the upload!

Thanks Nik. Love seeing you play. I love when bands put in guitar solos and breakdowns together in a tune. Been listening to All shall perish again alot. Thank you for introducing me to new groups.