Best Metal Riffs 2023

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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 :)

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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!!!

Awesome video as always Nik, so glad to see some Bleed From Within, very underrated band with a lot of tasty riffs

Yes! I was hoping you'd do another riff compilation this year! Those are the best videos on the channel Nik! I go back and watch them all the time. Once again great job my dude! 👌🏻

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.

Love the mix of genres, from super heavy to definitely more accessible. In Flames & Unearth put out some of their best work this year with their respective albums, thanks for highlighting them 🤘

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

Awesome stuff bro! Absolutely sick riffs!🔥 because of you dude, I’ve been introduced to so many new bands and have been keeping up with the metal scene. I appreciate what you do!! Corekid for life!!🔥😎🤘

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