🎸My TOP 10 Favorite Metallica Riffs! 

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I used to get so hung up on playing everything exactly as the artist does. Now its just about the feel and having fun! 🤘

The only song I’d be adding would be The Shortest Straw! AJFA is hands down my favourite album of all time. Holds up so well even today. By the way, that tone is delicious!

I put myself through rhythm guitar boot camp back in the 90’s by learning as many Metallica riffs as I could. I would sit for hours a day trying to perfect my technique. I was really able to condition my right hand for down picking and I still go back to the Master of Puppets main riff to get warmed up sometimes. Hetfield is the GOAT 🤘🏻

Ahhh, The Circle of METAL Life. You paying tribute to your influence that made you the guitar player you are. And then reading comments from young guitarist, on here that you have influenced. Pretty cool. Great video.

I could listen to you talk Metallica all day long!!! Sooooo glad to see you mention “To Live is to Die”… absolutely criminally underrated song!!! You mentioned most of my favorites like I knew you would! Also got my merch from the anniversary show, Amazing quality!! Thank you guys SOOOOO much for making it available to us who couldn’t make the show!! CHIMAIRA FOR LIFE!!!! 🤘

Great riffs can create a picture. The band Dark Funeral. Some of the riffs and chords they play truly make you think the end of the world is here. It is unbelievable

That long sleeve T is awesome

Of wolf and man is a great riff so is the ending breakdown in bleeding me. This video just reminds me how James is the riff master. He just makes perfect riffs.

1st album I heard was Ride the Lightning in around 85. I was 9 years old.

To live is to Die will always be my favorite Metallica song. I absolutely love when James plays the leads. Shit brings a tear to my eye.

I’ve spent hours and hours learning metallica songs on the guitar. I started playing piano about 3 years ago and now I get to play metallica on the piano. Sounds beautiful. 🤘

Fvck Sake$!! I had to pause your video & go watch that Harvester performance once again…EPIC!!🤘🏼

Hey!!! That pic of James is from the esp catalog cover. 2016 I think.

Sad but true was a game changer!!!

What a joy to watch this was 🙌🏼 and thanks for the little shout out mate🤘🏼

I was only 3 when the black album came out, but it still saturated the airwaves along with load and reload when I was growing up. I bought the black album tab book when I first started playing guitar, and they were the first songs I tried learning. Wish I would have discovered pre black album Metallica sooner, but being being a teenager in the early 2000s with uranium and headbangers ball exposed me to a plethora of bands like yours and I didn’t gain appreciation to the earlier albums until an adult.

Disposable heroes

You know what I really love about this video? We're about the same age and hearing you talk about how you got into Metallica is really taking me back. I remember my first exposure to them on Justice but being too young to really grasp such heavy fast music or understand a 10minute song with no lyrics. My earliest memory heavy of music was Van Halen and Led Zeppelin. The Black Album was the one that really got me into Metallica and then exploring their catalogue was an incredible Journey. Being in a garage band jamming on the drums with my friends, For Whom the Bell tolls was on our list! One of the reasons Chimaira was such an influence on me is because I can hear all of my favorite music in your music. This is a fantastic video again my friend!

Wherever I may roam from the black album is for sure my all time fav 😎🤘🏻

Brilliant playing and killer selections Rob!

Great list. And you're right, you can go on forever. But a couple of my favorites not listed "The Thing that should not be", "Blackened", " Holier Than Thou". Thanks for making this video 🤘😎🤘

Excellent video brother. Definitely a lot of the same riffs that helped me love playing guitar. Like I said before, Seek was my first ever to learn on guitar so that has to be one of my favs for sure. Keep rockin brother 🤘🤘

The first Metallica song that I learned to play was Seek and destory. Just me about 6 to 8 weeks to learn. I was having lessons from a school friend of mine Darren Elliot. I was 15 going on 16. Let me just tell you that my friend Darren by the time he was 17 he could play the first three Metallica in full. And he even know Kirk's guitar solo's. I would say that he was that good, he could of took Kirk's place. I did go on to learn more Metallica songs after that. I found it a little hard at first, but once I got the hang ot it. It did start to get easier. Most of the tunings was in E. I did cheat by buying a guitar magazine to learn enter sandman and unforgiven. Thank you Rob for showing me some of your favorite Metallica riff's. Love your long sleeve Ride the lightning Shirt. I was going to buy that myself last year, but I brought the long sleeve Garage days $5.98 instead. And my reason for that is. Becauae that was my first Metallica vinyl.

12:30 This part Is funny to me cause Chimaira's riffs sounds beastie to me.

Rob I've never owned an ESP guitar.... but man your guitars are so sweet it's got me thinkin'........

Of wolf and man is so underrated great heavy grooving riffs

One word Mr. Rob, Ba ..tter...y! Great list. Love the content brotha. 🤘

Sick that you opened with Harvester of Sorrow! When I was a teenager and RU-vid was just becoming a thing that Metallica Moscow show and Chimaira at Download 2007 were my after school routine and Harvester & Pure Hatred were my go to riffs 🤘

Overall, great list. Only one I’d add off the top of my head is Blackened (main riff). Seeing that all these riffs are on the first 5 albums, I’d love to see a follow up video on your thoughts on Load and beyond. Whether it’s top riffs or general thoughts.

All the best Metallica riffs come after a guitar solo 🤘🏼😝🤘🏼

Megadeth riffs next? This video was fun to watch! You’re the man sir!

The entire interlude section of Orion is my favorite thing Metallica has ever written. Especially the riff right before the solo!

Try playing some Metallica songs in dropped tuning. That would be cool

Chimaira and In flames was my Metallica...

Harvester of Sorrow ftw🤘🏼🤘🏼

Master of Puppets album is a great place for guitarists to start learning. Especially for rhythm

Metallica has been my no.1 all time favorite band since I was 16 in 2008 (31 now) and yet I haven’t seen them yet. Like you, I def owe my guitar-playing life to Metallica for sure

My first Metallica show was Download festival 2004. The show Lars missed and Joey Jordison and Dave Lombardo filled in. Great unique first show. Only show Lars has ever missed

Was waiting for disposable heroes haha

hey Rob. Great video as usual. Orion is when I new I loved Metallica. Quick question, have you ever tried "Flow" guitar picks?? James uses them now so I bought a pack to try.... they make it so much easier to play!!! I recommend you try. You don't even need to get his actual signature picks. just try a flow in the size you prefer.

Awesome tone bro! What equipment did you use?

Good god damn Rob, did you have to make the tone dead on too? Show off! 😂

Cool list! Where u get that shirt? I need that. Thanks!

I think Metallica was our generation’s introduction to great metal. Todays metal generation not so much

first time I listen Metallica, I was 12, 1991 someone traveled at bought the cassette for me just simply because there was a line buying it. since that day i played that cassette forever. second cassette was a home made that included a bit of all the best from kill ‘‘em all to justice. It was then that I got myself a guitar too.

Awesome video Rob. Glad to see song that inspired my username on all my social media made the list as the first song

Rob, I bought Master when it was first released and had no idea who Metallica was. Needless to say, music was changed from that point on!!!!

Dude solid list. I was hoping you’d do the next big riff in orian though. You know the one I’m talking about! That one grooves hard.

I heard somewhere years ago that the main riff to Sad But True, had a baritone, an octave below, cleverly blended in. Not quite sure how true it is. Wherever I may Roam is one of my favourites. Such a spaced out vibe about it. Reverbs and room sound back then, was something special.

Harvester of Sorrow. The first riff I play when I warm up. Great video! ❤

100% ohhh Yehhh Yehhhh. The black album is a masterpiece 🤘

I feel a part II coming!!!

My favorite is definitely the bridge section of blackened

Here’s my top 10 riffs that got me to playing guitar and hooked on metal in no particular order -One -And justice for all -Search and destroy -Disposable heroes (this song doesn’t get enough praise) -Sanitarium -Masters of puppets -Fade to black -Call of Ktulu -Four horsemen -Jump in the fire Hey Rob. So sorry I couldn’t make the chimaira reunion show(s). If/when you guys ever play out and it’s closer to me i will definitely make it out. At that time financially it was not feasible for me to attend… as much as I wanted to enjoy witnessing a reunion of such “magnitude”. I hope you understand.

Hey dude, I'm sure you're aware of that but since you don't mention it in this video... "Am I evil ?" is NOT a Metallica song, but a cover by Metallica of a Diamond Head classic which actually provided the template to a lot of early Metallica stuff. To their credit, they never denied Diamond Head's huge influence on Metallica's heaviest material.

I know this is a metallica video. But man I want chimaira to come back 😩

So Cool!! at 5:10 a for sure influence for the song "Power Trip"..

I think the Call of Chutlulu could be a cool black metal version

We're the same generation. Of course Metallica influenced the hell out of me, but I would say Megadeth was equally as influential, for me.

No love for St. Anger? Lol

Metallica is my absolute favorite band. Always has been and always will be. In another video of yours you was talking about riffs under the solo… one of my favorites is James riff under the solo in Through the Never. If you’ve never really checked it out…. It’s awesome!!

Blackened is a stellar riff exercise. Seek & Destroy and No Remorse are what made me love Kill 'Em All. Chimaira's cover of Disposable Heroes is my absolute favorite straightforward Metallica cover. (Apocalyptica's cello cover of One, Rodrigo y Gabriela's nylon string cover of Orion, and Art vs Science's loungejazz cover of Enter Sandman are all pretty rad variation covers, though.)

Love this

My first Metallica album was the black album it was my gateway to metal like many others. I worked my way back in their catalog and then I saw the video on MTv for Symphony of Destruction and I had found my band ! I still loved Metallica but I was introduced to Metallica through friends and Megadeth I felt like I had stumbled upon or discovered something I could turn my friends on to. Most of them didn’t get it lol , I was the “Megadeth” guy. I really liked the technicality of And Justice for All but not the long songs and I think that might be why I enjoyed Megadeth so much. The Black Album for a whole generation of metal heads is the most important album of all time and I don’t care that the songs are slower it’s still one of Metallica’s best.

About the age of 14 or 15 i basically had the Metallica discography in tablature books from Ride the Lightning all the way through to the first S&M, for a solid 2 years all i learned were Metallica songs, and for favorites Harvester of Sorrow and Don't Tread on Me are right up there as just fun to jam out

Almost 100% confident the first Metallica album I purchased was master of puppets! The thing that should not be was so heavy and savage! Love that riff!

Awesome video man, do a top Chimaira riffs list!

Not really related to this video but did you have a signature 7 string guitar because I know you have your six string esp. I wish I could find it Also I love the Chimaira cover of disposable heroes

Hey Rob just wanted to say that I'm a late comer to the party as far as Chimaira is concerned as I found you when searching for Floyd Rose set up tips but man you dudes rock and I super enjoy the you tube channel. Anyways 🤟🤟

For Whom The Bell Tolls was the first song I played from start to finish 🙂 Metallica bonds us all indeed 👊🏻

Ahahahaha! I thought I was the only one who played those dead notes during Sad But True at 4:15! As a kid jamming out in my room, I had no drummer so I used to do that, taking place of that drum fill.

I was hoping you would do To Live is to Die. I remember when you did the video for the contest. So good. Cant argue any of these picks.

First Chimaira show I went to you had a ride the lighting t shirt. Was an amazing show. You seemed like an intense dude, nothing how you are on the youtubes.

I really appreciate the burls on that LTD in the beginning (I only just now turned the video on, so I don't know if it's the first or only guitar used). I really dig the transition from solid wood to burls around the horns on that thing. What type of wood is that? I imagine it's a laminate with an ash or alder body? Man I love wood and talking about it.

🤘😆 Classic Metallica is the best. There rhythm tone was way better than now.

1st song that grabbed me, in 1988 Was The Small Hours intro And the entire song... Took me away from my rap...and turned me into a Metal Head. Garage Days The 5.98 ep

You played that clean part on to live is to die like the record. I thought I was listening to the record

man, off topic i know, but i still think yalls track the disappearing sun is such a fucking banger

And justice for all is my favourite album so many great riffs on that classic no bass tho lol that guitar is gorgeous rob

I wouldn't call you a "huge" metallica fan. You seem to be normal height and weight.

Great choices! And you “Killed ‘Em All!”

Rob is a huge Metallica fan? Then I'm an even bigger Rob fan now. 🙂

Top riffs by Sepultura and Cannibal Corpse next, please🎉

One thing that's cool about Metallica is that their riffs are often quite simple but still so incredibly melodic. Even though there are so many talented bands out there today I kind of miss that type of writing/music. Anyhow, one of the first riffs I learned when I was a kid was Wherever I may roam, figured it out on a cheap acoustic guitar and felt like a king! Also never forget the drums, even those were melodic and creative, just listen to the intro in Justice for all, still so epic.

Master of Puppets, Call of Ktulu and All Unforgiven parts, One and Fade to Black, Sanitarium, My Friend of Misery, And justice for All, To live is to die.....

One of the sickest guitars I've ever seen. Awesome Rob 🤘

Hey man! You forgot disposable heroes 😤

I learned drums and then guitar from Metallica and Kirk was my biggest lead guitar influence - I fucking love those guys 🤘🏼

the first four albums are pure gold, death magnetic and hardwired have some good riffs, i especially like spit out the bone from the hardwired album.

For the intro of the "Ride the lightning", play the palm muted open low E string between each note. Night and day !

Great list. “The Thing That Should Not Be” is a monster riff. “Battery” too.

Personally one of my favorites is the octave chord riff in Wherever I May Roam.

I was a freshman in high school when kill ‘em all came out. Changed my life forever. Spent forever (trying to play😂😂😂) playing those riffs. Whiplash, seek and destroy, no remorse, jus the whole album, an endless onslaught of riffage. Still to me the best metal album ever. Pure agression and energy. Next up I’d say the #1 pure Metallica riff is disposable heroes. That gallop riff and descending chromatic chords…just pure intensity that helpless canon fodder feeling. And that intro riff to fight fire (The fast chug, not the melodic part) then the interlude riff. I saw Metallica with cliff twice. What an amazing musician he was.

That 91’ Moscow show still is one of the best still and yes that song on the set is the best song

Do you remember doing that cover of Disposable Heroes back in 2005? I loved that track. You nailed the solo on it! Can't remember what it was for though, Kerrang maybe? Some kind of MOP tribute album.

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Nothing better than watching the riff master shredding. Maybe I’m biased here, but those riffs being played by you sound even better than the originals. No disrespect to Metallica though. 🤘

Nice, but... where is the brutal riff of song "Disposable Heroes" (James' part 0 : 31 - 0 : 53😍)??

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