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100 Greatest Metal Guitar Riffs

Criteria: Metal Guitar Riffs are ranked by Popularity, Impact, and Influence.

Last Updated: 2010-10-12
Newly added names are in  Red 
Greatest Metal Guitar Riffs
  1. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
  2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
  3. Master of Puppets - Metallica
  4. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
  5. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
  6. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
  7. Raining Blood - Slayer
  8. Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
  9. Ace of Spades - Motorhead
10. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due - Megadeth
11. Holy Diver - Dio
12. Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
13. Walk - Pantera
14. The Trooper - Iron Maiden
15. Electric Funeral - Black Sabbath
16. Seek and Destroy - Metallica
17. Tornado of Souls - Megadeth
18. Symptom of the Universe - Black Sabbath
19. Hallowed be thy Name - Iron Maiden
20. Stargazer - Rainbow
21. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
22. Hangar 18 - Megadeth
23. The Philosopher - Death
24. Cemetery Gates - Pantera
25. The Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest
26. N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
27. Enter Sandman - Metallica
28. Peace Sells - Megadeth
29. Creeping Death - Metallica
30. Powerslave - Iron Maiden
31. Kill the King - Rainbow
32. Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
33. Home - Dream Theatre
34. Zero Tolerance - Death
35. Black Metal - Venom
36. Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth
37. Into the Void - Black Sabbath
38. Madhouse - Anthrax
39. Ride the Lightning - Metallica
40. Man on the Silver Mountain - Rainbow
41. South of Heaven - Slayer
42. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
43. Phantom of the Opera - Iron Maiden
44. Overactive Imagination - Death
45. Circle of the Tyrants - Celtic Frost
46. Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine
47. Am I Evil - Diamond Head
48. Mouth For War - Pantera
49. Horrorscope - Overkill
50. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
51. Mechanix - Megadeth
52. Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue
53. Bomber - Motorhead
54. Curse of the Pharaohs - Mercyful Fate
55. Killing in the Name Of - Rage Against the Machine
56. Supernaut - Black Sabbath
57. Victim of Changes - Judas Priest
58. Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
59. Outshined - Soundgarden
60. Balls to the Wall - Accept
61. Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
62. No Love Lost - Carcass
63. BYOB - System of a Down
64. Angel of Death - Slayer
65. War Pigs - Black Sabbath
66. Alison Hell - Annihilator
67. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
68. Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
69. Freezing Moon - Mayhem
70. Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
71. Welcome Home - King Diamond
72. Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
73. Pleasure to Kill - Kreator
74. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
75. Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
76. Spirit Crusher - Death
77. Arise - Sepultura
78. Corporal Jigsore Quandry - Carcass
79. Breadfan - Budgie
80. Hello From the Gutter - Overkill
81. Blackwater Park - Opeth
82. A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater
83. The Oath - Mercyful Fate
84. Queen of the Reich - Queensrÿche
85. Bonded By Blood - Exodus
86. Painkiller - Judas Priest
87. The Fun Palace - Annihilator
88. Blood and Thunder - Mastodon
89. Witching Hour - Venom
90. Metal Church - Metal Church
91. The Leper Affinity - Opeth
92. Riot of Violence - Kreator
93. Denim & Leather - Saxon
94. Hit the Lights - Metallica
95. Aces High - Iron Maiden
96. Abigail - King Diamond
97. Posion Was the Cure - Megadeth
98. Mother Puncher - Mastodon
99. Pull Me Under - Dream Theater
100. Jesu Tod - Burzum
metal guitarist Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
(Black Sabbath)
metal guitarist Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett
(Metallica)
metal guitarist Randy Rhoads
Randy Rhoads
(Ozzy)
metal guitarist Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith
(Iron Maiden)







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