*Bad year, fire riffs*

@nickkduhh

3 жыл бұрын

Faaaaacts and atleast we had NAMM and the after party 🤘🏻

@user-dn6ii3xy5b

3 жыл бұрын

согласен)

@billkatsanakis7327

3 жыл бұрын

Thy Art Is Murder - Killing Season Kreator - 666 - World Divided Lamb Of God - Memento Mori (Honorable mentions that didn't make the cut)

@ivansaprykin589

3 жыл бұрын

Heaven Shall Burn - My Heart and the Ocean Mors Principium Est - A Day for Redemption

@laneemond6235

3 жыл бұрын

@@billkatsanakis7327 saw came out in 18 orbit just really blew up this year

IT's OL SAINT NICK

@iangarza990

3 жыл бұрын

monke am i right?

@luciboye5585

3 жыл бұрын

nik*

@josearroyo5409

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes good ol' St. Nik the sickest of the core kids that went on became an international sensation with his pha-ntastic guitarists hands that shred faster than I run & djent heavier than a mothatrucking panzer unit. lmao for real tho, he's a legend.

@Reynoldswraapp

3 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣

@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385

3 жыл бұрын

@@josearroyo5409 you should check out Archspire- Human Mumuration. They are fast dude.

Spiritbox - Holy Roller 0:10 Invent, Animate - Monarch 0:22 Bury Tomorrow - Choke 0:36 Trivium - The Defiant 0:52 (Space so read more doesn't go over a timestamp on mobile) Architects - Animals 1:10 Polaris - Hypermania 1:30 Sylosis - Worship Decay 1:49 Monuments - Animus 2:09 Lamb of God- Resurrection Man 2:27 Like Moths to Flames - Habitual Decline 2:43 August Burns Red - Paramount 2:59 Currents - Better Days 3:10 Rogue - Archetype 3:23 Loathe - Gored 3:37 ERRA - Snowblood 3:49 Veil of Maya - Outsider 4:05 Cane Hill - Power of the High 4:18 Fit For a King - God of Fire 4:32 Chris Turner - 40 Roll 4:47 Purge - Influenza 5:00 Chelsea Grin - Bleeding Sun 5:14 Silent Planet - Trilogy 5:29 Alpha Wolf - Akudama 5:44 Carcosa - Absent: Post 5:56 Traditions - The Culture 6:11 Make Them Suffer - Bones 6:27 Bring Me The Horizon - Obey 6:39 Reflections - Seven Stages 6:53 Mick Gordon - The Only Thing They Fear Is You 7:06 Diamond Construct - Generic 7:25

@nathanieldoy2151

3 жыл бұрын

@Nevin Rettew thanks for telling me I'll edit it now 👍

@forreal4090

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this mate

@ece_rockmars

3 жыл бұрын

any playlist with these songs?

@marklee1376

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks🤘👍

@adryalbinfandubs8535

3 жыл бұрын

0:22 Doomsday-Archi...Oh no ups

BRUUUUH HE PUT BURY TOMORROW WHAT A LEGEND

@Ulty_Official

3 жыл бұрын

Such an underrated band with such good songs

@jasonlovesmusicreacting882

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ulty_Official I know man

@ZIMBO37333

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ulty_Official bury tomorrow is underrated? I feel like they get some recognition

@SoDamnMetal

3 жыл бұрын

@@ZIMBO37333 Not as much as they deserve

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to see underrated cuts like Monarch, The Defiant, and Better Days in here alongside SOTY bangers like Holy Roller, Snowblood, and Trilogy. :D

@drkstrnd

3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't call stuff like currents underrated in comparison to rogue

@awrely

3 жыл бұрын

@@drkstrnd well, Rogue is absolutely boring and unoriginal

@benhostetter4775

3 жыл бұрын

@@drkstrnd Better Days wasn't a single and doesn't get mentioned as often as at least half the album, which is why I put it there.

@CanadianHarrison

3 жыл бұрын

Monarch is my fave from Greyview

@fl4shbangz

3 жыл бұрын

The Defiant is underrated? Wow, that's my favorite song for 2020 for sure. But I love Trivium more than the average metalhead so...

Can we all agree that Choke by Bury tomorrow is a total fckn banger ?

@nathanieldoy2151

3 жыл бұрын

I love the "Read between the lines, more than meets the eye" riff

@jasonlovesmusicreacting882

3 жыл бұрын

Can we agree that Cannibal (the entire album) by Bury Tomorrow is a total fckn banger?*

@benjaminnixon3995

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonlovesmusicreacting882 Yes 100% and they're amazing live too!

@cleastachura8054

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonlovesmusicreacting882 totally mate its been on repeat since it came out ! Every track on this album is fckn amazing

@gabrielahimsa4387

3 жыл бұрын

not sure if we can all agree but i agree

So happy Doom music made it onto this list

Overall the year was pretty crap but at least there was some good new music.

@devinbender8428

3 жыл бұрын

This is probably the best year for score music since like 2012

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

many heavy

@Deek1290

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah probably because everyone is staying inside in there guitar “lair” and making music because what else can you do

@devinbender8428

3 жыл бұрын

@@Deek1290 Just means hopefully late summer early fall of 2021 is going to be a banger time for concerts.

@Desekratedd

3 жыл бұрын

Great year for metal

2020 was all about breakdowns. Both mental and metal.

So happy you put Bury Tomorrow in this they really deserve more recognition

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

They're awesome!

I feel like this number should be bumped up to 100. There HAS to be more good riffs like these out there somewhere

@alxtnnn

3 жыл бұрын

he slept on While She Sleeps :')

@dropdeadmoose

3 жыл бұрын

I'm super surprised Sleeps Society wasn't in this tbh

I didn’t think you’d go for the fast bit of 40 roll!!! Good work :)

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

Good to see some Diamond Construct love here. They're filling a Dealer shaped hole

@michaelclark1547

3 жыл бұрын

Got a little excited that it was included hey, what a fuckin band

@jadedasrandomosity0151

3 жыл бұрын

Filling a Dealer shaped hole and then some for me haha

@thomasgavris855

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know about filling a dealer shaped hole but they have been a standout band for me this year

@sevandobo

3 жыл бұрын

I just discovered them and im in love.

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

They're dope!

Nik, you killed it as always and the fact you put Erra's new song up here made it even better. I know that was fun to learn. 😂

God I can’t get over how good that guitar tone is

@mutatednut

3 жыл бұрын

Meh

@kittikoszti8619

3 жыл бұрын

@St. Jimmy best thing on the market for suuureeeee

@noxfish8714

3 жыл бұрын

@St. Jimmy oh I know, I’m just saying it’s so sexy

@dehasim

3 жыл бұрын

Ola with the cheapest stuff makes better tones than me with the best

2020 may have sucked but the riffs didn't 🤘

@gabe854

3 жыл бұрын

your profile pic is my profile pic on Instagram lmfao

SOOO glad you put 40 roll on this. Chris is an absolute beast. My favorite song at the moment

Sylosis, they got in right before the gates closed.

@seemann2401

3 жыл бұрын

Lpl

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

Aha yup, love that riff!

@caffeine9317

3 жыл бұрын

Funking love sylosis their music just hits me right in the core

Yes!!! I remember commenting Currents - Better Days on nik’s Facebook post as I didn’t see anyone else mention it. Glad to see it’s up there

THANK YOU for including Generic by Diamond Construct. been preaching how hard that fucking riff goes ever since i heard it

I was expecting “memento mori” but glad LoG made it, their album was really dope and enjoyable 🤘🏻

2020 sucked but thank you for all the content you’ve put out this year Nic your guitar covers, song reactions and your own material has really helped me and I’m sure in making this year slightly more tolerable! Thanks man! 💜

I can't believe everyone slept on "Immersed in Ire" by Viscera. "Obsidian" was my favorite new album of the year, period. NIK, MY GUY. PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT BEFORE THE YEAR IS OVER.

Great work. Also, I just saw the "Up next" is a video called "500 Heaviest Riffs" from four months ago. I completely missed that epic collection of riffs and I'll listen to all of it soon.

So glad you put rogue in here... That band is way underappreciated

I love the inclusion of a song from the Doom Eternal OST!! So many good riffs from that score 🤘

super hype you featured Bones by Make Them Suffer, easily my favorite riffs this year

Some of these made me realize that some of these band had new albums in 2020! Good looks nic

Dude Currents needs more love, they constantly put out some serious bangers.

@dylanvolpone5073

3 жыл бұрын

The only song by them that I don’t love is life//lost but otherwise they only put out bangers

My favorite type of Christmas music.

Nik summarizing the whole 2020 bangers 🔥🔥🔥

Archetypes collide - your misery. Sick riff, sick breakdown! Smaller group but they recorded with beartooth bassist which is dope!

Fuck, I just wanna say I really appreciate how you put underrated bands like Rogue and Bury Tomorrow in rather than just mainstream Lamb of God or Architects.I also found out that I need to listen to Diamond Construct and Currents now so thank you, lmao.

@dylanvolpone5073

3 жыл бұрын

Currents only puts out bangers you will not be disappointed

If you don't put Lorna shore and signs of the swarm to best breakdown compilation I will find you and put cottage cheese in to one pair of your socks.

@fartsensei6497

3 жыл бұрын

WOAH CHILL

@MalmoolHD

3 жыл бұрын

DO IT

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

I like cottage cheese

@lukasholba3235

3 жыл бұрын

@@NikNocturnal but I don't think it would be pleasant, if you find it in a sock you are going to put on. Btw I like cottage cheese too

Lol Holy Roller was the first song I thought of when I saw the title. Great vid, just wish you included the tunings for each ;)

bro, there were some BANGER riffs on Seether's new album, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum. Beg and the breakdown of Pride Before the Fall are some of my favorites

"Mom, can we have Doomsday - Architects?" "We have Doomsday - Architects at home" Doomsday - Architects at home: 0:23

@pppooo6864

3 жыл бұрын

Anything in that tuning sounds like an Architects song, they pretty much own it.

@now4ybro333

3 жыл бұрын

Also 3:35

@zackdissolves

3 жыл бұрын

If I was the kid I wouldn't be complaining about the version at home in this scenario 🤷‍♂️

Hell Yea I’m friends with the guitar player in Rogue, Jeffery is an awesome dude and player!!

That Carcosa riff (5:56) just sounds like "I Speak Astronomy" by Jinjer. It's those two quick pulls that set me off

This is how I started watching you last year. I watched the top riffs of the year. It’s crazy how it’s been a whole year since I’ve started watching this channel!!

6:00 Carcosa - Absent: Post totally remembers me of Jinjer - I Speak Astronomy on the first part of that riff.

@_Diktator

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

Hell yeah, loving lmtf on the list as always.

I know im probably late but thank you so much for putting holy roller first! spiritbox is one of my favorite bands! and then putting animals just made my day. thank you! \m/

Better Days by Currents is a fitting theme song for 2020. Hope everyone is doing ok out there

Nice to see purge there, I don't know if you know them but a great band with some really heavy riffs should've been on here, you ever heard of termina?

1 second in, already love it

SUPER SICK that you included @ReflectionsMN

Soulbound by Unleash the Archers, Trauma Bonds by Black Crown Initiate, The Ascent by Caligula's Horse, What the Dead Men Say by Trivium, Tempest by House & Home, Beyond by Ritualistic, Pleistocene by The Ocean

5:56 I Speak Astronomy-Jinj... Oh ups.. Sorry

No Ariana Grande?

@ruterrodrigues

3 жыл бұрын

No shawn mendez

@Trent2002W

3 жыл бұрын

NO TRAPT!!

@whyisaiden

3 жыл бұрын

@@Trent2002W Oh no guys. Cocamelon!!!!!!!!

@thearthropocene

3 жыл бұрын

agreed, they shouldve put tim henson's ariana flip

@nazomigroot9330

3 жыл бұрын

No taylor swift? She was in billboard's top rock list, after all..

Architects looked at Pantera and said “Can I copy your homework” and Pantera said “Yeah just don’t make it too obvious”

So stoked you chucked Generic by DC in there, riff is huge

Missing Bleed from Within here. So many bangers on their new album...

I know and work with the vocalist from ROGUE. It's pretty killer to see his music make the list

Im VERY late to the party but i just realized you put the original drum track from Chris into the video and that is really cool :D

ACDC - shot in the dark Once Awake - Trespasser Avatar - Colossus Orbit Culture - Day of the Cloud (outro riff) Fretmiden - Nox Perpetua

Cane hill 🖤🖤

I want the full cover of Snowblood rn!

More than Half of these songs were definitely my most listened to this year and the other half I hadn’t heard yet.

Solid. Only one missing was the ending riff to Orbit Culture's Day of the Cloud. \m/

Choke is such a sick riff

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

^^^^^

any riff from cycle of suffering... fight me

I really hope within the ruins is in the breakdown vid. The breakdown at the end of deliverance goes hard af

Monarch is such a Doomsday by Architects xD btw. big thumb up for mentioning Bury Tomorrow

I haven’t heard the whole song. But that Architects riff just makes me think of Rammstein.

@ajfite1277

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a very rammstein riff for sure

Outsider by Veil Of Maya is just a banger bro

This Is Sick Nocturnal ;)

So many new bands to checkout! Hot damn, what a year for the almighty riff at least. Here's to 2021! Cheers \m/

4:20 - Song is named "Power of the High" i see i see

Memento Mori by Lamb of God is definitely a top riff this year

@mr._7322

3 жыл бұрын

Poison Dream tho

@KellyMcCaig

3 жыл бұрын

Like what is your doing Nick, the one you picked is...NOT GREAT

@darkwarbr

3 жыл бұрын

I prefer Checkmate

@MetalMayhemFet

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, and the drums on that song are killer. Still love that song as much now as I did when first heard it. Memento Mori & The Defiant are the Metal Songs of the Year for me.

@xevious21

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know when I first heard Resurrection Man on XM radio, I started windmilling in my car at a stop light only to see the driver next to me staring.

Hype to see power of the high on this list. Cane Hill is such an amazing band.

You missed Deicide - I am Abomination \m/ siiick album from this year. However, those riffs were siick too, GJ ;) I always end up discovering new bands with your vid xD

What a surprise to see Holy Roller first

He said the only thing that made any sense this year "2020 sucked"

So good to see your old Schecter gettin some love :D

Why do the riffs always sound better when Nick plays them? Dude somehow gets the tone right but tweaks it just enough to make it sound even better than the original.

Never thought I'd see Chris Turner in a "best riffs" compilation lol. Not that I'm complaining

some suggestions from outside the core genres: caligulas horse - valkyrie, mors principium est - rebirth, alustrium - dark waters, protest the hero - all hands, haken - messiah complex

@hyalinamusic18

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh, the verse riff in Messiah Complex V is so heavy

@maaaaaap

3 жыл бұрын

@@hyalinamusic18 yeah, many good riffs there

@nanatzaya

3 жыл бұрын

How no riff from Protest The Heros fabulous album made it on Niks list is beyond me. But well, tastes are different after all. 🤷‍♂️

That Architects rif just SLAPS SO FUCKING HARD MY GOD.

Putting Reflections and Mick Gordon next to each other was dirty, and I love you for it. Also, in response to the Diamond Construct riff, all I can say is... THALL. I'm kinda missing HLB, but that's understandable cause Earthless changes tunings every 16 seconds and Tide just dropped

Yoooo! Rogue, let's go!! Don't sleep on that album gang

Shout out to the homies in ROGUE! Banger of an EP

Nik showing Cane Hill some love🙏 A MERRY NIKMAS TO YOU SIR🤙

Much love for including Doom OST

man, I love Architects, but Animals doesn't even have a single riff in it

Currents-Better Days ❤

@erbihc1781

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr !

@blender3935

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that song slaps

Darko riffs are lit af, was waiting for them here 😁

I'm glad that Gored was in there, because holy shit that riff. And the bouncy riff from DOOM Eternal too. Two of my favourite riffs this year.

2020 is the year of the low F# also 2020 sucked so hard i forgot Invent Animate released the new album this year

@drkstrnd

3 жыл бұрын

Imo it shouldn't go lower than that, this is where still many bands can pull off a good sound, but any lower and its just disgusting, some already struggle with F#

Not gonna lie, I would've put Protect the Land from System of a Down on here as well. The riff kicks ass and I'll honestly say that it's one of Daron Malakian's best

that was actually pretty good Nik. Thanks!

Some of my favorite riffs of 2020 were from Praxis of Prophylaxis. A video on Vermicide Violence would be sick.

Have you checked out four year strong brain pain or silverstein’s newest album?

@flannelgay420

3 жыл бұрын

Some of those four year strong riffs could probably hold their own on this list

2020 sucked but the songs tho 100/10 this year

So glad to see BT on the list!

Dude I‘m so damn happy to see Rogue here, what a great band

Rogue is the most underrated band right now

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

They're awesome!

“Tuning: A lot of metal stuff”

@NikNocturnal

3 жыл бұрын

It true

@jonnycakes123

3 жыл бұрын

@@NikNocturnal my comment has been blessed I can never wash my eyeballs ever again

I just wanted to say to you NIC NOCTURNAL...you have shown me such awe inspiring tips and riffs and a whole bunch of new bands for my Spotify playlist thank you so much...you make me want to get my electric guitar and amp out of pawn and play till my fingers fall off. You are a fucking beast thanks for everything.

My man putting in some Alpha Wolf and Polaris too, FUCK YEAH