50 Best Riffs of the Decade (2010-2020)

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  • 50 of some of the best riffs to come over of the past decade!
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  • @NikNocturnal
    @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +1713

    *EDIT: Thanks to good old COPYRIGHT claimers, I had to cut the first song "A7X - God Hates Us" short and BABYMETAL - Karate out.*
    Comment your favorite riffs of the decade down below!

    • @JP-bl8ho
      @JP-bl8ho Před 4 lety +3

      Nik Nocturnal appreciate you dog 🤘🏼

    • @brushot
      @brushot Před 4 lety +11

      I got here so early this comment wasn't pinned yet

    • @flannelbeard4621
      @flannelbeard4621 Před 4 lety +1

      👍 you da man

    • @dustinhail1408
      @dustinhail1408 Před 4 lety +1

      Hot diggity dope.

    • @SkyvDen
      @SkyvDen Před 4 lety +5

      Out of your list
      Oceans Ate Alaska - Escapist

  • @Nob0dyN0w
    @Nob0dyN0w Před 4 lety +2330

    You're gonna feel like a fool when some writes the best banger on the 30th of December.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 4 lety +1314

    I use these lists as a tool to find out about more bands. Thank you for these.

  • @Pierseus
    @Pierseus Před 4 lety +892

    0:15 Avenged Sevenfold - God Hates Us
    0:16 Deftones - Diamond Eyes
    0:26 The Word Alive - The Hounds of Anubis*
    0:39 Motionless In White - Abigail
    0:52 The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
    1:03 In Flames - The Sound of a Playground Fading
    1:20 Insomnium - Weather the Storm
    1:37 Born of Osiris - Follow the Signs
    1:52 Psycroptic - Carriers of the Plague*
    2:05 Periphery - Scarlet
    2:15 Parkway Drive - Dark Days
    2:30 Meshuggah - Demiurge
    2:45 Bring Me The Horizon - Shadow Moses*
    2:59 Beartooth - Go Be The Voice
    3:13 Killswitch Engage - In Due Time
    3:24 Northlane - Quantum Flux
    3:39 Animals As Leaders - Tooth and Claw
    3:52 Volumes - The Mixture
    4:10 Monuments - I, The Destroyer
    4:27 Chelsea Grin - Letters*
    4:40 Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War
    4:56 Make Them Suffer - Blood Moon*
    5:11 Wage War - The River*
    5:24 August Burns Red - Martyr
    5:38 Veil of Maya - Mikasa*
    5:51 Gojira - Silvera
    6:05 Asking Alexandria - The Black
    6:15 Shokran - Creatures From The Mud
    6:30 Babymetal- Karate
    6:40 After the Burial - Lost In The Static*
    6:56 Mastodon - Sultan’s Curse
    7:05 Oceans Ate Alaska - Escapist
    7:22 Polaris - Lucid
    7:31 Shadow of Intent - The Catacombs*
    7:44 Trivium - The Wretchedness Inside
    7:59 Architects - Doomsday*
    8:14 Breaking Benjamin - Tourniquet
    8:31 Ice Nine Kills - Stabbing In The Dark
    8:42 Erra - Valhalla*
    8:57 Crystal Lake - Aeon
    9:19 Jinjer - Teacher, Teacher!
    9:29 As I Lay Dying - Shaped By Fire
    9:45 While She Sleeps - The Guilty Party
    10:00 Mark Morton - Cross Off
    10:15 Slipknot - Unsainted
    10:24 Dream Theater - Paralyzed
    10:35 Shrezzers- Anaraak
    10:48 Korn - You’ll Never Find Me
    10:57 I Prevail - Bow Down
    11:10 Spiritbox- Rule of Nines
    Starred some of my favorites
    Some favorites of mine that didn’t make it:
    Anchorlines - Spineless
    Texas In July - Bloodwork
    Cadence Calling - The Fear Complex
    Sylosis - To Build A Tomb
    blessthefall - Wishful Sinking (and Hollow Bodies)
    Like Moths to Flames - A Feast for Crows
    Currents - Another Life
    Erra - Ultraviolet (literally the entire song)

    • @user-oe5hw9oh6k
      @user-oe5hw9oh6k Před 4 lety +10

      Dave Pierce you the man

    • @Pierseus
      @Pierseus Před 4 lety

      Okahmi • thanks man 🤘🏼

    • @swerve3031
      @swerve3031 Před 4 lety +3

      You are absolutely correct about erra- ultraviolet

    • @lucasschema6874
      @lucasschema6874 Před 4 lety +3

      Jesus bro whens the hardcover of this comin out 😂

    • @Pierseus
      @Pierseus Před 4 lety

      Lucas Schema 😂😂😂

  • @DnDOldGuard
    @DnDOldGuard Před 4 lety +186

    LOL at Baby Metal being muted.

    • @strifelife4003
      @strifelife4003 Před 4 lety +11

      Ikr i thought my headphones died

    • @karneolgaming1452
      @karneolgaming1452 Před 3 lety +4

      @Cameron Putt I agree, they may have been jpop metal but only on the first album. It has so many popy sounds like the song Iine or Doki Doki Morning. Not a fan of them but they're decent. Metal Resistance, the second album tho, boy! The only
      reminiscence of pop there are the girls' vocals. There are heavier songs like Sis Anger or Karate and softer like Awadama Fever or Yava I guess. Also a ballad No Rain, No Rainbow which is awesome live. The only song I don't really care for is Amore. It just doesn't click with me. This is their best album IMO cuz it just has the most Metal within it. And Metal Galaxy, the most recent record. Has the most diverse songs ranging from Deja Vu metal brother - Da Da Dance, Hindu Shanti Shanti Shanti, Hispanic Night Night Burn, Pirate Metal in a form of Oh! Majinai featuring Joakim Brodén from Sabaton, Thai Pa Pa Ya and Distortion that is Power Metal and features Alissa White-Gluz from Arch Enemy.
      You may ask - why did I write all of this? The answer - don't know. I'm just really passionate about this band. I obviously listen to many more bands than just them, all Metal. Sorry for wasting your time with my dictum lol.

    • @seemann2401
      @seemann2401 Před 3 lety +1

      You spoiled it for me bro

    • @Mahina-Kekoa
      @Mahina-Kekoa Před 3 lety +2

      Copyright go brrrrrr

    • @WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK
      @WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK Před 4 měsíci +1

      this proves that copyright can crack an accidental joke

  • @joaquinyauri2291
    @joaquinyauri2291 Před 4 lety +2026

    You should do "BREAKDOWNS of the decade" too :D

  • @jaydenw.6007
    @jaydenw.6007 Před 4 lety +682

    I’ll be surprised if this doesn’t get copyrighted just from the intro

    • @markswindlejr7335
      @markswindlejr7335 Před 4 lety +4

      jayden widman you mean the song that Nik and his boi Andy created together

    • @tylerlacroix615
      @tylerlacroix615 Před 4 lety +14

      @@markswindlejr7335 I think he means the 035 at the beginning

    • @jaydenw.6007
      @jaydenw.6007 Před 4 lety +5

      Swindex 0:05

    • @jaydenw.6007
      @jaydenw.6007 Před 4 lety +10

      Stevie G I’m pretty sure they’ve copyrighted the open D and G together 😂

    • @thealaskanforever
      @thealaskanforever Před 4 lety +23

      Imagine being such a bitch that you think a sound is yours. That you own a sound, a note, a chord.

  • @adrianamorphous
    @adrianamorphous Před 4 lety +36

    Wow a CZcamsr actually knows/cares about Insomnium.
    Well done

  • @TheCrashx
    @TheCrashx Před 4 lety +63

    So glad Polaris made it in here, one of the best bands out

    • @PapaJafari
      @PapaJafari Před 4 lety +1

      Fuck yeah I was waiting for them to pop up. Those lads are making waves.

    • @silvy3047
      @silvy3047 Před 3 lety

      Could have picked a better song from them

    • @mclovinlife4018
      @mclovinlife4018 Před rokem

      The three bands I was waiting for were ERRA, ABR, and Polaris lol

  • @Patrick-fv6yh
    @Patrick-fv6yh Před 4 lety +264

    Anyone else watching this and just can’t believe how long ago some of these songs came out when it still feels like they came out like last year

  • @arcreehysteria9805
    @arcreehysteria9805 Před 4 lety +202

    Most of these were really nice but should 0000000000 be in a top 50 of the decade list ?

    • @Jimb1264
      @Jimb1264 Před 4 lety +18

      Ikr.. 6:41 is barely a riff

    • @HKisPro
      @HKisPro Před 4 lety +7

      @@Jimb1264 I think that song is overrated but after the burial brings the riffs mate. Check pretty much any other song

    • @MegaNancyLover
      @MegaNancyLover Před 4 lety +5

      Arcree Hysteria Exactly! Don’t get me wrong. I’m not some obnoxious elitist who dismisses “000” riffs, but jeez. To have the list comprise of mostly “000 style” riffs is disappointing.

    • @rebeltugFPS
      @rebeltugFPS Před 4 lety +1

      rabbit uchiha i think it has more to do with the heaviness of the riff as a whole and which ones get you moving. you can’t lie, fast o’s are banging material.

    • @MegaNancyLover
      @MegaNancyLover Před 4 lety +2

      RebeltugGames Well if that is the case, there are plenty of riffs that fall under those categories without having to be “000’s”.
      For example, he included Chelsea Grin but he could’ve chosen riffs like Sonnet of Wretched or Recreant instead of the “000’s” he ended up choosing.
      But yes, I am a fan of some good chugging riffs, like Chelsea Smile by BMTH or A Candlelit Dinner With Inamorta by AA just to name a few examples. However those are before 2010.

  • @Bassist4Life123
    @Bassist4Life123 Před 4 lety +68

    I was expecting DECADE tunning 🤪🤪

  • @indeimaus
    @indeimaus Před 4 lety +354

    periphery represented, feels good
    I feel like you could do the best 50 riffs of each year

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +43

      Hell yeah, each year def deserves 50 riffs but doing 50 for JUST this video already destroyed me aha

    • @yorulaney8563
      @yorulaney8563 Před 4 lety +16

      50 best dark souls riffs

    • @ChandraKanth7
      @ChandraKanth7 Před 4 lety

      No HTSD ... dude come on 😪

    • @Frauman
      @Frauman Před 3 lety +2

      Indeimaus? Where am I, an NL video?

    • @willemsaltzpyre7792
      @willemsaltzpyre7792 Před 3 lety +1

      I was looking for an upload, but find you here.

  • @horse_dog
    @horse_dog Před 4 lety +731

    If this was a loud wire list it’d be all Ghost songs

    • @kuroinamida4630
      @kuroinamida4630 Před 4 lety +35

      and one Opeth Song

    • @confusedturtle55
      @confusedturtle55 Před 4 lety +67

      Gavin McKay can’t forget the slipknot worship

    • @balazstudos2259
      @balazstudos2259 Před 4 lety +73

      Yeah, but it's Nik, so it's almost a full Metalcore list... I mean, nothing wrong with core, but he should play other genres too...

    • @Jumper76Anton
      @Jumper76Anton Před 4 lety +14

      And Tool.
      Oh yes and it would be named "BEST METAL RIFFS" yet Ghost and Tool really aren't metal at all.

    • @voltscreamratty
      @voltscreamratty Před 4 lety +32

      @@Jumper76Anton Not even gonna start on Ghost but in what universe is Tool not metal?

  • @Jmaveryk
    @Jmaveryk Před 4 lety +235

    Its more like 50 best riffs of metalcore genre of the decade.

    • @Arevulis
      @Arevulis Před 4 lety +3

      same with the breakdown vid tbh

    • @thanesmashmontages412
      @thanesmashmontages412 Před 4 lety +23

      Yeah these really don't cover many genres. What about Doom/Black/Thrash/Rock/Hard/Psychedelic there's tons of other shit out there

    • @thanesmashmontages412
      @thanesmashmontages412 Před 4 lety

      Alternative god so many left out

    • @strifelife4003
      @strifelife4003 Před 4 lety +11

      obviously this is in this guys opinion and it is clear he has a clear genre that he listens to, I'll give it to him, it is legitimately hard to be really into multiple genres of music because of the best music of each genre lies underneath the popular tracks of the genre so you really do have to go hunting for the small names to get some of the good stuff, so it makes sense that his horizons could be narrow

    • @jackcafarella1062
      @jackcafarella1062 Před 3 lety +3

      mEsHuGgAh iS mEtAlCoRe

  • @Darkstar-ng5rm
    @Darkstar-ng5rm Před 4 lety +29

    Loved the inclusion of Breaking Benjamin. They don't get recognized enough for their riffs

  • @themadmanofgadara8584
    @themadmanofgadara8584 Před 4 lety +82

    That fact that "Cross Off" is here made me happier than I could possibly imagine.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +11

      Such a sick song

    • @insanemtl5890
      @insanemtl5890 Před 4 lety

      The riff in here so sick I stopped to check out the song and band.

    • @insanemtl5890
      @insanemtl5890 Před 4 lety +1

      And omg...

    • @themadmanofgadara8584
      @themadmanofgadara8584 Před 4 lety +1

      @@insanemtl5890 hell yeah. When you pair up the guitarist of Lamb of God and the voice of Chester Bennington you get gold

  • @its_djenty_boi_hours4973
    @its_djenty_boi_hours4973 Před 4 lety +184

    You forgot “termina-lucid” ;)

    • @kavitayadav8761
      @kavitayadav8761 Před 4 lety +18

      Yeah it's a great song but nik is too modest to do that. Besides, It might seem like the 'obama giving himself a medal' meme if he did that.

    • @drkstrnd
      @drkstrnd Před 4 lety +1

      @@kavitayadav8761 the riff really isn't that, great, sorry Nik, I know you prolly read that, it's just too generic to be one of the best riffs of the decade

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +21

      You're too kind my friend :D

    • @manboyy5347
      @manboyy5347 Před 4 lety +1

      DARKSTRAND Official don’t talk shit m8

  • @skinnyd_tk6795
    @skinnyd_tk6795 Před 4 lety +15

    starting out with deftones
    a man of culture, I see

    • @sushantdevkota1461
      @sushantdevkota1461 Před 2 lety

      Lmao he started with Avenged Sevenfold

    • @skinnyd_tk6795
      @skinnyd_tk6795 Před 2 lety +1

      @@sushantdevkota1461 well the first thing i heard was deftones, so yeah lol

    • @sushantdevkota1461
      @sushantdevkota1461 Před 2 lety

      @@skinnyd_tk6795 he edited it out but you can still hear a bit of it

  • @MartinHopkinsArt
    @MartinHopkinsArt Před 4 lety +49

    "Best Deathcore/Metalcore Riffs of the Decade" but yes this is a sick list, and now I have a lot of new bands to check out. Loved seeing "Paralyzed", "You'll Never Find Me", and "Karate" on here! Surprised to not see "Cirice" (Ghost), "Behold the Crown" (ATB), or no Metallica although they had two albums chalked full of juicy thrash riffs.

    • @oscartomlinson11
      @oscartomlinson11 Před 4 lety +5

      2 albums? Hardwired and what other?

    • @MartinHopkinsArt
      @MartinHopkinsArt Před 4 lety +4

      @@oscartomlinson11 Oh snap my bad. Don't know why, but I thought "Death Magnetic" was 2010.

    • @MartinHopkinsArt
      @MartinHopkinsArt Před 4 lety +1

      @jvalex18 One of my all time favorite riffs, honestly. So crushing. I got to see them live and it hit even harder.

    • @rasta1017
      @rasta1017 Před 4 lety

      Trust me brother, There were way juicier thrash riffs than anything metallica put out over the last decade. And metallica ain't even thrash no more

    • @WaveOfPig
      @WaveOfPig Před 4 lety

      Yo was literally gonna comment about behold the crown. I mean how can you call this a greatest riff list with out behold the crown.

  • @alexandercarlinmusic9467
    @alexandercarlinmusic9467 Před 4 lety +180

    When you like the guitar so much you get the same one as a 7 string

  • @IBEDAVE87
    @IBEDAVE87 Před 4 lety +207

    You learned blood eagle the day it was released, and it didn't make the list?
    Wack.

    • @revanchistz
      @revanchistz Před 4 lety +1

      Dude my thoughts exactly. Was waiting for at least a riff from blood eagle when the 2019 songs started but there weren't any.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +26

      That song was a monster but I had a few other Periphery riffs that I personally just LOVED way more

    • @IBEDAVE87
      @IBEDAVE87 Před 4 lety +7

      As disappointed as I am that it didn't make it, I figured it was because you already had Scarlet in there. I've noticed you don't like to do two riffs by the same band unless you absolutely have to.

    • @orendamusic7577
      @orendamusic7577 Před 4 lety +3

      I woulda picked the intro riff to reptile tbh

  • @3vanuchiha350
    @3vanuchiha350 Před 4 lety +31

    im shocked, there´s no lamb of god in this list wtf

  • @rageisbliss
    @rageisbliss Před 3 lety +7

    the metalcore subgenres really took over the 2010s

  • @ncdozer3103
    @ncdozer3103 Před 4 lety +286

    If Justin Bieber isn’t on here I’m gonna scream

  • @GunDrummer
    @GunDrummer Před 4 lety +44

    You forgot stairway to heaven

    • @diegoplazitas
      @diegoplazitas Před 4 lety

      Do you have enough amo to do something like this? Hahaha Love your covers .. greetings from Colombia .. keep rocking 🔥🤘

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +4

      Oh damn

  • @D0dgeon
    @D0dgeon Před 4 lety +31

    6:30 And me like "what happend to my headphones??"

  • @eldyllo
    @eldyllo Před 4 lety +5

    The fact that Jinjer made this list makes me SOOO happy.

  • @FabulousKilljoy
    @FabulousKilljoy Před 4 lety +208

    I was just waiting for “Shadow Moses”, “The River”, and “Doomsday” lol. Awesome video, Nik!!

    • @alexandreroyer818
      @alexandreroyer818 Před 4 lety +2

      I thought I wouldn't play any architect until I heard doomsday

    • @tylergreen9283
      @tylergreen9283 Před 4 lety +4

      Fabulous Killjoy the river is one of my favourite riffs of all time, whole song has such a vibe to it

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +3

      Thank you!

  • @metfan4l
    @metfan4l Před 4 lety +250

    Wow, discovered some really cool stuff I hadn't heard before thanks to this video. Great stuff, man!

    • @rollybowright928
      @rollybowright928 Před 3 lety +1

      Wow, discovered some really cool stuff I hadn't heard before thanks to this video. Great stuff, man!

    • @Roshi-kq4bf
      @Roshi-kq4bf Před 2 lety +1

      Wow, discovered some really cool stuff I hadn't heard before thanks to this video. Great stuff, man!

    • @ryanjackson5245
      @ryanjackson5245 Před 2 lety +1

      Wow, discovered some really cool stuff I hadn't heard before thanks to this video. Great stuff, man!

  • @bolodetomate
    @bolodetomate Před 4 lety +30

    i feel that should be a spotifys playlist but im too lazy so i ll just wait

    • @Test-ml2zl
      @Test-ml2zl Před 4 lety

      Here's a deezer playlist if you want : www.deezer.com/playlist/7036905164?

    • @wiktorsztrajt3550
      @wiktorsztrajt3550 Před 4 lety +10

      open.spotify.com/playlist/4WHoZCA0cgFZ2RUQK59MHt?si=GS87l4ZjSNm5jiElS_INow here you go ;)

    • @eyesofmuffin
      @eyesofmuffin Před 4 lety +1

      @@wiktorsztrajt3550 nice

    • @cameron4994
      @cameron4994 Před 4 lety

      @@wiktorsztrajt3550 legend 👍

  • @christiancalkins9372
    @christiancalkins9372 Před 4 lety +20

    The amount of work that must have went into this. Respect.

  • @xcxdwcyb
    @xcxdwcyb Před 4 lety +58

    Blood eagle was the one i was missing the most, nice to include polaris they are insane.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +8

      Wanted to keep it to one riff per band is all

    • @kalbarry10
      @kalbarry10 Před 4 lety

      @@NikNocturnal boooooooo! Periphery should have had more! Great job tho

  • @Equinox121
    @Equinox121 Před 4 lety +36

    Now we just need these made into a spotify playlist

  • @airconditioningunit9777
    @airconditioningunit9777 Před 3 lety +5

    in due time has to be one of the best songs ive heard

  • @xmegaherzx4690
    @xmegaherzx4690 Před 4 lety +34

    *2010*
    Deftones - Diamond Eyes 0:15
    The Word Alive - The Hounds of Anubis 0:25
    Motionless In White - Abigail 0:39
    *2011*
    The Human Abstract - Digital Veil 0:52
    In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading 1:03
    Insomnium - Weather The Storm 1:20
    Born Of Osiris - Follow The Signs 1:36
    *2012*
    Psycropric - Carriers Of The Plague 1:52
    Periphery - Scarlet 2:04
    Parkway Drive - Dark Days 2:15
    Meshuggah - Demiurge 2:30
    *2013*
    Bring Me The Horizon - Shadow Moses 2:45
    Beartooth - Go Be The Voice 2:58
    Killswitch Engage - In Due Time 3:13
    Northlane - Quantum Flux 3:24
    *2014*
    Animals As Leaders - Tooth and Claw 3:39
    Volumes - The Mixture 3:53
    Monuments - I, The Destroyer 4:09
    Chelsea Grin - Letters 4:26
    *2015*
    The Art Is Murder - Holy War 4:40
    Make Them Suffer - Blood Moon 4:56
    Wage War - THe River 5:11
    August Burns Red - Martyr 5:23
    Veil OF Maya - Mikasa 5:37
    *2016*
    Gojira - Silvera 5:51
    Asking Alexandria - The Black 6:05
    Shokran - Creatures From The Mud 6:15
    Babymetal - Karate 6:30
    After The Burial - Lost In The Static 6:41
    *2017*
    Mastodon - Sultan's Curse 6:56
    Oceans Ate Alaska - Escapist 7:05
    Polaris - Lucid 7:22
    Shadow Of Intent - THe Catacombs 7:31
    Trivium - THe Wretchedness Inside 7:44
    Architects - Doomsday 7:59
    *2018*
    Breaking Benjamin - Tourniquet 8:14
    Ice Nine Kills - Stabbing In The Dark 8:31
    Erra - Valhalla 8:41
    Crystal Lake - Aeon 8:57
    *2019*
    Jinjer - Teacher, Teacher! 9:16
    As I Lay Dying - Shaped by Fire 9:29
    While She Sleeps - The Guilty Party 9:45
    Mark Morton - Cross Off 10:00
    Slipknot - Unsainted 10:15
    Dream Theater - Paralyzed 10:23
    Shrezzers - Anaraak 10:35
    Korn - You'll Never FInd Me 10:48
    I Prevail - Bow Down 10:57
    Spiritbox - Rule Of Nines 11:10

  • @chairmanofthebored6860
    @chairmanofthebored6860 Před 4 lety +154

    Not a single Black Dahlia riff. This disappoints me.

    • @stefanovitali2925
      @stefanovitali2925 Před 4 lety +5

      I have a thing for Carbonized in Cruciform verse riff, it gets me pumped everytime. Some sick riffs on Nightbringer too

    • @chairmanofthebored6860
      @chairmanofthebored6860 Před 4 lety

      @@stefanovitali2925 yeah the Carbonized in Cruciform riff is one of my very favorites. The post solo riff off Everything Went Black is spectacular... hell they have so many good ones

    • @nomore570
      @nomore570 Před 4 lety +3

      The goat of departure

    • @isaacguerra2181
      @isaacguerra2181 Před 4 lety

      Same

    • @jeffthefox
      @jeffthefox Před 4 lety +1

      Bury Tomorrow exists.
      This video exists.
      Me:😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @jakey_hendy
    @jakey_hendy Před 4 lety +55

    All you’ve done is make me realize I’ve been listening to the same bands for 10 years...

  • @zparkyy1800
    @zparkyy1800 Před 2 lety +4

    Brooo that cover of Baby Metal is probably the cleanest attempt ever. I couldn't ever play it before, but now that Im covering your rendition of it I fucking nailed it

  • @arshiaemranifar2507
    @arshiaemranifar2507 Před 4 lety +2

    *holds breath as 2019 arrives*
    *2019 passes*
    *No sign of berserker*
    *Walks away with a broken heart*
    Nice playlist tho bro. Keep it up 👌🏻👌🏻

  • @damianosmarroquin9453
    @damianosmarroquin9453 Před 4 lety +47

    Its been 10 years, and Nik still smells like teen spirit.

  • @wilberttboonzaaier2550
    @wilberttboonzaaier2550 Před 4 lety +198

    2019 Sylosis - I Sever

  • @tjk21504
    @tjk21504 Před 4 lety +2

    Started off with my fav band of all time. Much respect. Deftones have quite a collection of riffs from this decade alone

  • @SidHC95
    @SidHC95 Před 4 lety +4

    That's an amazing video, but in my opinion the best three riffs are missing:
    Fit For An Autopsy - Black Mammoth
    Bury Tomorrow - Black Flame
    Breakdown Of Sanity - The Writer

  • @jeffreyschroder8004
    @jeffreyschroder8004 Před 4 lety +221

    Amazed, at how many of these sound better without the vocals.

    • @HowToGuitarMusic
      @HowToGuitarMusic Před 4 lety +13

      Jeffrey Schroder especially the babymetal one lol

    • @Daily_Bassist
      @Daily_Bassist Před 4 lety +24

      Vocals are exactly what turn me off to most newer metal bands. I can’t stand the inordinate amount of screaming and not being able to understand the lyrics.

    • @jeffreyschroder8004
      @jeffreyschroder8004 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Daily_Bassist same

    • @kanekisleftsock4315
      @kanekisleftsock4315 Před 4 lety +10

      I feel Same it’s an amazing genre when it’s instrumental. vocals Just make it less enjoyable for me unless the vocalist sings in the song like how it’s done on pisces by jinjer

    • @DashhunterLP
      @DashhunterLP Před 4 lety +5

      @@Daily_Bassist Well most of modern metal is metalcore or is influenced by it and screaming kinda is the point of this genre (and many other extreme metal subgenres) so what do you expect lol

  • @ZRisyad
    @ZRisyad Před 4 lety +84

    Would be a huge disappointment if there's a band release a banger on the next day

  • @Jeremy-fr6ik
    @Jeremy-fr6ik Před 4 lety +5

    That intro riff to Dispossession by Northlane is one of my favorites of this decade

    • @danny1121231234
      @danny1121231234 Před 3 lety

      That intro is so fucking weird and good at the same time. It makes my soul curtle LOL

  • @VanDerLaars
    @VanDerLaars Před 4 lety +1

    I always rely on you to bring new music to my radar. Thank you!

  • @finlet3874
    @finlet3874 Před 4 lety +110

    This better has some Jinjer
    Edit: i'm not dissapointed

  • @MilitantMe
    @MilitantMe Před 4 lety +29

    Dude, you put a shit ton of work into this, hats off to you man! Also solid list! This is amazing

  • @ginge5253
    @ginge5253 Před 4 lety +3

    Really glad to see northlane,Breaking Benjamin and Periphery make the list

  • @gabrielramirez-felix4538
    @gabrielramirez-felix4538 Před 4 lety +21

    I felt like thy art is murder's human target should've been here

  • @Blottski
    @Blottski Před 4 lety +10

    1:04 thank you for playing this riff, this song eluded me for YEARS. I stumbled on this song back in 2011 and I lost my youtube account at the time and NEVER found it or heard the song or band again.

    • @inkeyeless4757
      @inkeyeless4757 Před 4 lety +3

      My man, you're about to walk into a world of undead fucking amazment with motionless in white

    • @hippyhobo6285
      @hippyhobo6285 Před 4 lety +4

      Motionless In White is in my opinion one of the best, most unique, and most varied metalcore bands off all time. Spitting bangerz every album and they have fun doing it, while putting their all into the writing process.

    • @Blottski
      @Blottski Před 4 lety +1

      @@inkeyeless4757 I meant 1:05 with The Human Abstract! But yeah I love MIW I've been a fan of them for quite some time now!

    • @inkeyeless4757
      @inkeyeless4757 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Blottski i jumped the gun my bad

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +1

      THA

  • @ahuman9113
    @ahuman9113 Před 4 lety +19

    7:17 I feel like it's hard enough to even program the drums of any Oceans Ate Alaska song, let alone even think of trying to play it on drums. Hes seriously not a human

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +6

      He's a monstrous drummer

    • @chets7529
      @chets7529 Před 4 lety

      although the real mystery was: escapist or covet

  • @UlfhedinnNorsk
    @UlfhedinnNorsk Před 4 lety +1

    YOUR PICK OF THE SONGS IS SIMPLY AMAZING!!! Thank you buddy 😌❤️❤️❤️

  • @darklord4279
    @darklord4279 Před 2 lety

    Man, you are not Nik Nocturnal, you're Nik Encyclopedia for metal fans 👍

  • @joaoldmedeiros
    @joaoldmedeiros Před 4 lety +40

    Incredible retrospect, time flies by so fast! Thank you for this Nik 🙏
    Also you might have picked the wrong riff in Polaris' Lucid...
    ᵈᵒᵒᵈᵒᵒᵒ ᵈᵒᵒᵈᵒᵒᵒ ᵇᵒʷⁿᵒʷⁿᵒʷⁿᵒʷⁿᵒʷ ⁿᵒʷʷʷʷʷʷ ᵈᵉᵉᵈᵉᵉᵈᵉᵉᵇᵒʷⁿᵒʷ ⁿᵒʷʷʷ ᵈᵒᵒᵈᵒᵒᵈᵉᵉᵈᵉᵉᵈᵒᵒᵈᵒᵒ

    • @paragonca9736
      @paragonca9736 Před 4 lety +1

      that's actually an incredible way of typing out a riff xD

    • @guylumalfaro3176
      @guylumalfaro3176 Před 4 lety +1

      fr my guy

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +7

      Lmao yeah I wanted to use that riff but... it was more of a breakdown than a riff and next week I have something special for breakdowns coming

    • @joaoldmedeiros
      @joaoldmedeiros Před 4 lety

      @@NikNocturnal Oh I see you 👀

    • @imraanakollo-arenz1449
      @imraanakollo-arenz1449 Před 4 lety +1

      How did I hear that riff perfectly just from reading that?

  • @StormTroy
    @StormTroy Před 4 lety +163

    Honestly, I think that Periphery has way better riffs than Scarlet, but it's still an absolutely iconic riff

    • @cameroncraft8050
      @cameroncraft8050 Před 4 lety

      Fav riff by them?

    • @Cipher301
      @Cipher301 Před 4 lety +4

      Ryan Taylor I mean your right, but I’m just happy that they’re in the video😅

    • @josuastangl7140
      @josuastangl7140 Před 4 lety +20

      Blood Eagle riff after the solo
      Flatline intro riff
      Make Total Destroy

    • @yashchavan9268
      @yashchavan9268 Před 4 lety +10

      Reptile

    • @rajatshaw1239
      @rajatshaw1239 Před 4 lety +14

      Icarus Lives, Racecar, Reptile, The Bad Thing, Omega, Ragnarok just to name a few.

  • @someonerandom7466
    @someonerandom7466 Před 4 lety +3

    Nice riff compilation as always. It’s strange to think that this whole decade has passed before us.

  • @patrickking8342
    @patrickking8342 Před rokem +3

    Man...Psycroptic are so underrated. Same goes for Joe Haley as a guitarist. His riffs are just so fluid!

  • @ravenhopkins347
    @ravenhopkins347 Před 4 lety +42

    You're gonna be pissed when someone writes a banger at the end of December 😂

  • @christian2994
    @christian2994 Před 4 lety +35

    Lack of ADTR makes me sad. Was hoping for at least Sometimes You’re The Hammer, Sometimes You’re The Nail or 2nd Sucks

  • @Chrisjustin069
    @Chrisjustin069 Před 4 lety +1

    This video has got me saving sooooo many songs I forgot all about. Great playing as usual.

  • @ericthehighlander
    @ericthehighlander Před 3 lety +2

    Sleepwalker - Parkway Drive, The Harvest Wombs - Fallujah, Spontaneous Generation - Archspire, Exit, Exist - After the Burial, While We Sleep - Insomnium, Deliver Us - In Flames, Fluries - August Burns Red, Wormholes - Volumes, Scarlet - Periphery, Bubble Dream - Chon, Weightless - Animals as Leaders, Travelers - Modern Day Babylon, Pulse - Erra, Atra Mors - Evoken. Trust me, there will be plenty more that I'll hate myself for forgetting.

  • @brandonrichards8572
    @brandonrichards8572 Před 4 lety +16

    Uploaded 8 seconds ago and I'm already gonna like it. Love you Nik

  • @BadHombre1
    @BadHombre1 Před 4 lety +72

    Damn started off with God Hates Us👌, dropped a like before listening to the other 49 lol

  • @mightymofoyoung
    @mightymofoyoung Před 4 lety +118

    A lot of the lower tuning riffs sound identical to one another

    • @senselocke
      @senselocke Před 4 lety +1

      Sure they do, man, suure they do...

    • @heereez
      @heereez Před 4 lety

      It's just false

    • @Shishawunder
      @Shishawunder Před 4 lety +2

      @@heereez maybe he uses beats by dr. dre and listened to this on the lowest quality? Well, even if someone gave him this as super audio format, beats by dre would be able to kill the quality, but hey, post malone sounds awesome with these bass boosted shitheadphones.

    • @marwintalens7066
      @marwintalens7066 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Shishawunder Maybe that guy should get a pair of AKG headphones lol

  • @LEGhellnah
    @LEGhellnah Před rokem +1

    Man loves his Music Mans

  • @o.w.sproductions1873
    @o.w.sproductions1873 Před 4 lety +10

    Attila-Toxic is one of my favorite riffs of the decade for sure

  • @twiztid133
    @twiztid133 Před 4 lety +24

    Damn you look energetic and tired at the same time

  • @Grimm___gaming
    @Grimm___gaming Před 4 lety +3

    I'm really tempted to take this list and make a Spotify playlist of all of these songs as they're shown in the vid

    • @matthew9341
      @matthew9341 Před 2 lety

      Did you end up making this playlist? :)

    • @Grimm___gaming
      @Grimm___gaming Před 2 lety

      @@matthew9341 I didn't but thank you for reminding me! I need to get to that later today and then I'll post the Playlist link here

  • @shbeattie27
    @shbeattie27 Před 2 lety

    Switching guitars with songs was pretty cool. Digging the “old” stuff, even though 2010 feels like five minutes ago.

  • @magiaburst
    @magiaburst Před 4 lety +98

    The fat riff of Periphery's Blood Eagle could have fitted well in there.
    Along with the riff of BFMV's Your Betrayal.

    • @Blottski
      @Blottski Před 4 lety +7

      Blood Eagle has some insane riffs for sure. and BFMV woulda fit well for this decade as well!

    • @torbeno96
      @torbeno96 Před 4 lety +5

      Damn, I thought your betrayal is at least 15 years old...

    • @Blottski
      @Blottski Před 4 lety +1

      @@torbeno96 2010! Fever was one of my favourite albums for a long time

    • @patbateman8116
      @patbateman8116 Před 4 lety

      Etienne Absolutely!🤘

    • @josuastangl7140
      @josuastangl7140 Před 4 lety +2

      The Blood Eagle riff after the solo

  • @tearzofthefallen6586
    @tearzofthefallen6586 Před 4 lety +11

    Seems more like the Heaviest riffs of the decade. But to each his own, some bangers in there regardless!

  • @stevehettinger7709
    @stevehettinger7709 Před 2 lety +1

    Sick guitar work brother. Some of the riffs weren't all that but most of them were insane! Makes me want to get back into playing more often!

  • @hoptop77
    @hoptop77 Před 4 lety +1

    I love this vid, exactly what I needed to see what bands i've missed and thanks to this i'm now hooked on Psycroptic.

  • @BlueDevilRS
    @BlueDevilRS Před 4 lety +40

    I was really expecting some Polyphia on this list :(

    • @camdenwyeth316
      @camdenwyeth316 Před 4 lety +5

      Too hard to play 😂

    • @Jake-Thornton
      @Jake-Thornton Před 4 lety +1

      Literally scrolled through looking for this comment. Was gonna add it myself if there was none!!

    • @sethjohnson8423
      @sethjohnson8423 Před 4 lety +7

      Man, saaaaame. GOAT should have been at least.

    • @cameronwall5159
      @cameronwall5159 Před 4 lety

      A polyphia song is just one big solo 😂 not much riffing/rhythm going on

    • @Abasedbymygrief
      @Abasedbymygrief Před 4 lety

      @Richard Chirino what?

  • @hellgrinder2941
    @hellgrinder2941 Před 4 lety +4

    So you mean the best 50 best deathcore/metalcore riffs

  • @BoBro99
    @BoBro99 Před rokem +1

    Diamond eyes is one of my all time favorites

  • @ohword7950
    @ohword7950 Před 4 lety +4

    Hey nick i wanna say thanks, im just getting into this genre and i cant get enough of most of your recommendations from your vids much love man!

  • @jimmygillenardo2709
    @jimmygillenardo2709 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you for putting Diamond Eyes on here 🙏

  • @grantbowers2319
    @grantbowers2319 Před 4 lety +8

    This just made me feel old lol. Didn't realize that Letters was 6 years ago, damn

  • @erikheathnat3212
    @erikheathnat3212 Před 4 lety +2

    You get a like from me for having Sound of a Playground Fading on here. Underrated In Flames song.

  • @sanctified5523
    @sanctified5523 Před 4 lety +6

    Should have done the lead guitar for Lost In The Static

  • @DaniClaps
    @DaniClaps Před 4 lety +17

    Totally missed some Sylosis in there!

    • @dehasim
      @dehasim Před 4 lety

      Ele conheceu a banda esses dias, dá um tempo para ele ver a discografia e fazer uma lista só pro Sylosis kkkk

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +3

      I had them on my bigger list, sorry =(

  • @LordLeche
    @LordLeche Před 4 lety +16

    This video made me realize how hard Scarlet is to play, shit.

  • @Bilbo_Swaggins0528
    @Bilbo_Swaggins0528 Před 4 lety

    Nik...the only....i repeat...the only..core kid without giant gauges

  • @secondson312
    @secondson312 Před 3 lety +2

    The Human Abstract takes it. One of my favorite riffs ever

  • @himynameisadib
    @himynameisadib Před 4 lety +6

    Surprised to see Babymetal there, but im glad its included!

  • @BloodSavedMe
    @BloodSavedMe Před 4 lety +32

    Not gonna lie 2019 was the year of metal.

  • @Hammersmith4602
    @Hammersmith4602 Před 10 měsíci

    as a beginner guitarist these videos definitely help out

  • @toosickk2808
    @toosickk2808 Před 3 lety

    Damn dude, that’s fucking talent. Anyone watching this who doesn’t play guitar, yes, it looks easy when he does it. No, It’s not easy. At all. This is legitimately outrageous.

  • @SuperJeffhardy234
    @SuperJeffhardy234 Před 4 lety +59

    oooo, using the Deluxe Edition cover for The Word Alive huh. never seen anyone even acknowledge there was a deluxe edition for that album lol

    • @hardcoreforlife231
      @hardcoreforlife231 Před 4 lety +6

      Lights and stones was my shit

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +6

      It was the only google image I could find tbh

    • @SuperJeffhardy234
      @SuperJeffhardy234 Před 4 lety

      @@NikNocturnal really? i'm surprised honestly. cos it usually is a harder image to find unless you put deluxe edition in the search with it lol

  • @Reds_not_dead
    @Reds_not_dead Před 4 lety +52

    Me: wants god hates us on here
    Also me: nah he probably didn’t like it
    Nik:god hates us
    Me: say sike rn

    • @torunsmok5890
      @torunsmok5890 Před 4 lety

      I was just thinking there better be some sevenfold in general. Was not disappointed with his pick

    • @user-dj6lj1dl1c
      @user-dj6lj1dl1c Před 4 lety +2

      Crazy Jake it was only in the video for like half a second tho

    • @roundtheblocc
      @roundtheblocc Před 4 lety +2

      @@user-dj6lj1dl1c thats because of copyright

  • @SavvierNelson
    @SavvierNelson Před 4 lety +6

    The only reason I can think for not including anything from Wolves Within, is the fact that you lack the strings ;)

  • @andrewpeterson5882
    @andrewpeterson5882 Před 10 měsíci

    Wow this is a great list, love that you picked great riffs from all across the spectrum of metal subgenres.

  • @TheRealDizzle
    @TheRealDizzle Před 4 lety +16

    When "karate" and "lost in the static" hit 😬😬🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 (headbang)

  • @COYM_1908
    @COYM_1908 Před 4 lety +10

    I'm glad Insomnium, In Flames, Gojira, Mastodon, Trivium and Ice Nine Kills were included. Some of the best bands in history.

  • @Skypor
    @Skypor Před 4 lety

    Nice work, Nik! Happy holidays!

  • @bradybaker9279
    @bradybaker9279 Před 3 lety +1

    Dude you are actually incredible... i love watching you so much! inspires me to grab the axe!