I always liked how Sanders is evidently very passionate about those historical musical and ritual references. The CD booklets also sometimes have tonnes of writing in a tiny font, explaining what the songs refer to, historically speaking. Totally nerdy.

**** yes.



When the bass kicks in:






This whole song is riff heaven:


More to come later.

Sweet Leaf is my favorite all time guitar riff.

It's one of those no-frills riffs that's super simple but extremely effective.

Sounds like big scary spiders crawling on my back. In a good way.

Not a metal band, but this opening riff is pure doom metal:

well about 75% of Immortal tracks

Mastodon - Crusher Destroyer



Mastodon - Island

Destruction has some of the most unique riffs in the history of the world.