Lists Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson These bands embody all the best things about metal: catchy riffs and great songwriting, effective use of melody to create a narrative structure, ...

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With this being Halloween week, IGN Music decided to compile a list of ten of the creepiest guitar riffs in rock and metal. There's everything from death-metal to college-rock on this countdown so it ...