{"id":102167,"date":"2020-05-30T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=102167"},"modified":"2020-05-30T16:35:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T21:35:26","slug":"riff-of-the-week-2000-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/riff-of-the-week-2000-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Riff Of The Week: <i>2000 Edition<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Riffs from The Chasm, Morbid Angel, Bloodbath, Cradle Of Filth, Martyr, Discordance Axis, Crowbar, Nevermore, and Lost Soul.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last round our theme was <strong>Speed<\/strong> and some kind of early bowl glitch kicked in and sent an army of ghost Bauers in to vote for fucking <a href=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/tovh-exclusive-the-producer-series-pt-1-tech-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archspire<\/a>. Severe lack of speed metallers among you. Fucking shameful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2.png?resize=556%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2.png?w=556&amp;ssl=1 556w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2.png?resize=130%2C130&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This week our theme is riffs from the year <strong>2000<\/strong><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s what you sent in&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-74583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=1024%2C45&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=1024%2C45&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=300%2C13&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=768%2C34&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=400%2C18&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Holdeneye<br \/>\nNevermore &#8211; &#8220;The River Dragon Has Come&#8221; (Riff @ 1:55)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_47937\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8SnhBfBfJs0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is just one of the coolest songs ever. Loomis plays some sick harmonics on top of some beefy chugs and it&#8217;s simply sublime. Bonus: It has one of the best solos ever, too.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hans<br \/>\nCradle of Filth &#8211; &#8216;Lord Abortion&#8217; (Riff @ 3:09)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_90540\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FloQfcoANx0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This album was BIG for me back then and got me hooked on the band for about two or three years, which is probably too much.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Megachiles<br \/>\nThe Chasm &#8211; &#8216;Architects of Melancholic Apocalypse&#8217; (Riff @ 0:07)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_79974\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8C-VxIGi9JI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yeah Gateways to Annihilation is cool, but the lyrics are repetitive as hell. Like I get it Steve Tucker, you\u2019re awake or awakening or something has awoken and there\u2019s also some brothers and fathers. Dude clearly needed to lighten up a bit. Meanwhile Daniel Corchado is in straight up party-mode throwing down a \u201cCome on!\u201d in a song about the elder times and a necropolis. That\u2019s a New Millennium Chad move if I\u2019ve ever seen one, riff notwithstanding. Riff withstanding this stands with Kylie Minogue\u2019s On a Night Like This as the indisputable pinnacle of music released in 2000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Lizard Note:<\/strong> <em>vote for this, duh!<\/em><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">McNulty<br \/>\nMorbid Angel &#8211; &#8220;Opening of the Gates&#8221; (Riff @ 0:44)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_77418\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/584u0pWqcGA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s hope this week&#8217;s competition isn&#8217;t all Morbid Angel songs.<br \/>\nThe riff at 0:44 is what I called a &#8220;bone grinding&#8221; one, years ago when I discovered Morbid Angel with this here album. And boy, does the music ever match that iconic cover art!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Evhron<br \/>\nMartyr &#8211; &#8216;Carpe Diem&#8217; (Riff @ 0:40)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_66633\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_wy5bEAqjAk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Them slides tho.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yarnhawk<br \/>\nBloodbath &#8211; &#8216;Furnace Funeral&#8217; (Riff @ 0:54)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_81419\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_OiYBleMDBI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just a quintessential death metal riff here. I&#8217;ve been enjoying &#8216;The Wacken Carnage&#8217; live stuff quite a bit lately, so that&#8217;s why this riff gets the nod from a year chock full of excellent riffage.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Iron Goddess o&#8217; Mercy<br \/>\nCrowbar &#8211; &#8216;Command of Myself&#8217; (Riff @ 0:45)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_14729\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wws_Y9c831s?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Count on me [to post phat phuckin&#8217; riphs] until I die. &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">vanNeun<br \/>\nLost Soul &#8211; &#8216;Nameless&#8217; (Riff @ 0:27)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_53243\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BKLjTBs1HUU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2000 Polish DM saw &#8216;Litany&#8217; and &#8216;Winds of Creation&#8217;. And while Lost Soul first album is not in the same league &#8211; it has some sings of things to come.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lacertilian<br \/>\nDiscordance Axis &#8211; &#8216;Radiant Arkham&#8217; (Riff @ 0:00)<\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=919144520\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/track=2903646589\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/discordanceaxis.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-inalienable-dreamless\">The Inalienable Dreamless by Discordance Axis<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Vote for The Chasm or Martyr. Or Morbid Angel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-74583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=1024%2C45&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=1024%2C45&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=300%2C13&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=768%2C34&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?resize=400%2C18&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/divider6.png?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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