20 Best Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Guitar Riffs Of 2016

3. Burial In The Sky - "Anchors"

Easily one of the best debut albums of 2016, Burial in the Sky's Persistence of Thought is an exercise in pure, unadulterated technical death metal.

Resonating, penetrating and unpredictable, it's a tight and incomparable record that demonstrates that this American house of thrash deserves to be much, much bigger than they are at the moment.

And although every beat of Persistence of Thought is perfect, its greatest individual achievement is the lengthy "Anchors", which is fuelled by the string skills of James Tomedi and William Okronglis. Comprised of seven minutes of death metal mastery, its blend of technicality and unpredictable structuring makes the guitar-work of this opus a rollercoaster ride of the greatest kind.