10 Perfect Rock Guitar Riffs
3. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
When someone finally forks over the money to make a Mount Rushmore of rock guitarists, Tony Iommi definitely deserves a spot on that list. Considering how many dark tunes that have come out of his trademark guitar, Iommi has created the handbook for how the signature sound of metal came to be. How classic you may ask? Let's put it this way...how many people can sing the riff to Iron Man before they even hear the words?
Really think about that for a second. Even though it has absolutely nothing to do with the comic book character, the strength behind this one riff has become a stadium chant the world over, sounding like doom and destruction from the minute it starts playing. Hell, even the opening detuned sound of the guitar already clues you into something menacing around the corner, before the main riff hits you right between the eyes.
Even though something like War Pigs may be more epic in scope and Paranoid has become the de facto Black Sabbath song, Iron Man is the one riff that will probably outlive every single one of its brethren. In fact, it makes sense why Tony Stark would adopt this as his theme song. If you're about to kick some ass, you're going to need to bring in the cavalry to get things done.