20 Best Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Guitar Riffs Of 2016

You can't have a list of great guitar performances without putting Dave Mustaine on there. A veteran virtuoso that can't be beat when it comes to the six strings, his work with fellow shredder Kiko Loureiro on the title track of Megadeth's Dystopia album clocks in at the halfway point of this list.

Despite being the most melodic and catchy entry on the new album, it still has power and punishment enough to keep old-school 'Deth-heads more than happy. And even though both the opening riff and verse sound reminiscent to the classic "Hangar 18", if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The guitar-work of the single lands in the perfect middle ground between heavy and accessible, bringing it to the very top of 2016's classic thrash revival.