20 Best Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Guitar Riffs Of 2016

6. Revocation - "Arbiters of the Apocalypse"

David Davidson and Dan Gargiulo come in at number six thanks to their shared work on "Arbiters of the Apocalypse", the lead single to Revocation's Great Is Our Sin.

A progressive fusion of thrash and death metal, "Arbiters..." wastes absolutely no time in kicking the listener straight in the jaw, springing to life with a riff as complex and head-smashing as any metalhead could ever want or need.

The fact that Davidson can not only lay out a guitar part this intensely avant-garde but also sing at the same time boggles the mind, displaying the unalienable skills of this, frankly, underrated juggernaut.

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