20 Best Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Guitar Riffs Of 2016
15. Amon Amarth - "At Dawn's First Light"
Melodic death metal is a genre that almost always leads to addictive guitar performances, as demonstrated by number 15, Amon Amarth (as well as a few more entries to come). And the second single from the band's masterful Jomsviking record, "At Dawn's First Light", proves that fact very well.
As Swedish duo Johan Söderberg and Olavi Mikkonen display, this utterly brain-shredding single is a quintessential soundtrack to any destructive melee you may have planned. It roars to life with a hard flurry of open-string chugging that soon gives way to let frontman Johan hegg lay down a harrowing warning as an opening line ("At dawn's first light / Run for your lives").
This heralds a breakdown of intense proportions, as NWOBHM-style leads take over, showing off Amon Amarth's variety as skilled axemen.