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- noun
guitar riffs
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Examples
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At faster speeds, the band's distorted riffage was liquefied into a milky slime.
Headbanging good times: Hunt for the beat helps fuel Kylesa Chris Richards 2011
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Their 2007 album, "Mirrored," was both muscular with riffage and playful with hooks.
Hip-Hop Heroes, Alt-Rockers and Some Dark Angels Andy Beta 2011
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Named after a song by Washington State's grunge godfathers Melvins, Boris are renowned for occupying the extremes, juxtaposing a penchant for punishing Sabbath-style riffage with yearning melodies and deep, hypnotic drones.
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“Teeth,” a riotous jangle-boogie, burns through scuzzy riffage and a get-your-body-moving bass line.
Tonight at the Comet Tavern: Dancing Like Idiots « PubliCola 2010
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Named after a song by Washington State's grunge godfathers Melvins, Boris are renowned for occupying the extremes, juxtaposing a penchant for punishing Sabbath-style riffage with yearning melodies and deep, hypnotic drones.
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At faster speeds, the band's distorted riffage was liquefied into a milky slime.
In concert: Kylesa at Black Cat Chris Richards 2011
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The only evidence that DevilDriver is trying to break out of the middle of the pack: a cover version of '90s Americana outfit 16 Horsepower's "Black Soul Choir," which replaces the original's spectral acoustic howl with a nuclear blast of riffage.
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When it comes to repetitive, motivational guitar riffage, I take Lungfish over AC/DC on the treadmill or the track.
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Mosshart followed up by darting through the gnarled riffage of "Hang You From the Heavens."
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Mosshart followed up by darting through the gnarled riffage of “Hang You From the Heavens.”
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