Favourite Riff from Fortress?

[Jack_The_Riffer]

I feel a bit overwhelmed by how many stand out riffs there are on this album so I thought it would be cool to see what everyone's favourites are.

You can choose 2 options.

Sorry if I miss any out

[Ubik]

Calm the Fire's verse is probably my favourite, just sounds heavenly. Particularly when it cuts back in at the end of the first chorus.

Second is probably the beginning of the middle Fortress section, a little descent into chaos is always fun.

[austinjhnsn]

Bleed It Dry is probably my favorite riff. Peace is Broken is a good one too.

[fix]

This is hard...

[Jack_The_Riffer]

I'm still trying to digest everything and my choices will change day by day probably

[Dolo]

Bleed It Dry verse riff is also cool but it is not in this poll for some reason.

[Felipesh]

Addicted to Pain - Verse Riff, Calm the Fire - Verse Riff, Cry a River - Intro Riff, Farther than the Sun - Bridge Riff, Fortress - Breakdown into Bridge Riff

The riff after the intro of Calm The Fire is (at least now) my favorite

[Macca]

Dat Calm The Fire riff, yo

[Mister Gold]

Dat Calm The Fire riff, yo

Seriously, the one review that called it a missing track from Operation: Mindcrime done AB-style wasn't kidding. Brilliant stuff.

[AB23]

WITHOUT A DOUBT its CoA.

[Arctic]

The Bleed It Dry riff and the fast as fuck riff in Peace Is Broken are my favorites. So badass.

[austinjhnsn]

After listening to CTF again, I changed my mind... It's damn good.

[Timotheus]

Calm The Fire is my first choice.

My second choice is a riff that isn't on there: the massive riff in the bridge of Waters Rising (after the little silence). That riff's got such a huge impact. Definitely one of the coolest moments on the album.

My second choice that's on that list is the breakdown into bridge riff on Fortress.

[One Drew Remains]

Waters Rising for me.

[TheConspirator]

Peace is Broken intro/verse! It's not my favorite song, but it's definitely the catchiest riff for me. I love this album.

[RuRo]

Peace Is Broken, not the best song but the best riff on the album, outstanding.

Wasn't sure for my other vote, went with Fortress bridge since that's the one I remembered liking the most, might change after another listen with this question in mind though.

[MylesKennedyIsGod]

Im going with The Uninvited Intro and Cry a River Intro

[AHart96]

I'm going with the Uninvited intro/verse riff and the Addicted to Pain verse riff. Absolutely unbelievable

[TREMONSTER]

The intro verse riffs for The Uninvited and Peace is Broken are beastly riffs...had to go with those two

[phatnonphatness]

This album is really littered with good riffs.

I picked Peace Is Broken and Calm The Fire. I also think the Bleed It Dry verse riff is as good, it's just not in the poll for some reason. Those three are some the best Mark has ever written. I also think Flip's drum work really helps in getting the best sound out of them.