Favourite Riff from Fortress?

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Your favourite riffs from Fortress

Cry of Achilles - Heavy Verse Riff
10
12%
Addicted to Pain - Intro/Bridge Riff
2
2%
Addicted to Pain - Verse Riff
2
2%
Bleed it Dry - Intro Riff
8
10%
The Uninvited - Intro Verse Riff
11
14%
Peace is Broken - Intro/Verse Riff
12
15%
Calm the Fire - Verse Riff
19
23%
Waters Rising - Pre-Chorus/Outro Riff
3
4%
Cry a River - Intro Riff
2
2%
Cry a River - Outro Riff
1
1%
Farther than the Sun - Heavy Intro Riff
6
7%
Farther than the Sun - Bridge Riff
0
No votes
Fortress - Breakdown into Bridge Riff
4
5%
Fortress - Gallop Style Bridge Riff
1
1%
 
Total votes: 81

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Favourite Riff from Fortress?

Post by 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.

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Re: Favourite Riff from Fortress?

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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.
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Bleed It Dry is probably my favorite riff. Peace is Broken is a good one too.
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Re: Favourite Riff from Fortress?

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This is hard... :(

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Re: Favourite Riff from Fortress?

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I'm still trying to digest everything and my choices will change day by day probably
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Bleed It Dry verse riff is also cool but it is not in this poll for some reason.
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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
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Dat Calm The Fire riff, yo
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Macca wrote:Dat Calm The Fire riff, yo
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The Bleed It Dry riff and the fast as fuck riff in Peace Is Broken are my favorites. So badass.
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After listening to CTF again, I changed my mind... It's damn good.
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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.
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Waters Rising for me.
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Peace is Broken intro/verse! It's not my favorite song, but it's definitely the catchiest riff for me. I love this album.
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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.

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Im going with The Uninvited Intro and Cry a River Intro :rockon :rockon
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I'm going with the Uninvited intro/verse riff and the Addicted to Pain verse riff. Absolutely unbelievable
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The intro verse riffs for The Uninvited and Peace is Broken are beastly riffs...had to go with those two :rockon
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Re: Favourite Riff from Fortress?

Post by 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.

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