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[jTrippy]

Obviously my opinion, feel free to tear it apart or add your own suggestions, but these are my pics for top ten riffs (not top ten songs) of TMV history.

1. Track 2 of Cassandra Gemini
2. First part of Viscera Eyes
3. First part of Goliath
4. Bridge of Concertina ("This debt will collect...")
5. Bridge of Cygnus ("Bring me this plague...") esp. live
6. Bassline of the second part of Askepios
7. L'Via
8. Cut that City
9. Bassline of Wax Simulacra
10. Last part of Baphomets ("Gimme one plague")

Thoughts?

[TeenZombie01]

the first riff of eriatarka. im usually not one to care about what year people joined because that stupid but i do find it funny that you joined this year and there is not one riff from de-loused on your list. the riff to the chorus of roulette dares is also FUCKING EPIC.

[jTrippy]

TMV's been my favorite band since before Francis. That has nothing to do with it. I like the harder-edged riffs though.

I might add that I have two songs from Tremulant...

Roulette Dares was an oversight on my part.

[Taking the Veil...]

roulette FTW!!
Also eunuch provocateur has a damn cool riff!

[Tehfop]

roulette FTW!!
Also eunuch provocateur has a damn cool riff!

[wolveman]

lol at viscera eyes riff. The end part is ok, but that beginning riff is like 4 power chords, then he plays over it... it's probably the worst riff they've done imo



Eunuch has a very energetic riff during the chorus.

The beginning part to Veil is my favorite guitar part ever (to play (that I haven't written) and listen to)

The chorus of Cygnus

Too many parts from Cassandra

The one part of Drunkship, "lash of one-thousand eyebrows clicking, counting the toll, counting the toooooooohhhllll yaaaahahaaa" then the ascending bass riff--------------------- sometimes that's my favorite thing ever. It makes me dance always, even if I'm driving.

I like the part at the end up Mecca when Ikey is going nuts, Omar plays some cool shit.

There are others, but those are the first to mind.

[trevbrochill]

good thread IMO
but ive got to get together my list of top riffs now

[Faith_devant]

cicatriz cassandra resembling part in scab dates
exoskeletal thing
give me one page thing
take the veil robopart
aberinkula's ending part

[Ilyena]

1. 1st verse of Roulette Dares.
2. Begining Of Drunkship.
3. Intro to Eriatarka.
4. Sarcophagi.
5. Verse of Frances the Mute.
6. Verses of Cassandra.
7. The riff under the solos during the first few minutes of Vicarious Atonement.
8. Verses of of Tetragrammaton.
9. Everything in Asilos Magdalena.
10. Pretty much everything in Askepios.

[Seyon]

Finally! Now this is my kind of thread.

1. Cassandra Geminni, track 3
1. Cassandra Geminni, track 2
1. Goliath, Omega Coda of Both Doom and Destiny
4. Cassandra Geminni, chorus
5. Take the Veil, Who brought me here
6. Drunkship of Lanterns, Lash of 1000 eyebrows
7. Roulette Dares Chorus
8. Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus main riff
9. Cicatriz
10. Viscera Eyes part 2

That was like picking your favorite child.

[Notam]

1) Twenty Five Wives
2) Omega Coda of Doom and Destiny
3) The beggining of Tetris



that's all you need to know

[Incarnated_Debts]

1. Tetragrammaton - the rosylin carter part.
2. Cygnus verse
3. Cygnus (Con Safo)
4 Eriatarka - Evaporated the fur part
5. Eunuch verse (guitar and bass)
6. Aberinkula ending
7. Take the Veil verse and robotalk
8. Drunkship - carpal jets part
9. Cassandra (pick one)
10. Viscera Eyes 2nd part

[IiIiIiIiI]

The guitar part on the verse of Eunuch is definitely the best riff I've heard out of Omar. I'm also a big fan of Con Safo, in general. After that, the guitar part on the verses of take the veil ("you must have been phlegmatic in stature! etc...").

I guess those are my top three.

[Amnesia-Proletariat]

Didn't specify what instrument


1. 25 Wives (guitar)
2. Last chorus of Day of the Baphomets. (guitar) that has got to be the longest riff ever.
3. Chorus Cassandra Gemini 1 (guitar and keys)
4. Tie Chorus and verse of eunuch (guitar)
5. Vicarious Atonement (guitar)
6. The only Metatron part we've heard (guitar)
7. Inertiatic Outro (keys)
8. This apparatus: and now it won't be long and the bridge before (bass and keys)
9. Abortion, the other white meat beginning riff (guitar and bass)
10. Take the veil: who brought me here (guitar)

[XxItLacksAHumanPulsexX]

Ok I'm just referring to omar's guitar riffs. This isn't in any order

1. Terta (after the guitar solo, "sulking drained..")
2. Eunuch Provocateur (after the first chorus and bass only part)
3. Roulette Dares (the intro, the verse riff, and the chorus)
4. Baphomets (when cedric sings "give me one page..)
5. Drunkship (the first thing omar does two times in a row and then Cedric sings)
6. Cygnus (the first riff after the intro)
7. L'Via (when cedric goes "oh ew oh ew, oh ew oh ew" and then they break into the chorus)
8. Cassandra (a lot of parts)
9. Take the Veil (the first riff after the intro)
10. Apparatus (when cedric goes, "this is the alter..")
11. Wax (first riff after intro)
12. Aberinkula ( the first riff after the first chorus)

Okay I'm gunna stop but I could go on.

[Poetik00]

1. concertina...
2. roulette dares - orig and BDO impov jam
3. jacob jam - vegoose 06
4. tira me las aranas
5.pretty much all of frances... lvia especially
6.cicatriz!!!
7. abortion
8. deus ex machina

[recklessrecluse]

1. Cassandra 7
2. 50 sec section before the slamming guitars/"knife me in" come back on Take the Veil (~6:05-6:50)
(i'm probably the only person who would ever put that this high, but come on, you can't cram more tension into 50 seconds than that)
3.Tetragrammaton verses
4.Askepios outro
5.Closing section of mecca
6."Counting the toll" chorus in drunkship
7.L'via verses
8.Bass in viscera outro
9.First minute of Cassandra 4
10.Baphomets intro

[Eduard E. Bola]

i've always felt like apparatus is unappreciated. i think all the riffs are really interesting, especially the weird solo section. they aren't complex or anything, i've just always really enjoyed that song, and it usually goes unmentioned.

[chaz0833]

the arpeggio on Tetra at the beginning is amazing

[L' Via L' Viaquez]

1. Intro to Eriatarka
2. Son et Lumiere (the vocals are so good)
3. Take the veil Cerpin Taxt (everything)
4. Roulette Dares vocals (Exoskeletal..)
5. intro to L'Via.
6. The Widow
7. Intro to Vicarious Atonement
8. Day of the baphomets (that song like warped my mind)
9. Drums on Wax Simulacra
10. solo on Goliath after omar says "never seen a man like this one before"


OOoh..there all just so good..but there standouts for me.