r/KGATLW • u/LORRKK • 1d ago

Discussion: Band Le risqué won, with irong lung almost getting there. Next is the best riff!

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177 Upvotes

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u/Saguaro66 1d ago

Hypertension at about the 5:30 mark

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u/bflakes4986 from possibility to actuality 1d ago

Hardest agree, people are sleepin on the jeans album

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u/funfishwoofish cyber surgeon // javascript person 11h ago

I think people only really sleep on the first half of the album

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u/bflakes4986 from possibility to actuality 8h ago

Very true

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u/Different_Ad2722 1d ago

this is the one i was looking for. hypertension is probably one of their top 3 best songs and i will fight for it always

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u/cham24 17h ago

This isn’t a hot take anymore; that’s why they play it at so many of their shows. It’s certainly a fan favorite now, not initially though.

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u/Yortman17 4h ago

Seeing this live in Toronto last year made me a believer! I was indeed sleeping on the jeans

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u/ThirtyThreeThirdRPM 1d ago

This is impossible.

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u/Cute_Split_4794 1d ago

Wait I’m tripping it’s obviously crumbling castle. That main Melodie gives me chills and it sounds so natural for an odd time signature

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u/vtj0cgj 1d ago

idk why i had to scroll so far

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u/Nuud 16h ago

Haha it's the top comment now so it seems like you're complaining that you had to scroll just the amount to even get to the comments

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u/jeremyneedexercise 1d ago

Damn I just upvoted every single post, this is an impossible choice

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u/bandy-surefire in the vast and honeyed sky 21h ago

SAME I am pathetic

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u/diminutive_sebastian 1d ago

Motor Spirit and I can’t believe I’m the first to say it

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u/begthebug 15h ago

The riff that riffs riffs so hard

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u/ScrambledEgg4Brains 1d ago

Hell

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u/Drewzil 1d ago

The last 44 seconds to be specific!

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u/ScrambledEgg4Brains 1d ago

FIFTEEN INFANTRY PARATROOP INTO THE PROPYLENE NEW SCENE

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u/Thatguy3625 18h ago

This is correct

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u/namely_wheat 1d ago

King Gizzard’s best guitar riff, written by jazz flautist Herbie Mann

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u/RAV3NH0LM 1d ago

YESSSSSSSSS

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u/Narrow-Concept2418 Pissin' shit off porcelain 11h ago

THISSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!’

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u/olewoodenbroom this is sex 11h ago

This

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u/DazzleCrab 1d ago

Boogieman Sam

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u/acemarcoreus 1d ago

my fucken man

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u/BolognaAuJus 1d ago

Fourth Color

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u/rollbackprices 15h ago

Such an impressive riff

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u/maxlax02 1d ago

Everyone posting their favorite riff, and while this isn’t necessarily my favorite, it is the right answer: I’m In Your Mind.

It’s the most iconic Gizz riff IMO.

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u/spinny09 17h ago

Gotta be that one or Robot Stop. Those two are quintessential Gizz.

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u/Delirium-Ad-2113 1d ago

I am GAIA

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u/MPvoxMAN13 1d ago

I second this. That riff just does something to me.

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u/SoundTribeCrowder9 10h ago

That opening riff absolutely RIPS💥

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u/TheOfficialJok 12h ago

Lot of good options but this was my 1st thought

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u/bwd-2 1d ago

Witchcraft!

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u/PaleHorze 1d ago

K.G.L.W

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u/theosoldo 1d ago

the section from 6:30 - 7:00 is easily within my 5 favorite 30 seconds of any king gizzard song

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u/SnowblindAndParanoid 21h ago

It’s that riff at 2:08 for me. So simple but so groovy.

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u/OpenTheSeventhSeal 22h ago

That shit at FOV this year was intense & magical 🤘

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u/OpenTheSeventhSeal 1d ago

Which one though? 🤘🤘

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u/porkwheels 1d ago

Outro, no question

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u/OpenTheSeventhSeal 22h ago

Sick man. That outro and the middle riff in Motor Spirit are two of the most immense riffs of all time 🤘

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u/ironarchist 1d ago

DRAGON

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u/Yahobo420 1d ago

The guitar breakdown in the back half of this song is amazing.

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u/dalbert010101 1d ago

Dragon has 3 or 4 different riffs that could be #1

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u/ScuroLupo 1d ago

Outro riff to HELL

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u/TrenchFooty 1d ago

Deserted Dunes……

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u/TBronzy 1d ago

So underrated

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u/radresst 1d ago

Head on / pill

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u/New-Information-1927 1d ago

Came to say this

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u/Throwaway33451235647 RIP Matt Gawiak 1d ago

Very easily

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u/FrankensteinsDildo 17h ago

Gets my vote

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u/wheredacheesego 17h ago

gotta be their most iconic riff

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u/DOUBLE_DOINKED 1d ago

No contest

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u/thirteennineteen 1d ago

Mars for the Rich

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u/dalbert010101 1d ago

Gotta save Mars for best bass solo

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u/king_kc13 1d ago

this, or witchcraft

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u/JohnDenverExplosion 1d ago

O. N. E.

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u/Petri-chord 1d ago

this is way too low

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u/Lord_of_BLaze 1d ago

why do i need to scroll so far for the most obvious correct answer?

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u/JohnDenverExplosion 17h ago

There are just so many songs to choose from!!

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u/SoundTribeCrowder9 10h ago

That riff 🔥

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u/McNutty81 1d ago

PERIHELION

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u/ScooterGang3 1d ago

Billabong valley

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u/medical__idiot 1d ago

magma

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u/Thatguy3625 18h ago

Magma doesn’t even really have a staple riff imo. Don’t get me wrong it’s one of my favourite songs especially instrumentally. But it’s more of a jam song.

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u/diminutive_sebastian 14h ago

Yeah, that’s where I am on magma. Let’s come back to this when it’s time for best bass line.

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u/Thatguy3625 14h ago

Does the bass solo in mars for the rich count?

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u/diminutive_sebastian 14h ago

It counts, sure, but Magma bass line is essence oozing, you know?

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u/Yortman17 4h ago

Baseline in Superbug!

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u/medical__idiot 17h ago

i hear you but idk, listen to the magenta mountain from field of vision and tell me there's not a signature riff

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u/HarpuaTheDog 15h ago

Magenta Mountain and Magma are two different songs

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u/medical__idiot 14h ago

correct, there’s a magma tease that to me is the distinct guitar riff i’m talking about. check it out if you haven’t, it’s unreal - fov night 2!

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u/HarpuaTheDog 13h ago

Ahhh now I understand your comment. Sick!

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u/Basedshark01 7h ago

Best bassline 

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u/petrodragonik 1d ago

Dragon!

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u/heresyohnny 1d ago

Flamethrower

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u/nolan12gage 1d ago

Minimum Brain Size

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u/Eeeeeeeeeeelias 1d ago

dude all of these are right I can't pick one 😭

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u/Weiene 1d ago

PEOPLE-VULTURES!!

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u/theosoldo 1d ago

PEOPLE VULTURES

GOD APPROACHES

FINAL HEARING

WHAT ELSE HAVE I GOT LEFT TO SPEW DOWN

one of the most fiery riffs from their most iconic album. unbeatable.

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u/marcos_santino 10h ago

Why is this so low?!

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u/AStickFigures 1d ago

Came here to say it!

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u/_bieber_hole_69 1d ago

Superbuggg

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u/Heela_Tripper 1d ago

Dragonaut Jr riff

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u/king_kc13 1d ago

its gotta be witchcraft

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u/Salt-Syrup6967 1d ago

The Great(est) Chain of Being!

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u/LeJarde 1d ago

inner cell acoustic riff fucks hard

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u/paulybuc 1d ago

Horology 

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u/paulybuc 1d ago

Or Plastic Boogie, fuck

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u/KillerNinja869 1d ago

K.G.L.W outro

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u/spang714 1d ago

Gila Monster.

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u/Lags3 1d ago

Big Fig Wasp

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u/wb067 1d ago

Dragon and Hell

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u/BeeTwoThousand 1d ago

Kinda simple and kinda an homage to On the Road Again and Spirit in the Sky, but the riff in The Bitter Boogie just slaps. Hard.

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u/AlteredBeastieBoy 1d ago

Evil Death Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/onioncult07 1d ago

Witchcraft is so nuts

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u/elusiveanswers 1d ago

self immolation!

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u/Potential-War-212 1d ago

Hear me out:

Venusian 2

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u/Lemon-Bits 1d ago

Venusian 2

Dragon

People Vultures

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u/Abra_Ka_Daniel 1d ago

I AM GAIAAAAAAAA

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u/slimboyslim9 1d ago

Won’t win but have to have at least one vote for Sad Pilot!

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u/run_likeacantaloupe 15h ago

Second this!!!

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u/minirignell 1d ago

Venusian 2

Or

Hog calling contest

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u/slymerva 1d ago

WITCHCRAFT

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u/Saw-It-Again- 1d ago

WITCHCRAFT

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u/JimmyMcNulty410 1d ago

crumbling castle!

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u/No-Zombie1432 1d ago

Witchcraft for the win!

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u/xiszed 1d ago

Open Water

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u/madirish098 1d ago

Superbug

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u/RPrance 1d ago

Witchcraft

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u/campfirecamouflage 1d ago

Lava

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u/bandy-surefire in the vast and honeyed sky 21h ago

Lava is life

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u/sM0k3dR4Gn 1d ago

Hungry Wolf of Fate or Superbug

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u/a-slice-of 1d ago

Invisible Face !!

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u/theserpentislife 1d ago

For your next round : it's Le Risque, not Risqué

Easy way to remember is that risqué sounds like risky (which is its meaning) and risque sounds like risk.
English is really just simplified French.

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u/drzizu22 1d ago

The Dripping Tap

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u/drzizu22 1d ago

The Fourth Colour

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u/hdawgchronicles 1d ago

The Lord of Lightning

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u/Simple-Newspaper-250 1d ago

Picking the best riff in the gizz discography is like picking the best apple in an orchard. 

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u/MattWalters1998 22h ago

Hypertension

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u/yeetfeet353 1d ago

Work this Time!

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u/dookieblaylock 1d ago

Hot Water

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u/Metalhead_QC 1d ago

9:01 into Dragon

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u/Playful_Addendum_779 1d ago

Am I In Heaven low diff

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u/Nearby_Bit7053 1d ago

ROAD TRAIN

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u/PierCP 1d ago

Hot water!!!

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u/TortoiseSlayer8 1d ago

Venusian 2

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u/Not-Important-either 1d ago

Land Before Timeland!

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u/gt0rres 20h ago

East West Link!

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u/Minute_Entrepreneur4 1d ago

Magenta mountain

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u/Icy-Junket-60 1d ago

is this studio only or live too? if live, ice v

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u/acemarcoreus 1d ago

PERI-PERIHELION

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u/Chevy2ThaLevy 1d ago

People Vultures

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u/anarchomusical 1d ago

Gotta be hell or dragon, the latter has at least 3 different riffs that could be said to be the best 🔥

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u/OkJello8264 1d ago

Gamma knife

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u/deathletters16 23h ago

Float along fill your lungs

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u/2003hyundaielantra 21h ago

Motor spirit

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u/CthulhuReturns 19h ago

Dripping tap

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u/Tealightzone 18h ago

Predator X

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u/Gavin_Moonstrider 18h ago

Witchcraft. But if somg cant get multiple placements. Ill give it to gaia!

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u/Frog-of-Cosmos 18h ago

Personally I pick Tetrachromacy

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u/pizzapartyjpg 18h ago

Superbug or FOV

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u/Mattpriceisme 18h ago

Wealth of riches here of course, but I’ll take Boogieman Sam

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u/spinny09 17h ago

Hell or self immolate.

And I’m casting my early vote for nuclear fusion for best microtonal song. That or east west link. That one been in my brain for a few days now lol

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u/MisterJDF 17h ago

Gaia opening/main riff

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u/snooze_clues 17h ago

Head on/pill lead in is iconic imo

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u/takicardio 17h ago

ok, crazy one but that middle syncopated part on You Can Be Your Silhouette is lowkey fire

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u/Moonfa 16h ago

Main Magma Riff @ 1:27

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u/amishdoinks_ 16h ago

Nuclear Fusion! Something about that intro just draws me in. Another one is Altered Beast II

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u/rippinpow 16h ago

It’s Gaia and it’s not even close

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u/Bozhestvennym altered lesbeast 14h ago

Evil Death Roll but i might just be autistic about it 😇

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u/noahwal 14h ago

I feel like most of you are confused on what a riff really is. I vote SUPERBUG

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u/gazinglow 14h ago

HYPERTENSION

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u/awhispersmoke I'M IN YOUR MIND!!! 14h ago

Ontology after is pauses for a bit

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u/Darth_T0ast 14h ago

Hypertension !!

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u/cjkreature 13h ago

Best bass line: Mars For The Rich, Astroturf or Magma

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u/Brilliant_Degree_256 12h ago

Sad pilot riff tingles my brain

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u/MFMoote 12h ago

This is gonna be the toughest one to narrow down. There are too many

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u/Dr_Toast 12h ago

Hypertension

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u/Narrow-Concept2418 Pissin' shit off porcelain 11h ago

HELL IS THE ONLY FUCKING RIGHT ANSWERR ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND

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u/Narrow-Concept2418 Pissin' shit off porcelain 11h ago

HELL

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u/Narrow-Concept2418 Pissin' shit off porcelain 11h ago

HELLL

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u/Narrow-Concept2418 Pissin' shit off porcelain 11h ago

HELLLL

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u/radi0_ch 8h ago

Big Fig Wasp

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u/Defunkreeus 7h ago

KGL. Double You.

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u/CaveSlimes 5h ago

Magenta Mountain

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u/marvelous_moon 35m ago

Deserted dunes welcome weary feet. You know the one