The heaviest Riff - What instant Captures Rush's

[Bastille Dave]

QUOTE (I Get High On You @ Sep 16 2006, 12:24 PM)

TEMPLES! Pure heavy energy.

I voted that too.

[Zanadoo]

Stick It Out and BU2B immediately came to mind just because I remember feeling like I got punched in the gut when I heard them live.

[USB Connector]

Finding my way, The Temples and OLV/Earthshine immediately come to mind. I can't say one is more metal than another though.

[IChoseFreeWill]

Heaviest, most metal one? Earthshine!

 

Which is interesting, since it is a song about a non-violent astronomical phenomenon.

[Cygnals]

Agreed with Earthshine but I also dig Virtuality's main riff too.

[spitball]

Put me in with the Cygnus x-1 camp. I have always considered that as their "heaviest" song overall, Geddy's vocals playing a key role.

[WIDE-ANGLE WATCHER]

By-Tor from All the World's is Heavy Metal

[hughes&kettner]

what, no BU2B?

[metaldad]

BU2B by far . Sounds like R.A.T.M.

[HigherWater]

Yep, Earthshine than Cygnus

[GrandDesigner]

3:18 into Peaceable Kingdom. Most badass riff Rush ever made...this deserved more than the 20 seconds it got buried in a dismal album.

[ak2112]

None of the above! How could Cygnus X-1 not be on the list from AFTK? Easily their heaviest tune!

[Passage2]

From the list I went for Time and Motion, my favourite track from TFE and probably from the 90's era. Absolutely pummeling, relentless, dark and heavy - probably a bit like getting on a rollercoaster after necking a tab of acid.

 

No Natural Science? "A quantum leap forward...."

[Presto-digitation]

QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Oct 11 2008, 07:08 PM)

Of these, Earthshine...

My post from '08 and I'll stick with it. I might throw in Driven as well.

[the masked drummer]

Temples of Syrinx. Wicked riffs, nearly scary vocals. Nothing besides cygnus x-1 even gies to that level of raw metal imho.