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The Best Metal Guitar Riffs FOR YOUR PROJECT

A great track is all about heavy, repeating guitar hooks—the kind of metal riffs that define a song. Our Co-Producer plugin listens to your project and serves up endless samples to get you unstuck.

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BPM
Duration

Bold Guitar Riff

Assertive, clean groove with a chugging metal riff.

Assertive, clean groove with a chugging metal riff.

Demon Riff

A demonic, winding metal riff with a driving pulse.

A demonic, winding metal riff with a driving pulse.

Dirty Bitz

Filthy, complex guitar riff with a dark energy.

Filthy, complex guitar riff with a dark energy.

Driving Pulse

Our forceful, energetic six-string metal riff.

Our forceful, energetic six-string metal riff.

Industrial Groove

Driving metal riff with a mechanical pulse.

Driving metal riff with a mechanical pulse.

Justice Guitar Riff

A righteous metal riff with a driving chug.

A righteous metal riff with a driving chug.

Madman Guitar Riff

Aggressive, frantic metal riff with a dark feel.

Aggressive, frantic metal riff with a dark feel.

Rage Riff

Furious, pedal-stomping riff with a heavy groove.

Furious, pedal-stomping riff with a heavy groove.

Rage Riff

Enraged guitar licks with a powerful chug.

Enraged guitar licks with a powerful chug.

Thunder Guitar Arp

Booming, fast-picked metal riff with a dark edge.

Booming, fast-picked metal riff with a dark edge.

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A FASTER WORKFLOW FOR Metal Guitar Riffs

Stop hunting for the right sound and let our Co-Producer find it for you. It serves up thousands of royalty-free metal riffs that lock into your track's key and tempo, ready to be dragged straight into your DAW.

STEP 1

Search "metal guitar", or any genre, vibe or key

Our AI listens to your track to find crushing metal riffs that lock in with your song’s key and groove, from a single riff heavy metal lick to a full progression.

STEP 2

Preview unlimited metal guitar ideas in your song

Explore every kind of metal riff—from chugging rhythms to that one perfect riff heavy metal demands—all synced to your session's key and tempo in any DAW.

STEP 3

Drop your new metal guitar riffs without leaving your DAW

Instantly grab a metal riff and twist our other metal riffs, whether it's classic riffs metal or a crushing riff heavy metal, into your own royalty-free sound.

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Unlimited access to all samples and new updates:

A NEW plugin that listens to your track and helps you find premium, royalty-free samples that fit right into your music. Work faster with unlimited access to a vast collection of samples and easy drag-and-drop, without ever leaving your DAW.
Co-Producer
Output One
$14.99
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Billed monthly.

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Cancel anytime. All prices in USD.

Unlimited access to all samples, instruments, updates & plugins:

Arcade is the hitmaker’s go-to plugin for inspiration. Produce with unlimited pro samples and instruments that you can play, shape, and tweak to sound entirely original.
Arcade
Thermal makes it easy to experiment and dial in new distortion sounds. A user-friendly experience is key to controlling the deeply powerful, multi-stage engine.
Thermal FX
A NEW plugin that listens to your track and helps you find premium, royalty-free samples that fit right into your music. Work faster with unlimited access to a vast collection of samples and easy drag-and-drop, without ever leaving your DAW.
Co-Producer
Your sounds, insane rhythms. Add extreme effects to any input in real time, in the studio or on the stage.
Movement FX
With Portal, granular synthesis takes your sounds to another dimension. Easily alter any audio input - VSTs, drums, vocals, live guitar, you name it - in a new and musical way.
Portal FX
Get access to over 500+ additional presets for Portal, Thermal and Movement.
All FX Expansions

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What are metal guitar riffs?

A metal riff is the backbone of a track—a short, repeated guitar phrase built on heavy distortion, low tunings, and aggressive, often syncopated rhythms. These powerful metal riffs typically get their tight, chugging sound from palm-muting, and with the right processing, you can transform a solid riff heavy metal idea into a colossal wall of sound. The world of riffs metal is vast, and our tools are designed to help you find, shape, and stack these foundational ideas into a complete production.

What kinds of metal guitar riffs do I get with Co-Producer?

Co-Producer acts as your personal sample-digger, scanning your track to instantly pull royalty-free guitar loops from our Arcade library that fit your project's key and tempo. This means you spend less time searching for the right sound and more time building out your track.

What is Output Co-Producer?

Co-Producer is our AI plugin that listens to your track—like your latest metal guitar hit—to recommend royalty-free samples from our library that match your project’s key and tempo. It’s the fastest way to find sounds that fit.

What DAWs does Co-Producer work with?

Co-Producer works in all major DAWs on Mac and PC, including Ableton, Logic Pro (11.1+), FL Studio, Reason, Reaper, Pro Tools, Cubase, Studio One, and GarageBand, so you can seamlessly drop heavy guitar parts into your session.

How does Co-Producer work with various types of metal guitar riffs?

Our AI scans your track’s musical DNA—its harmony, rhythm, and complexity—to find fitting guitar samples. It serves up premium, royalty-free loops from our library, locked to your key and tempo. And no, it doesn't generate audio; our sound designers handcraft every single sample.

Are these metal guitar riffs free to access?

You bet. With our free 7-day trial, you get unlimited access to all these metal guitar riffs and every other sample in our library. It’s the best way to try Co-Producer for yourself and, well, get hooked.

What’s included in Co-Producer apart from metal guitar riffs?

Co-Producer is your key to our entire Arcade library—a massive, ever-growing collection of royalty-free samples, not just guitar parts. Want to warp them? Upgrade to Output One to add our FX suite, including Portal, Thermal, and Movement, plus all their preset expansions.

Are these copyright and royalty free metal guitar riffs?

Yes, every sample in our library is completely royalty-free. That means you can use any guitar loop you find in your commercial releases and keep all the earnings. We handle the clearance, so you can focus on making hits.

Why does Co-Producer go on my master track?

For optimal use, place Co-Producer on your master track or main output. This lets our AI analyze your entire track's audio to recommend the most suitable samples. It needs to hear active audio to do its job, so just press play and let it listen.

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  • All our plans (Arcade, Co-Producer, Output One, and our FX suite) are flexible, so you’re never locked in.
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