If your not familiar with Italian YouTuber, multi-instrumentalist, and content creator Andrea "Boma" Boccarusso, he can be explained as a bit of a new-era music historian. Last year, his riff-style "History of Metal" video was rather impressive, featuring original music written, performed, and recorded by Boma himself, that touched on nearly every genre of metal one can think of (even djent).
Now, Boma is back with a new video: The History of Metal: One Riff For Every Year and, as advertised, Boccarusso runs through 22 riffs, including some of the finest from Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, and Megadeth, beginning in 1980 and going all the way through to 2022. That entry features the riff from one of Metallica's latest singles, "Lux Aeterna." You can check it out just above. As with his previous video, Boma covers every base imaginable, and a very well-represented tracklist can be found below.
Have any riffs from this brand new year caught your ear already? Tell Andrea, maybe he's already thinking about an updated video for 2023!
1980 – Judas Priest – "Breaking the Law" (0:00)
1981 – Motley Crue – "Live Wire" (0:13)
1982 – Iron Maiden – "The Number of the Beast" (0:30)
1983 – Dio – "Holy Diver" (0:44)
1984 – Iron Maiden – "2 Minutes to Midnight" (1:07)
1985 – Anthrax – "Madhouse" (1:28)
1986 – Metallica – "Master of Puppets" (1:39)
1987 – Dokken – "Mr. Scary" (2:01)
1988 – Metallica – "One" (2:18)
1989 – Motley Crue – "Kickstart My Heart" (2:31)
1990 – Judas Priest – "Painkiller" (2:48)
1991 – Metallica – "Enter Sandman" (2:56)
1992 – Megadeth – "Symphony of Destruction" (3:12)
1993 – Burzum – "Lost Wisdom" (3:19)
1994 – Pantera – "5 Minutes Alone" (3:33)
1995 – Fear Factory – "Replica" (3:55)
1996 – Sepultura – Roots Bloody Roots (4:12)
1997 – Rammstein – "Du Hast" (4:28)
1998 – Death – "Spirit Crusher" (4:42)
1999 – Korn – "Falling Away From Me" (4:54)
2000 – In Flames – "Only For the Weak" (5:03)
2001 – System of a Down – "Chop Suey" (5:24)
2002 – Opeth – "Deliverance" (5:39)
2003 – Avenged Sevenfold – "Unholy Confessions" (5:58)
2004 – Rammstein – "Amerika" (6:08)
2005 – Children of Bodom – "Are You Dead Yet?" (6:23)
2006 – Dragonforce – "Through the Fire and Flames" (6:38)
2007 – Arch Enemy – "Revolution Begins" (6:57)
2008 – Slipknot – "Psychosocial" (7:13)
2009 – Lamb of God – "In Your Words" (7:27)
2010 – Bullet for My Valentine – "Your Betrayal" (7:35)
2011 – Mastodon – "Black Tongue" (7:50)
2012 – Gojira– "L'Enfant Sauvage" (8:10)
2013 – Avenged Sevenfold – "Hail to the King" (8:24)
2014 – Slipknot – The Devil in I (8:40)
2015 – Ghost – "Cirice" (9:01)
2016 – Gojira – "Silvera" (9:25)
2017 – Kreator – "Satan is Real" (9:43)
2018 – Five Finger Death Punch – "Trouble" (9:53)
2019 – Korn – "You'll Never Find Me" (10:05)
2020 – Static X – "Something of My Own" (10:22)
2021 – Gojira – "Another World" (10:51)
2022 – Metallica – "Lux Æterna" (11:03)
