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Metal Riffs Black Friday pricing is 50% off, so this Ueberschall guitar loop library costs $55 until Nov 29, 2026.
It is a collection of 800 loops and phrases, all recorded on 7 and 8 string guitars. Those low-tuned and extended range instruments are where modern metal gets its heavy sound, and the pack is built around short, massive-sounding riffs you can use to kick off a production.
The sample data adds up to 2.4GB, and the maker's feature list rounds it to 2.3GB.
The loops are split across two Elastik Soundbanks with 400 loops each. Both banks hold the same performances, recorded two different ways:
The DI bank is the one to reach for if you want to re-amp in the box and shape the gain stage yourself.
Everything sits in two tempos, 100 and 130bpm, and two keys, B and F#. Folders in each group hold small sets of riffs that are meant to be combined into song sections.
Every riff runs 8 bars. Each one comes as three separate performances, which you can layer and pan for a tight double or triple-tracked sound.
A stereo mix of the three takes is included as well, panned left, right and centre, if you want the stacked sound without building it.
The maker says the recorded sound stays consistent across all the loop groups, so phrases from different categories are meant to mix and match.
The library runs in the Elastik player, which adapts loops to your project in speed, scale and pitch. Any installed Elastik library can be combined with any other.
Metal Riffs also gets Elastik's ReTune, resample, formant and reverse functions, plus a multi mode filter. That gives you room to rework a phrase well beyond the original performance.
The maker describes the mood as mean, aggressive and very, very heavy, aimed at busy producers and media composers who want some 7 or 8 string guitar in a metal-flavoured track.
Ueberschall also lists Shred Guitar, Metal 1 and Metal 2 as related metal libraries in its catalogue.
The backing drums in the demo are not part of the library. They come from Metal 1 and Metal 2.
The Elastik player and the Ueberschall Downloader share the same recommendations:
Yes. The Metal Riffs Black Friday deal takes 50% off, so the pack costs $55 until Nov 29, 2026. It is the full Ueberschall library of 800 loops and phrases recorded on 7 and 8 string guitars.
You get 800 loops and phrases in two Elastik Soundbanks of 400 loops each, around 2.4GB of sample data. One bank is amped and miked, the other is DI. The demo's backing drums are not included.
Yes, the library is built for the Elastik player. It adapts loops to your project's speed, scale and pitch, and adds ReTune, resample, formant, reverse and a multi mode filter. The Ueberschall Downloader needs an internet connection.
The phrases come in two tempos, 100 and 130bpm, and two keys, B and F#. Every riff is 8 bars with three performances you can layer, plus a stereo mix of all three panned left, right and centre.
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