Three Days Grace

I think Three Days Grace has a few songs with great guitar riffs.

My favorites are Never Too Late, Animal I Have Become, Riot, and I Hate Everything About You. The Intro to Riot is a great riff for practicing alternate picking.

the intro to Animal I Have Become is
((Drop C/D))

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