u/Eric_066

I was listening to some Age of Empires soundtrack when my brain twigged to the main riff pattern of one of the songs being very similar to the main/second riff of Death Blooms. It's track 8 off the original Age of Empires soundtrack, called Egyptian Hymn, and it can be found on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nQiV-O284A (The riff starts at 0:20 seconds)

Of course they're not identical, but they follow the same general ascending/descending pattern and melody. Mudvayne's riff is played much lower and is used in the intro (0:11) and the chorus, and the AoE riff is played higher on a harp or something similar. Funny little coincidence I thought I'd share.