Best album/ song intros. Let's do it!
FATHER... WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME!
The intro riff to The Words That Crawled.
And I'm going to propose I Will Nail You In as a wild card. The utter absence of any sort of build up, straight into total grind hell... it's like the anti-intro.
As I just put in the metal thoughts thread...
Destruction - Curse the Gods. The long slow build up, then that riff about a minute in.
LET THE KILLING BEGIN!!!!
Vital Remains!
That opening gate sound on 'Lunatic..' on Deicide's first album.
Long intros or just the first few moments?
If the later the first thing that comes to mind is BETHLEHEM Dictius....
Ides of March/ wrathchild.. every metal/thrash album since has tried to capture that and failed
SYL - City (Velvet Kevorkian). The ticking timer and the absolute fucking Bomb goes off.
SYL - Oh My Fucking God.
QuoteWell gentlemen, a great deal of money has been spent on this project and we can't allow it to fail
SYL - Detox. Get the fuck in there
Mr Self Destruct opening up The Downward Spiral also has to be considered.
Not sure whether we're talking about effects/samples or musical intros but anyway:
The gradual speeding up of the intro to Fall From Grace on Blessed Are The Sick.
South Of Heaven's opening notes, and then that power chord.
The synth intro to Unleashed Upon Mankind.
The Prisoner sample on, well, The Prisoner.
First one that came to mind after seeing the thread title
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Quote from: Carnage on December 01, 2023, 12:11:33 AMSouth Of Heaven's opening notes, and then that power chord.
I'm not mad into them at all but that's a great shout there
Decide have plenty of gems,quick drink in a minute in a minute youll feel drowsey..
Satyr speaking on Satyricons the shadow throne Kampen mot Gud(roughly translated,the war between god and christ has started) before blasting into Hvite Krists dod was always class.
I used to love the extended riffing with no vocals you used to get at the start of some 80's thrash, the likes of March of the SOD, Death Squad, No Hope, Agent Orange and the like.
When Jerusalem by Sleep was released, that riff intro was stretched to about 8 minutes before you got the first verse of vocals, loved it.
The church bell at the beginning of Black Sabbath. Timeless.
You Can't Bring Me Down, it just builds and builds until "What the hell is going on around here?" and kicks in. Delicious.
Dystopia's "Stress Builds Character". Greatest intro ever. The rant over the first few minutes is amazing
Not usually a fan of movie samples in songs but The Exorcist III sample at the beginning of Crown of Horns by Cryptopsy is perfect.
The ominous keyboards and thunder sound intro to Into the Infinity of Thoughts before the chaos kicks in still gives me goose bumps.
EVERY ONE OF US HAS HEARD THE CALLLLLLLL!!!!
Probably a bit of a cliche but I've always had a grá for the intro to 'Blinded by by Fear' by At the Gates.
...."We are blind to the worlds within us, waiting to be born." (guitars kick in) DNN DNN, DNN DNN
Good old Luke Rhinehart and his crazy adventures 8)
Is that a quite from The Diceman then? Never knew that, despite reading it years ago.
Good calls on Deicide and Vital Remains :abbath:
One that stands out for me is Brutal Truth on Extreme Conditions...
"Time" plods away slowly for the longest track on the album after some right blistering grind attack.
Turn over the LP or tape, or the CD continues, and you're soon given a sharp shock out of your near slumber with the spoken plea "I hope you make sure we're properly dead before you start" followed by absolute mayhem as Kevin Sharp scream lasts 13 seconds accompanied by an all out attack from the rest of the band on "Walking Corpse"
Perfect. What a way to get things moving again.
Metalstorm/Face the Slayer. Forty years old in two days!
The fade-in intro to The Heretic on The Headless Children. Nice little guitar noodle and vocal chant, the bass drum and chords ramping it up a bit, then that quick tom roll and full speed ahead. Lovely stuff.
I'm going route one here but the intro to "Welcome To The Jungle" opening up "Appetite For Destruction" was the first thing that came to my mind.
That denneh-neh nen-en-eh, denellenellehnelleleh... "Oh my god!" all the way to the "CHAAAA!" before all hell breaks loose on the record still sets my pulse racing.
"I am the killer of children" Abaddon incarnate Last Supper
Walking Corpse, GNR and AI are all great shouts!
As mentioned Welcome To The Jungle is killer. When he used to scream " You know where the fuck you are?" live it was pure magic.
Grand Magus - I, The Jury. When JB lets out that big holler at the start. It's so epic that I have screamed it out many times whilst driving.
Seventh Star - Dead End. Great intro before the hardcore kicks in.
Martyr AD - On Earth As It Is In Hell. Slow build up before the riffs kick in.
Emperor - Anthems. It's majestic.
Suffocation's "Funeral Inception" :abbath:
Absu opening Tara with Pillars of Mercy right after the bagpipe intro.
A Dangerous Meeting building up Dont Break the Oath.
Bolzer - Hero/The Archer.
Dead Breed by Facedown
https://youtu.be/t34aw5NPyhc?si=25Rmt2J7PvANbp0Q
Also Blackened by Metallica is still their best album intro.
Facedown... that name rings a distant bell.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on December 02, 2023, 09:15:50 AMFacedown... that name rings a distant bell.
Swedish band. Marco from the Haunted was their frontman. Their debut, Mindfield was from 1995 and they got lots of annoying comparisons to Machine Head as Burn My Eyes was out around same time.
I think they toured with them as well, possibly supported MH in the SFX?
That was Mary Beats Jane. Peter Dolvings band before The Haunted
I think I had a song recorded off the metal show. MBJ opened for MH with Meshuggah. I remember fuck all at this point.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on December 02, 2023, 10:52:46 AMI think I had a song recorded off the metal show. MBJ opened for MH with Meshuggah. I remember fuck all at this point.
Possibly one of the old Metal Hammer cover mounted CDs? That's how I heard of them initially. Was some scutter on most of those CDs in the mid 90s
Quote from: The Great Cull on December 02, 2023, 09:59:41 AMThat was Mary Beats Jane. Peter Dolvings band before The Haunted
Ah. Wouldn't be into them either.
The intro to Black Sabbath is the most iconic to me. Followed closely by "Basically" intro to N.I.B.
Pure magic!
GnR's intro to 'Welcome...' is another great shout. Makes me want go grab the floor brush and get ready to headbang Axl style around the kitchen.
Off-Topic maybe! But...
House Of Pain - Jump Round.
Instant smile on my face at the impending embarassment of my kids.
The scream at the start of Left Hand Path.
The feedback leading into Like Rats, sets up what's coming perfectly.
Love the intro to Urgehal's 'Stesolid Self-Destruction to Damnation' from their 'Ikonoklast' album. One of my favourite movies sampled...'that cold ain't the weather that's death approaching'.
Any of the intros on the songs from carcass necroticism album.
I'll give you the first one as it sets up the album nicely. The others are unwelcome interruptions IMO.
Quote from: Carnage on December 02, 2023, 03:05:17 PMI'll give you the first one as it sets up the album nicely. The others are unwelcome interruptions IMO.
I agree with this. It's my least-played Carcass record, when it should be my most.
See also - Pestilence's Testimony of the Ancients. At least they had the good grace to make the interludes seperate tracks (at least on whichever CD of it I have).
Agreed. I skipped the Pestilence ones when I ripped it, and cut out the Carcass ones (apart from the first one, but I made it a separate track, and added the TOTT B-sides at the end), much better listening experience.
Quote from: Carnage on December 02, 2023, 12:04:43 PMThe scream at the start of Left Hand Path.
The feedback leading into Like Rats, sets up what's coming perfectly.
2 beauties right there!
Find it hard to top what has already been mentioned
Mmmmmm ....
Metallica: Whiplash!
Quote from: Carnage on December 02, 2023, 03:53:18 PMAgreed. I skipped the Pestilence ones when I ripped it, and cut out the Carcass ones (apart from the first one, but I made it a separate track, and added the TOTT B-sides at the end), much better listening experience.
I ripped the Pestilence ones just to keep a "complete" back up, but they never see the storage of a mobile device.
Must sit down with Audacity and Necroticism some evening.
The Manical Laughters Of Suicide's an Alternative S.T.
Exodus-pleasures of the flesh .always thought the intro was funny
Album is hit and miss .drum sound ruins it
Quote from: Shitstirrer on December 03, 2023, 03:05:29 AMExodus-pleasures of the flesh .always thought the intro was funny
Album is hit and miss .drum sound ruins it
love that album, totally agree about drum sound, they almost sound like 80s electric Simmons drum pads. And the snare is reverbed to death. Still a great album despite that.
I always liked how the intro to Inquisitor - Walpurgis really sets the tone for how deranged and frantic that album is
And of course Martyrdoom starting Graves of the Archangels is one of the best openers ever
Another one is the start of Australian and anti-christ - confess! Confess! FUCKKK YOUUU!! to the sound of people being burned alive. D666 at their most D666.
Quote from: Mithrandir on December 04, 2023, 08:08:35 AMI always liked how the intro to Inquisitor - Walpurgis really sets the tone for how deranged and frantic that album is
I'm coming late to this thread, but this is a great choice :abbath: :abbath:
Obvious ones have been mentioned like Metallica - Blackened - just never get tired of it. For drum intros you can't beat Painkiller (although Death - Flattening of Emotions gives it a good run for it's money)
Acoustic I'd go for Moonshield from In Flames.
Non metal opener - Radiohead - Airbag, first riff I learned to play on guitar.
The little harmonised intro The Ripper by Priest.
Churchill's speech.
The haunting intro to Into The Crypt Of Rays on Morbid Tales, it still gives me the horn when that riff eventually kicks in.
Quote from: The Butcher on December 04, 2023, 10:25:02 AMAcoustic I'd go for Moonshield from In Flames.
For acoustic intros you can't really beat Fight Fire with Fire or Battery.
To be fair Metallica had some great intros back in the 80s 8)
Eh ,Moonshield is a five minute long track
Like, the acoustic but is just part of the song rather than an intro per se. I always thought so anyway.