Your favorite album opening song?

[Kosthrash]

I can think of alot, but the first coming in my mind/heart is Metallica's Blackened. Yours?

 

[gabito]

Cowboys from hell.

 

[Mboogie7]

Shadow of Intent claims this title.

 

[KailM]

 

[MetalDestroyer]

Back in the day, Insomnium were the kings of opening tracks




Markus Vanhala has done a good job these last 10 years, but Ville Vanni leaving really changed the sound of the band.

 

[prlgmnr]

Battery

 

[Choop]

 

[Carrion Rocket]

 

[MFB]

As much as I love this album despite it's flaws, this opening goes hard

 

[Necky379]

That’s really hard to answer and I can’t choose one:

“Everything Went Black” off Nocturnal
“Hexagram” off Deftones s/t
“Blood and Thunder” off Leviathan
“Poundcake” off FUCK
“Rufuse/Resist” off Chaos AD “
“Great Dividers” off Oncoming Storm.

 

[CanserDYI]

New Direction by Gorilla Biscuits, the opener to Start Today (1989). The horn intro then right into the first G# power chord, just goes hard as hell. Iconic.

 

[Kosthrash]

Another amazing album opening

 

[bmtf]

“Hexagram” off Deftones s/t

And the car bomb makes you seasick! I second this, especially after reading that it was a last minute decision. Album wouldn't be the same otherwise.

 

[Pat]

Strength beyond strength

 

[wheresthefbomb]

Death Grips - Beware

No gentle buildup or anything, just slaps you across the face immediately, "hope you like because there's 45 more minutes of this shit." The Inspirational Charlie is basically iconic at this point.

 

[USMarine75]

I can think of alot, but the first coming in my mind/heart is Metallica's Blackened. Yours?

Same.

 

[Perge]

Metallica - Battery
All that remains - this calling
Deicide - in the minds of evil
Pantera - mouth for war
Trivium - Kirisute gomen

 

[rokket2005]

I started making a whole ass list, got to this album, decided it was unfair how this whole album is amazing front to back and any one of the songs on it could be the best song on the album.

 

[gh0styboi]

First one that comes to mind for me personally is KoRn - Twist. I could say Periphery - Muramasa too, though.

 

[Drew]

Two, really, but they flow together - the opening two tracks of Floater's "Sink," namely "The Beginning," and the way it flows into "Seventeen." Fucking awesome.