Your favorite album opening song?
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DestroyMankind
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Cannibal Corpse- Hammer Smashed Face.
High Plains Drifter
... drifting...
Winter time in Ohio, heading off to school in my beat-to-shit '74 Cutlass and by the time I got there I was ready for anything!
Kosthrash
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Some fresh opener: The collector (Septic Flesh)
Kosthrash
SS.org Regular
I mean, i've heard before the intro was reversed recording, but after all these years just now i've listened to it and i felt like the first time i've listened to the song back then... What a hidden jem this is and such an ingenius composition!!!
BlueTrident
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Deftones have always had great album openers
I saw them live when they were promoting that album and they'd open their shows with End of the Line. Killer track and perfect opener. I'm pretty sure i'm in somewhere in the music video as they were filming the live footage for it during that show.
My favorite album opener is from QOTSA Songs for the Deaf:
When the whole band and vocals kick in it's like a shotgun blast.
Sir_Shreddington
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Not sure I can nail down an all time favorite...but currently this is mine:
Chris O
Not The Dude...
Chris O
Not The Dude...
Esp Griffyn
Play more music
Mastodon's 'Crusher Destroyer' wins it for me. Full throttle, maximum intensity and they just don't let up for that whole album.
youngthrasher9
Ur Mom Is Too Much Gain
Hollowway
Extended Ranger
I’m surprised more people aren’t doing rock opera albums, where the track listings are telling a story, and specifically need to be in order. Like Tommy or The Wall.
For me, I’d do In the Flesh from The Wall, because I absolutely adore that album. That’s not my favorite song on there by far, but it it is essentially “chapter one” of it.
For me, I’d do In the Flesh from The Wall, because I absolutely adore that album. That’s not my favorite song on there by far, but it it is essentially “chapter one” of it.
MFB
Banned
Why? Me personally, I find that makes the individual tracks weaker as now they need context for them to be understood, even if it makes the album itself that much better.
Like, I would argue that V: The New Mythology Suite is Symphony X's best work as it's so god damn good on both a musical/lyrical level and then as a whole package telling this complete story? Really hard to top, IN MY BOOK, but I feel like the majority of fans would argue for Divine Wings... over it because you can just listen to any of the tracks on their own and they stand up.
Heretick
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Oh man, I can think of a TON. Sabbath had a history of opening with a monster back in the day, like Black Sabbath, War Pigs, and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. CKY did it three times in a row by just coming in a burning it down with 96 Quite Bitter Beings, Escape From Hellview, and Suddenly Tragic. I've always loved Jason Becker's Altitudes as an opener. A recent favorite of mine has been Testament's D.N.R., from The Gathering.
But, to me, the ultimate will always be Iron Maiden's Moonchild from Seventh Son. It doesn't get any better than that for my taste.
But, to me, the ultimate will always be Iron Maiden's Moonchild from Seventh Son. It doesn't get any better than that for my taste.
Metal Mortician
Ninja Lurker
Opeth - The Leper Affinity
chipchappy
thudmaster
technically not the album 'opener' per se but it's a great way to kick off one of the best albums ever made
