Your favorite album opening song?

[Das Gitarrenwiesel]

Sweet Leaf by Black Sabbath
Fear Inoculum by Tool
Blackened by Metallica

There are so many, but Sweet Leaf started my journey in metal ... so it has to be my number one.

 

[Swarth]

Immolation - Close to a World Below

 

[Xaios]

 

[Pietjepieter]

Fortgot about City but Damn it sounds so sick

 

[Robslalaina]

Too many to remember but there hasn't been any love for Alexi in the thread so far so I'll say this one. Kicked my butt real hard first time I heard it. Razor sharp guitar tones, catchy chorus, ridiculously cool leads, come on!

 

[MFB]

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

Since it seems like people are doing more than just their #1 overall, here's a short list of openers that have really hit home; I was absolutely insufferable as a teen metalhead, and then Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind broke me into the indie/alternative scene, and some of these were from when I first took that plunge.






The metal/rock ones are far more obvious:

Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
Arch Enemy - The Immortal
Nevermore - Born

Etc, etc

 

[BigSwede]

Lots of great album openers mentioned in this thread, so I'm gonna go with one that wasn't mentioned (matter of fact, I only saw one mention of the band in the thread...blasphemy!)

 

[Captain Shoggoth]

Hold up - NOBODY's posted this one yet?!!??!

 

[Seabeast2000]

Hold up - NOBODY's posted this one yet?!!??!

Banger opener

 

[Slaeyer]

For me it's the intro to Lamb of God's Wrath. The intro "The Passing" is kind of okay, but the transition to "in your words" is just kicking some serious ass.



Also the intro to the album Opus by Nospun. Entirely different to LoG, but that dry vocals are really awesome. Even though I find the lyrics of the entire album lacking something I cannot really name...

 

[OneTwoThrill]

Far better live

 

[primitiverebelworld]

COB - Follow the Reaper, Metallica - FIght Fire with Fire, KoRn - Twist, Obscura - Septuagint, Soilwork - Follow the Hollow, Metallica - Enter Sandman

 

[wheresthefbomb]

Death Grips - Beware
At The Gates - Blinded by Fear
Aesop Rock - Labor

 

[BlackMastodon]

Aesop Rock - Labor

This made me think about how much I love Mystery Fish as an opener to The Impossible Kid, though I'm biased since that's a top 10 album for me.

I should dive into his earlier discography.

 

[Soya]

I know this will be in the minority but ima go with Muramasa off Periphery 2. After the first album, this song really gives off the vibe "oh shit these boys just got serious"

 

[Solomon Monagle]

Bloodbath - At The Behest Of Their Death

Fit For An Autopsy - The Sea Of Tragic Beasts

Parkway Drive - Samsara

Whitechapel - When a Demon Defiles a Witch

The Acacia Strain - Skynet

 

[Furtive Glance]

Ghost of Perdition - Opeth
Enemies of Reality - Nevermore

And Paradigm Shift - LTE probably was the most impactful on 14-y/o guitar noob me’s life.

 

[Crungy]

Fear Factory: album openers on Demanufacture, Obsolete and Digimortal
Korn: It's On
The Amity Affliction: Chasing Ghosts, I Hate Hartley
Machine Head: Imperium
Dream Theater: Glass Prison
Meshuggah: Stengah, Humilitave, Future Breed Machine, Concatenation
Knocked Loose: Oblivion's Peak
Northlane: Dispossession, Soma
A Day to Remember: The Downfall of Us All, Sticks & Bricks
Sevendust: Home, Disease
The Dirty Nil: Fuckin Up Young
Paramore: Fir a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic, Careful
Parkway Drive: Samsara. The way it leads into Unrest and that song being a beatdown is spectacular
Karnviool: COTE, Simple Boy
Chimaira: Let Go

 

[Crungy]

technically not the album 'opener' per se but it's a great way to kick off one of the best albums ever made

I would absolutely count that as the opener, that's a great one!

 

[Solomon Monagle]

Fear Factory: album openers on Demanufacture, Obsolete and Digimortal
Korn: It's On
The Amity Affliction: Chasing Ghosts, I Hate Hartley
Machine Head: Imperium
Dream Theater: Glass Prison
Meshuggah: Stengah, Humilitave, Future Breed Machine, Concatenation
Knocked Loose: Oblivion's Peak
Northlane: Dispossession, Soma
A Day to Remember: The Downfall of Us All, Sticks & Bricks
Sevendust: Home, Disease
The Dirty Nil: Fuckin Up Young
Paramore: Fir a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic, Careful
Parkway Drive: Samsara. The way it leads into Unrest and that song being a beatdown is spectacular
Karnviool: COTE, Simple Boy
Chimaira: Let Go

couldn't agree more re: Samsara leading into Unrest. Parkway made it very clear they meant heavy business on Deep Blue with those beatdowns to start