Which album openers do you think set the tone just right for the record? Just don't count only your favorite songs that happen to be album openers, 'cause that's missing the point. Here are some of mine... Placebo – "Bulletproof Cupid" – Sleeping with Ghosts (2003) Alice in Chains – "All Secrets Known" – Black Gives Way to Blue (2009) Eminem – "Cold Wind Blows" – Recovery (2010) Eluveitie – "Otherworld" – Everything Remains (As It Never Was) (2010) Lordi – "SCG IV" – Deadache (2008) Paramore – "For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic" – Riot! (2007), "Fast in My Car" – Paramore (2013) White Lies – "Is Love" – Ritual (2011) Rammstein – "Rammlied" – Liebe ist für alle da (2009) Dead by Sunrise – "Fire" – Out of Ashes (2009) Gotye – "Making Mirrors" – Making Mirrors (2011) 30 Seconds to Mars – "Escape" – This Is War (2009) Bullet for My Valentine – "Your Betrayal" – Fever (2010) Enter Shikari – "Common Dreads" – Common Dreads (2009), "System..." – A Flash Flood of Colour (2011) Marilyn Manson – "Hey, Cruel World..." – Born Villain (2012) Muse – "Uprising" – The Resistance (2009) R.E.M. – "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" – New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) Foo Fighters – "Bridge Burning" – Wasting Light (2011) Linkin Park – "Wake" – Minutes to Midnight (2007), "The Requiem" – A Thousand Suns (2010) ^EDIT: I've just read Eudis' post and realized I forgot about Linkin Park!
Adele - Rolling in the Deep - 21 Eisbrecher - Tanz Mit Mir - Die Hölle Muss Warten All That Remains - This Calling - The Fall of Ideals Disturbed - Remnants - Asylum Linkin Park - Wake - Minutes to Midnight Linkin Park - LOST IN THE ECHO - LIVING THINGS Rammstein - Rammlied - Liebe ist Für Alle Da Rammstein - Reise, Reise - Reise, Reise The Rasmus - Shot - Hide From The Sun The Rasmus - Stranger - The Rasmus Sakis Rouvas - Σπασε Το Χρονο - Παραφορα
Dream Theater - "A Nightmare to Remember" - Black Clouds and Silver Linings [2009] Dream Theater - "The Glass Prison" - Twelve Step Suite [2001-2009] Coldplay - "Politik" - A Rush of Blood to the Head [2003] Alice in Chains - "All Secrets Known" - Black Gives Way to Blue [2009] Linkin Park - "The Requiem / The Radiance" - A Thousand Suns [2010] Linkin Park - "Wake" - Minutes to Midnight [2007] Muse - "Take a Bow" - Black Holes and Revelations [2006] Muse - "Intro / Apocalypse Please" - Absolution [2003] The Ocean Collective - "Epipelagic / Mesopelagic: Into the Uncanny" - Pelagial [2013] Opeth - "The Moor" - Still Life [1999] The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [1967] Mad Season - "Wake Up" - Above [1995] Pink Floyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5" - Wish You Were Here [1975] Wintersun - "When Time Fades Away" - Time I [2012] Fates Warning - "Disconnected, Pt. 1" - Disconnected [2000] Killswitch Enagage - "Daylight Dies" - As Daylight Dies [2007] Nine Inch Nails - "Somewhat Damaged" - The Fragile [1999] Smashing Pumpkins "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness [1994] Coldplay - "Life in Technicolor" - Viva la Vida or Death and All of His Friends [2008] Coldplay - "Mylo Xyloto" - Mylo Xyloto [2011]
The Beatles - "Come Together" - Abbey Road Converge - "Concubine" - Jane Doe At the Drive-In - "Arcarsenal" - Relationship of Command Joy Division - "Disorder" - Unknown Pleasures Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" - Black Sabbath Wu-Tang Clan - "Bring da Ruckus" - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Queens of the Stone Age - "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" - Songs for the Deaf My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow" - Loveless Massive Attack - "Angel" - Mezzanine Pixies - "Debaser" - Doolittle The Stooges - "Search and Destroy" - Raw Power Fugazi - "Facet Squared" - In on the Kill Taker Beastie Boys - "Sure Shot" - Ill Communication Radiohead - "Everything in Its Right Place" - Kid A Pantera - "The Great Southern Trendkill" - The Great Southern Trendkill Helmet - "In the Meantime" - Meantime Kanye West - "Dark Fantasy" - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherub Rock" - Siamese Dream Depeche Mode - "Black Celebration" - Black Celebration Neutral Milk Hotel - "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One" - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Autopsy- Charred Remains Bathory- Oden's Ride Over Nordland Behemoth- Horns ov Baphomet Behemoth- Daimonos Cannibal Corpse- Hammer Smashed Face Cannibal Corpse- Severed Head Stoning Darkthrone- Kathaarian Life Code Dethklok- I ejaculate Fire Electric Wizard- Return Trip Enslaved- Thoughts Like Hammers Finntroll- Blodsvept Foo Fighters- Bridge Burning Ghost- Dues Culpa Ghost- Infestissumam Goatwhore- Apocalyptic Havoc High on Fire- Devilution High on Fire- Fury Whip High on Fire- Serums of Liao Jethro Tull- Aqualung Kreator- Enemy of God Kyuss- Thumb Lamb of God- Black Label Lamb of God- Ruin Lamb of God- Straight for the Sun Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains the Same Linkin Park- Wake Linkin Park Requiem/The Radiance Mammoth Grinder- Underworlds Metallica- Hit the Lights Metallica- Battery Muse- Supremacy NIN- Mr. Self Destruct NIN- Somewhat Damaged NIN- Something I can Never Have (Still) NIN- All the Love in the World A Perfect Circle- The Package Puscifer- Tiny Monsters Queen- Death on Two Legs Queens of the Stone Age- You think I ain't Worth a Dollar but I feel like a Millionare Red Fang- Prehistoric Dog Rise Against- Chamber the Cartridge Rise Against- Architects Sepultura- Roots Bloody Roots Skeletonwitch- This Horrifying Force (The Desire to Kill) Slayer- Angel of Death SOAD- Suite-Pee Soad- Soldier Side Tool- Stinkfist Tool- The Grudge Vital Remains- Let the Killing Begin Vital Remains- Where is your God Now? (Those guys have the best fucking intros) As usual with these I had trouble narrowing it down lol
Linkin Park: "The Requiem / The Radiance / Burning In The Skies" - A Thousand Suns "Forward / Don't Stay" - Meteora Stone Temple Pilots: "Down" - No. 4 "Dead and Bloated" - Core Muse: "Supremacy" - The 2nd Law "Take A Bow" - Black Holes & Revelations "Sunburn" - Showbiz Nine Inch Nails: "Mr. Self Destruct" - The Downward Spiral "Somewhat Damaged" - The Fragile 30 Seconds To Mars: "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)" - 30 Seconds To Mars "Birth" - LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS Queens Of The Stone Age: "Keep Your Eyes Peeled" - ...Like Clockwork Radiohead: "Everything In It's Right Place" - Kid-A Van Halen: "Running With The Devil" - Van Halen "1984" - 1984 The Cure: "One Hundred Years" - Pornography How To Destroy Angels: "The Wake-Up" - Welcome Oblivion Incubus: "If Not Now, When?" - If Not Now, When? "Nice To Know You" - Morning View Kanye West: "On Sight" - Yeezus The xx: "Intro" - The xx "Angels" - Coexist
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, 'Nevermind' (1991). "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)" by 30 Seconds To Mars, '30 Seconds To Mars' (2002). "Remember The Name" by Fort Minor, 'The Rising Tied' (2005). "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters, 'Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace' (2007). "Intro" by The xx, 'xx' (2009). "The Requiem" by Linkin Park, 'A Thousand Suns' (2010). "Caves" by Data Romance, 'Other' (2013). "Tennis Court" by Lorde, 'Pure Heroine' (2013). "I. Crawl" by Childish Gambino, 'Because The Internet' (2013). ... that's all I got, for now.
Rob Zombie "Call Of The Zombie/Superbeast" - Hellbilly Deluxe Amorphis "Sampo" - Skyforger Depeche Mode "World In My Eyes" - Violater Dethklok "Murmaider" - The Dethalbum Fair to Midland "Heavens To Murgatroyd/Whiskey And Ritalin Filter "Soldiers Of Misfortune" - Anthems For The Damned Flobots "There Is A War Going On For Your Mind/Mayday" - Fights With Tools Incubus "You Will Be A Hot Dancer" - Fungus Amongus Peeping Tom "Five Seconds" - Peeping Tom One Day As A Lion "Wild International" - One Day As A Lion The Parlor Mob "How It's Going To Be" - Dogs Siddhartha "Trip To Innerself" - Trip To Innerself/Siddhartha Sleepmakeswaves "To You They Are Birds, To Me They Are Voices In The Forest" - ...And So We Destroyed Everything Sully Erna "Avalon" - Avalon Temple Of The Dog "Say Hello 2 Heaven" - Temple Of The Dog Blue Stahli "ULTRAnumb" - Blue Stahli I would give Awolnation's Megalithic Symphony an honorable mention since the first song proper (Soul Wars) sets the tone fantastic, the two separate intro tracks not so much
Linkin Park: ''The Requiem/The Radiance/Burning In The Skies'' - A Thousand Suns ''Papercut'' - Hybird Theory Imagine Dragons: ''Radioactive'' - Night Visions Eminem: ''Public Service Announcement 2000/Kill You'' - The Marshall Mathers LP ''Curtains Up/White America'' - The Eminem Show ''Dr. West'' - Relapse ''Cold Wind Blows'' - Recovery ''Bad Guy'' - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers ''Desecration Smile'' - Stadium Arcadium: Mars ''Monarchy of Roses'' - I'm With You Coldplay ''Don't Panic'' - Parachutes ''Politik'' - A Rush Of Blood To The Head ''Square One'' - X&Y ''Life in Technicolor'' - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Nirvana ''Smells Like Teen Spirit'' - Nevermind Kanye West ''Dark Fantasy'' - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Nine Inch Nails ''Mr. Self Destruct'' - The Downward Spiral ''HYPERPOWER!'' - Year Zero Dead By Sunrise ''Fire'' - Out Of Ashes Muse ''Intro/Apocalypse Please'' - Absolution ''Uprising'' - The Resistance
Linkin Park - "Papercut" - Hybrid Theory Linkin Park - "Opening" - Reanimation Linkin Park - "The Requiem" - A Thousand Suns Rammstein - "Mein Herz Brennt" - Mutter Deftones - "Bored" - Adrenaline
Linkin Park - Papercut Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying from You Linkin Park - The Requiem Kanye West - Dark Fantasy Kanye West - Wake Up Mr. West / Heard 'Em Say Jay-Z and Kanye West - No Church in the Wild The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles - Birthday (it counts lol) The Beatles - Come Together The Beatles - Two of Us Glee Cast (yes I watch the show) - Don't Stop Believin' Imagine Dragons - Radiactive Justin Timberlake - Pusher Love Girl Adele - Rolling in the Deep The Black Keys - Lonely Boy Coldplay - Politik Coldplay - Don't Panic Fall Out Boy - The Phoenix Foo Fighters - Burning Bridges OneRepublic - Made for You Paramore - Fast in My Car
"This is a Trick" - Crosses "Frontier" - Crosses "Bastard" - Tyler, The Creator yeah that's about it for now