Top Three Album Openers?

[Health_Hazard**]

What are your top three album openers?

Mine are:

1) Wake Up Dead (Just listen to the intro!)
2) Holy Wars (As iconic as this song is, I wasn't keen on the intro at first and originally considered it to be a bit too long)
3) Reckoning Day (I think it suits the tone of Youthanasia, and the buildup is slow and gets better)

Honorable mention: Last Rites is good, but Looking Down the Cross or KIMB would've been much better.

 

[WatchMeBecomeAFan]

I like Trust

 

[MegaBeavis]

I would have to agree with Wake Up Dead, and Holy Wars. However I'd put Holy Wars slightly ahead, just for its iconic status.

1. Holy Wars
2. Wake Up Dead
3. Dialectic Chaos

I love Endgame, and Dialectic Chaos is such a fitting track to open that album.

Honorable mention: The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead! I've only seen them live once, and that's what they opened with. They played the intro over the PA and dropped the curtain when the song really kicked in, was definitely a 10/10 way to start the show!

 

[Health_Hazard**]

I would have to agree with Wake Up Dead, and Holy Wars. However I'd put Holy Wars slightly ahead, just for its iconic status.

1. Holy Wars
2. Wake Up Dead
3. Dialectic Chaos

I love Endgame, and Dialectic Chaos is such a fitting track to open that album.

Honorable mention: The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead! I've only seen them live once, and that's what they opened with. They played the intro over the PA and dropped the curtain when the song really kicked in, was definitely a 10/10 way to start the show!

I thought about adding Dialectic Chaos to the list! I've read online that people consider Holy Wars to be one of the best metal intros ever.