The Most Bad Ass Metal Song Intros of All Time

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

Ok, so I think I might have a thing for Metal songs with bad ass intros. You know those intros that make you hit the skip back button over and over. Here's some examples of what I'm talking about. Need more.

Asphyx-Last One On Earth
Obituary - Chopped In Half
torture killer - i bathe in their blood
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Kreator - People Of The Lie
sodom - agent orange - track 1 agent orange
Amon Amarth "Death in Fire"

[trap15]

Ride The Lightning is my prime example for stuff like that Greatest intro of all time, really.

[rancor]

Rotting Christ - Diastric Alchemy
Pantera - Walk

... and I really like the intro to Master of Puppets...

[railslave]

Soundgarden -Jesus Christ pose

[BIL]

JUDAS PRIEST - PAINKILLER MY MULLET IS OVERFLOWING

[AntiFritz]

http://youtu.be/cRvFrkie-Zw?t=23s
http://youtu.be/watch?v=7GgkrOp9Xwo
http://youtu.be/1-xaxfkwGUA
http://youtu.be/watch?v=SncWrOazhHY
http://youtu.be/MoFclPp5rNE?t=17s

Not all too many songs I like that I think have awesome intros, it's more the endings with me I think.

[drauch]

Shit, this is hard... I'd like to say about a billion different Manowar songs, but I'm having a hard time picking just a few. ALL OF THEM. Except that dreadful last album :/.

[Marc]

Got to be Sepultura's Refuse/Resist. Fantastic, gets me pumped every time I hear it.
Also Soundgarden 's Rusty Cage.

[Jonst]

Not so much metal but hard rock,ozzy osbourne -crazy train is a classic!

[railslave]

Deicide - sacrificial suicide
Slayer - Spirit in Black


Stuff makes me want to buy a massive sword, basically

JUDAS PRIEST - PAINKILLER MY MULLET IS OVERFLOWING

I didn't realize they were that heavy

[BIL]

That be my themesong REACHING FOR THE LAGER, HE'S HALF MAN AND HALF MACHINE

But it ain't shit compared to PRIEST GOES DEATH METAL ^_~

So gay but quite catchy

[MR_Soren]

Probably needs more thought put into it, but these songs came to mind right away.

Manowar - Guyana
Iced Earth - Pure Evil
Metallica - Creeping Death
Opeth - Advent

[guigui]

Gojira - indians. This song's outro is also wonderful, as is Remembrance's one, as is full The Link album, as is full discography.

Danish Metal ? yep :

Dureforsog - Raticulous Sorry no youtube link. Go on page, click on play first song, close the ad. Enjoy witches voice. Full Knee album is filled with those types of song. Recommended : Chess-nut for me, Silly things.

[Eaglet]

A lot of good ones have been mentioned so far so here are some new ones:

Cathedral - Vampire Sun
Steamroller guitars.

The Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt
Straight and to the point.


The Dillinger Escape Plan - Prancer
A lot of Dillinger's aggressive songs have badass intros but this one's just a great start to this awesome album.
It's like: Get ready motherfucker.

Edit:
This gets on as well just for pure aggressiveness.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - We Are the Storm

[NRS]

Off the top of my head, I have to say that I've always loved Metallica's more mellow intros:

Fade to Black
Blackened

The "mellow" bit to Blackened's intro is pretty short, I admit, but what fine way to open an album.

For heaviness:
High on Fire - Speedwolf
High on Fire - The Face of Oblivion
Sleep - Dopesmoker (get comfortable)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
At The Gates - Under A Serpent Sun
Gojira - Where Dragons Dwell
Torche - Charge of the Brown Recluse
Melvins - Boris
Melvins - Honey Bucket (may be my favorite riff ever)

EDIT: Good lord, I forgot Meshuggah...
Neurotica
Combustion

[Jeneki]

Always liked Annihilator's intro in the Alice in Hell album.

Alison Hell

[Eaglet]

Melvins - Honey Bucket (may be my favorite riff ever)

*thumbs up*

[PedroMD]

Destroy Destroy Destroy - Gods of War and Open Sores

I'll just leave this here. Metal doesn't get much more ridiculous than Destroy Destroy Destroy.

[Acid King]

Big ups for Priest, Cathedral, Melvins, Torche., and DEP's 43% Burnt. Some of my favorites involve samples...

Buzzov*en - Toe Fry
Molehill - Dying Like Sisters
Buzzov*en - Drained
Eyehategod - Godsong
Electric Wizard - Wizard in Black
Enemy Soil - Group Think

As a drummist I have a preference for intros with prominent drums...

Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - He Who Accepts All That is Offered
Helmet - Tic
Terrorizer - Fear of Napalm
Brutal Truth - Regression-Progression

Else-wise...

Saint Vitus - Burial at Sea
The Gates of Slumber - The Judge
Weedeater - Monkey Junction

Ok I'll stop there...

[Herr Schatten]

Shit, this is hard... I'd like to say about a billion different Manowar songs, but I'm having a hard time picking just a few. ALL OF THEM. Except that dreadful last album :/.

The best intro, though, has to be Blood of the Kings. No contest.

Also great:
Testament - Souls of Black
Grip Inc. - Rusty Nail
Dark Tranquillity - Monochromatic Stains
Arch Enemy - No Gods, No Masters

[Casey120]

Hardrock , metal whatever ..
This still gives me goosebumps :


Iron maiden Two Minutes To Midnight

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

Thanks! Great intros. Really digging Judas Priest, Terrorizer, Testament, and Cathedral intros especially.

BATHORY - Woman Of Dark Desires

Slamming the hell out of those drums.

[railslave]

Slayer - 213 1:23 seconds in, when it really kicks in.

Then it builds more and more

[drauch]

Thanks! Great intros. Really digging Judas Priest, Terrorizer, Testament, and Cathedral intros especially.

BATHORY - Woman Of Dark Desires

Slamming the hell out of those drums.

Dude... yes. One of my favorite songs of all time. Such a good album.

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

Mercyful Fate - Gypsy (Lyrics)

Has a really nice groove to it. I like how the riff sounds like a guitar sounding version of steam coming out of a machine or something.

[emphatic]

Kvelertak - Åpenbaring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4de0-H7HP-g

[antares]

Not the intro but the first riff after the intro is soo badass. Never can get enogh of it:

http://youtu.be/M68kfFSzms4 (Death - 1000 Eyes)

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

Punk, but it's so heavy it's practically metal.

The Exploited - Beat the bastards (with lyrics)

[Aleksei]

How dare you guys not mention Pig Destroyer

http://youtu.be/pTRVvhOJXbI

Eaglet, I knew it was a good idea to be teamed up with you, I approve of old dillinger tracks.

A lot of good ones have been mentioned so far so here are some new ones:


The Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt
Straight and to the point.


The Dillinger Escape Plan - Prancer
A lot of Dillinger's aggressive songs have badass intros but this one's just a great start to this awesome album.
It's like: Get ready motherfucker.

Edit:
This gets on as well just for pure aggressiveness.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - We Are the Storm

[Marc]

Love em or loathe em (personally, anything after the second LP can fuck right off), but the intro to Korn's Blind is of the the best, and most iconic of the 90's. Shame it opened the door to so much bilge.