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These are my favorite opening songs of all time. When I listened to them, I was instantly hooked! Whether it starts with a slow instrumental build-up or an aggressive assault of riffs, these openers set the tone for the rest of their respective albums. Enjoy!

Created by: F3ynman | 02.08.2021


1. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
The Hellion / Electric Eye
2. Judas Priest - Painkiller
Painkiller
3. Summoning - Minas Morgul
Souls Wandering
4. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Holy Wars... the Punishment Due
5. Testament - The Legacy
Over the Wall
6. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
At the Fathomless Depths / Night's Blood
7. Slayer - Reign In Blood
Angel of Death
8. Obituary - Cause Of Death
Infected
9. Entombed - Left Hand Path
Left Hand Path
10. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Odin's Ride over Nordland / A Fine Day to Die
11. Slayer - South Of Heaven
South of Heaven
12. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?
Into the Lungs of Hell
13. Sinister - Cross The Styx
Carnificina Scelesta
14. Slayer - Hell Awaits
Hell Awaits
15. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
Victim of Changes
16. Death - Symbolic
Symbolic
17. Vektor - Terminal Redux
Charging the Void
18. Quo Vadis - Day Into Night
Absolution (Element of the Ensemble III)
19. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Wake Up Dead
20. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
21. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Blackened
22. Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
Twilight
23. Dissection - The Somberlain
Black Horizons
24. In Flames - The Jester Race
Moonshield
25. Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
Override of the Overture
26. Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
Follow the Reaper
27. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Sweet Leaf
28. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
Ripping Corpse
29. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
War Pigs
30. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Aces High
31. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Neon Knights
32. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
Caught Somewhere in Time
33. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
Withstand the Fall of Time
34. Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade
The IVth Crusade
35. Rainbow - Rising
Tarot Woman
36. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
37. Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
A New Power is Rising
38. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
At First Light
39. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
A Dangerous Meeting
40. Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
War
41. Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution
Judas Rising
42. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Scavenger of Human Sorrow
43. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
Initiation / I'm Alive


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02.08.2021 - 22:29
AndyMetalFreak
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All of the openers you mentioned here are excellent🖒alot of these openers are my favourites too! War Pigs, Painkiller, Dangerous Meeting, Holy Wars, Left Hand Path and Angel Of Death to mention a few.
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03.08.2021 - 00:00
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Written by AndyMetalFreak on 02.08.2021 at 22:29

All of the openers you mentioned here are excellent🖒alot of these openers are my favourites too! War Pigs, Painkiller, Dangerous Meeting, Holy Wars, Left Hand Path and Angel Of Death to mention a few.

Thanks! I've just now remembered to add Judas Rising and Into the Lungs of Hell
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03.08.2021 - 18:04
blackwreath13
Exceptional choices

Evidently I need to start listening to Summoning.
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03.08.2021 - 19:02
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Written by blackwreath13 on 03.08.2021 at 18:04

Evidently I need to start listening to Summoning.

Indeed you do! I love especially their instrumental work
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04.09.2021 - 11:03
blackwreath13
Written by F3ynman on 03.08.2021 at 19:02

Written by blackwreath13 on 03.08.2021 at 18:04

Evidently I need to start listening to Summoning.

Indeed you do! I love especially their instrumental work

Any particular album you recommend starting with?
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04.09.2021 - 14:11
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Written by blackwreath13 on 04.09.2021 at 11:03

Written by F3ynman on 03.08.2021 at 19:02

Written by blackwreath13 on 03.08.2021 at 18:04

Evidently I need to start listening to Summoning.

Indeed you do! I love especially their instrumental work

Any particular album you recommend starting with?

I started with Minas Morgul. I find it has a great sound.
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10.09.2021 - 05:52
sgtrobo
Great list, ton of fantastic bangers there!
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10.09.2021 - 05:54
F3ynman
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Written by sgtrobo on 10.09.2021 at 05:52

Great list, ton of fantastic bangers there!

Thanks! What do you think of my other lists?
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10.09.2021 - 05:55
sgtrobo
Gonna check 'em out, you got a bunch!
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10.09.2021 - 05:56
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Written by sgtrobo on 10.09.2021 at 05:55

Gonna check 'em out, you got a bunch!

Yeah - thanks!
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