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(This list is a work in progress)

In this list I intend to compile all of my favorite interludes, intros, outros, short acoustic tracks, instrumentals, non-metal or otherwise atypical songs from the metal multiverse. Of course the definitions for each of the above are quite fluid, so you may personally disagree with my decision to consider one of these tracks as such.

Last updated on 23 June 2023.

Created by: Qualeen | 05.04.2022


1. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Voice of the Soul - Probably the most thought-inducing track I've ever heard, perhaps in light of Chuck's passing not much later. Morbid yet serene.
2. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Odens Ride Over Nordland - There is something to this track that encapsulates the essence of the later 2nd wave of BM.
3. Melechesh - Emissaries
The Scribes of Kur - This is a song I've heard for the first time relatively recently, but it blew me away. Although this one is rather lengthy, it still feels transitional.
4. Agalloch - The Mantle
A Celebration for the Death of Man... - For people like me with a preference for wintry aesthetic, this mesmerizes and compels the listener to check the whole record... which then turns out to deliver every bit of the quality of this intro for, like, another hour. The Mantle is as majestic as this song.
5. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Dawn Patrol - Every time I hear this I am reminded of StarCraft 1 and 2. Real gamers know.
6. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
At the Fathomless Depths - One of the greatest melodies I've had the honor of hearing.
7. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Orion - Obviously a very widely-known track, but I have a weird connection with it because it fuses, for me, late 80's Metallica with something I identify as early 70's prog rock influence (or maybe too much time has passed since I listened to that genre a lot and I link this to Yes, Pink Floyd and King Crimson for only an emotional reason?)
8. Agalloch - The Mantle
A Desolation Song - I can't believe I love a song featuring an accordion so much (I think it's an accordion anyway)
9. Decapitated - Winds Of Creation
Dance Macabre - sounds like a soundtrack to an evil wizard's dungeon in a mid-90's cRPG. It's eerie and I love it.
10. Disentomb - Misery
The Genesis of Misery - UUUUUUUUUURRRGGGGHHHHHHHH. Yes.
11. Lord Belial - Enter The Moonlight Gate
Forlorn in Silence - Beautiful harmonies. I like to listen to this when I feel forlorn in silence.
12. Insomnium - Above The Weeping World
The Gale - A wonderful piano melody which captured my attention the moment I first heard it.
13. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Black Star - Absolutely mesmerizing, and a vessel for my memories.
14. Cult Of Luna - The Long Road North
Beyond I - The darkness is palpable.
15. Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon
The Last Feast - Let us feast then, Thor, until the dawn wakes us and the mead runs out...
16. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
The Call of Ktulu - Ahead of its time.
17. Eximperitus - Šahrartu
Šaqummatu - The build up to Utpada is absolutely monstrous, largely thanks to the gradual increase in volume, intensity, drumming excellence and guitar sound!
18. Analepsy - Quiescence
Quiescence - A perfect way to conclude an album.
19. Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime
The Citadel - Makes me think of the cutscene in Baldur's Gate that plays upon entering the Friendly Arm Inn
20. Summoning - Oath Bound
Bauglir
21. Amenra - De Doorn
De Dood in Bloei
22. Defeated Sanity - Chapters Of Repugnance
Introitus
23. Dead Congregation - Promulgation Of The Fall
Promulgation of the Fall
24. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Epilogue
25. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
Matkan lopussa
26. Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
Kaiku
27. Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme
Invert the Idols
28. Morbid Angel - Covenant
Nar Mattaru
29. An Abstract Illusion - Illuminate The Path
Breathe Create Beauty
30. Vildhjarta - Måsstaden
Måsstadens Nationalsång
31. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Bladecatcher
32. Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere
(serpens cauda)
33. Summoning - Minas Morgul
Orthanc
34. Kreator - Gods Of Violence
Apocalypticon
35. Dream Theater - Images And Words
Wait for Sleep
36. Death - Human
Cosmic Sea
37. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
The Wanderer
38. Opeth - Blackwater Park
Patterns in the Ivy
39. Dead Congregation - Graves Of The Archangels
Martyrdoom
40. Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
Spawn of Uamenti
41. Immolation - Acts Of God
Abandoned
42. Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn
Evernight
43. Antestor - The Forsaken
Mitt Hjerte
44. Opeth - Damnation
Weakness
45. Insomnium - Above The Weeping World
The Gale
46. Defeated Sanity - Passages Into Deformity
Initiation
47. Dissection - The Somberlain
Feathers Fell
48. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Poison Was the Cure
49. Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands
Heroes of the Lost Valley
50. Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere
(serpens caput)
51. Be'lakor - Coherence
Indelible
52. Necrophobic - Hrimthursum
The Slaughter of Baby Jesus
53. Meshuggah - Koloss
The Last Vigil
54. Summoning - Minas Morgul
Soul Wandering
55. Megadeth - Endgame
Dialectic Chaos
56. Antestor - The Return Of The Black Death
Vinterferden
57. Wintersun - Time I
Darkness and Frost
58. Tool - Lateralus
Eon Blue Apocalypse
59. Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
They Escaped into the Weight of Darkness
60. Cynic - Focus
Textures
61. Satyricon - The Shadowthrone
I En Svart Kiste
62. Vital Remains - Dechristianize
Let the Killing Begin
63. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
Alsvartr (The Oath)
64. Summoning - Stronghold
Rhûn
65. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
The Dark Elf
66. Dissection - The Somberlain
Into Inifinite Obscurity
67. Immolation - Acts Of God
And the Flames Wept
68. Powerwolf - Bible Of The Beast
Opening - Prelude to Purgatory
69. Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Acrid Placidity
70. Motörhead - Hammered
Serial Killer
71. Dissection - The Somberlain
Crimson Towers
72. Disentomb - The Decaying Light
Withering
73. Antestor - The Forsaken
Raade
74. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
The Minstrel
75. Agalloch - Pale Folklore
The Misshapen Steed
76. Wintersun - Time I
When Time Fades Away
77. Mental Cruelty - A Hill To Die Upøn
Avgang
78. Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
Vacant
79. Vader - Welcome To The Morbid Reich
Ultima Thule
80. Marduk - Opus Nocturne
Opus Nocturne
81. Ensiferum - Iron
Ferrum Aeternum
82. Incantation - Diabolical Conquest
Unheavenly Skies
83. Obituary - Frozen In Time
Redneck Stomp
84. Eluveitie - Slania
Samon
85. Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
Min Hyllest Til Vinterland
86. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
Last Dawn
87. Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree
Mind's Mirrors
88. Enslaved - Frost
Yggdrasil
89. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Isolation Years
90. Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Unicorn
91. Mastodon - Leviathan
Joseph Merrick
92. Enslaved - Frost
Frost
93. Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick
Desolate Ways
94. Dream Theater - Awake
Erotomania
95. Judas Priest - Painkiller
Battle Hymn
96. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
Tyven
97. Ensiferum - Victory Songs
Ad Victoriam
98. Marduk - Those Of The Unlight
Echoes from the Past
99. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Into the Dead Sky
100. Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction
Ave Exitium
101. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
When Shadows Grow Longer
102. In Flames - Whoracle
Whoracle
103. Vanaheim - Een Verloren Verhaal
Verloren
104. Bodyfarm - Dreadlord
Eternal
105. Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
Een Stemme locker
106. Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space
The Landing
107. Anathema - Judgement
Destiny Is Dead
108. Thulcandra - Hail The Abyss
At Night
109. Mental Cruelty - Zwielicht
Midtvinter
110. Heidevolk - Walhalla Wacht
Hulde Aan De Kastelein


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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05.04.2022 - 19:26
AndyMetalFreak
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This is a great idea for a list, and I like your choices
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05.04.2022 - 20:11
Qualeen
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 05.04.2022 at 19:26

This is a great idea for a list, and I like your choices

Thanks! Glad you like 'em
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Sentenced to a lifetime, a second of structured chaos
Trampled by the ferocious, raging crowds of solitude
I'm the soil beneath me soaking up the sustenance of my own death.
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05.04.2022 - 21:19
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Great choices!
Dissection and Summoning make some of the best instrumentals
I was first reminded of my instrumentals list, but I find it interesting that you included non-instrumentals that you seem to categorize as "interludes" like Poison Was the Cure.
There are also plenty of songs I don't know - so I'll have to check those out!
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07.04.2022 - 15:04
Qualeen
Written by F3ynman on 05.04.2022 at 21:19

Great choices!
Dissection and Summoning make some of the best instrumentals
I was first reminded of my instrumentals list, but I find it interesting that you included non-instrumentals that you seem to categorize as "interludes" like Poison Was the Cure.
There are also plenty of songs I don't know - so I'll have to check those out!

Hey! Thanks very much for leaving a comment. I'm sorry, I was absent from the site for 2 or 3 days so I'm only replying now.

Poison Was the Cure is only on this list because I perceived it as an interlude when I first heard it, and I could see it being a standalone song now but I suppose that old perception is still there, and I wanted to represent it through this placement
Sure, check those you've not heard if you wanna, and I'll gladly hear your thoughts!
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So imminently visible - this cloaked innocent guilt
Sentenced to a lifetime, a second of structured chaos
Trampled by the ferocious, raging crowds of solitude
I'm the soil beneath me soaking up the sustenance of my own death.
[Meshuggah]
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03.12.2022 - 04:19
24emd
Theory Snob
My favourite album intro track ever is "Breathe Create Beauty" off An Abstract Illusion's Illuminate the Path. You might want to check that one out!
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03.12.2022 - 19:22
Qualeen
Written by 24emd on 03.12.2022 at 04:19

My favourite album intro track ever is "Breathe Create Beauty" off An Abstract Illusion's Illuminate the Path. You might want to check that one out!

First time hearing that track; it's brilliant! Thanks for the recommendation, I'll add it here.
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So imminently visible - this cloaked innocent guilt
Sentenced to a lifetime, a second of structured chaos
Trampled by the ferocious, raging crowds of solitude
I'm the soil beneath me soaking up the sustenance of my own death.
[Meshuggah]
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08.06.2023 - 02:57
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
A really nice one that I revisited recently is "Pierced Spirit" off of Iced Earth's Burnt Offerings
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08.06.2023 - 12:17
Qualeen
Written by F3ynman on 08.06.2023 at 02:57

A really nice one that I revisited recently is "Pierced Spirit" off of Iced Earth's Burnt Offerings

Thanks for recommending it. Even though I've listened to that record plenty of times, I never paid close enough attention to that track. It'll be interesting to have a separate listen.
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So imminently visible - this cloaked innocent guilt
Sentenced to a lifetime, a second of structured chaos
Trampled by the ferocious, raging crowds of solitude
I'm the soil beneath me soaking up the sustenance of my own death.
[Meshuggah]
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09.06.2023 - 00:13
Qualeen
Written by [user id=329624] on 08.06.2023 at 17:54

Reach to the sky from Galneryus' Angel of Salvation is the best intro to a metal album that is the same genre as the album itself.

Interesting, I'll have a listen, thanks
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So imminently visible - this cloaked innocent guilt
Sentenced to a lifetime, a second of structured chaos
Trampled by the ferocious, raging crowds of solitude
I'm the soil beneath me soaking up the sustenance of my own death.
[Meshuggah]
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