Secret Tracks: Songs And Audio Pieces That Were Left Off The Track List

Secret Tracks: Songs And Audio Pieces That Were Left Off The Track List

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Secret tracks, sometimes also called ghost tracks, unlisted tracks or hidden tracks, are songs or audio pieces that were left off the track list of an album.

The easiest way to hide a secret track is providing the space for a distinct track that is just not listed on the back cover. However, there are also other possibilities:

Multisided records are vinyl records that have more than one groove per side. Therefore, double-grooved LPs can contain the secret track in the second groove.
Moreover, some vinyl records contain audio in the locked groove, which is usually silent and used for keeping the needle from drifting into the label area.

Compact discs may contain secret songs in the pregap of a track. Therefore (depending on the CD player), the secret track is not played automatically, but has to be manually back-scanned to be started.

In general, secret songs are often placed at the end of the final track, which contains the listed song and the unlisted audio separated by some minutes of silence.

Enhanced CDs may contain tracks that are not recognized by regular CD players but can only be detected as multimedia files by a computer.

In rare cases, two tracks have to be played simultaneously in order to either complement each other or to suppress distorted parts, resulting in a reconstructed song.

In general, there seems to be a trend that fewer secret tracks are produced for new releases. Moreover, re-issues of older albums often contain formerly secret tracks as listed bonus tracks or omit them entirely, especially for digital versions of the album.

Please feel free to suggest more examples of secret tracks on metal/hard rock albums.

[Updated 16.04.2026]

100. 1. Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics The final track (24:08 min) contains the listed song “Dead Girl”, which ends at 7:23. It is followed by silence from 7:24 to 22:29, before the unlisted secret song "The Beautiful Downgrade" starts.
100. 2. Anathema - Pentecost III The final track contains the listed song "Memento Mori", which ends at 8:13, followed by 1 min of silence, before the secret track "Nailed To The Cross/666" starts at 9:13.
100. 3. Anathema - Pentecost III + The Crestfallen EP The final track contains the listed song "They Die (7" version)" and the two secret tracks "Horses" and "666", which were hidden after "Memento Mori" on the original "Pentecost III" EP.
100. 4. Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real The listed song of the final track “Stealing From A Thief” ends at 5:33. After 2:30 min of silence, the secret song “Pieces” starts at 8:03. It features bassist Frank Bello on lead vocals.
100. 5. Anthrax - We've Come For You All The listed song of the bonus track "We're a Happy Family" is followed by the secret song after 2 min of silence.
100. 6. Anthrax - Worship Music The final track contains the listed “Revolution Screams", which ends at 6:08. After 5 min of silence, the secret song "New Noise" begins at 11:08. Some album versions have “New Noise” as bonus track.
100. 7. Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale Some album versions have an untitled secret track (1:27 min) in the album's pregap.
100. 8. Ayreon - The Human Equation Disc 2 starts with 11 silent secret tracks (10x 4 sec and 1x 9 sec long), which function as the introduction part of track 12, "Day Twelve: Trauma". Therefore, the opening song of this disc is on track 12.
100. 9. Behemoth - Pandemonic Incantations On the original version of the album, track 8 is followed by 57 tracks of silence. The secret song “Outro” is on track number 66.
100. 10. Behemoth - Satanica The album was contains two secret songs. The first secret song is an instrumental on track 33, while the second secret song, which contains lyrics, is on track 93. The tracks 9–32, as well as tracks 34–92 are silent (lasting 4 sec. each).
100. 11. Behemoth - Thelema.6 The first album versions have the final song “The End” as track 12. The limited edition of the album has "The End" as track 23, while tracks 12–22 are silent (lasting 4 sec. each).
100. 12. Between The Buried And Me - The Silent Circus The final track (13:37 min) contains the listed song “The Need For Repetition", which ends at 6:16, before the secret song "The Man Land" begins at 11:16.
100. 13. Black Sabbath - Sabotage Some album versions contain the secret song "Blow On A Jug", which directly follows on from "The Writ" at a much lower volume.
100. 14. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding The final song (“The Alchemist”) is followed by 2 min of silence before Dickinson reads lines from William Blake's epic poem "Milton".
100. 15. Brujeria - Marijuana The secret track 6 is a radio advertisement.
100. 16. Cathedral - The Garden Of Unearthly Delights The final secret track (5:58 min) contains 5:01 min of silence, before the secret song that is in general referred to as "Proga-Europa" starts.
100. 17. Cathedral - The Guessing Game The final track (10:36 min) starts with the listed song "Journey Into Jade", which runs until 6:32. This is followed by silence until 9:32, before the secret audio piece starts, in which a voice recording of Cathedral artist Dave Patchett can be heard describing the theme of the artwork for "The Guessing Game". Moreover, at one point Lee Dorrian stifles a laugh in response to one of Dave's statements. There is music playing in the background.
100. 18. Children Of Bodom - Something Wild The 7th and final song (“Touch Like Angel Of Death”, 7:47 min) ends after 4:05. After several minutes of silence a short keyboard instrumental can be heard, which sometimes is referred to as “Coda”. The first versions had a hidden 8th track with 10 sec of silence, which sometimes is referred to as “Bruno The Pig”.
100. 19. Children Of Bodom - Skeletons In The Closet The final track contains the listed Britney Spears parody cover "Ooops!? I Did It Again" (ends at 3:19) and the secret King Diamond cover "Waiting" (starts at 4:49).
100. 20. Cirith Gorgor - Unveiling The Essence The cover of Darkthrone's "In The Shadow Of The Horns" (5:40 min) is in the pregap of track 1.
100. 21. Cradle Of Filth - The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh The secret track 13 is the song "Imperium Tenebrarum"
100. 22. Crimson Glory - Astronomica The original 1999 U.S. release contains a secret audio piece. The final track on the album contains the listed song "Cydonia", as well as a secret audio, which begins about 1 min after the listed song ends, consisting of 20 min of police scanner recordings about a supposed UFO sighting.
100. 23. Danzig - Danzig 4p The final listed song is track 12, which is followed by secret blank tracks until the secret track 66, which contains the song called “Invocation”.
100. 24. Darkthrone - Total Death The Peaceville reissue version has the song “God Of Disturbance & Friction" as secret track 9 (originally recorded for the Moonfog 2000 - A Different Perspective compilation).
100. 25. Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry The original vinyl album release used the locked groove for parts of the last song "No No No", where the final lyric “No” repeats infinitely. The original cassette features "No" being screamed 46 times, while the "No" lyrics fade out on later releases.
100. 26. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant The 11th and final track (“Raabjørn Speiler Draugheimens Skodde”, a re-recorded version of the song from the album For All Tid) was not listed on the first versions of the album.
100. 27. Disturbed - Asylum Track 13 contains a secret song. The track starts with 1:34 min of silence, before the secret song, a cover of U2`s "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", starts.
100. 28. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse Track 1 (later referred to as “Intro”, 0:52 min) is not listed on the back cover of the early versions of the album. Therefore, the first listed song (“Into The Infinity Of Thoughts”, 8:14 min) is track 2. Later album versions contain the intro fused to the song “Into The Infinity Of Thoughts” as one single track 1 (9:06 min).
100. 29. Evanescence - Sound Asleep The 6th track of the CD (called "Ascension Of The Spirit" on the digital release) is a secret track. Depending on the EP version, the secret song starts at 8:19 or 3:15.
100. 30. Evanescence - Anywhere But Home The song "Missing" is placed at the end of the CD (track 14), while the CD insert lists "Missing" as track 8. The DVD contains a secret video of the performance of "Bring Me To Life" in Las Vegas (Nevada), which can be found on the DVD main menu by moving the cursor to the largest thorn on the left-hand side of the screen.
100. 31. Exodus - The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A The final track (19:51 min) contains the listed song “Bedlam 123” (which ends at 7:58), followed by 10 min of silence, before the secret track starts, which is a country-style parody version of "Bonded By Blood" entitled "Bonded By Banjo".
100. 32. Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup The final track (13:01 min) contains the listed song “Kvällning” and the secret song "Trollvisan", which starts at 11:02.
100. 33. Gojira - Terra Incognita The final song (“In The Forest”) ends at 5:30 and is followed by the secret instrumental “Terra Inc” or “Terra Incognita” (as it is called on live setlists) starting at 9:00. On the re-issue version, the instrumental starts already after 10 sec of silence. The album has no regular title track. Therefore, “Terra Incognita” could be described as a secret title track, which would also fit to the album theme.
100. 34. Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh The final song (“The Way Of All Flesh”, 17:02 min) ends at 6:51 and is followed by a few minutes of silence before an untitled instrumental track starts at 12:33.
100. 35. Guns N' Roses - "The Spaghetti Incident?" The album ends with the infamous secret track “Look At Your Game, Girl”, written by the criminal cult leader Charles Manson.
100. 36. Haggard - Eppur Si Muove The final song (“Herr Mannelig – Short Version”, 6:10 min) ends at 3:20 and is followed by a few minutes of silence before an untitled instrumental track starts at 5:20.
100. 37. HIM - Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 The final listed track 9 is followed by secret tracks 10–65, which all consist of silence. The secret track 66 has silence until 5:49, when the instrumental outro of "The Heartless" (from the band's 1996 EP "666 Ways to Love: Prologue") plays until the end.
100. 38. Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism Track 1 (later referred to as “Intro”) is not listed on the back cover. Therefore, the first listed song (“The Call Of The Wintermoon”) is track 2.
100. 39. Iron Maiden - No More Lies The final track (19:50 min) contains the listed song "Journeyman [electric version]" (7:06 min), which is followed by 6:06 min of silence and the secret track, which starts at 13:12. This is the song "Age Of Innocence" (from the "Dance Of Death" album) with an ad-libbed vocal performance from Nicko McBrain dubbed in. This version is often called "Age Of Innocence... How Old?".
100. 40. Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Rauchen Und Yoga The final song ("Verrat Am Metal") is followed by silence before finally the music picks back up.
100. 41. Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Kaputte Nackte Affen Secret track after the final listed song "Wenn Die Menschen Einmal Nicht Mehr Sind".
100. 42. Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Welt Ohne Werbung The final track contains the listed song ("Gott Der Konformität") followed by silence before finally the secret track ("Gedanken Lesen") starts.
100. 43. Kamelot - Karma The final track is 11 min. It contains the listed song "Elizabeth III: Fall from Grace", which ends at 4:14. The rest of the track is silence. Because "Karma" was Kamelot's fifth studio album, the band wanted its duration to be 55:55 min. The silence is kept intact even in album versions that contain bonus tracks.
100. 44. Kamelot - The Black Halo The album has a short secret track (1:20) in the pregap of "March Of Mephisto", which can be accessed by rewinding. The listener can hear a couple entering a theater and being told that they have "just made it to the second act", referring to "The Black Halo" as the second album in a two-part concept.
100. 45. Kamelot - Silverthorn The final track (4:17 min) contains the listed piece "Continuum", which ends at 1:53, followed by silence until a secret cello solo starts at 2:49.
100. 46. Katatonia - Tonight's Decision The final track (9:15 min) contains the listed song "Black Session", which ends at 7:00, followed by silence until a secret instrumental starts at 7:25. The reissue version has two bonus tracks. The second bonus track (5:52 min) contains the listed song "Fractured", which ends at 3:30 before the same secret instrumental starts at 4:00.
100. 47. Keops - Road To Perdition The back cover lists the song "Keops" as the first song. However, an intrumental intro is the track 1 on the CD, while "Keops" is track 2. Therefore, also the other songs are shifted for one position for the CD player.
100. 48. King Crimson - Islands The last track (11:51 min) contains the listed song "Islands", which ends at 9:17, one minute of silence and a secret short excerpt from a "Prelude: Song Of The Gulls" studio session. It features Robert Fripp talking, while the ensemble is tuning their instruments.
100. 49. Korn - Korn The 12th and final track (17:31 min) contains the listed song “Daddy”, which ends at 9:32. The secret audio “Michael & Geri” starts at 14:05, consisting of a discussion of a man and woman about a car. Some versions have this as separate secret track.
100. 50. Korn - Life Is Peachy The 14th and final track (8:37 min) contains the listed song "Kill You", which ends at 5:04, followed by silence until the secret song “Twist A Capella” starts at 7:34.
100. 51. Korn - Follow The Leader The first 12 tracks of the original physical version of the album each contain 5 sec of silence. The resulting 1 min of silence has been reported to represent a gesture of respect for a deceased fan. The 25th and final track (15:40 min) contains the 13th song from the album ("My Gift To You"), followed by 2 min of silence and finally the secret song "Earache My Eye" (Cheech & Chong cover).
100. 52. Korn - Untouchables The final track contains the listed song "No One's There" before - after some silence - the secret track “Here to Stay (T-Ray's Mix)" starts at 5:06. Some album versions have this as separate secret track without the silence.
100. 53. Korn - Take A Look In The Mirror The final track contains the listed song "When Will This End" (until 3:39) and a secret song (starting at 9:52), which is a live cover of Metallica`s “One”.
100. 54. Kyuss - Kyuss The secret track "Lick Doo" closes the album.
100. 55. Kyuss - ...And The Circus Leaves Town The 11th and last track (34:04 min) contains three songs. The listed song "Spaceship Landing" ends at 11:14, while the first secret song “M'deea“ starts at 14:42 and the second secret song "Day One" starts at 31:41.
100. 56. Lord Belial - Enter The Moonlight Gate The final song ("Realm Of A Thousand Burning Souls Part I") ends at 11:58, which is followed by several minutes of silence, before a secret instrumental song plays for 2:57 min.
100. 57. Marillion - Brave The second side of the second record of this double-LP features a double groove. The first groove contains the regular track listing (“The Great Escape” and “Made Again”), while the second contains an alternative version of “The Great Escape”. This alternative version has different lyrics that create a different ending to the album's narrative.
100. 58. Marillion - This Strange Engine The final song is followed by silence until Steve Hogarth can be heard laughing over piano intro to "Man Of A Thousand Faces".
100. 59. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar The main album consists of the listed tracks 1-16. The unlisted tracks 17–98 contain a few seconds of silence each (track 17: 9 sec, tracks 18-97: 4 sec, track 98: 5 sec). Track 99 is a secret track, which is sometimes called "Revelation 99", "Track 99", "Empty Sounds Of Hate", "Ghost Track" or"Untitled".
100. 60. Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children Track 16 is a secret track, an alternative version of track 3 ("Shitty Chicken Gang Bang").
100. 61. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals The untitled 15th track can only be accessed through an enhanced CD executable computer.
100. 62. Mastodon - Remission The final song (“Elephant Man”) ends at 5:40 and is followed by 1 min of silence, before an ambient piece can be heared until 8:05.
100. 63. Mastodon - Blood Mountain The final song (“Pendulous Skin”) ends at 5:06 and is followed by the reading of a "fan letter" from Josh Homme (at 21:25), who provided guest vocals on the album. The track ends with laughter.
100. 64. Mayhem - Pure Fucking Armageddon The 10th and final track is not listed. It is a secret outro track.
100. 65. Mayhem - Grand Declaration Of War The backmasked version of the final song “Completion In Science Of Agony (Part II of II)” can be found in the pregap before track 1.
100. 66. Megadeth - Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years The US version has the secret track "Capitol Punishment" (track 15). This new song (collage) is the secret title track of this compilation. The Japanese version has "Wake Up Dead" as bonus song on track 15 and "Capitol Punishment" as bonus track 16.
100. 67. Melechesh - Sphynx The final track (12:38 min) contains the listed song ("Caravans To Ur"), which fades out at 3:33, followed by silence until an ambient piece starts at 9:30.
100. 68. Melechesh - Emissaries The final (11th) track is not listed on the back cover. It contains an improvised instrumental that is referred to as "Extemporized Ophthalmic Release" in the liner notes.
100. 69. Meshuggah - None The final track contains the song "Aztec Two-Step", which ends at 5:40, 5 min of silence as well as the secret song that starts at 10:40.
100. 70. Misfits - American Psycho The final track contains the listed song "Don't Open 'Til Doomsday" and the secret song “Hell Night”. Some vinyl versions contain the secret song "Dead Kings Rise" instead.
100. 71. Morbid Angel - Heretic In addition to the 14 listed tracks, the album has 30 secret tracks: Tracks 15 to 29 are silent, while tracks 30 to 44 contain ambient pieces, isolated guitar leads or an instrumental version of another song from the album.
100. 72. Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante The LP version has a second groove during the 3rd song (“Sleep Part II: Carry Stress In The Jaw”). The corresponding secret song is called “The Secret Song” or “Spy”. It is part of the track on the CD version. Another secret song starts 1 min after the final song (“Merry Go Bye, Bye”) and is called “Nothing”.
100. 73. Municipal Waste - The Art Of Partying The secret song “Touch Me Now” (sung by drummer Brandon Ferrell) follows after the listed song “Born To Party”.
100. 74. Nevermore - The Politics Of Ecstasy A secret song follows after 5 min of silence behind the listed song "The Learning" ("Love Bites" on some album versions) .
100. 75. Nine Inch Nails - Broken The two songs “Physical” (Adam And The Ants cover) and “Suck” (Pigface cover) were originally released as mini-CD together with the six songs one the main CD in one limited package. Later releases had all songs on one CD, with the two mentioned songs as secret songs (at least mentioned in the credits) on tracks 98 and 99 respectively. The tracks 7-97 each contained 1 sec of silence.
100. 76. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV The two secret tracks “37 Ghosts” and “38 Ghosts” are not included on the CD and are not available as official download. Instead, the DVD included with the deluxe and ultra-deluxe editions of the album contains digital source multitrack files, which have to be mixed to reconstruct the songs.
100. 77. Opeth - Deliverance The final song (“By the Pain I See In Others”) ends at 10:40 and is followed by silence until 12:00, when two backmasked verses from the 5th song (“Master's Apprentices”) can be heard at 12:00 and 13:15.
100. 78. Opeth - Ghost Reveries On the LP version, the song “Reverie” (1:05 min) appears after 5:23 in the track “Atonement”. On the CD version, it is included in the pregap between the tracks “Atonement” and “Reverie/Harlequin Forest”. On the digital version, “Reverie” has been added to the end of “Atonement”. In any case, “Reverie” is not part of the track “Reverie/Harlequin Forest”.
100. 79. Orphaned Land - El Norra Alila The back cover correctly lists the two final songs (track 14: "The Evil Urge" and track 15: "Shir Hashirim"). However, the song "The Evil Urge" is shown on the back cover to run for 6:07 min, while the track 14 itself continues for nearly 10 more minutes of silence, before the final track 15 starts with the song "Shir Hashirim".
100. 80. Porcupine Tree - Signify The final track (8:54 min) has the listed song "Dark Matter", which is followed by 30 sec of silence and finally by the secret brief snippet from an old Saturday Night Live episode.
100. 81. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing The secret song "Shesmovedon" appears at the end of the track "Glass Arm Shattering" after some silence. The UK album version has it as separate, but unlisted track.
100. 82. Primordial - Spirit The Earth Aflame The first versions of the album had a secret track at the end, which is a re-recorded version of the song “To Enter Pagan” (originally from the album: A Journey`s End). Later versions list it as regular bonus track.
100. 83. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R While most non-listed individual tracks appear at the end of an album, the secret track here is track 9 (a short reprise of "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer"). Therefore, in contrast to the numbering of the CD back cover, the following "Tension Head" (listed as track 9) is actually track 10 for the CD player, while "Lightning Song" is track 11 and "I Think I Lost My Headache" is track 12.
100. 84. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf The album has 3-4 secret songs. The pregap of track 1 contains "The Real Song For The Deaf", which can be accessed by rewinding track 1 until -1:35. Track 13 (6:42 min) contains the listed song “Song For the Deaf" and also the not listed song "Feel Good Haha Of The Summer", which starts at 5:45 and contains an outtake of the song “Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" with all lyrics replaced by laughter. The 14th track is the song "Mosquito Song", which is often labelled as “hidden song” on the album's track listing. Some album versions contain a 15th track (non-LP version of “Everbody`s Gonna Be Happy”) which is also listed as “hidden song”.
100. 85. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze The final track contains the listed song "Long Slow Goodbye", 20 sec of silence and an orchestral instrumental.
100. 86. Quo Vadis - Day Into Night The final track (5:13 min) contains the listed song "Point Of No Return: Cadences Of Absonance", which ends at 3:03, as well as a secret song, which starts after silence at 4:33.
100. 87. Sepultura - Roots The secret instrumental track "Canyon Jam" closes the album.
100. 88. Sonata Arctica - Silence The final track (11:33 min) contains the listed song "The Power Of One", which ends at 10:43, as well as some silence, which is followed by a short outtake from the narrator.
100. 89. Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild The final track (9:27 min) contains the listed song "Draw Me", which ends at 5:05, and studio outtakes followed by silence. In the Japanese edition, the silence is removed.
100. 90. Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night The final track (eleventh track on the regular release / track twelve on the Japanese version) is a secret track. It is referred to as "Jam" (2:01 min).
100. 91. Sylosis - Monolith The final track (19:16 min) contains the listed song "Enshrined" and a secret track, which starts at 14:56 after 10 min of silence.
100. 92. System Of A Down - Toxicity The song “Aerials” is followed by the secret song “Arto”, which is featured as bonus track on several later editions of the album.
100. 93. The Gathering - Black Light District The album has a secret track ("Over You", 02:37 min) in the pregap before the first song. The CD also includes a bonus multimedia track, which features a video of the band working on the EP and tracks from their following full-length album "Souvenirs".
100. 94. The Gathering - Souvenirs The album has a secret track (“Telson”, 2:08 min) in the pregap of track 1 (accessible by pressing the "back/previous track" button on the CD player). On the vinyl edition of this album, "Telson" is the final track.
100. 95. Tool - Opiate The 12" version features an alternate groove with one track that will play either "The Gaping Lotus Experience" or "Cold and Ugly (Live)" depending on where the stylus is placed. On CD it appears on track 6 at 6 minutes and 6 seconds.
100. 96. Tool - Undertow The song “Disgustipated” is listed on the back cover as track 10. However, track 9 (“Flood”) is followed by the blank tracks 10-68, placing “Disgustipated” as actual track 69. The Japan version has the bonus track "Opiate (live in Calgary, 10/11/1992)" as track 69 and “Disgustipated” as track 70.
100. 97. Tool - Salival The secret song "Maynard`s Dick" appears at the end of the listed track “L.A.M.C.”
100. 98. Tool - Lateralus The song "Faaip de Oiad" is listed as track 13 on the album. However, the CD player recognizes the silent pregap of track 13, resulting in 2:20 min of silence between track 12 (“Triad”) and track 13 ("Faaip De Oiad").
100. 99. Týr - How Far To Asgaard The final track (29:27 min) contains the listed song "How Far to Asgaard" (ends at 8:59), followed by 9:50 min of silence, before the Faroese chant "Nornagest Ríma" begins at 18:49.
100. 100. Wintersun - Time I Track 6 is a secret track and contains a semi-a capella version of "Sons Of Winter And Stars - Part IV" (first appeared on the limited edition of the album).

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Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink +1 19.05.2024 - 00:07 Plattner Posts: 1254 Please feel free to suggest more examples of secret tracks on metal/hard rock albums. Loading...
Blackcrowe Virtue and Vice Posts: 610	Permalink +1 19.05.2024 - 04:20 Blackcrowe Virtue and Vice Posts: 610 KYUSS - …AND THE CIRCUS LEAVES THE TOWN - SPACESHIP LANDING MUNICIPAL WASTE - THE ART OF PARTYING - TOUCH ME NOW NINE INCH NAILS – BROKEN EP- PHYSICAL GUNS N’ ROSES – THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT? - LOOK AT YOUR GAME GIRL MISFITS – AMERICAN PSYCHO - HELL NIGHT ---- Invisible To telescopic eye, Infinity. The star that would not die. Slayer vs. Slayer: 1,000 MPH or Death Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink +1 19.05.2024 - 12:38 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by Blackcrowe on 19.05.2024 at 04:20 KYUSS - …AND THE CIRCUS LEAVES THE TOWN - SPACESHIP LANDING MUNICIPAL WASTE - THE ART OF PARTYING - TOUCH ME NOW NINE INCH NAILS – BROKEN EP- PHYSICAL GUNS N’ ROSES – THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT? - LOOK AT YOUR GAME GIRL MISFITS – AMERICAN PSYCHO - HELL NIGHT Thank you very much, Blackcrowe. I will have a look. Loading...
Zap Posts: 3640	Permalink +1 19.05.2024 - 15:28 Zap Posts: 3640 Another fun list. Apart from Mastodon's which you have already featured, these are the first ones I can think of. Sylosis - Monolith: has a hidden track after 10 minutes of silence in "Enshrined". Korn - Follow The Leader: has a hidden track in the final song and the first 12 tracks are silence. From Wikipedia: Quote: The original physical release features 25 tracks. The album starts with 1-12 tracks silent and each 5 seconds in length.[70] Combined, they represent 1 minute of silence for Justin.[citation needed] In interviews, Jonathan Davis also mentioned a superstition to end an album on track 13. "My Gift to You" ends at 7:16. A hidden track entitled "Earache My Eye", a Cheech & Chong cover, starts at 10:50 after 2 minutes of silence and an interlude that lasts around a minute and 40 seconds. The track itself is around 4 minutes 50 seconds long. EDIT: actually thought of another one: Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy: has a hidden track after 5 minutes of silence in "The Learning" ---- I hate bonus tracks Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 19.05.2024 - 16:22 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by Zap on 19.05.2024 at 15:28 Another fun list. Apart from Mastodon's which you have already featured, these are the first ones I can think of. Sylosis - Monolith: has a hidden track after 10 minutes of silence in "Enshrined". Korn - Follow The Leader: has a hidden track in the final song and the first 12 tracks are silence. From Wikipedia: Quote: The original physical release features 25 tracks. The album starts with 1-12 tracks silent and each 5 seconds in length.[70] Combined, they represent 1 minute of silence for Justin.[citation needed] In interviews, Jonathan Davis also mentioned a superstition to end an album on track 13. "My Gift to You" ends at 7:16. A hidden track entitled "Earache My Eye", a Cheech & Chong cover, starts at 10:50 after 2 minutes of silence and an interlude that lasts around a minute and 40 seconds. The track itself is around 4 minutes 50 seconds long. EDIT: actually thought of another one: Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy: has a hidden track after 5 minutes of silence in "The Learning" Thank you very much for your comment and your suggestions, Zap. I will have a look. Loading...
Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7892	Permalink +1 19.05.2024 - 17:36 Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7892 Brilliant concept behind the list. I got to know just now. Will check it out. ---- Cynic's Metal On Spotify Cynic's Stoner/Sludge/Doom On Spotify Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 19.05.2024 - 17:42 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by Cynic Metalhead on 19.05.2024 at 17:36 Brilliant concept behind the list. I got to know just now. Will check it out. Thank you very much for your kind comment, Cynic Metalhead. Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 19.05.2024 - 18:27 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by Blackcrowe on 19.05.2024 at 04:20 KYUSS - …AND THE CIRCUS LEAVES THE TOWN - SPACESHIP LANDING MUNICIPAL WASTE - THE ART OF PARTYING - TOUCH ME NOW NINE INCH NAILS – BROKEN EP- PHYSICAL GUNS N’ ROSES – THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT? - LOOK AT YOUR GAME GIRL MISFITS – AMERICAN PSYCHO - HELL NIGHT Thank you again, Blackcrowe. I have added your suggestions (which included some important examples) to the list. Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink +1 19.05.2024 - 23:22 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by Zap on 19.05.2024 at 15:28 Another fun list. Apart from Mastodon's which you have already featured, these are the first ones I can think of. Sylosis - Monolith: has a hidden track after 10 minutes of silence in "Enshrined". Korn - Follow The Leader: has a hidden track in the final song and the first 12 tracks are silence. From Wikipedia: Quote: The original physical release features 25 tracks. The album starts with 1-12 tracks silent and each 5 seconds in length.[70] Combined, they represent 1 minute of silence for Justin.[citation needed] In interviews, Jonathan Davis also mentioned a superstition to end an album on track 13. "My Gift to You" ends at 7:16. A hidden track entitled "Earache My Eye", a Cheech & Chong cover, starts at 10:50 after 2 minutes of silence and an interlude that lasts around a minute and 40 seconds. The track itself is around 4 minutes 50 seconds long. EDIT: actually thought of another one: Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy: has a hidden track after 5 minutes of silence in "The Learning" Thank you again, Zap. I have added your interesting suggestions to the list. Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 21.05.2024 - 15:04 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by Zap on 19.05.2024 at 15:28 Another fun list. Apart from Mastodon's which you have already featured, these are the first ones I can think of. Sylosis - Monolith: has a hidden track after 10 minutes of silence in "Enshrined". Korn - Follow The Leader: has a hidden track in the final song and the first 12 tracks are silence. From Wikipedia: Quote: The original physical release features 25 tracks. The album starts with 1-12 tracks silent and each 5 seconds in length.[70] Combined, they represent 1 minute of silence for Justin.[citation needed] In interviews, Jonathan Davis also mentioned a superstition to end an album on track 13. "My Gift to You" ends at 7:16. A hidden track entitled "Earache My Eye", a Cheech & Chong cover, starts at 10:50 after 2 minutes of silence and an interlude that lasts around a minute and 40 seconds. The track itself is around 4 minutes 50 seconds long. EDIT: actually thought of another one: Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy: has a hidden track after 5 minutes of silence in "The Learning" Thank you again, Zap. Based on your suggestion, I had a look at some other Korn albums and found more examples for secret tracks. Loading...
Zap Posts: 3640	Permalink +1 21.05.2024 - 19:29 Zap Posts: 3640 Written by Plattner on 21.05.2024 at 15:04 Thank you again, Zap. Based on your suggestion, I had a look at some other Korn albums and found more examples for secret tracks. You're welcome! Yep, now that I see them listed here I do recall those albums also had some hidden tracks. Great find! ---- I hate bonus tracks Loading...
24emd Pop Enthusiast Posts: 1251	Permalink +1 21.05.2024 - 23:43 24emd Pop Enthusiast Posts: 1251 Oh damn, the ending to Atonement is actually Reverie? And so the next track is just Harlequin Forest. Interesting, I always wondered how that was supposed to be split. ---- My favourite albums of the 2020's Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 22.05.2024 - 07:14 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by 24emd on 21.05.2024 at 23:43 Oh damn, the ending to Atonement is actually Reverie? And so the next track is just Harlequin Forest. Interesting, I always wondered how that was supposed to be split. Thank you for your comment, 24emd. I had bought the standard CD version, where "Reverie" is in the pregap of track 5. In order to reach "Reverie" you could go directly to track 4 ("Atonement") and listen to the end, before the CD player switches to the pregap of track 5 with "Reverie". The CD player shows "track 5" on the display, but counts from - 1.07 sec to 0 sec while the song plays. After this, the regular track 5 (listed as "Reverie/Harlequin Forest") will start at 0 sec. Alternatively, you could go directly to track 5 and rewind back into the pregap. In either case, you cannot reach "Reverie" directly. It is a secret track or ghost track, which would also fit to the album title. Loading...
RCMetal Posts: 7	Permalink +1 13.06.2024 - 10:24 RCMetal Posts: 7 Crimson Glory - Astronomica. (original 1999 U.S. release only) The final song on the album, "Cydonia", contains a hidden track, which begins about 1 minute after the song ends, consisting of 20 minutes of police scanner recordings about a supposed UFO sighting. Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 13.06.2024 - 11:16 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by RCMetal on 13.06.2024 at 10:24 Crimson Glory - Astronomica. (original 1999 U.S. release only) The final song on the album, "Cydonia", contains a hidden track, which begins about 1 minute after the song ends, consisting of 20 minutes of police scanner recordings about a supposed UFO sighting. Thank you very much, RCMetal. I have added your interesting example to the list. Loading...
M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3469	Permalink +1 25.06.2024 - 00:17 M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3469 Disc 2 of Ayreon's The Human Equation starts with 11 unnamed tracks, going for a couple of seconds each, which are the intro part of track 12. This makes the disc's opening song, Day 12, track 12 on the cd. ---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!" Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 25.06.2024 - 18:18 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by M C Vice on 25.06.2024 at 00:17 Disc 2 of Ayreon's The Human Equation starts with 11 unnamed tracks, going for a couple of seconds each, which are the intro part of track 12. This makes the disc's opening song, Day 12, track 12 on the cd. Thank you very much for this interesting example, M C Vice. I have added it to the list. Loading...
F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432	Permalink +1 10.05.2025 - 18:34 F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432 I always found this phenomenon a weird choice. I don't know, if there's more to the song, why not just include that instead of letting people wait through minutes of silence? I understand some people like finding those secrets, but I just don't really see the point or the appeal, personally. Anyways, some other examples that I think could qualify: Lord Belial - Enter The Moonlight Gate - Realm of Thousand Burning Souls - there's a long silent section at the end of the song, before drumming and chanting starts Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Rauchen Und Yoga - Verrat Am Metal - again, long silence at the end before music picks back up Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink +1 11.05.2025 - 23:03 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by F3ynman on 10.05.2025 at 18:34 I always found this phenomenon a weird choice. I don't know, if there's more to the song, why not just include that instead of letting people wait through minutes of silence? I understand some people like finding those secrets, but I just don't really see the point or the appeal, personally. Anyways, some other examples that I think could qualify: Lord Belial - Enter The Moonlight Gate - Realm of Thousand Burning Souls - there's a long silent section at the end of the song, before drumming and chanting starts Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Rauchen Und Yoga - Verrat Am Metal - again, long silence at the end before music picks back up Thank you very much, F3ynman. I have added your suggestions to the list. Loading...
F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432	Permalink +1 16.06.2025 - 08:23 F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432 Written by Plattner on 11.05.2025 at 23:03 Written by F3ynman on 10.05.2025 at 18:34 I always found this phenomenon a weird choice. I don't know, if there's more to the song, why not just include that instead of letting people wait through minutes of silence? I understand some people like finding those secrets, but I just don't really see the point or the appeal, personally. Anyways, some other examples that I think could qualify: Lord Belial - Enter The Moonlight Gate - Realm of Thousand Burning Souls - there's a long silent section at the end of the song, before drumming and chanting starts Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Rauchen Und Yoga - Verrat Am Metal - again, long silence at the end before music picks back up Thank you very much, F3ynman. I have added your suggestions to the list. Another Japanische Kampfhörspiele example: "Gott Der Konformität" on their Welt Ohne Werbung album has a long silence at the end, before a new hidden track starts Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 16.06.2025 - 14:59 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by F3ynman on 16.06.2025 at 08:23 Another Japanische Kampfhörspiele example: "Gott Der Konformität" on their Welt Ohne Werbung album has a long silence at the end, before a new hidden track starts Thank you again very much, F3ynman. I have added your suggestion to the list. Loading...
F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432	Permalink +1 24.07.2025 - 16:59 F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432 I've got another secret track: at the end of the final track "Caravans to Ur" on Melechesh's Sphynx, after a long silence, there are some ambient sounds Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink +1 24.07.2025 - 19:00 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by F3ynman on 24.07.2025 at 16:59 I've got another secret track: at the end of the final track "Caravans to Ur" on Melechesh's Sphynx, after a long silence, there are some ambient sounds Thank you again, F3ynman. I have added your suggestion to the list. Based on this, I found another secret song on Emissaries. Thank you for all your recent suggestions posted here. Loading...
F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432	Permalink +1 20.08.2025 - 15:44 F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432 Aaaaand another Japanische Kampfhörspiele example! This time at the end of Kaputte Nackte Affen, secret track after "Wenn die Menschen einmal nicht mehr sind" Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 21.08.2025 - 23:54 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by F3ynman on 20.08.2025 at 15:44 Aaaaand another Japanische Kampfhörspiele example! This time at the end of Kaputte Nackte Affen, secret track after "Wenn die Menschen einmal nicht mehr sind" Thank you very much, F3ynman. I have added your suggestion to the list. Loading...
F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432	Permalink +1 26.03.2026 - 13:11 F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3432 The end of Quo Vadis's Day Into Night also has an example of this Loading...
Plattner Posts: 1254	Permalink 01.04.2026 - 18:49 Plattner Posts: 1254 Written by F3ynman on 26.03.2026 at 13:11 The end of Quo Vadis's Day Into Night also has an example of this Thank you very much, F3ynman. I have added your suggestion to the list. Loading...

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