Intros to death metal albums

[Life Sucks]

Does anyone else notice that most death metal albums begin with some kind of wierd noises or a spoken word sample as an intro before the music kicks in? Why do you think this is? Maybe because crushingly heavy guitars and a fast beat right when the CD beings would be too abrupt and sudden for some people?

 

[hibernal_dream]

Haha I don't think thats the reason - I can't stand intros, pointless ones anyway, give me Morbid Angel Heretic anyday

 

[Oceanic Motion]

I like an intro myself. I really don't like blasting to kick the album off, a nice eerie passage or sample is what i prefer.

 

[_The_Faceless_Sinner_]

this is done perfectly with cryptopsy's none so vile album.

the spoken exorcist quote at the beginning of Crown of Horns

 

[None_So_Vile]

i often like a good intro, it builds up the atmosphere and can often make the start of the next song very effective

 

[Avgrund]

The intros to Vital Remains - Dechristianize and Massacra - The Final Holocaust is awsome.

 

[SculptedCold]

Yeah, Let The Killing Begin is an excellent intro.....although very little of it's effectiveness is attributable to Vital Remains.

I don't know, there ARE so many of them that unremarkable ones can seem redundant, or just go unnoticed entirely....but I think its important therefore to consider such attempts at atmosphere or thematic validity or contrasting moods or whatever the intros happen to be there for within and only within the context of that album. Very difficult to do I know with metal music, but sometimes such tracks really will complement the music in some way....

Most often though, they seem to be just simple pieces who's presence is merely there to give contrast and make the opening music hit harder, or to establish an inquisitive mood of mystery (suitable to metal's individualistic emphasis) that then begins exploration with the music starting. In other words, a passage intended to 'open your mind'.

 

[plfffffft]

I wanna start a death metal album with a nice little acoustic guitar passage, then a sample of Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes:

"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-Shattering Kaboom?"

 

[SculptedCold]

haha! that'd be cool plfffffftt! Oh well, dreams are there to be realised!

(no, actually, it just sounds cool)

 

[wolf]

i often like a good intro, it builds up the atmosphere and can often make the start of the next song very effective

Couldn't have said it any better.

 

[charnee]

A nice instrumental song would be good for me to start off an album or just some weird sounds.

and wut None_So_Vile said.

 

[Stormwatch]

The intro to Slipknot's death metal masterpiece "Iowa" is good. BTW I really do love that album.

 

[Psychonaut]

I like the one on Blood Red's Throne's 'Affiliated With The Suffering' album. Short and sweet.

 

[Niklas]

i think intro's are prety cool

 

[Krilons Resa]

I enjoy em as well. I don't know if there is actually a reason for the abumdance of them in metal though, lol.

 

[Life Sucks]

Haha I don't think thats the reason - I can't stand intros, pointless ones anyway, give me Morbid Angel Heretic anyday

Speaking of Morbid Angel, IMO the into to Blessed Are The Sick is way too long and entirely unnecessary.

 

[Stormwatch]

I like the intro to Blessed. The Hell Awaits intro is pretty good too.
Morbid Angels "Heretic" seems like one big long fucking intro though

 

[SculptedCold]

Strangely enough, I find that Morbid Angel's intros and other instrumental parts are among the more impressive and noticable of death metal, even though I don't like the band all that much. Then again, that might be because of the fact you know MA have a lot of conviction and are trying to shove that meaningfullness in there deliberately....as opposed to just for the sake of it.

 

[Oceanic Motion]

I like the one on Blood Red's Throne's 'Affiliated With The Suffering' album. Short and sweet.

I wish you were dead. I wish you all were dead. Buried under ground, rotting, devoured by maggots. I wish you were dead. I wish you all were fucking dead! *BTR proceed to r0x0r*

 

[SculptedCold]

hehe, tis an excellent intro and opening track. =)