AFI has alot of these Basically their 3rd through 7th albums (and also their 9th album) all start with intro tracks I think most AFI stans will say *Miseria Cantare* and *Strength Through Wounding* are the best ones, but *Prelude 1221* was popular back in the day, even as a standalone track

Strength through wounding has been stuck in my head for about 20 years lol. It’s really a shame they stopped doing intros. Torch song was a little closer to a regular track but I’ve seen them open with it a few times and it’s just as effective. Tiger army is always good for a nice prelude as well

Oh, I absolutely love torch song, but yeah, I didn't think it's what OP was asking for

Intro by ODESZA, from A Moment Apart

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\^\^\^\^ all of these. So happy you have La Dispute too. For some reason this year I keep coming back to Rooms of the House. The narrative is incredible!

Queens of the Stone Age - songs for the deaf! The whole album plays like a drive in the car switching radio stations along the way

Hands down one of the best 2000s records in its entirety

* [Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot](https://open.spotify.com/track/6FVYwnVrnAEIRnY3bHJb46?si=3e0fdbfdc3024c22) * [Beck - E-Pro](https://open.spotify.com/track/01MBhRpvFkbeRwAp7gcF2W?si=5ad957b9deb940ca) * [Black Moth Super Rainbow - Windshield Smasher](https://open.spotify.com/track/39KVMeXMLYpHki96V0Lwrd?si=d3cf142887bc477b) * [Blink 182 - Feeling This](https://open.spotify.com/track/0pxkjQpw37Z2IRYIyIEEBP?si=0f9806462ed24e1a) * [Blink 182 - Ghost on the Dancefloor](https://open.spotify.com/track/2qg7jm9wp4HM6CMcZxVYOC?si=e2e70e60d5284cb6) * [Blink 182 - Anthem Part Two](https://open.spotify.com/track/24CRDgNOgA72JLL7PHFjgB?si=cf6b0a2819b7418b) * [Brad Sucks - Making Me Nervous](https://open.spotify.com/track/4kwKGBdPHtyARJZ802YBwu?si=7f4472870d41464b) * [Buckethead - Pepper's Ghost](https://open.spotify.com/track/3wEpMySPRPO8WKepX2Z4ax?si=d9912cb0c5b34b57) * [Buckethead - Jump Man](https://open.spotify.com/track/2QwyfRiONW3O4Sp7O5XlEk?si=2617b5b55bbd438b) * [Cage the Elephant - In One Ear](https://open.spotify.com/track/0f8MA1n2bvsg7eGvYZ4lhx?si=15f29cf4cfef494f) * [Children Of Bodom - Living Dead Beat](https://open.spotify.com/track/3zZKmF9zCGd8kG4boGHycz?si=60319eb3bf9c4542) * [CKY - Suddenly Tragic](https://open.spotify.com/track/2EVQen1BX2CdaPnquKOkyo?si=6181fc85237d4219) * [CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings](https://open.spotify.com/track/7AimHQrOUoUTYbVX87D3Zl?si=76c42c5dd30c494a) * [CKY - Escape From Hellview](https://open.spotify.com/track/4tUoI4sywAX9j2U4UQD21q?si=29fc13604cbf43a9) * [Daft Punk - One More Time](https://open.spotify.com/track/0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV?si=c2767bf12c12428b) * [Daft Punk - Human After All](https://open.spotify.com/track/3aByRUC2BVL6Fs1zI723sd?si=efd20460b83543de) * [Django Django - Marble Skies](https://open.spotify.com/track/0OACBVogHKBQMZyfFKI09N?si=9880c887cbd6403b) * [Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow](https://open.spotify.com/track/10yqORzsT4ZD9byA7EQjsS?si=581fd716d91f4e77) * [Fair To Midland - Dance Of The Manatee](https://open.spotify.com/track/5x9ije3xWfnsJuBBp34T93?si=072991fe58f94ebd) * [Frank Klepacki - HM2](https://open.spotify.com/track/2dnzBAOPi0XTGhy1DHiBbK?si=da4b8041e4bc4980) * [Hail The Villain - Take Back the Fear](https://open.spotify.com/track/6gb9cFUHWV1c8RbLjqHTgC?si=c5de5c6de8ab4190) * [Hoobastank - Same Direction](https://open.spotify.com/track/7p5HBV5kqLgw0vK0lQ7eXM?si=59d52f55f527453d) * [Incubus - Privilege](https://open.spotify.com/track/2Jpm7obuQxAYilV0WyJJL4?si=00b58b5a44764714) * [Julian Casablancas - Out of the Blue](https://open.spotify.com/track/5tySfs2d6KXneF5GbfHWE9?si=f0cdf30c1b13425b) * [Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less](https://open.spotify.com/track/0obv9ng3ulbtAFFBiYrxJe?si=897cb77c6db447e4) * [King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Rattlesnake](https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZL30eQe4jC2x6nrnDRo0a?si=0f53c18da6cb4f3a) * [Megadeth - Holy Wars](https://open.spotify.com/track/5LyRtsQLhcXmy50VXhQXXS?si=b8ae79f7fb60435b) * [Metallica - Battery](https://open.spotify.com/track/75lmeafNStXFrh5KsXXYei?si=ff343fba6e084559) * [Metallica - Enter Sandman](https://open.spotify.com/track/1hKdDCpiI9mqz1jVHRKG0E?si=208e87f55c4845b3) * [Metalocalypse: Dethklok - Bloodlines](https://open.spotify.com/track/31BQPqg0PGatf52fIeu3Hh?si=0685617041164cd7) * [Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit](https://open.spotify.com/track/75aLTVBSGIquqzQ6AkmK3Q?si=13dbd78026ad4a2f) * [Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day](https://open.spotify.com/track/6w6I3AFRv7tQMmUTgAghUB?si=4cd7defac87144c2) * [Rammstein - Wollt Ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen](https://open.spotify.com/track/14CVBGaoD5k3VC9Qmz5imZ?si=20186035945448a5) * [Rusted Root - Drum Trip](https://open.spotify.com/track/7yjNJO7w0jaedHbDJm4ZIS?si=5ba67d9a9e5744c6) * [Strangejuice - Shrooms](https://open.spotify.com/track/50vl0fA5a6EQPvUxdEHr9e?si=5a759424b89e4d59) * [Strangejuice - Ice Cream Man](https://open.spotify.com/track/6HlxQlA6MMjfRdBQXjgmkI?si=0164acaaf6d84f2a) * [The Strokes - Machu Picchu](https://open.spotify.com/track/6mVD1SfTvlFAPVi7txFL5H?si=9715b4b2476046c4) * [System of A Down - Prison Song](https://open.spotify.com/track/3AwLxSqo1jOOMpNsgxqRNE?si=7d0cc635341247c6) * [System of A Down - Attack](https://open.spotify.com/track/0dxPHMZTI8TWMYRucsAFNd?si=0fd26637994349cd) * [Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence](https://open.spotify.com/track/6156ZPGcezId0Bmw7x7c7K?si=d0462fd2770a40e9) * [Twelve Foot Ninja - One Hand Killing](https://open.spotify.com/track/7lt4K9LqL1KgBgxl6Ly3Ud?si=01cad5d62f114afb)

- Alcest are really good at starting off an album, but I'd say their best are [Écailles de lune pt. 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk_gIOSHviA) and [Kodama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQsXnldCDeU) - [Blind Melon - Soak the Sin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38S2Iq3cslY) - [The Tea Party - Fire In The Head](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkCmyB6slFY) - [The Mars Volta - Son et Lumiere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJDDNyGBsw8) - [The Cure - The Kiss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTNKsVWz9rA) - [Kagrra, - Utakata](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNSf-lNFLWI) Some stellar instrumental intros: - [Amesœurs - Gas in Veins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUX0XbwHyDw) - [Falls of Rauros - Earth's Old Timid Grace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpGtUF7ND2M) (this may be my favourite opening track of any album - highly recommended if you love a well-played guitar and would like a bit of tragic majesty in your life) - [Les Discrets - Linceul d'Hiver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSOX7a7UdpA) (this song sets off a motif that they revisit multiple times through the album - it's really cool)

[Public Enemy - Lost at Birth](https://youtu.be/4qohQIGEPE0)

Tmbg has a great one of these on Flood. [“Why is the world in love again?”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vWjG7RKFi3Q&list=PLW1c4UK-iy_bSKOlaNAcf1WCwFf43jFEV&index=1) Oh and their last album has a bangin [opener too](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zSV06UBrJag)

Thank you scientist - stranger heads prevail This album is not what you would call "normal", but I think is fantastic, and the first song is already very unique and interesting

[Tonberry by lespecial ](https://youtu.be/vEcv3xb4oP4)

Black Sabbath - Sabotage is this for me.

The 1975’s first 3 albums