Top Ten Metal Songs With the Most Unique Non-Electric Guitar Intros
We are looking for VARIETY here - intros that are different from the expected riffs. It may be acoustic, or bass intro, drum intro, piano, scream, sounds... Anything cool and maybe unexpected on a metal song.***
Somebody's breathing out there... and then thrash explodes. Awesome transition (play the sample).
Intro with drums and other sounds.
Zxm comment is a reply to the visitor who said it's a bass intro. However, the song starts with Ozzy saying "All aboard! Haha Ay Ay Ay...". Guitar starts after it and yes, it's not a bass guitar.
Oh that bass intro it was great then the late great randy rhoads kicks in that riff it was awesome
SOMEONE: add "Last Rites/Loved to Deth" by Megadeth. It begins with piano.
The song's electric guitar doesn't start with the riff. Actually it starts with a pick scrapping. If you notice.
(For the visitor's comment)
Tobias Sammet shouts "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the freakshow" and then screams. His scream is one of the longest and most impressive intro screams I've ever heard.
The intro to this song is gunshots, helicopter, war sounds. So it fits the requirements. Plus, it sets the tone for the song very well and makes for a fantastic song.
Psychotic and spooky screams from the master - Ian Gillan.
This song is just awesome
A legendary drum intro
This is the most bizarre song I've ever heard, including the intro. Just give a listen to the song because it's description is gonna be long but useless. It's something you have to hear.
Should be in the top 10.
What even is the intro?
This is a very long intro (2:13) and perhaps the most impressive intro I know - symphonic orchestra. The song is one of the best out there.
The intro is on a bass guitar not an electric guitar.
It opens with a barrel organ version of Johann Strauss II's waltz The Blue Danube.
Mystic intro with some oriental air to it. This intro slides into your head like nothing else.
Try the song sample below (only part of the intro though).
I heard it was synthesizer not sure though.
A short drum intro and a gorgeous melodic scream from Jarkko Ahola. This guy screams a lot and pretty good.
The song is a great ELO metal cover. There's no scream in the original. Northern Kings also changed the drum beat in the intro as well as many other things.
ELO = Electric Light Orchestra.
It wasn't that easy to find a cool piano intro because it's not very typical. This is a great song by a great but underrated band.
This intro was the theme song of some radio or T.V. show so I knew the tune and recognized it when I heard the song for the first time.
An epic Britney Spears cover, haha. One of the funniest ever. This intro always puts a smile on my face - Alexi Laiho is such a badass (he spits, clears his throat, …)
I had to do some research to find out what exactly Alexi says: in the intro he yells "Perkele" - a Finnish word for the Devil/Satan used as a swear / curse word.
They did a Britney Spears cover?!
So legendary drum intro
Cool acoustic intro (flamenco style) to a pretty heavy song.
I'm disappointed that this isn't already part of this list.