Top Ten Metallica Songs with the Best Intros

One of their longer intros, but it's the coolest
From the bell to Cliff's bass intro to the heavy guitars from James and Kirk and Lars' drums

Anybody here should vote this song. The bass of cliff sounds perfect, and his variations of the intro during the lives (for example, the Oklahoma concerto of 1985) make it one of the best songs of this band

The intro is long and intimidating! This should be #1 without a doubt!

What Cliif is playing bass on the inro. Riffs are power and kirk's playing good. The best...

Awesome collaboration between hetfield and hammett. the intro solo by hammett is specially memorable

The best! It is amazing, I get lost when I listen to it. It so well written and beautiful and amazing, just astonishing. Wonderful music.

One of the best of Metallica, and the best intro...

I like the sounds

In my personal opinion, I think Welcome Home (Sanitarium) has the best riffs and lyrics overall Metallica songs.

I play that song on guitar.
For me it's the best song in the World, just listen to the whole song every day, you will understand me..

Such a classic thrash metal intro, the high pitched guitars are the lightning and the pounding tom drums are the thunder, perfect! The harmonies are such a great touch and the bass crunches through! Incredibly clever, then the headbanging chugging riff begins!

Ride the lightning has the best intro, you'd be crazy not to think so.

Such an unexpected and awesome intro!

This 30s acoustic intro symbolizes the entire thrash genre! If I were to make a film on thrash this intro would be the first thing played! As soon as I hear this it instantly reminds me of the greatness that was to follow...

Deserves to be #2 after For Whom the Bell Tolls.

The acoustic Intro is epic.

Battery hands down

A great intro

I want to say about this song just nothing else matter.. I also play this intro in my guitar & this is the 1st intro which my teacher taught me..

Why do it show Hardwired to Self Destruct cover?

Not very metallica-like, but can't help liking the beautiful piano/orchestral intro.

A guitar track that was written in reverse, then they recorded the reverse of that, then reversed it for the album. Genius, should be higher than 15

Best metallic a intro should be on the top ten. Battery is second

Amazing guitar part in the intro.

Best intro, keeps you motivated and prepares you for the rest of the song

Battery is number 2

How can this not be in here? It has amazing intro that starts slow and beautiful and gets heavier as the intro goes on... One of my favorite intros

Cool! I love the drum intro to this song. It sounds so awesome. It sounds like a war is about to start in the intro which is pretty cool! Should be higher.

This intro riff is from the Wizard of Oz but Metallica's twist on it makes this intro amazing and it totally pumps me up.

How could anyone forget the acoustic intro to this song? It is so deceptive to non metal fans. They will think, "aw that's so nice! " but when the thrash kicks in, it will be different.