I’ve been wanting to do a show comprised entirely of intro tracks from metal albums for a while now. As a metalhead who’s also into experimental music, I’ve always had a soft spot for intro tracks. It’s interesting to me that a considerable chunk of the catalog of recorded metal out there is made up of what are really ambient/experimental tracks — some that are just spoken word, some that are essentially field recordings, sounds of wind, some that are just impenetrable flurries of noise.
You can listen to the archived show here at WRIR’s website.
Playlist:
Mortuary Drape, “Intro Necromancy”
from Necromantic Doom Returns
Iron Tyrant - 2018
Bathory, “Storm of Damnation (Intro)”
from Bathory
Black Mark - 1984
Bathory, “Revelation of Doom (Intro)”
from The Return of the Darkness and Evil
Black Mark - 1985
Bathory, “Nocturnal Obeisance”
from Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Black Mark - 1987
Bathory, “Oden Ride Over Nordland”
from Blood Fire Death
Black Mark - 1988
Root, “Intro”
from Zjevení
I Hate Records - 2008
Sarcófago, “The Lust”
from Rotting
Greyhaze Records - 2014
Sarcófago, “Intro”
from Die... Hard
Cogumelo Records - 2014
Sarcófago, “The End”
from The Worst / Crust
Cogumelo Records - 2016
Mayhem, “Silvester Anfang”
from Deathcrush - EP
Voices Of Wonder - 1993
Immortal, “Intro”
from Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
Osmose Productions - 1992
Immortal, “Intro”
from Blizzard Beasts
Osmose Productions - 1997
Enslaved, “Intro : Audlumla. Birth of the Worlds”
from Blodhemn
Osmose Productions - 1998
Enslaved, “Frost”
from Frost
Osmose Productions - 1994
Enslaved, “Intro: "Green Reflection"”
from Isa
Tabu Recordings - 2004
Xasthur, “Intro”
from A Gate Through Blood Stained Mirrors
Hydra Head - 2011
Xasthur, “Entrance Into Nothingness”
from Telepathic With the Deceased
Moribund Records - 2004
Xasthur, “Intro”
from To Violate the Obvious
Moribund Records - 2004
Xasthur, “Disharmonic Convergence”
from Subliminal Genocide
Hydra Head - 2011
Isengard, “Cult Metal”
from Vårjevndøgn
Peaceville Records - 2020
Striborg, “Pavor Nocturnus”
from Trepidation
Finsternis Productions - 2005
Striborg, “Intro”
from Black Desolate Winter / Depressive Hibernation
Self-Released - 2005
Striborg, “Intro”
from The Foreboding Silence
Displeased Records - 2008
Candlemass, “Gothic Stone”
from Nightfall
Peaceville Records - 2007
Candlemass, “Prologue”
from King of the Grey Islands
Nuclear Blast - 2007
Cathedral, “Dearth A.D. 2005”
from The Garden of Unearthly Delights
Nuclear Blast - 2006
Cathedral, “Entrance to Hell”
from The Last Spire
Rise Above Limited - 2013
Saint Vitus, “Intro”
from C.O.D.
Season of Mist - 2013
Primitive Man, “Merging (Intro)”
from Split
Relapse Records - 2018
Judas Priest, “Dawn of Creation”
from Nostradamus
Epic - 2008
King Diamond, “Funeral”
from Abigail
Metal Blade Records - 1987
Bolt Thrower, “Intro”
from Realm of Chaos
Earache Records Ltd - 2009
Morbid Angel, “Intro”
from Blessed Are the Sick
Earache Records - 1991
Testament, “Beginning of the End”
from Souls of Black
Megaforce/Atlantic - 1990
Kreator, “Intro (Choir of the Damned)”
from Pleasure to Kill
Noise Records - 1986
Terrorizer, “Inevitable (Intro)”
from Darker Days Ahead
Century Media - 2006
Agoraphobic Nosebleed, “(Intro) Engineering A Pill Frenzy”
from Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope
Relapse Records - 2002
Sepultura, “Intro”
from Schizophrenia
Cogumelo Records - 1987
Mutiilation, “Introducing the Plague”
from Majestas Leprosus
Osmose Productions - 2003
Glorior Belli, “Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls”
from Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls
Agonia Records - 2013
Esoctrilihum, “(Open the Gate of Unknow Path To) The Metamorphosis Descent”
from Pandaemorthium
I, Voidhanger Records - 2018
Les Discrets, “L'envol des corbeaux”
from Septembre et ses dernières pensées
Prophecy - 2010
Windir, “The Beginning”
from Arntor
Head Not Found - 1999
Windir, “Stri”
from Valfar, ein Windir
Tabu Recordings - 2004
Summoning, “Grey Heavens”
from Lugburz
Napalm Records - 1995
Summoning, “Soul Wandering”
from Minas Morgul
Napalm Records - 1995
Urfaust, “Intro”
from Geist ist Teufel
Ván Records - 2004
1349, “Tunnel of Set I”
from Demonoir
Indie Recordings - 2012
Sargeist, “Preludium”
from Satanic Black Devotion
Moribund Records - 2003
Gehenna, “Intro”
from Murder
Peaceville Records - 2012
Old Graves, “Kestrel”
from This Ruin Beneath Snowfall - EP
Naturmacht Productions - 2019
Valdrin, “Gates of Hospice”
from Effigy of Nightmares
Blood Harvest - 2020
Enthroned, “Intro (Prophecies of Pagan Fire)”
from Prophecies of Pagan Fire
Dissonance Productions - 2016
Enthroned, “Satan's Realm”
from Towards the Skullthrone of Satan
Dissonance Productions - 2016
Sorcier des Glaces, “Misanthropy Within the Endless Mountains”
from Moonrise in Total Darkness
Galy Records - 2006
Dawn, “Vya Kal”
from Sorgh Pa Svarte Vingar Fløgh (Reissue 2014) - EP
Century Media - 2014
Yellow Eyes, “Guilt Lingers At Sunrise”
from Silence Threads the Evening's Cloth
Sol y Nieve - 2012
Seeds in Barren Fields, “Intro (feat. Aino & Niklas)”
from Sånger som rämnar
Seeds in Barren Fields - 2020
Dawn Ray'd, “Raise the Flails”
from Behold Sedition Plainsong
Prosthetic Records - 2019
Liturgy, “Untitled 1”
from Renihilation
Thrill Jockey - 2014
Inter Arma, “Prolegomenon”
from Sundown
Forcefield Records - 2010
Imperial Triumphant, “Libertine”
from Inceste - EP
Redefining Darkness Records - 2016