...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's 'Richter Scale Madness' (s/t album) and ' It Was There That I Saw You' (Source Tags & Codes) are great openers. Unfortunately all the clips on YouTube are live. Some are great but since we're talking about openers in relation to their respective albums...it's not quite the same feel, and I wouldn't know which to pick without watching them all.

I actually love how Demon Days opens with the music from Dawn of the Dead.

Also, The Arrogant Sons of Bitches's album Three Cheers For Disappointment has the most exciting, energy-packed opening I have ever heard.

AFI - Miseria Cantare from Sing the Sorrow

This was my first album of AFI's, and though their latest stuff isn't too impressive I was inspired to check out their earlier stuff after listening to this album. Maybe since I started here that is why I like the album so much while so many fans bash it.

I thought this opener was really cool...dark and ominous. Yet it still didn't give me any hints about what to expect from the rest of their music (and that ended up being a good thing). It kept me intrigued and as it ended I had high expectations for what was in store. Needless to say, with the Leaving Song Part 2 following it, I was hooked on this album from the first time I listened to it.

Some of my favorites:

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Lurve it.

I remember vividly the first time I heard this. I was already a big Pantera fan, and anxiously awaiting this album. That BRUTAL scream right off the bat let me know straight away that this album was gonna be balls-to-the-wall heavy!

I agree, good opener and it was also my first AFI album. I loved it at the time, but my taste for it has faded a bit since, unfortunately.

Love the song to bits but it's always sounded like it would be more appropriate on their earlier "we're going to be a Stones lookalike band" albums, not the dub symphony Screamadelica turned out to be.

In a similar vein:


Ignore the non-Roky Erickson poser in the beginning. :)

This is very much what I was trying to say, thanks.

Yeah but virtually every song on Screamadelica has a Stones influence in it.