My Favorite Rock/Metal Album Opening Tracks
Disclaimer: These songs are listed in no particular order and I'm keeping this list limited to 1 song per artist. |
| 1 |  | The Beatles
Abbey Road
Come Together |
| 2 |  | Ramones
Ramones
Blitzkrieg Bop |
| 3 |  | Queen
News Of The World
We Will Rock You |
| 4 |  | Van Halen
Van Halen
Runnin' With The Devil |
| 5 |  | AC/DC
The Razors Edge
Thunderstruck |
| 6 |  | Guns N' Roses
Appetite For Destruction
Welcome To The Jungle |
| 7 |  | Nirvana
Nevermind
Smells Like Teen Spirit |
| 8 |  | Boston
Boston
More Than A Feeling |
| 9 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III
Immigrant Song |
| 10 |  | Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory
Papercut |
| 11 |  | Evanescence
Fallen
Going Under |
| 12 |  | Papa Roach
The Paramour Sessions
...To Be Loved |
| 13 |  | Seether
Karma And Effect
Because Of Me |
| 14 |  | Staind
Dysfunction
Suffocate |
| 15 |  | Shinedown
The Sound Of Madness
Devour |
| 16 |  | Chevelle
Hats Off To The Bull
Face To The Floor |
| 17 |  | Breaking Benjamin
We Are Not Alone
So Cold |
| 18 |  | Three Days Grace
Life Starts Now
Bitter Taste |
| 19 |  | 3 Doors Down
The Better Life
Kryptonite |
| 20 |  | Metallica
Metallica
Enter Sandman |
| 21 |  | Megadeth
Youthanasia
Reckoning Day |
| 22 |  | Slayer
Reign In Blood
Angel Of Death |
| 23 |  | Anthrax
Among The Living
Among The Living |
| 24 |  | Testament
The Gathering
D.N.R. (Do Not Resuscitate) |
| 25 |  | Pantera
Cowboys From Hell
Cowboys From Hell |
| 26 |  | Five Finger Death Punch
The Wrong Side of Heaven and The Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1
Lift Me Up |
| 27 |  | Lamb Of God
Ashes Of The Wake
Laid To Rest |
| 28 |  | Trivium
Vengeance Falls
Brave This Storm |
| 29 |  | Bullet For My Valentine
Fever
Your Betrayal |
| 30 |  | Hatebreed
The Divinity Of Purpose
Put It To The Torch |
| 31 |  | Disturbed
Indestructible
Indestructible |
| 32 |  | Avenged Sevenfold
Nightmare
Nightmare |
| 33 |  | Godsmack
1000hp
1000hp |
| 34 |  | P.O.D.
Satellite
Set It Off |
| 35 |  | Judas Priest
Painkiller
Painkiller |
| 36 |  | Dio
Holy Diver
Stand Up And Shout |
| 37 |  | Iron Maiden
Brave New World
The Wicker Man |
| 38 |  | Manowar
Louder Than Hell
Return Of The Warlord |
| 39 |  | DragonForce
Inhuman Rampage
Through The Fire And Flames |
| 40 |  | Queensryche
Rage For Order
Walk In The Shadows |
| 41 |  | Quiet Riot
Metal Health
Metal Health (Bang Your Head) |
| 42 |  | Twisted Sister
Stay Hungry
Stay Hungry |
| 43 |  | Motley Crue
Girls, Girls, Girls
Wild Side |
| 44 |  | Alice Cooper
Trash
Poison |
| 45 |  | Def Leppard
Pyromania
Rock Rock (Till You Drop) |
| 46 |  | Bon Jovi
Crush
It's My Life |
| 47 |  | Aerosmith
Toys In The Attic
Toys In The Attic |
| 48 |  | Scorpions
Love At First Sting
Bad Boys Running Wild |
| 49 |  | Europe
The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown |
| 50 |  | Green Day
American Idiot
American Idiot |
| 51 |  | The Offspring
Days Go By
The Future Is Now |
| 52 |  | Sum 41
Does This Look Infected?
The Hell Song |
| 53 |  | Rise Against
Siren Song Of The Counter Culture
State Of The Union |
| 54 |  | Faith No More
The Real Thing
From Out Of Nowhere |
| 55 |  | Stone Temple Pilots
Core
Dead & Bloated |
| 56 |  | Soundgarden
Badmotorfinger
Rusty Cage |
| 57 |  | Incubus (USA-CA)
Make Yourself
Privilege |
| 58 |  | Creed
Weathered
Bullets |
| 59 |  | Nickelback
Silver Side Up
Never Again |
| 60 |  | Skillet
Victorious
Legendary |
| 61 |  | Red (USA)
Until We Have Faces
Feed The Machine |
| 62 |  | Pearl Jam
Ten
Once |
| 63 |  | Fall Out Boy
Save Rock And Roll
The Phoenix |
| 64 |  | My Chemical Romance
Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
Helena |
| 65 |  | Paramore
Brand New Eyes
Careful |
| 66 |  | Rage Against The Machine
The Battle Of Los Angeles
Testify |
| 67 |  | Alice In Chains
Dirt
Them Bones |
| 68 |  | Journey
Frontiers
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) |
| 69 |  | Ozzy Osbourne
Bark At The Moon
Bark At The Moon |
| 70 |  | Deep Purple
Machine Head
Highway Star |
| 71 |  | Arch Enemy
Burning Bridges
The Immortal |
| 72 |  | Amon Amarth
Twilight Of The Thunder God
Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 73 |  | In Flames
Colony
Embody The Invisible |
| 74 |  | Soundtrack (Film)
Cars
Real Gone |
| 75 |  | Nightwish
Once
Dark Chest Of Wonders |
| 76 |  | Within Temptation
The Heart Of Everything
The Howling |
| 77 |  | After Forever
After Forever
Discord |
| 78 |  | Halestorm
The Strange Case Of...
Love Bites (So Do I) |
| 79 |  | Motorhead
Ace Of Spades
Ace Of Spades |
| 80 |  | ZZ Top
Eliminator
Gimmie All Your Lovin' |
| 81 |  | Hollywood Undead
Five
California Dreaming |
| 82 |  | Cannibal Corpse
Tomb Of The Mutilated
Hammer Smashed Face |
| 83 |  | Deftones
Around The Fur
My Own Summer (Shove It) |
| 84 |  | Zebrahead
Call Your Friends
Sirens |
| 85 |  | Dream Theater
Images And Words
Pull Me Under |
| 86 |  | Carcass
Heartwork
Buried Dreams |
| 87 |  | Trapt
Trapt
Headstrong |
| 88 |  | Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage
Temple From The Within |
| 89 |  | Thousand Foot Krutch
Phenomenon
Phenomenon |
| 90 |  | Lynyrd Skynyrd
Second Helping
Sweet Home Alabama |
| 91 |  | KISS
Dynasty
I Was Made For Lovin' You |
| 92 |  | Survivor
Eye Of The Tiger
Eye Of The Tiger |
| 93 |  | Korn
See You On The Other Side
Twisted Transistor |
| 94 |  | Puddle Of Mudd
Come Clean
Control |
| 95 |  | Black Sabbath
Heaven And Hell
Neon Knights |
| 96 |  | Foo Fighters
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
The Pretender |
| 97 |  | Opeth
Blackwater Park
The Leper Affinity |
| 98 |  | Mastodon
Leviathan
Blood And Thunder |
| 99 |  | Sepultura
Chaos A.D.
Refuse / Resist |
| 100 |  | Rush
Moving Pictures
Tom Sawyer |
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