Top 10 Most Epic Intros

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Also, what would you rate as a Top 10?

Originally Posted by PS2178

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohgml6OTUog

My first movie, ever. =D Enjoy and tell me if you enjoy the selection or not.

Holy crapcore alert, Batman!

Here's some songs with intros that are actually epic:

• Behemoth - "Rome 64 C.E." / "Slaying the Prophets ov Isa"
• Celtic Frost - "Synagoga Satanae"
• Deströyer 666 - "Genesis to Genocide"
• Emperor - "Alsvartr (The Oath)" / "Ye Entrancemperium"
• Enslaved - "793 (Slaget Om Lindisfarne)"
• Hail of Bullets - "Before the Storm (Barbarossa)" / "Ordered Eastward"
• Immortal - "At the Heart of Winter"
• Moonsorrow - "Tulimyrsky"
• Nagaroth - "Introduction / Herbstleyd" (part two of the song here)
• Negură Bunget - "Țesarul De Lumini"
• Orphaned Land - "Ocean Land"
• Primordial - "Gallows Hymn"
• Primordial - "The Coffin Ships"
• Sad Legend - "Sigh on the Billow (In Blossom with Hate)"
• Septicflesh - "Faust"
• Solefald - "Sun I Call"
• Strapping Young Lad - "Imperial" / "Skeksis"
• Vader - "This is the War"
• Vintersorg - "Isjungfrun"

And of course, probably the most epic songs ever made: "Jäästä Syntynyt/Varjojen Virta" and "Tuleen Ajettu Maa" by Moonsorrow.

What constitutes an intro? An arbitrary length of time? Or what you consider to be the into?

Originally Posted by ɹɐǝqıɹǝ

[*]Moonsorrow - "Tulimyrsky"

And of course, probably the most epic songs ever made: "Jäästä Syntynyt/Varjojen Virta" and "Tuleen Ajettu Maa" by Moonsorrow.

You are a god among men, Lord Sea. GOD AMONG MEN!

The intro to "Ride, Darkhorse, Ride" by 3 Inches of Blood is epic, methinks.

Originally Posted by Flames of Valor

What constitutes an intro? An arbitrary length of time? Or what you consider to be the into?

generally, it's the part of the song up until the vocals begin, or until the main refrain/chorus/hook of the song begins. It depends on the song, really. And the Genre.

EDIT: The intro to Steely Dan's Josie is pretty instantly recognizable and fun.

Also Alan Parson's Project has a song called Sirius, that is generally seen as an intro to not only the song "Eye In The Sky" but an epic intro to the whole album. I guarantee you've heard this, and never knew who it was. The Chicago Bulls used to use it as their intro music when Michael Jordan was on the team.

Metallica, One is a great intro, just because. It's freakin' One!

Metallica has a lot of epic intros, actually.

John Mellencamp's I Need A Lover has an intro that's like, half the song XD

Van Halen's Jump is another epic intro!

Not that this music I'm mentioning is by any means my favorite, but I can recognize a great hook, and a great intro. There's a reason why this music stands the test of time.

Usually it's considered to be everything before the singing, but there are exceptions. Sometimes, an intro can even be broken up into sections, as in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD7amHfnS_0 I have failed to find a song by "The Sword" that isn't epic, but this one takes the cake. It's an intro song to the entire album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Vf5syTfmE The intro to this just sets the mood up so perfectly that it constitutes an epic intro. Crack the Skye is a beautiful album, by the way.

Other notable intros:

Big Bottom - Spinal Tap (THREE bass guitars?)

Thunderstruck - AC/DC (always gets people pumped up)

Shaft - Isaac Hayes (The intro makes for more than half the song!)

Originally Posted by Margar

generally, it's the part of the song up until the vocals begin, or until the main refrain/chorus/hook of the song begins. It depends on the song, really. And the Genre.

Well, whatever, I'll just go from what I think are beginning who cares anyways?

Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
Dimmu Borgir - Mourning Palace
Emporer - Thus Spake the Nightspirit
Dimmu Borgir - Vredesbyrd
Opeth - The Lotus Eater
Dimmu Borgir - Serpentine Offering

To name a few.

Originally Posted by Evilsbane

Usually it's considered to be everything before the singing, but there are exceptions. Sometimes, an intro can even be broken up into sections, as in...

GREAT example. Also, Kansas' Carry On Wayward Son is a great example of that. (I know this is not the original song but this is amazing and the intro is there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pS5xzOWbwo)

Originally Posted by Xeves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Vf5syTfmE The intro to this just sets the mood up so perfectly that it constitutes an epic intro. Crack the Skye is a beautiful album, by the way.

Amen.

Originally Posted by Evilsbane

Other notable intros:
Shaft - Isaac Hayes (The intro makes for more than half the song!)

Damn right!

Originally Posted by Flames of Valor

Well, whatever, I'll just go from what I think are beginning who cares anyways?

Opeth - The Lotus Eater

Opeth definitely has some awesome intros. I just love the intro to Hessian Peel.

reminding you all that you are all gay and that only eric has a musical taste of worth.

The majority of the intros pointed out here neither qualify as significantly notable intros ("the beginning of a song" is not enough), nor are any of them epic in any way whatsoever, if we take epic to mean something along the lines of grandiose, impressive, and powerful, with a sense of gravity and meaning, in addition to flowing into the rest of the piece, while still remaining distinct from it.

I'd call the intro so Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago" pretty epic.

Of Rage and Remembrance; Symphony No. 1

by John Corigliano

Performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin.

http://senduit.com/3ac758

Link is good through 14. October 2009.

Probably this masterpiece.

Originally Posted by Xeves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Vf5syTfmE The intro to this just sets the mood up so perfectly that it constitutes an epic intro. Crack the Skye is a beautiful album, by the way.

Oooh... that reminds me:

Pay The Man - The Offspring

Cradle of Filth - The Death of Love

Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart

I quite like Irish music, so the introduction to The Corrs' rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" really appeals to me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhf-DPg3HXM

Andrea Corr talks for a bit first, so fast forward to 0:45 to hear the introduction. The tin whistle and violin sound sublime together.

Edit: Also, I've said this so many times already, but I can't get over how much I love Dolores O'Riordan's voice. The introductions of "Ridiculous Thoughts", "I Still Do" and "Yellow Skies" are great examples of her range:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4nG3...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VMyUaBgYLs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60DQu...eature=related

She does the background vocal harmonies, as well as the main vocals in the rest of the songs.

"Electric Blue Eyes" is another song by the Cranberries with a very interesting introduction, sung in Latin...it's sombre, sad and chilling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAVnR...eature=related

Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge

Aside from being an awesome song, it has a kick ass intro.