Worst opening track on a metal album?

Give me your two cents.

Do you mean bad songs or songs that work poorly as opening tracks? If it is the latter, then I would definitely say Skid Row--"My Enemy." Not terrible, but it's a terrible opening song.

Eh... worst? Maybe Limp Bizkit or whatever.

I'm sure there's quite a few, but I can't think of any...

"Seven Tongues of God" from "Politics of Ecstasy"

Weak song but amazing album.

You know, AC/DC and OZZY - were masters - of opener songs -
Metal music - has to start off - with their very best offering - POW !!!
I always thought a CD as a concert - a well worth it concert ticket -
I'd party - and ramp up - when a release happened -
ha ha there was a lot of releases of metal in my day -
anyways - disappointments -
CRUE / Theatre Of Pain " City Boy Blues " - not good -
Britny Fox / Boys In Heat " In Motion " - so many other songs they could of used
HAWK / " Tell The Truth " - singer has a great voice - but the lyrics - not good

Temple of Blood wrote:

"Seven Tongues of God" from "Politics of Ecstasy"

Weak song but amazing album.

I totally disagree. It's a great song! I prefer it over "The Tiananmen Man".

Lari wrote:

Eh... worst? Maybe Limp Bizkit or whatever.

Uhhh...Limp Bizkit isn't metal.

Anyways, Onslaught - In Search of Sanity - Asylum.

I love the Hawk tune, heard it a few times on one of my comps this weekend.

I can't really think of a "worst" at the moment, but I always wished "Out In The Cold" led of Turbo instead of "Turbo Lover" as I felt it would have set the tone a bit better.

Okay, maybe "Invaders" but only b/c it pales in comparison to the rest of Number of the Beast.

the sentinel wrote:

I can't really think of a "worst" at the moment, but I always wished "Out In The Cold" led of Turbo instead of "Turbo Lover" as I felt it would have set the tone a bit better.

Same here. I have Turbo on vinyl and, when I was a kid, I'd play the second side first all the time so I thought "Out In The Cold" opened the album. It made sense because it was the first track on Priest...live. "Reckless" (my second favorite song on the album) ended side one and "Rock You All Around the World" ended the album (which made sense) with the crappy "Parental Guidance" and "Private Property" buried near the end of side 2. I'd often skip those songs. Only years later did I discover I was wrong all that time.

Cool. I love hearing memories like that. Thank you.

I'm just sticking to bands that i generally like

Iron Maiden - Invaders
Celtic Frost - Mexican Radio
Black Sabbath - Trashed
Metallica - Fuel

Required Fields wrote:

Anyways, Onslaught - In Search of Sanity - Asylum.

Agree 100%. What a stupid waste of time that track is.

Its not a bad song, but i always thought Rock Rock Till You Drop wasnt the best choice for an opener to Def Lep's Pyromania to be honest. Stagefright would have worked much better (it even starts off with "welcome to my show"). RRTYD should have opened up side two IMO.

Troublezone wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

"Seven Tongues of God" from "Politics of Ecstasy"

Weak song but amazing album.

I totally disagree. It's a great song! I prefer it over "The Tiananmen Man".

I think that song is amazing.

Witchfinder wrote:

Required Fields wrote:

Anyways, Onslaught - In Search of Sanity - Asylum.

Agree 100%.  What a stupid waste of time that track is.

I don't understand why a band would start an album with a track like that. It must've been infuriating to listen to on cassette, ha. I dislike tracks like that placed anywhere on an album, but definitely at the start.

On Nevermore's debut , What Tomorrow Knows. Not really a bad song, just a bad opener.

http://www.metalsucks.net/2015/06/11/butcher-babies-monsters-ball/

Temple of Blood wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

"Seven Tongues of God" from "Politics of Ecstasy"

Weak song but amazing album.

I totally disagree. It's a great song! I prefer it over "The Tiananmen Man".

I think that song is amazing.

You should cover it on your still unreleased new album.

Troublezone wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

"Seven Tongues of God" from "Politics of Ecstasy"

Weak song but amazing album.

I totally disagree. It's a great song! I prefer it over "The Tiananmen Man".

Also disagree. Seven Tongues is amazing IMO.




I'm going to go with Accept the Lamb on Bloodgood's first records.

ultmetal wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

"Seven Tongues of God" from "Politics of Ecstasy"

Weak song but amazing album.

I totally disagree. It's a great song! I prefer it over "The Tiananmen Man".

Also disagree. Seven Tongues is amazing IMO.




I'm going to go with Accept the Lamb on Bloodgood's first records.

Yeah, ToB is incorrect!
"Seven Tongues" is very consistent with the rest of the album.

Troublezone wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

"Seven Tongues of God" from "Politics of Ecstasy"

Weak song but amazing album.

I totally disagree. It's a great song! I prefer it over "The Tiananmen Man".

Also disagree. Seven Tongues is amazing IMO.




I'm going to go with Accept the Lamb on Bloodgood's first records.

Yeah, ToB is incorrect!
"Seven Tongues" is very consistent with the rest of the album.

I love the song as well!

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Troublezone wrote:

I totally disagree. It's a great song! I prefer it over "The Tiananmen Man".

I think that song is amazing.

You should cover it on your still unreleased new album.

Why?  I think a lot of songs are amazing.

"Suicide Society" by Annihilator, and Tourniquet's "Onward to Freedom" are two recent glaring examples.

Temple of Blood wrote:

Weak song but amazing album

Let me guess, it has to do with the lyrical content.