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Openers that kick your teeth in

The most aggro openers only. Just being a good first track doesn't count, it needs to be brutally high energy. Taking suggestions. One track per band as always.
1Lubricated Goat
Plays The Devil's Music

Jason The Unpopular - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TdkHSf4Q2c

Absolute quality. The rest of this album has a sort of "Venom does Mr. Bungle" vibe (to, uhh, middling effect) but holy shit does this opener slay. Props for one of the best band names I've heard too.
2The Jesus Lizard
Liar

Boilermaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPP0JuDdeAU

Utter banger. The instrumentation is nightmarishly good too.
3Pitchshifter
Desensitized

Diable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Bn7O0Tkzw

The tempo is a bit lower than the previous, but the aggro is still there. Heavy as all hell.
4Die Kreuzen
Die Kreuzen

Rumours - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDdlX80dgYI

Fuckin spastic!
5Big Black
Atomizer

Jordan Minnesota - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCs1aKzWiQ

Oddly enough it's pretty much the only Big Black track where the guitars aren't too interesting, but the rhythm section is ferocious.
6Accept
Restless and Wild

Fast As A Shark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTeXBTStek0

Listen, if you need a proper shitting table, you gotta go German.
7Dark Angel
Darkness Descends

Darkness Descends - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDDTmpw3fYg

The fine thrash metal tradition of putting your fastest track first (only to make every track as fast on the album).
8Immortal
At the Heart of Winter

Withstand The Fall Of Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ihVtuw2n0c

Pure cheese, but weightier than a neutron star. Definitely leaves a mark.
9mclusky
McLusky Do Dallas

Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgkzRE89Gyw

Great music video yo.
10Lightning Bolt
Hypermagic Mountain

2 Morro Morro Land - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwEQeGbUbZI

I think I'm yet to do a list without Lightning Bolt on it.
11Youth of Today
Break Down The Walls

Make A Chaaaaawhoawhoooow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGfuts39cEs
12Yellow Machinegun
Spot Remover

Again - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flpqnuh_4Vs

Three-piece hardcore never dies!
13Judas Priest
Painkiller

Painkiller - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM__lPTWThU

Oldie but goldie.
14Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32

Mars, Bringer of War - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I

Goes balls deep every time.
15Future of the Left
Curses

The Lord Hates A Coward - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSAlo_FYc_w

Haha look at that hair.
16Arab on Radar
Yahweh or the Highway

My Mind Is A Muffler - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW-gnbgZlso

Statement of intent.
17Bobby Prince
Doom

E1M1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSsfjHCFosw

Because I can't get any DRI openers on this list.
18Ministry
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste

Thieves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhLd18Xg6x0

Better opener than NWO, fight me.
19Nile
In Their Darkened Shrines

The Blessed Dead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRDqYZ-MYxw

That guitar makes me squeeeee.
20Pestilence
Consuming Impulse

Dehydrated - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5Ajt3r5xA
21Sepultura
Roots

Roots Bloody Roots - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_6IjeprfEs

I get why a lot of people are cold on this album, but it's still full of bangers, starting with the opener.
22Helmet
Meantime

In The Meantime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9346rQ1d8ik
23Sodom
Persecution Mania

Nuclear Winter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvv8j5OCFQY

Someone described this as "a fucker of a song". They're right. Right enough that Among The Weirdcong doesn't make the list.
24Brainbombs
Genius and Brutality... Taste and Power

Angels Crawling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROFooJjyRWk
25Blonde Redhead
Fake Can Be Just As Good

Kazuality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l2PVf_qeFg
26Butthole Surfers
Independent Worm Saloon

Who Was In My Room Last Night - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNAkbbKycCM
27Slayer
Reign in Blood

Angel Of Death - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRZhLRv6eM

I mean, it'd be wrong to leave this off such a list, right?
28Soundgarden
Badmotorfinger

Rusty Cage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBZs_Py-1_0

What a riff.
29Metallica
Ride the Lightning

Fight Fire With Fire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeK1E1HaMdY
30Venom
Black Metal

Black Metal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHmzFVDjVnM
31Shellac
At Action Park

My Black Ass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqypczTds80
32Whitehouse
Bird Seed

Why You Never Became A Dancer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoXVQ5M-ft8
33The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land

Smack My Bitch Up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R89kJJ4OeEA
34Stormtroopers of Death
Speak English or Die

March of the SOD/Sargent D and the SOD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9aEZfVOvw0

Shut up, they're totally one song.
35Unsane
Unsane

Organ Donor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwmzCojpczE
36Pink and Brown
Shame Fantasy II

Black Pearl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYK1V2hUpK4
37Godflesh
Streetcleaner

Like Rats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU1nJIJEzgM
38Naked City
Naked City

Batman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i56QO9O8qso
39Gorilla Biscuits
Start Today

New Direction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnIEgnar4aY
40Negative Approach
Negative Approach

Can't Tell No One - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLbVfq0Wfvs

I don't think that count at the start is remotely correct, but who the fuck cares.
41Nailbomb
Point Blank

Wasting Away - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5jkAUyhDGY
42Primus
Frizzle Fry

To Defy The Laws Of Tradition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=231PT-5nKhY
43Husker Du
Zen Arcade

Something I Learned Today - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQfrHkjvx6g
44Poison Idea
Pick Your King

Think Twice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViDcxuuVvA0
45Sick of It All
Just Look Around

We Want The Truth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dG8VWymt2Y
46Melt-Banana
Charlie

Introduction For Charlie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3JhFBno-lY

Holy shit those chirps.
47Fu Manchu
The Action is Go

Evil Eye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqYeedwEA4E
48Fudge Tunnel
Creep Diets

Grey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne5512NS_0Q
49Suicidal Tendencies
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow If I Can't Even Smile Today?

Trip At The Brain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDheLViZbrk
50Sleep
Dopesmoker

Dopesmoker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIw7oeZKpZc

ssh. Onwards are you guys' suggestions.
51Meshuggah
Destroy Erase Improve

Future Breed Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOd-T58qHLA

Emim
52At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command

Arcarsenal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmTSQZjR3DE

dedex
53Pantera
The Great Southern Trendkill

The Great Southern Trendkill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVREKUVRoEQ

Muzz79
54'68
In Humor and Sadness

Track 1 R - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyzxNSAXNEU

RogueNine
55Whores.
Gold

Playing Poor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pecxDme4oVI

RogueNine
56Hymn
Breach Us

Breach Us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsZiqejFuyA

RogueNine
57Rwake
Voices of Omens

Finality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paAdyGXqJP8

Piglet
58Nokturnal Mortum
The Voice of Steel

Voice Of Steel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqEyMKN4VJ0

Piglet
59Demolition Hammer
Epidemic of Violence

Skull Fracturing Nightmare - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDUwK5bbqhU

TheSonomaDude
60Immolation
Close to a World Below

Higher Coward - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFueDySKfKo

ShadowRemains
61Dismember
Like an Ever Flowing Stream

Override of the Overture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ZCAarIVSI

ShadowRemains
62Uncanny
Splenium For Nyktophobia

Elohim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBtfy93v0Qc

ShadowRemains
63Melvins
Houdini

Hooch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogbBbXt7MdQ

Zorg
64The Black Dahlia Murder
Everblack

In Hell Is Where She Waits For Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e1XYHweUxI

Zulrah
65Therapy?
Troublegum

Knives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF5b_mf99AE

SmallMess
66The Dillinger Escape Plan
Calculating Infinity

Sugar Coated Sour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtFoUboFyPk

Relinquished
67Clutch
Blast Tyrant

Mercury - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u26AivyrVg

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