Favourite albums intros ? ( and outrous ! )

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( Searched for that topic here or anything remotly like it but couldn’t find it )

Soundtrack that is often ignored but that I consider very very important to set the mood of an album ( and even potentially makes you want to listen to the album. !

Starting with my personal favourites : MERRY’s album’s intros are always legendary ! and this one is my favourite :heart_on_fire::face_holding_back_tears:

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( I can’t chooooose ! )

And this one on second place, I always found the circus/carnival vibes fascinating and eerie and MERRY represent it well in their music :

I’d suggest this one from A9 too :sparkling_heart:

And of course Kagrra,'s beautiful intros ! :sparkling_heart:

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G.D.S, Deity and Kigan from DIR EN GREY.

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I had to do a double check for G.D.S to be sure that it was indeed DeG I was listening to ! I hate it but I love it !!! and Kigan is outstanding !

Personal favourite one is the intro from Uroboros !

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From Plastic Tree, i like soo much this opening (and ending) Rorschach.

4th…. from Gackt - Rebirth

the GazettE, all intros and outrous from DIVISION

I’ve only remembered these now, quickly.

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I saw this topic and I IMMEDIATELY thought of peep show (which then goes into my fave merry song kyousou carnival) :heart::heart::heart::heart:

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keins anno domini. i love it that much that i loop it sometimes lol

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Beautiful yet haunting

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Sa Bir is like the coming storm and then Inconvenient Ideal is like a pyrrhic victory. Best intro/outro combination I’ve heard.

Schadenfreude works great as an intro as well. A great build into the “welcome to the album MF”.

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honestly, sometimes intros are ignored because some annoying ass groups use it as a tool to create 10 singles versions ( total hustlers è_é ), but when it’s well done and a minimum honest, it’s one of the best things of the release imo ! Sometimes I even find intros/outros better than the rest of the album :skull:

Yesss Pura ! sounds outstanding just like the band’s usual work !

Talking about GazettE I just remembered the intro of beautiful deformity : Malformed box, which used to be my morning alarm AND ringtone :sob:

It was the very very first intro I had in mind too this is one of the best thing ever :((

Love love this one ! Never listened to that band but know them for years !

exactly that ! I always had that feeling, crazy how music can convey a whole story !

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What a great thread idea. Replying here to come back with additions later. Thank you!

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you’re welcome ! don’t hesitate

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Jesus, thank you for your pain

Hey Jesus, suck my grudge and hate

Hey Jesus, thank you for your pain

Oh, this song is people vomit

It’s so dumb and edgy I love it

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I adore this live take and also why the hell Beautiful Deformity only got one tour :confused: need more live Coda

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the guitar in the begining :face_holding_back_tears: absolutely dreamy thanks for sharing !

Talking about gazette, I just remembered this absolute iconic gem !

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The obvious blast from the past that keeps me stoked whenever it is on:

and another good one off the album I posted on another thread:

I also like the RPG / Soul Calibur-ian campiness of this Kamijo-esque intro

RPG-iness can be also found in this very short piece that I like a lot for some reason…

And lastly, the forgotten “soft kei” band that knows how to make captivating intros/outros:

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This with Deja Vu starting just after, absolute perfection ! !

Never listened to Kannivalism but I love love the ancestral tribes vibes idk

I tried to listen to Janne Da Arc at least 10 times but couldn’t vibe with them ( mainly because of Yasu ) but hey at least the intro is cool lol ( because he’s not singing :sparkling_heart: )

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Can’t find it on YT but best name and best bop goes to Thesis of ASS’n’ARRow on ハロハロパレカイコ. Can’t beat it. Had it as my wakeup alarm sound back in the day.

Testament by Schwarz Stein on Artificial Hallucination is also gorgeous, I really like their sound.

The GazettE has some great intros, and my favourite is Hakuri because of all the sound, eeriness and creepiness, feels like a Silent Hill soundtrack song. Honorary mention to ART DRAWN BY VOMIT, so cool and iconic.

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This is my favourite Album intro

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It’s really good. The creepy dissonant piano notes, wierd chanting, looming atmosphere. It’s the perfect introduction to the gloomy soundscapes of MOO

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i really miss the intros in deg albums, arche did have “and Zero” which is really great but wasn’t included in the regular album for some reason. they encapsulate the feel of the album really well

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