10 Best Opening Tracks In Metal

For as unbalanced as the band's discography tends to be, Metallica always had a knack for kicking the door down with their opening tracks. Whether it was the stomping groove of "Fuel" in the 90's or the punkish assault behind "Hit the Lights," each track did a perfect job establishing what metal greatness lay ahead.

As it stands at the beginning of Master of Puppets, "Battery" takes all the best elements of Metallica and combines them into 5 concentrated minutes of metal perfection. After opening with layers of acoustic guitars, the song gives way to scathing distorted guitar chords before James Hetfield shoots the listener down with a riff that any metal band would kill to say they wrote.

The chorus gives the listener a second to breathe as the pounding chords come in before the riff takes you down once more. Even the drumming throughout the song from Lars Ulrich is incredibly strong with its use of double bass and frantic aggression.

Whether you listen to the song on its own or just one musical moment, each performance is a fantastic display of metal finesse. From the solo to the complicated riff structure, "Battery" is the perfect blend of punk fury and metal riffage coming together to form the quintessential Metallica track.