Intro
Intro noun - A short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part.
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- Motörhead did this with their song 'Overkill' by playing a Big Rock Ending, only for the drums and bass to do the intro again and launch into the main riff. Twice.
Source: Fake-Out Fade-Out -
They pushed the trope even farther on Third Stage with "The Launch/Cool The Engines"; a similar extended quasi-symphonic instrumental intro to a lively rocker.
Source: Epic Rocking - In Quake II, humanity's managed to fight back desperately against the Strogg, and launch a counter-offensive; but Bitterman (the PC), is the only space marine who survives past the intro.
Source: Back from the Brink
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Launch and Intro. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/intro/launch
Intro & Launch. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/intro/launch>.
Launch or Intro. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/intro/launch.
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