Liner Notes XVII: Game music cover bands forged in metal

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Liner Notes XVII: Game music cover bands forged in metal

Added: 16.04.2013 18:18 | 18 views | 0 comments

"(Editors note: From Ace Attorney to Xenogears, everyones got at least one videogame tune stuck in their heads. Enter Liner Notes: a Pixelitis feature in which our writers discuss their favorite videogame music.) Lets talk about the awesome combination of game music cover bands and heavy metal. One of the fantastic things about videogame music is that the styles and possibilities within the genre are endless. Us VGM audiophiles bathe in a co-culture in which a classical, choir-oriented tune like this can still be lumped in the same category as its Mega Ran-covered, hip-hop conversion. Next to assembling expansive orchestras to perform renditions of our favorite videogame music in classical arrangements, forming a heavy metal cover band is also one of the most beloved ways of interpreting everything from Actraiser to Zelda II." - Patrick Kulikowski