Brütal Legend soundtrack revealed
The full soundtrack for Tim Schafer's Brütal Legend has now been revealed - and it's totally rocktastic!
Well, now we know. EA Denmark has revealed the full listing which, according to an EA spokesperson attempts to bring together every single genre of metal.
"It's designed to be loved by Metal fans, and for those who are not, it will either convert them or make their heads explode ... or both," said an EA rep in a comment to GameDaily.
Emily Ridgeway, music director for Brütal Legend also chipped in her thoughts on the final listing - saying only that the music will "kick your f***ing teeth in" despite the apparent lack of any Iron Maiden.
Check the full song-list below, or read our latest Brütal Legend preview for more info on the game. Sling any comments you might have into the forums.
3 Inches of Blood - Deadly Sinners
3 Inches of Blood - Destroy The Orcs
Accept - Fast As A Shark
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Anthrax - Metal Thrashing Mad
Anvil - March of the Crabs
Anvil - Tag Team
Apostasy - Sulphur Injection
Bishop of Hexen - A Serpentine Grave
Bishop of Hexen - The Somber Grounds of Truth
Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die
Brocas Helm - Cry of the Banshee
Brocas Helm - Drink the Blood of the Priest
Budgie - Breadfan
Budgie - Zoom Club
Candlemass - Witches
Carcass - No Love Lost
Cloven Hoof Nightstalker
Children of Bodom - Angels Don't Kill
Coroner - Skeleton on your Shoulder
Cradle of Filth - Her Ghost in the Fog
Crimson Glory - Queen of the Masquerade
Dark Fortress - Insomnia
Dark Tranquility - Cathode Ray Sunshine
Deathstars - Blitzkrieg
Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
Dethklok - Mermaider
Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
Dokken - Mr. Scary
Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames
Emperor - Thus Spake The Nightspirit
Enslaved - Frost
Enslaved - Loke
Firehouse - Overnight Sensation
Girlschool - Bomber
Iced Earth - When the Night Falls
Iced Earth - Pure Evil
In Flames - Goliaths Disarm Their Davids
Judas Priest - Battle Hymn
Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye
Judas Priest - Leather Rebel
Judas Priest - One Shot At Glory
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Kabbage Boy - Girlfriend
KMFDM - Free Your Hate
KMFDM - Rip The System
King Diamond - Cremation
King Diamond - Welcome Home
Kiss - God of Thunder
Lita Ford - Betrayal
Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
Manowar - Die For Metal
Manowar - The Dawn Of Battle
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Mastodon - Oblivion Instrumental
Megadeath - High Speed Dirt
Megadeath - Tornado of Souls
Metal Church - Metal Church
Michael Schenker - Group Assault Attack
Ministry - Stigmata
Ministry - Thieves
Mirrorthrone - So Frail
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
Motley Crue - Live Wire
Motorhead - Back at the Funny Farm
Motorhead - In the Black
Motorhead - Marching Off to War
Motorhead - We Are the Road Crew
Nitro - Machine Gun Eddie
Omen - The Axeman
Ostrogoth - Queen of Desire
Overkill - World of Hurt
Ozzy Osbourne - Believer
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
Quiet Riot - The Wild and the Young
Racer X - Technical Difficulties
Racer X - Y.R.O.
Ratt - Lay It Down
Riot - Road Racin
Riot - Narita
Riot - Swords and Tequila
Rob Zombie - Superbeast
Rotting Christ - Ad Notics
Running Wild - Riding the Storm
Sanctuary - Battle Angels
Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Scorpions - Blackout
Scorpions - Holiday
Skeletonwitch - Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery
Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild
Slayer - Metal Storm/Face The Slayer
Slough Feg - Warriors Dawn
Static-X - Love Dump
Tenacious D - Master Exploder
Tenacious D - The Metal
Testament - For The Glory Of
Testament - More Than Meets The Eye
Tvangeste - Birth of the Hero
UFO - Rock Bottom
Whitesnake - Still of the Night
Wrath of Killenstein - Ignisis Dance
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Discuss in the forums ReplyProgenies of the Great Apocalypse?
Witches?
Painkiller?
Sweet. :D
:)
Racer X - Technical Difficulties?
Racer X - Y.R.O.?
;)
To be honest they could have put some Deep Purple in too and some Thin Lizzy or something.
They're missing Hammerfall too...
Still this might turn out to be a decent game...
I was surprised by there only being two Tenacious D songs to be honest.
QFT - A bit of Maiden on there would be icing on the cake (surprised they didn't put "Number of the Beast" on there, f'rinstance) but other than that, can't really fault it, and there's a few bits on there that really take me back to my yoof (Ozzy, Sabbath, Accept etc.). I'd stick 'Madhouse' by Anthrax on there too :-)
If they release the soundtrack separately then I'll buy a copy for the car - game is already pre-ordered :-D
Not sure about 'bringing together every genre of metal' but definitely an 'A' for effort.
I'm actually glad for once we don't have Iron Maiden and Metallica being the sole two bands representing metal. Frankly they are both overrated (Metallica especially) and I'm glad that better stuff went on the list instead. Yeah, I just dissed Iron Maiden. Sorry guys, but frankly I've heard "The Number of the Beast" about a billion times now, and I could do without it this time around.
There are a surprising number of obscure (and awesome) bands here as well. Brocas Helm? Slough Feg? Are you kidding me? Those are extremely awesome but also relatively unknown American power metal bands, and it's rather amazing that they're on here considering how their fan-bases number in the thousands. Mirrorthrone? One-man bedroom black metal project that is actually surprisingly good, and another surprise. Good to see that even the tiny, independent black metal guys are being acknowledged, although I probably would have preferred, say, Leviathan.
I could do without some of the crap like Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, 3 Inches of Blood, Children of Bodom, In Flames, etc., but I guess you need something to pull in the mallcore kiddies. I'm actually a little surprised there's no System of a Down along with these other guys.
I also would have preferred to see death metal better represented. Come on, no old-school death metal like Morbid Angel, Asphyx, Pestilence, Death, Suffocation, Vader, etc.? I can understand the absence of some genres like folk metal, doom metal, avant-garde etc. because they tend to shy away from the more "METAL!!!1 \m/" aspects of the genre, but I'd still have liked more of that stuff on the list if only for the sake of bragging rights.
Now, how about a PC version? Is that too much to ask for?
Machine Head
Rammstein
Soilwork
DevilDriver
^are missing :(
I would have loved to see Meshuggah's Bleed or obZen in that lineup, but I'm happy to see Dethklok in there (speaking of which, does anyone know when the Dethalbum II is being released?)
edit: also surprised to see they went with the instrumental version of Mastodon's Oblivion. I think it sounds much better with the lyrics in it.
I'd replace the original Budgie version of 'Breadfan' with Metallica's cover - one of the few occasions where the cover track is better than the original. Quite apart from the only decent thing Metallica have done since around 1987. Oh, and you can't have old-skool death/black-metal without Venom ;-)
looks to me like they haven't fallen into the trap of pussying out and making it all meat loaf and bon-jovi pseudo metal crap.
3 Inches of Blood - Destroy the Orcs = what a track!
Good that the didn't go down the 'Angel of Death' cop-out route (even though it kicks copious quantities of arse)
As an aside, I think we can all agree that there is simply not enough Bolt Thrower on that list. And Thyrfing. And Hail of Bullets. And Edge of Sanity. And Gorguts.
hmm i think i would still have gone for something from Reign in Blood. A bit of Lamb of God would have been good or Opeth, glad to see Carcass make an appearance though
QFT with regard Boltthrower. They are the personification of this game. Also would've been nice to see some Napalm Death.
Add my name to the 'Glad there's no Iron Maiden or Metallica' list, though.
Okay, maybe I should stop recommending music and stay on topic.
QFT, Thunderbolt would probably have fitted right in too. maybe we should keep this for the "what are you listening to" thread :s
It doesn't matter how rubbish it might (or, hopefully, might not) turn out to be... but they had me hooked at "Deadly sinners" ;)
Great soundtrack for a [hopefully] great game.
'nuff sed.
I'd really like to see a separate CD release of the soundtrack too, mainly because I can't be bothered to compile one myself :-) Personally, I don't give a **** whether or not $BAND are metal or not - if it turns more people on to the music then that's a good thing.
You hurt me sir. Soilwork are awesome.
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