In the past, movies have used music as a tool to change the mood, evoke certain feelings, and more.
However, video games now require it just as much. Since the binary sounds used by Pac-Man and Space Invaders players, a lot has changed.
Video game music has advanced to the point where it is now nominated for Grammy Awards alongside artists like Metallica.
Given the long history of the two, it's only fitting that some of the greatest metal albums are paired with video game soundtracks.
In this article, I present to you the 7 best video games with heavy metal soundtracks.
7. Splatterhouse (2010)
When it arrived on consoles in 2010, the remake of the popular arcade game from the 1980s received both visual and aural improvements.
One of the iconic soundtracks enhancing the action on screen and heightening the sense of manic anxiety-inducing action is Pounding Nails by The Accused. In addition, the OST features heart-pounding songs by well-established bands such as The Haunted, Five Finger Death Punch, Cavalera Conspiracy, and many more.
6. Rock 'N Roll Racing (1993)
You would struggle to find a soundtrack that is harder rocking than in Rock & Roll Racing. The classic hard rock songs in the game are not only some of the biggest hard rock hits ever produced, but they are also very well done.
You'll hear everything from Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" to "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. There isn't a single bad track in the entire game, and when Larry "Supermouth" Huffman provides some absolutely fantastic racing commentary, you have one of the best audio productions ever heard in a 16-bit racing game.
5. Quake (1996)
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nail wrote the music for Quake, which checks all the boxes for gritty, edgy, and electronic metal sounds to get you in the mood for action-packed shootouts.
Players in this innovative shooter blast mutant ogres and other twisted creatures through lava dungeons, castles, medieval bases, and other locations.
You no longer need to travel back in time to 1996 to enjoy this iconic soundtrack thanks to the recently released remastered version of Quake in 2021 for PC and consoles.
4. Need For Speed Underground 1,2, and Most Wanted (2003, 2004, and 2005)
I decided to include both of these 3 amazing games because they introduced me to so many amazing artists from a variety of genres but since I am talking about metal, I got introduced to so many bad ass metal acts, such as, Mudvayne, Mastodon, Static-X, Distrurbed, Bullet For My Valentine, and many more.
And Come on! Nothing beats hearing Static-X's The Only to beat every race in the original NFS Underground or Disturbed's Decadence in the Most Wanted which makes every race more bad ass than it needs to be.
When designing BrĂ¼tal Legend, Tim Schafer stated that he wanted each landscape to resemble a '80s metal record sleeve. There aren't many video games with stone sculptures of electric guitars, so he definitely succeeded there.
It's completely understandable how much weight composer Peter McConnell injected into the margins with appearances from Lemmy, Ozzy, and Lita Ford. (A perfect complement to the enormous 107-song licensed catalog.).
2. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013)
Regardless of the game's emphasis on action, fans praised its sophisticated cutting system, and the metal soundtrack was one of the factors in the game's positive reception.
The soundtrack for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is jam-packed with heavy riffs performed by metal guitarist Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head) and metal singer John Bush (Armored Saint, ex-Anthrax).
1. Doom (2016)
It should come as no surprise that Doom is a strong contender on this list considering how well-known the Doom franchise has always been for its gritty, raw metal soundtrack, which serves as the ideal accompaniment to its graphically violent gameplay.
With an electronic metal score written by Mick Gordon, who also contributed to Doom 2016 and the Wolfenstein series. Melee and metal have always been closely related in video games, and the addition of a horde of bloodthirsty demons really raises the stakes.
Doom's Ost is the goat
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