Getting Your Nerd Horns Up – The Best in 8-bit Metal
Getting Your Nerd Horns Up – The Best in 8-bit Metal
Aug 25If you are a fellow geeked out metalhead like myself, then chances are that many a drunken night of debauchery have ended in inebriated marathons of retro NES or SNES gaming. I don’t care how old you are, games like Castlevania and Zelda just never go out of style. The only problem is, despite how cool those old 8-bit soundtracks were, they just weren’t metal enough; so here’s a list of some of the best heavy music given the retro treatment for you to spin as custom background music next time you get your 4-button gaming on.
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Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
The perfect soundtrack to a late night retro session of Metal Gear Solid!
Judas Priest – Painkiller
A perfect match for classic Doom. I can see the imps and lost souls being blasted away just listening to this, ending in an epic Cyberdemon boss battle.
Iron Maiden – The Trooper
Get your freedom fightin’ on, Contra style!
Dismember – Casket Garden
Got a dungeon level coming up? Start this creeper up and watch out for the bats that fly off the ceilings!
Metallica – Master of Puppets
I don’t care what flavor of NES gaming you’ve got going on, just crank this and throw up some pixelated horns!
The Black Dahlia Murder – Moonlight Equilibrium
Sure, these guys have a song that actually is about Castlevania (What a Horrible Night to have a Curse), but this track has more of the vibe, plus the title fits all too well.
Diamond Head – Am I Evil
Bionic Commando didn’t have this in the soundtrack, but it damn well should have. ‘Nuff said.
Megadeth – Holy Wars…The Punishment Due
Some serious Mega Man action going on here.
Motorhead – Overkill
Who can’t see a striking resemblance between Motorhead’s Snaggletooth and Bowser, eh?
Slayer – Angel of Death
Metroid has never been so intense…
