Dark fantasy tactics with a folk-metal soul. Ash of Gods: Redemption draws obvious comparisons to The Banner Saga in its gameplay and rotoscoped art style, but the soundtrack carves out its own identity with this blend of orchestral weight and Celtic-tinged folk instrumentation.
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Twenty-four tracks for a game about hard choices and inevitable loss. "Legions on March" has that grinding, relentless momentum of armies moving across a dying world. "The Highlanders' Waltz" is a standout, bringing in dance rhythms that feel genuinely traditional rather than fantasy-cosplay folk.
"Ready Your Axe!" does exactly what a pre-battle track should, gets your blood up without being corny. "I Can't Leave Her!" hits with narrative urgency, the kind of track that plays during a choice you'll regret either way.
"Terminum" opens with foreboding weight, and "The Echo of the Fallen" closes the album as a bonus track that reflects on everything that came before. The middle stretch, "Shadows of the Past" through "Burning Inside," builds this atmosphere of creeping doom that tactical RPGs need to make every decision feel consequential.
If The Banner Saga soundtrack left you wanting more in that vein, Ash of Gods delivers without feeling like a copy.