Crunchy 90s electronica with a distorted edge that sounds like the inside of a machine. Blam! Machinehead was a mid-90s shooter across DOS, PlayStation, and Saturn, and the soundtrack goes full industrial techno. Ultra VCF (Remix) hits with layered synth filters, Esoteric has that dark ambient pulse, and Nano-Seed drops these weird textures that feel like something crawling through circuitry.
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There are bonus tracks and even dedicated Sega Saturn cuts for the opening movie. The whole thing sounds like a rave in a server room. Very much a product of 1996 in the best way. That era when game soundtracks could just be full electronic albums and nobody questioned it.
Perfect for anyone who thinks game music peaked when it sounded like a broken synthesizer.