Crunchy, 90s arcade rock with distorted guitars and breakbeats that refuse to calm down. Bloody Roar on PS1 sounds exactly like a fighting game from 1997 should, and that is entirely a compliment. Hard Elbow at the Colosseum hits with this aggressive riff loop that makes every round feel personal.
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Atomic Sucker at the Nuclear Plant layers in some electronic grit that sounds almost industrial. And Rubber Lover in the Biotech Lab goes weird in the best way, all tension and attitude. The track names alone tell you everything.
Melted Metal. Dropping Out. Radical Shot. This soundtrack does not take itself too seriously, but it plays hard. If you want to remember what arcades sounded like when beast-mode was literal, start here.