Pounding arcade techno that never lets you breathe for a single second. Chaosfield is a 2004 shmup that got this expanded 2009 soundtrack release with two bonus unreleased tracks. "not back to time" on phase 1 sets the pace with aggressive electronic pulses, and "despair" on the last boss is exactly the kind of frantic wall of sound you want when the screen is full of bullets.
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"spray" carries the boss fight energy with relentless drum patterns and distorted synth leads. The phase tracks escalate perfectly, each one pushing the intensity a notch higher. The unreleased alternate versions of "spinout" and "back in to the machine" are worth the price of admission alone.
If you play shmups with the sound off, you are doing it completely wrong.