Distorted guitar shredding over bullet hell chaos. Crimson Katana's arrange album takes a shmup soundtrack and runs it through a heavy metal filter, and it absolutely rips. "Setsuna ~Zangata~" is the last boss theme and it sounds like the amp is about to catch fire.
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"Nehanmon ~Zangata~" opens stage one with this charging riff that sets the pace immediately. "Hanaichige ~Zangata~" for the ending pulls back just enough to let you breathe. Every track label references a part of a Japanese sword.
Select screen to game over, it stays aggressive. Fourteen tracks, no filler, all teeth. For anyone who thinks shoot-em-up music peaked in the arcade era, this will change your mind.