Chugging metal riffs and guttural vocals dropping like Kratos tearing through Olympus. God of War: Blood & Metal came bundled with the God of War 3 Ultimate Edition on PS3 in 2010, a seven-track metal tribute album featuring bands writing original songs inspired by the series.
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Killswitch Engage opens with "My Obsession" doing exactly what you'd expect, full throttle. Dream Theater's "Raw Dog" is a proggy detour that still somehow fits. Then Opeth shows up with "The Throat Of Winter" and suddenly it's atmospheric and moody, the outlier that proves the tracklist has range.
"Even Gods Cry" by The Turtlenecks closes it out with a title that earns itself. If you ever wanted a metal compilation curated by a Spartan demigod, this is literally that.