The track titles alone tell you everything about Guilty Gear's energy. "Kill DOG As A Sacrifice To DOG"? Only Daisuke Ishiwatari. ISUKA was the four-player brawler entry from 2004, and the soundtrack leans into that multiplied chaos with tracks like "Drumhead Pulsation" hammering away at double-time and "Home Sweet Grave" delivering this grinding, almost doom-influenced riff progression.
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"Sheep Will Sleep" stands out for how it balances melody against Ishiwatari's trademark shredding. The whole album has a slightly different vibe from the main series entries, looser somehow, like the music knows four fighters on screen means nobody's playing defensively.
If you thought you'd heard every flavor of Guilty Gear metal, ISUKA will prove you wrong within three tracks.