This is where Guilty Gear's sound went from great to legendary. Daisuke Ishiwatari's GGX soundtrack took everything from the first game and cranked the production, the complexity, all of it. "Keep Yourself Alive 2" rips open with that Sol Badguy riff and never looks back.
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"Holy Orders" became an instant classic for a reason, the way it builds from that intro into full galloping metal is just perfectly constructed. Then you've got "Momentary Life" for Baiken, all tension and sharp edges, and "Liquor Bar & Drunkard" swinging with this cool blues-rock energy for Johnny.
Even the stranger picks like Faust's "The Original" have more personality than most entire game soundtracks. If you play fighting games and haven't sat with this album front to back, you're missing one of the best rock records the genre ever produced.