Year 2000 arcade rock with a cover song lineup that has absolutely no business going this hard. Guitar Freaks 3rdMIX brought in Deep Purple's "SMOKE ON THE WATER" and "HIGHWAY STAR," Chuck Berry's "JOHNNY B. GOODE," the Sex Pistols' "ANARCHY IN THE U.
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K.," and Whitesnake's "STILL OF THE NIGHT" alongside its originals. That tracklist reads like someone's dream setlist. "COSMIC COWGIRL" and "PRIMAL SOUL" are standout originals, both leaning into that early-2000s Konami house band energy.
"TWILIGHT MOON" slows things down just enough to give your hands a break between the shredding sections. The J-pop covers like "Bambina" and "SUNNY DAY SUNDAY" bring a completely different flavor that keeps the album from being wall-to-wall distortion.
Twenty-one originals and fifteen covers on one soundtrack. That's a lot of range packed into one arcade release. Perfect for when you want a rock compilation that accidentally happened to be a rhythm game.