Aggressive, industrial-tinged metal that hits like a coffin lid slamming open. Gungrave G.O.R.E. brought the stylish action series back in 2023 with twenty-nine tracks of pure combat fuel built for a man who literally fights his way out of death.
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"Death Drive" is relentless, all crunching guitars and pounding drums that match the game's bullet-hell pacing. "Through Hell and Back" featuring Jon Underdown goes full vocal metal anthem, the kind of track that makes you forget you're playing a mid-budget action game.
"Requiem Della Morte" pulls back into something mournful, a rare moment of quiet in an album that mostly wants to break things. "King of Scumland" as a track title is doing a lot of work. The whole album bleeds that over-the-top Gungrave energy where everything is gothic and nothing is subtle.
For anyone who wants a workout playlist that doubles as a video game soundtrack about an undead gunslinger.