Industrial crunch and sci-fi atmospherics that sound like they crawled out of a bug-infested alien colony. GunValkyrie was Smilebit's brutally difficult Xbox shooter from 2002, and the soundtrack matches the game's weird, aggressive energy track for track.
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"Cosmic blast rising" opens with this wall of distorted sound that immediately tells you nothing about this game is going to be gentle. The "inner voices" tracks thread through the album like a narrative spine, shifting from "A beginning" through "A nightmare" to "A metamorphosis," getting more unhinged each time.
"Megalomania" is the peak, chaotic and overwhelming in the best way. "Meat biscuits" is a real track name on this album. Just sitting there between "Sleep well, tonight" and "Killing bedroom." If you want early Xbox era music that feels genuinely alien and refuses to play it safe, start here.