Crunchy chiptune-style riffs kicking in right from the title screen. Impetuth is a 2009 Windows indie game, and the whole soundtrack follows the classic stage-by-stage structure. "Covered with grass" on stage 1 has that bright opening-level energy, and by the time you hit "Lava of the purgatory" on stage 3 the tone shifts to something way more intense.
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"Assault from the evil world" is the boss theme and it goes hard with this aggressive loop that keeps the pressure on. "Piece of the castle" for the last boss takes it even further. Then "The end of a tale" winds everything down.
Thirteen tracks, no padding. Stage clear jingle, player miss, game over. The whole classic package. If you miss when games had exactly one song per level and every single one slapped, check this out.