Grungy electronic beats slamming into distorted guitar, the whole thing sounds like a LAN party circa 2003 compressed into an album. Active Lancer's soundtrack doesn't waste a second, opening with "Looking for a Sign" and its driving synth-rock energy that screams early-2000s PC indie shooter.
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"Provoke Me, I'll Hit Ya" is the boss theme and it goes exactly as hard as that title promises, all aggression and adrenaline. Then there's "Lingerie" as the shop music. Just. Yeah. "Wake Up Sweating" builds this anxious, claustrophobic tension that actually works for a combat game, and the fact they included remix samples for "Under the Rug" shows a self-awareness most indie devs didn't have back then.
If you miss the era when PC games had soundtracks that felt like someone's personal playlist, this nails it.