Payday 2's B-Sides collection goes harder than most games' main soundtracks. Simon Viklund and crew packed this with aggressive electronic rock that sounds like someone strapped a distortion pedal to a heist movie. "SWAT Attack" is pure controlled chaos with layers of crunchy synths over pounding drums, and "Meat and Machine Guns" is exactly what it sounds like.
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Then "Shinobi Lessons" takes this sharp turn into something almost cinematic. The whole Japan stretch of tracks honestly. "Cries of the City" pulls back into this moody ambient groove that reminds you there's actual composition underneath all the adrenaline.
If you've ever four-player cloaked through a vault and wondered what song was making your heart rate spike, start here.