This is the soundtrack with its guts exposed. Chris Christodoulou released the isolated stems for Risk of Rain 2's tracks and it's fascinating in a way most stem releases aren't. Hearing the drums from the main theme stripped bare, then the bass layers separately, then the synths.
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You realize how deliberately every frequency slot was filled. The guitar stems reveal distortion choices that get buried in the full mix, these gnarly tones doing so much invisible work. The reverb and delay stem is basically an ambient album on its own.
Not something you throw on casually, but if you've ever wondered why RoR2's music feels so physically thick, this is your answer laid out piece by piece.