Gothic atmosphere dripping off every track in this steampunk visual novel score. Sekien no Inganock's 2007 preorder soundtrack sets up this dark, fog-soaked world where nothing feels safe. "Adenium" opens with a vocal theme that carries this haunted elegance, somewhere between classical and modern rock sensibility.
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"Hopelessness" does exactly what the title promises with slow, heavy piano chords under sparse arrangement. "Dancer across the deadline" picks up with more rhythmic urgency and layered instrumentation that builds tension without breaking.
"A spiral staircase" has this descending quality that just pulls you down. The vocalless versions of the OP and ED let you hear the compositional bones underneath. If you play Liar-soft visual novels for the atmosphere as much as the story, this soundtrack is the atmosphere.