Fast, punchy arcade energy with these surprisingly jazzy undercurrents running through everything. Shikigami no Shiro Episode 3 is the third entry in the cult shmup series and the soundtrack goes harder than you'd expect from a mid-2000s bullet hell.
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"Flower's Jam" has this groovy, almost lounge-y feel that shouldn't work during intense danmaku gameplay but absolutely does. "Raging Torrent" flips to pure aggression. The S3MIX versions at the end of the tracklist remix key themes with heavier production, and "Miturugi S3MIX" especially rips.
Two versions of "Phases of The Moon" show how much range one melody can have. If you're into the Shikigami series or shmup soundtracks that refuse to just be background noise, this one earns its spot in the rotation.