Percussion-heavy Japanese rock that hits way harder than a Touhou spinoff has any right to. Hachimitsu-Lemon scored Touhou: New World and Aizawa went absolutely feral on these arrangements. Scarlet Struggle layers distorted guitars over frantic taiko drums and it just does not let up.
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Then Cirno's Ambition flips the energy with this bouncy, almost playful aggression that still somehow feels threatening. Dreamworld Apocalypse goes full orchestral chaos. The way they weave traditional instruments into modern rock production without it ever feeling forced...
it's kind of scary how good this is. If you've been sleeping on the Touhou spinoff soundtracks you're missing some of the hardest boss themes of the last few years.