Early 2000s anime thriller scoring at its most dramatic. Weiss Kreuz Glühen's first soundtrack album mixes vocal drama tracks with dense incidental scoring that honestly goes harder than you'd expect for an assassin boy band show.
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"Corrosion" has this crawling industrial tension that sticks with you, and "Approaching Crisis" builds with layered synths that feel genuinely urgent. The character eyecatch themes are a nice touch, each one catching a different mood in like fifteen seconds.
"Frustration and Sorrow" for Kyô hits with this lonely piano line over strings that just... aches. Then "A Gentle Smile" pulls everything back to something tender without feeling forced. If you're into dark anime soundtracks from that Noir/Noir-adjacent era, this one rewards the deep dive.