Five tracks of pure gothic intensity that set the tone for everything Monstrum Nox is about. Falcom Sound Team jdk went darker than usual with the Ys IX mini soundtrack and WELCOME TO CHAOS announces that shift immediately with distorted guitars grinding against orchestral swells.
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MARIONETTE, MARIONETTE has this unsettling puppet-like rhythm that gets under your skin and stays there. DREAMING IN THE GRIMWALD pulls you into something dreamlike and oppressive at the same time, which is exactly what those Grimwald sequences feel like.
TRANQUIL SILENCE offers a brief breath before INVITATION TO THE CRIMSON NIGHT closes everything out with menace. Only five tracks but they paint Balduq's prison city atmosphere perfectly. If you're on the fence about Ys IX, this sampler will push you over.