Heavy, grimy, and completely unhinged for a Metroidvania. Anders Aga composed the Zapling Bygone soundtrack and it sounds like someone let a metal guitarist score a Hollow Knight competitor. The whole concept is you're an alien hive mind wearing the skulls of your enemies, and the music matches that energy perfectly.
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Rat Queen has this thick, distorted riff that sticks in your head, while Sewers (feat. James Grace) layers in these growling textures that feel genuinely threatening. Downlow keeps things low and creepy before combat tracks like Stab just go off.
Fifteen tracks, no filler. If you want a Metroidvania that sounds as aggressive as it plays, Zapling Bygone on Switch and PS5 nails it.