PC game progressive metal project WASD has released its second album. escape (opens in new tab)chunky, ploggy It includes reimaginings of classic tracks from hits like Deus Ex and Warcraft 2, as well as deeper cuts like Turrican and Space Quest 3. Disc Mystery Single” board.
“We played around with the idea of trying to put all the songs on a floppy,” said Green. Unfortunately, the required audio compression made his songs “unlistenable”. Escape’s satisfying floppy His release probably required disc distribution like his install of his ’90s games. So instead, Green made his 50 limited edition floppies, each of which he put two random tracks from the album on.
This makes for a “not bad” listening experience, but I’d prefer to keep the digital download of the album bundled for listening on $200 headphones. Isn’t it?
Much like the indie music scene’s obsession with cassette releases, it’s all about the audacity to keep an outdated format alive just for hell, and I’ve found plenty of old floppies that Green overwrites on the Facebook Marketplace. (Admittedly we’re biased — in 2020 we paid Austin Green to produce a free album celebrating some of our favorite PC game music. PC Gaming Show 2020 Album (opens in new tab).)
I would like to compare WASD’s sound to progressive metal bands like Haken. You have chunky metal guitar riffs, but you also have the funkiness and playful virtuosity of a band with mustaches and wizards on all his ’70s albums art.
The highlight of Escape for me is Green’s Deus Ex track. nanotech outlaw (opens in new tab)Blending exploration and combat versions of that game’s essential UNATCO HQ theme, the WASD style was found to blend particularly well with the original works of Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos, and Dan Gardopée. rice field.
Green primarily focuses on the formative westerns of PC games in the 90’s and early 00’s. “The great thing about that era of PC gaming was that PC games were computer games,Green explains.
There are some gems from this era left on the floor of Escape’s cutting room, and Green may attempt to revisit them in future work. Myst, for example, fits right in the middle of Green’s favored era, but he still hasn’t settled on a style that satisfactorily translates the game’s dreamy OST. Similarly, Green tinkered with covers of his StarCraft and Unreal Tournament music, eventually dropping it (his original Unreal is shown here).
Listen to the full Escape now WASD’s Bandcamp page (opens in new tab), check out the project’s merchandise and physical release. WASD is played with mugfest (opens in new tab) From January 5th to 8th, if you’re near the Gaylord Convention Center in Bar Harbor, Maryland, you know where to have some fun. You can also follow WASD Facebook (opens in new tab) When twitter (opens in new tab).
