March 2016

By Toby Fox

At least in the states, there’s a march that everyone can pick out as the ‘circus’ song. It was written over a century ago by Julius Fučík, and he called it ‘Entrance of the Gladiators.’ Try picturing the song echoing through a Roman arena as doomed men march into the killing grounds. Yeah, just a little dark.
‘Metal Crusher’ channels that ‘lighthearted but for all the wrong reasons’ spirit. It fits the scene well enough, as Mettaton puts you through a series of farcical, deadly challenges.

The intro may as well have been played by a set of floppy drives, and lo and behold, there’s already at least one floppy drive cover of this song out there.

The soundtrack to Toby Fox’s game Undertale can be purchased from Bandcamp.

By Toby Fox

Surprisingly complex. The main melody’s done in chiptune: slow main theme, fast backing beat (one that translates really well into a heavy-metal guitar chug). Around the ten second mark, a light orchestra’s worth of natural instrumentation kicks in. It gives the song its ‘this is really it’ final-boss vibe.

Only this isn’t it. Not quite, anyways.

The soundtrack to Toby Fox’s game Undertale can be purchased from Bandcamp.

By Svix

The Striderest track on Homestuck Volume 9. You’ve got Anbroids, which is pretty Strider. Then there’s Despot, which is even Striderer. But this one tops em both. None more Strider, at least on this album.

beat-bro:

Potential Homestuck ending #99: UPD8 (the only one that is likely to actually happen, if only metaphorically).