True Chip Till Death
About True Chip Till Death
herr_professor on 10/27/2009 at 12:00PM
The Blood Feast of the 2a03
Brutal chip fiend Heosphoros would like to remind you that metal is not just tone, but groove. With his NES rom release Embered Recollections, he takes the sound of the Nintendo 8bit system, and plunders it for purpose of squarewave slaughter. The ROM, playable in any NES emulator features the disturbing and detailed imagery of Finland's Keff. The artwork makes me harken back to my own misspent youth staring in wonder at metal records on giant 12" sleeves Coconut records in Chicago. The smell of sweaty denim jackets mixing with the dying leaves of fall...
Heosphoros' style is intersting to me because it is influenced by both Konami metal classics like Castlevania, and Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles, but also by the thrash and progressive rock metal that inspired Konami. Whatever the geneology, the results are tight as they are extreme, so give the ep a listen, or better yet, fire up the ROM on your nes emulator of choice.
