Around since 1993 and now with eight mainline instalments – including five since 1996’s Final Doom – the Doom game series remains unique and beloved as the outright most metal experience you can have with a controller in your hand. Next up in the series is Doom: The Dark Ages, and everything running up to its release very much leans into one of the biggest selling points of the series: the soundtrack.
Forever leaning into all-out metal to up the ante for the ultra-violent visuals and notions of defeating the armies of hell itself, Doom: The Dark Ages is hailed as a heavy metal album come to life, as TG writes. Showcasing just how appealing this side of the experience is, despite the $99.99 price (a $30 bump on the core game) amidst backlash for rising game prices, the Premium Edition, which includes the soundtrack, is the fourth-top pre-order on PlayStation. Still, with five years since Doom Eternal, it’s worth noting the amping up of competition.
A High Bar for Being the Most Metal Game
While still relatively niche, having an all-out heavy metal gaming experience isn’t anywhere near as uncommon as in the 1990s or even the end of the 2010s. In fact, in the same year as Doom Eternal (2020), we received what is arguably an even more metal outing in the form of Bullets Per Minute. It’s very much spawned from an adoration of Doom, but it takes the soundtrack and the fast-paced tech shooting to a new level.
Before BPM, you’ve got the boss-centric soulsbourne game Mortal Shell with its extra infusion of dark brutality, 2013’s superb blend of high-tempo soundtrack, the Metal Gear series with MGR: Revengeance, and, of course, Jack Black’s metal-obsessed Brütal Legend that even featured Ozzy Osbourne. Even with these entries, arguably, Doom is still the epitome of all-in metal video gaming, from soundtrack to gameplay.
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Finishing Move Rocks Up with its Award-Winning Credentials
Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal was rather masterfully given their mosh-pit-worthy soundtracks by Mick Gordon, who was consistently praised for his efforts. For Doom: The Dark Ages, the studio has turned to Finishing Move following a dispute with Gordon. The new music production studio rocks up with some incredible credentials, leaving none to wonder why the developers, id Software, picked them for this new entry.
Chief among the outings for Finishing Move are Halo 2: Anniversary Edition – which has one of the best soundtracks in gaming, regardless of genre – Halo Wars 2, Borderlands 3, and survival horror The Callisto Protocol. For Doom: The Dark Ages, IGN relays comments from the game’s director as saying Finishing Move has created a loaded metal soundscape complete with medieval vibes and plenty of guitar snarls.
Doom: The Dark Ages returns with a new metal soundtrack to enrich the world of gaming, showing the range and adrenaline-pumping ability of the genre even with its medieval setting.
