Heavy metal has been incorporated into the soundtrack of multiple different industries. Sports stadiums have been known to blast ‘Enter Sandman’ and ‘The Trooper’ to get fans and players riled up at tense moments. Even the History Channel opted to headline Suffocation for its series on medieval Europe, titled ‘The Dark Ages’.
Clearly, metal has its place in pop culture, but few industries have successfully handled the tone behind metal-like video games. In fact, gamers of all stripes have preferred bass-and-drum heavy music. In some cases, like with Mass Effect, fans took to creating their own metal renditions when developers failed to incorporate heavier songs.
One musician created a ‘metal interpretation’ of Leviathan from Mass Effect, but there have been more than a few fan renditions of popular songs from the series. Many were hopeful the progressive,…
