This yr at Gamescom 2022, Trivium’s Matt Heafy joined an all-star lineup to carry out authentic music from Metallic: Hellsinger. Earlier than the present, we caught up with Heafy to speak about his Hellsinger observe, “This Devastation,” and the Trivium frontman’s favourite video video games of all time.
“We have been at all times a Nintendo household,” Heafy says of his upbringing. “Beat Mario 1 first… Mario 1, 2, 3… however Tremendous Nintendo and N64 have been my large eras. Tremendous Mario World was big, I beloved Donkey Kong. I keep in mind when Donkey Kong Nation had the making-of VHS we taped it off TV and I’d watch it on a regular basis, I used to be so into the making-of. Mario 64 is without doubt one of the best video games of all time, Goldeneye is arguably one of many FPS’ of all time. I used to be the jerk who’d at all times choose Oddjob.”
Heafy then goes into Ultimate Fantasy, Halo, DOOM, Mortal Kombat, and what he calls the best first-person shooter of all time — Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare.
Heafy truly simply completed his first online game soundtrack for a title referred to as Martial Arts Tycoon. “The soundtrack is 90 minutes of Brazilian music — pagode, samba, bossa nova. I wrote a tune the place I’m singing in Portuguese. I gave them one steel tune… they stated ‘no steel’… it sounds precisely like Sepultura and it’s freaking superior. The remainder is chill, lo-fi Brazilian music.”
As for Metallic: Hellsinger, the video games mixes DOOM-style motion with a deal with rhythmic play ala Guitar Hero. “It’s one thing I by no means knew I wished, however I wanted it, to have the ability to shoot on-tempo with one thing.” Heafy says concerning the Metallic: Hellsinger gameplay. “It was so inspirational that I truly hit them up and stated, ‘I do know the sport is finished, I do know the soundtrack is finished, however I wanna re-record the screaming as a result of I can do them higher now.’ They’re like, ‘No, they’re prepared nice.’ However I did it, despatched it over in a single take and so they have been like, ‘Okay, we’ll combine this in.’”
Watch Matt Heafy nerd out on video video games with us within the video under. Metallic: Hellsinger can be launched on Sept. 15. To obtain the Metallic: Hellsinger demo or pre-order the sport, click on right here.
