I prefer to assume I am above the affect of nostalgia. Did I spend tons of—possibly hundreds—of my preteen hours taking part in Previous Faculty Runescape again when it was simply Present Faculty Runescape, painstakingly fishing lobsters so I’d someday piece collectively sufficient gold for my very own set of rune armor? Sure. However that does not imply I am a simple mark. Absolutely, age has sharpened by tastes. Absolutely, it’d take greater than a licensed, professionally-produced steel cowl of the RuneScape theme to impress me—
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Final week, Jagex revealed RuneScape: Battleaxes and Ballads, an officially-licensed steel cowl album of Previous Faculty RuneScape music. I am happy to report, as a journalist and critic, that it is sick. The RuneScape theme, or “Scape Foremost” because it’s formally titled, already went unreasonably onerous in its unique kind, contemplating it was one thing that I would solely hear whereas ready for my chunky Home windows XP desktop to let me login in 2005. However the Battleaxes and Ballads steel cowl seems like how the reminiscence of the unique theme felt to my 12-year-old self. That is an achievement.
That includes different OSRS bangers like Sea Shanty 2 (shoutout to Port Sarim), the album’s remixes from composer Mykel Dunn are categorized by the press launch as “battle steel.” I assume that is like a non-denominational cousin of viking steel? Presumably with much less droning? I am not an professional.
Produced in partnership with Laced Data, a recreation soundtrack report label that is labored on particular version album releases with Bandai Namco, From Software program, Capcom, and extra, Runescape: Battleaxes and Ballads can also be obtainable for preorder as a vinyl LP. As soon as it ships in October, you’ll hearken to Previous Faculty RuneScape remixes on an deliberately old skool format, as a result of cash enables you to do every kind of issues. Additionally, it is purple, as a result of why would you make an LP if it wasn’t going to be a enjoyable coloration? Like I stated earlier than: Age has sharpened my tastes.
In the event you’re unswayed by the crimson report, you are still free to hearken to the total album on YouTube. RuneScape: Battleaxes and Ballads can also be obtainable to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, and Soundcloud, leaving you with loads of choices for a heavy steel recasting of your recollections of Barbarianism, the music from Barbarian Village. That is the RuneScape village the place the barbarians have been. Generally they’d drop chaos runes. Nice stuff.