Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Magic and Music: Rakdos (Black-Red)

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The Rakdos were hellbent on many things, hence their ability word. Dark and destructive, they sought power and they sought it passionately. Anyone who's played with Rakdos the Defiler or Anthem of Rakdos knows how this works. Accordingly, dark passion is bubbling all through this compilation. Many Magic players are conditioned by video games and nerd tastes to put black-red music as game-playing background anyway, so this isn't much of a leap here. Progressive rock instrumentals (which usually are more passionately delivered than lyriced ones) and the frenzied end of drum'n'bass sit remarkably well together on this compilation.

The Rakdos go even more nuts when they hear these:

Blu Mar Ten - Grey Area
Underworld - Pearls Girl (Tin There)
Spock's Beard - Skeletons at the Feast
Riverside - Reality Dream III
Porcupine Tree - Wedding Nails
(Super Mario Bros.) - Bowser Is Ticked
Blu Mar Ten - Clipjoint
Cardamar - Depths of Communication
VNV Nation - Entropy
Blu Mar Ten - Close (VIP)
VNV Nation - Descent
Eisbrecher - Polarstern
Gary Numan - Asylum
Dream Theater - Panic Attack

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