Hello and welcome to the Music Arcade! As Ranakel is faced with internet woes, join Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestore and Edie Alexsander in a heavy metal adventure where the two resident metalheads find an excuse to gush about metal bands as we explore the beautiful phenomenon of surprise metal tracks in gaming.

0:02:33 - Guilty Gear XX - "Holy Orders (Be Just or Be Dead)" by Daisuke Ishiwatari and Koichi Seiyama

0:07:39 - Dynasty Warriors 3 - "Yellow Storm" by MASA

0:13:49 - Why we haven't talked about licensed music before (and why we're doing it now)

0:15:08 - The Sims 3 - "Kill the Light" by Lacuna Coil

0:20:13 - Saints Row 2 - "Runes to my Memory" by Amon Amarth

0:27:40 - ASCAP and Music Licensing for Content Creators

0:29:39 - Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage - "Carnage Rules" by Green Jellÿ

0:39:03 - Arknights - "Captain's Battle Theme" by  BLYETMEISTER42069

0:48:06 - Paper Mario: The Origami King - "Origami Castle" by Yoshito Sekigawa, Shoh Murakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Morishita, and Fumihiro Isobe

0:52:41 - Final Fantasy X - "Otherworld" by Nobuo Uematsu

0:59:30 - Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 - "Battle! Team Plasma" by Junichi Masuda and Go Ichinose

1:07:23 - Now Playing

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