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THE DEADLY RHYTHM

The first time I ever listened to Swedish hardcore band Refused’s seminal 1998 album, The Shape of Punk to Come, my brain leaked out of my ears. It is a major reason why extreme music sounded like it did in the 2000s, the connective tissue between generations of hardcore and metal. In a similar vein, The Outsiders’ Metal: Hellsinger tries to connect high-octane first-person shooting and rhythm gameplay with metal.

Rhythm FPSes are a and . Only a handful of games even currently exist in this nascent genre, and it’s not hard to see some striking similarities between them. What makes stand apart is the quality of its soundtrack and its slower gameplay.

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