Metroid Metal

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Metroid Metal is a metal interpretation of the original Metroid soundtrack for the NES, originally composed by Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka. The album was recorded beginning in the middle of 2003 and released track by track until completed in September 2004.

Stemage started Metroid Metal by writing variations of the original video game chiptune songs on his guitar, and adding his own personal interpretations, but keeping the basic form of the melodies. It was all recorded on his 4-track recorder with electric guitars, bass guitar, drums and some vocals. He began posting the songs on the internet at MetroidMetal.com one by one, and began to have quite a following of devoted listeners.

The songs are freely available on the Metroid Metal website. The album has also undergone remastering in order to give the tracks a better "flow," as well as improved production, exclusively available as a CD to sponsors of MetroidMetal.com.

Track listing

All songs arranged by Grant Henry, originally composed by Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka.

1. "Theme" – 2:43
2. "Intro" – 0:24
3. "Brinstar" – 2:38
4. "Item Room" – 2:16
5. "Item Collect" – 0:45
6. "Norfair" – 3:37
7. "Kraid" – 2:59
8. "Ridley" – 2:07
9. "Tourian" – 2:08
10. "Mother Brain" – 1:04
11. "The Escape" – 3:37
12. "The Ending" (feat. Kellin Watson) – 5:03

Personnel

• Grant Henry ("Stemage") – arranger, vocals, music (rhythm and lead guitars, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, drum machine on all tracks unless otherwise stated), producer
• Dan Taylor ("Chunkstyle") - bassist for Super Metroid Metal, "Maridia" and "Boss Medley"
• [Kellin Watson] – vocals on "The Ending"

Related Projects

More Metroid Metal

After completing all of the songs from the original Metroid soundtrack, Stemage began work on metal versions of songs from other Metroid games, including Super Metroid for the SNES and Metroid Prime for the Nintendo GameCube.

The current songs from Super Metroid Metal and Metroid Metal Prime:

• Super Metroid Metal

1. "Brinstar" (feat. Dan Taylor on bass guitar) – 5:19, released Apr 2006
2. "Boss Medley" (feat. Dan Taylor on bass guitar) – 7:00, released 11 July 2005
3. "Maridia" (feat. Dan Taylor on bass guitar) – 3:51, released Mar 2005
4. "Lower Norfair" – 4:46, released Dec 2004

• Metroid Metal Prime

"Title/Menu Theme" – 4:23, released 1 January 2006

"Phendrana Drifts" – 4:54, released 15 October 2005

External links

• [MetroidMetal.com]
• [Metroid Metal on MySpace]
• [Metroid Metal] at MusicBrainz
• [Super Metroid Metal] at MusicBrainz
• [Metroid Prime Metal] at MusicBrainz
• [Stemage.com]
• [Stemage on MySpace]
• [] at MusicBrainz

Interviews

• "Metroid Metal" Nintendo Power: M., Adam (#198, Dec. 2005)
• ["An Interview with the Man Behind the Metroid Metal, Stemage"] TVRealm: Friedman, Seth (Jan. 28, 2004)
• ["Interview- Metroid Metal"] GameCube Heaven: Reynolds, Ryan

 

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