Lufia II - SINISTRAL BATTLE THEME - Metal Cover by ToxicxEternity

⏩Metal Cover / Remix of Lufia II's "Sinistral Battle Theme" by ToxicxEternity originally composed by Yasunori Shiono.

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Hey guys! I'm back with arguably one of the most metal ost's of all time, SNES's "Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals"!

I did a slammin' metal cover of the boss theme for this game a while back and it ended up being one of my favorite covers to do!

This game's music has all of the JRPG elements that I love and it even takes it to an even higher level in terms of metalness compared to other games in the genre.

The arrangement came together super naturally having already done some stuff from this ost as well as feeling very at home with the metal riffage of the original. The rhythm section of the original has some very prominent guitar and drums in it which gave me a huge foundation to build on.

However, I didn't want to just copy the original straight up; so I made it an objective to incorporate as many of my own stylistic elements into my arrangement such as some guitar harmonies, more open and melodic rhythm guitar parts, and some half time breakdown grooves.

I also couldn't resist laying down an over-the-top shreddy solo on top of the sick chord progressions in thee pre-chorus!

Overall I had such a blast making this cover. I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it!

Thanks so much to Josh for the request and thank you for watching!

#lufia2 #toxicxeternity #remix

[stephenc]

Am I the only one who wants to play the whole game with this dude providing the soundtrack? I can't be....great job bud.

[FNnametag]

And he has the first gades battle in the background. Instant sub

[ToxicxEternity]

Hope you guys enjoy!! Special thanks to everyone who hung out on my Twitch stream while I arranged this. :D

[gabocarina]

Lufia has such a great underrated soundtrack! That was RAD! \m/

[KittenyKat]

Not gonna lie, MOST metal covers of songs are kinda not good and focus entirely on the guitar, even to the point of dampening the sound of the rest of the song or not even letting it be heard in full quality - You guys are embracing the entirety of what makes this song good and uplifting it to be *even better.* Bravo!

[chrispysaid]

God, Lufia 2 has such an underrated soundtrack overall. I always find myself humming it lovingly while playing and the songs will get stuck in my head here and there with no warning or context, brain's just like *HEY REMEMBER LUFIA 2 HAHA OF COURSE YOU DO NOW GO DRINK SOME WATER*

[warmics]

The music of Lufia and Lufia II is painfully underrated :( Thank you for this awesome cover!

[Justforvisit]

One of the best and most timeless SNES-Soundtracks of all time. And this cover of the Sinistral Battle Theme does it absolute justice!

[umbraelle]

Honestly the music in this game is so hype still my fav SNES game ever <3 and one of my fav RPGs ever tbh

[Reginmund]

Now this is the metal version this battle theme always deserved. You got another sub.

[olivierpelletier]

Still coming back to this theme's cover. Never gets old. Just one of the best friggen theme ever written and that cover just makes you want to battle evil!

[JasonParadise]

Absolutely love your work. It's so cool to see the love for Lufia II. One of my favorites. 🤘

[Sunandor]

After listening to this cover repeatedly for a week I think I must confess that this is now my favourite metal cover of anything ever. It was running in my head for the whole last week! Thank you sir for that wondeful masterpiece of music. Please never stop rockin !

[GSSSirius]

The Sinistral battle theme is solidified for all eternity as the absolute best battle theme.
Has never, and will never be threatened by anything else.

[ShuriBear]

Amazing cover once again! So glad you covered this one as well. As a Lufia 2 Ancient Cave speedrunner nothing is more satisfying to hear this theme when you finally reach Floor 99 and fight the almighty jelly.

[ro-mandrum-a-lot]

coming back every now and then to hear this masterpiece cover of a masterpiece

[sun]

Goosebumps for 3 minutes straight 🤩 Now I want to play the game Ice

[blacklotus]

Incredible. Best boss music in any SNES RPG made. Perhaps ever. This cover is fantastic.

[klexchara]

Everytime I hear this cover I thank the Gods you made it exist. This song is SO good. A SNES song that feels metal from the ground up and you just bring it TO LIFE

[digitalbamph]

thats the best remix of that piece ive heard!