5 Heavy Bands Who Sampled Popular Video Games

If you’re anything like me, you know there’s no better combination than an entrancing game and the right song.

Whether you’re kicking back after a long day or attempting to get the adrenaline pumping for an epic boss battle, a great game paired with the perfect score is one of the best feelings for players and music fans alike. But what happens when these two passions are combined?

It’s always a treat when two of your hobbies can overlap, and in this specific case it happens more than you'd realize.

Now, it would have been a lot easier to go with gaming samples from hip hop, but like anyone else who’s seen more Game Over screens than they can count, I’m a glutton for punishment.

So, I’ve decided to go for a challenge and look at a heavier set of genres. These examples are fewer and further between, in addition to being a bit closer to my heart. For the purpose of enlightening all of my fellow gaming nerds and music addicts here are 5 Heavy Bands Who Sampled Popular Video Games.

The most recent example on this list, "In the Walls" is the 5th song of off the Kentucky hardcore band's sophomore album A Different Shade of Blue. The record is made up of the same vicious instrumentals, poignant lyrics and brutal vocals that rocketed Knocked Loose to the forefront of the hardcore/punk scene in 2016.

These attributes are interwoven into the record's very fabric with the record's darkest segment hidden deeply in the body of this nightmare soundtrack. The outro of its fifth track "In The Walls" contains a disturbing broadcast describing the events of a father slaughtering his family after lunch on a Sunday afternoon.

“The day of the crime, the father went to the trunk of his car, retrieved the rifle, and shot his wife as she was cleaning up the kitchen after lunch.

When his ten-year-old son came to investigate the commotion, the father shot him, too. His six-year-old daughter had the good sense to hide in the bathroom, but reports suggest he lured her out by telling her it was just a game."

If this brings back terrifying flashbacks then you too were probably a fan of Hideo Kojima's playable trailer for the unfinished Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. The sample is a radio broadcast describing the events of a bloodbath that occurred in the very home your character is currently stuck endlessly looping throughout.

It's also the last thing the character hears before turning into the game's biggest jump scare - being mauled by one of the victims of the Sunday afternoon massacre.