ReMix: Rush'n Attack 'Purple Heart'

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Alright! Good to see some more balls-to-the-wall guitar-based action from goat! Perfectly appropriate siren effects lend atmosphere to the heavy intro this piece begins with, as a chopper starts us off but guitar soon takes over and a nice machine gun effect segues into the melody proper. Guitar goes wah a short bit after, with some mean+funky riffage, then there's mucho power melodies aplenty afterwards, with goat not holding back. Style works great for the source material which, in true Konami style (for that era at least) is chock full'o motifs and riffs that are ripe for the picking. At 3'08" you get some rapid-fire chugging, reminiscent of a machine-gun itself, and then a downright evil minor-key section that any hard-rocking hair band from the 80's would be proud of, and with good right. This is a veritable smorgasbord of electric guitar technique and pure adrenaline - you can tell goat had fun making it, and it reinvents the original NES track with exponentially increased, electric machismo and verve. If you don't like electric guitars, stay far, far away, as this is jam-packed and vacuum-sealed full of 'em, but for those who do, you're in for a treat. Good to see more from goat and great to see this Konami classic covered in this fashion, which just clicks with the whole gung-ho, military mystique. Recommended.

― djpretzel