NINTENDO METAL; DR. ZILOG HAVE YOUR 8-BIT FIX

Of all the vintage videogame systems, the original Nintendo always had the best music. And something about it seemed to lend itself well to metal; there are plenty of websites offering metal-reinterpretations of classic NES music (among them the excellent Metroid Metal) and Horse the Band even took to calling their style “Nintendo Metal” for a while. But as far as I can tell there haven’t been any metal bands — or at least any good ones — that have done an admirable job of creating original Nintendo-based material.

Enter Dr. Zilog, the two-man Florida outfit that composes original metal using the actual sound-card from the original NES. Smoke a bowl to this shit and CRANK it, remembering the glory days of yore when things were simpler. Maybe magic mushrooms would be more appropriate.

-VN