I am imagining this dialogue at some meeting: "Listen Jesper, we need the same thing you did for Vermintide 2, but Warhammer 40000" "I can't do the same" "Why? "I can only do better"
@@sightseek3r I have absolutely no idea. But I sure hope he knows many in the community would 100% alright with him having that level of confidence given his talent for making amazing soundtracks.
@@blakewilliamson6761 its like Ok Jesper we need a short segment of music because the part of the scene will be short Jesper: I will make it longer But it'll only last half a mi- Jesper: *I will make it longer*
Disposal Unit is played during the boss fights on Assassination missions so in a way YOUR team are the disposal unit, and the boss you fight is the target for disposal the chanting is very likely the units preacher chanting prayers to the Emperor
Well. Your literally playing as a Inquisition (40k’s equivalent of the CIA, KGB, and MI6 but with unlimited authority and funding) penal death squad. So by definition I’m the game, your character is a disposable unit.
No it doesn't. Woke journalists hate Warhammer because they refuse to make female space marines. The award will go to whatever pretentious trash has the most rainbow flags on it.
40k has a long history of games and OSTs at this point, but Darktide slaps so fing hard, it really easily turned into my favorite OST from any Warhammer game.
Fatshark has always been good with their ost. Loved the stringy violin sounds from any skaven soundtrack too. Darktide wise they got that heavy, dark sound with a hint of cult perfectly.
Looking back at 40k video game OSTs, everything from '91 to 20 was building to be epic and bombastic while staying in the mainstream of the genres of the time, like midis, orchestrals, etc. Mechanicus and Darktide are a very specific feel that sets them apart.
The non-vocal version of the track is actually what plays initally when fighting your assassination targets. Once you break their shields and start to really hurt them is when the vocals drop.
There are horrors in the dark that must be met with strength, power, faith, and courage. Unfortunately, your player character meets none of those qualities but their lasgun certainly does.
What are you talking about Ogryn meets all of those criteria, as does Fanatic. Psyker meets all of them, albeit the third in themselves than anything else.
@@Scaevola9449 Even the lowly guardsman meets them as well maybe not the same strength as the Ogryn but his faith and courage, with a side of lasgun will see him through everything, after all death in the service to the God Emperor is the least he can do.
This track plays during Assassination-type missions, when you are fighting a heretic captain (a "Sanction Redactus Target"). I think rather than the Disposal Unit being the boss, you as the player BECOME the disposal unit
Reminds me of how much Kyd's music in the Hitman games reinforces that YOU are the monster lurking in the shadows, stalking closer and closer to your prey, ready to wreak havoc. Dude is so talented at sculpting narrative and atmosphere through his music.
"There's no consciousness, just a desire to fight" Absolutely perfect description. The first time I heard this song in game I entered an actual trance, just staring at my screen blankly while smashing through a literal wave of bodies. It was such an insane sensation and you put so aptly, I felt nothing but a need to keep fighting until the song began to slow down.
I just want to say that when the chorus drops, I don't ever feel unease or fear. To me, it always sounds like a war chant, something an army of tribesmen would sing while marching towards battle and banging on their shields, it makes me feel like.. powerful? Like we're hyping ourselves up to become unstoppable. It's not beautiful or heroic, but a primal and brutal rhythm of war. But I feel like it's meant for me and the people on my side, to make us lose ourselves in the moment. Edit: Haha I actually wrote this before you got to the part where you talked about the same feelings! It's amazing how music affects us humans. It really brings out emotions in us.
This is a boss fight theme. I feel like the haunting creepy strings and chanting represents the forces of chaos, and the almost angelic voices are the imperium. I get this sense that the two are battling it out on the track.
I would, under no circumstances, describe the Imperium as angelic, but there are characters within who try their best to do good as an honor to the Emperor. Or more rarely, they go against to do good. The imperium of Man is a meatgrinder, and its servants turn the lever. (yes, it's a movie quote, and it's just as appropriate here)
Something that I noticed in playing was that your melee weapons swing almost in cadence with the song's main beat, so when you are really laying into your targets, it feels like the song is emphasizing every strike.
I've noticed a lot of actions sync with the beat of the music scarily well. Like once during combat I started reloading my shotgun and it was timed right to the beat, which was extremely satisfying
One of my fondest memories of this track is, unintentionally slapping the fresh mag i just inserted into my bolter at the precise moment the vocals kicked in with " *VENGEANCE* " and my GOD did it feel good
I played the game for a couple of hours in the pre-beta and damn, that music just hits on another level, especially if you get the climax of the song while slashing through approximately all of the heretics on the planet.
"I just jammed out for two minutes, sorry." Don't be, we were jamming out as well. Very easy to get caught up with this one. This is easily one of my favorite songs in any WH40K game. It's also fairly unique for a boss fight song as well. Usually, a boss fight song emphasizes how strong, massive, or terrifying the enemy is compared to what you've faced up to this point, or it plays to the intensity or frenetic nature of the battle. It's rare for a boss fight song to basically whip you, the player and character, into a frenzy, urging you to brutally curbstomp the enemy into paste. As with "Immortal Imperium", this fits in perfectly with the nature of the Imperium. The Imperium of Man seeks to dominate the galaxy not only with military and industrial might, but also exercise control over the hearts and minds of its people, and that's done through the theocratic arms of its government. I really want to find out what the lyrics mean, but to me it sounds like a command and a prayer. It's easy to imagine a choir of monks chanting "Kill. Destroy. Purge the heretic." over and over. Honestly, I can see this being a way the Imperium exerts some psychological control over its soldiers and agents. Psych them up with some rousing sermons about how the mission exalts the God-Emperor and protects the Imperium, and then start blasting this song through their comm equipment once the battle starts, turning your soldiers into frenzied killing machines. Look up videos where this song and the action line up perfectly and it will be easy to imagine soldiers striking the enemy rhythmically.
So! Actual lore. The Sisters of Battle, one of the factions, actually put their battleships in low orbit, so they can blast religious hymms and music onto the battlefield to make the soldiers go into a frenzy. Since they usually fight together with the Guard and Space Marines, you can imagine if the hymms are like this kind of thing, how the forces start going berserk.
You hit the nail on the head about how most boss music in video games psych them up to the biggest and the baddest of anything you've fought so far. Disposal Unit is more of a climax of your strike team's killing ability, you can feel the wrath of your characters and wish for nothing more but to kill the heretic leader as efficiently and as brutal as possible. On higher difficulties getting to the boss is actually harder then the boss himself. You wipe the floor with him so fast the song is over by the chanting.
This song reminds me of hearing BFG Division for the first time back in DOOM 2016 and just laughing at how hard that shit slapped. This is a legendary soundtrack.
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For me, this song hits full swing while fighting the assassination target and his backup gets there. Which is then promptly crushed and riddled with lead by my ogryn.
I hereby raise this comment from the grave to pay my respect to the Ogryns who always annihilated the backup while I dropped the hammer on the heretic Captain with my Zealot. Good on yer big man👊🏼
This is a good song because it both embodies the idea of the Imperium of Man, and its Inquisition, while simultaneously decrying it in the most fierce of manners. It's brutal and industrial, played when the party is finally at their destination, a heretic whose only salvation is the Emperor's Mercy. A combat execution. The vocals simultaneously give off the vibe of a religious choir, and the blathering madness of Chaos that can only be burned out, never redeemed. It's a fighting song. A song of prisoners converted into the Inquisition's personal executioners, whose only purpose is to kill or be killed, until their usefulness has run out. Until the things they have seen and done make them too dangerous to be allowed to live. The strength the song provides isn't in the faith of the God-Emperor, or his avenging angles. It isn't even the steady beat of a million million Imperial Guardsmen and their nigh endless lines of tanks. It isn't even a good representation of his Most Holy Inquisition, those whose faith is so strong and authority so great that they have to make the hard decisions that determine millions of fates, because the consequences of their failing is so high. This is song about scrappy people struggling to survive in the underhive. The bitter slums beneath the great cities of man, where waste water is mistaken for rain, and violence is a way of life. In that vein, it represents the Inquisition perfectly, because it's doggedly refusing to let this place fall and be condemned to fire, to be given the ultimate sanction of Exterminatus. This is a song that reflects the Inquisition doing everything in its power to save a world, despite their reputation for condemning them.
I think that's the longest I've seen Marco let a song play without pausing for commentary. Says a lot. This is the boss theme. Your team may be disposable, but you're here as the 'disposal unit'. This is an anthem to fighting whatever brutal, terrifying, and overwhelming heretical force that you must: A thing so dangerous that it could topple the entire world on which you stand. But the only fear in the room is in *their* hearts, not yours - you're here for vengeance. You are here are the Emperor's wrath. The Imperium's reprise against those who would destroy and enslave its helpless citizens. You could call this song "The only fear is theirs".
Jesper was probably possessed by the dark gods to compose this hellishly delicious soundtrack. I can´t even comprehend HOW THE HELL COULD HE CREATE IT?!
@Marco thank you for this reaction! This specific track blew me and my every friend in darktide away. Fortunately when it first came up during my first assassination run i had a catachan sword that SYNCED with the bit when it dropped. Darktide OST is a religious experience folks!
That awkward moment when you see Marco dancing, and think to your self that he look a bit silly, only to realize you are doing the exact same thing. You go Marco, dance them moves!
Word... i was exactly like him, fucking banging man, but with my hands on the keyboard and mouse, this rrack just has that aura that compels you to start banging
YEAHHH! So glad you’re reacting to this. Gotta say I’m glad I’m not the only one using Darktide OST at the gym…it’s so hype and gets me super pumped Keep up the good work Marco!
If you are looking for more 40k music, Owlcat has the main theme for their new rogue trader game out on their channel. They haven’t released the game yet, but the main theme is really good imo.
@@Deuzen_FIN It's been remastered in the new Chaos Gate as well ruclips.net/video/4cKaeeoWgro/видео.html&ab_channel=Warhammer40%2C000%3AChaosGate-Daemonhunters
Coming back to this video after a few days, and I can't help but think that the fact that you spent 3 minutes just jamming to the song with no commentary, unlike most of your other videos, is the most glowing praise for the song I think it could ever receive. The fact you couldn't bring yourself to interrupt the song to talk about it in the middle of it and had to wait until it's over just shows how amazing it is.
The shotgun, autopistol, bolter, and autogun all reload nicely to the beat as well. The chainsword and eviscerator also like to line up with it when you really get going.
I feel like it's almost a chant, the ethos that the persons in the disposal unit has to adhere to, when the *angry voice* starts kicking in. The disposal unit is "an average day on the factory" where the initial soft voice is the divine calling from above, giving people hope and purpose to wake and pick up from where they left previously until the harsh brutal reality hits with the aggressive chant. Then the elegant divine is missing and it is no longer a soft calling, it is fervor, zealotry, and blind faith that makes someone stick to his place in the rigid system that kept them alive for so long. It is a do or fade into darkness moment.
The Darktide soundtrack really caught me off guard at times. You have your Dark gothic and industrial sounding tracks, but then he mixes in synthwave with it.
If you haven't already, you might want to check out music from a game called deep rock galactic. Dwarven combat miners in space. Delving into the interior of a planet rich in minerals, but incredibly dangerous. There are two main types of music in the game, the more relaxed ambiance of normal gameplay and swarm music where all hell breaks loose.
Primality, destruction, death, brutality, ruthlessness, no conciousness just the desire to fight, desire to consume, desire to maime, desire to kill. No elegance, grace or humanity. The way you've described so much about WH40K with those words just from listening to an OST. It's interesting too as all these words can equally apply to Chaos, The Imperium, The Inquisition or the convicts themselves.
In the context of the game: This song plays on assassination missions during the boss fight (the target). Also lol at your moves, that's exactly how this song feels like, accurate depiction.
First time viewer and a giga 40k nerd. Not sure if you know anything about 40k but you hit the nail on the head when it comes to its lore in your closing statements. I love that music alone can make you understand the tone of a huge universe in less time than it took for me to write this.
Damn man, I'm just realizing how long it's been since I saw your channel really get started.... 8 months, 2/3rds of a YEAR..... and now here you are, comfortable and established, with over 100,000 people subscribed..... It just, hit me suddenly, and it blows my mind. I'm psyched for you and the success you've had in a span of mere months, not even a full year yet, and I just felt an impulse to express that. Also Darktide is fantastic and I've only played like 5 missions so far. As a 40k fan I've gotta say, Fatshark is nailing it.
In a short amount of time, you have become one of my favorite people on RUclips. You are just so unapologetically yourself. Just watching you jam and enjoy the music makes me want to jam too. Watching you dance makes me want to dance. You remind me a lot of myself too, so maybe that is the main reason. But, I digress, keep on doing you man. We love it.
I know it may be a lot to ask for one game but i swear Main Theme or Imperial Advance is well worth it to check for a video! Especially Main Theme, for the vocals at least. Whole Darktide OST is a banger, but those two are gems. Also Path of Trust may be spoiler’ish but it is incredible and so unlike other Darktide OSTs. It is a music of hope, of trust, of even slightly “lighter” tone. You did “it”. You earned your reward. For this one, magic moment the uncaring universe no longer aims to kill you from every direction. You earned your redemption, and your sins are lifted by the hand of Inquisition. The terrible organisation gives you proverbial pat on the back for this once. Truly a brief respite, but compared to the pit of maledictions you crossed it shall feel like heaven, a true absolution.
So excited for the full release, gonna be jamming to this soundtrack while I purge the heretics as an ogryn After watching the full video I gotta say you were on point with your breakdown man, this is a very brutal game where you have to fight your way through hordes of worshippers a a god of plague to save a city with a population of billions. It is dark, it is grim, it is violent, and it is bloody. So this is definitely a fitting musical accompaniment to that.
I was introduced to this game through this song via my friend. He kept playing it and complimenting it and I was very glad when I finally found the thing. Enjoyed watching your interpretation of the song, since it’s kind of a revered thing in my friend circle. On the song itself, it’s very gritty and unique. It’s something you don’t hear often in terms of style outside of maybe heavy metal. Said friend from before and myself like to dub this music “Warhammer music” much like how Doom’s ost is “Argent Metal.” It is almost its own genre.
0:50 used to play violin and viola in a bunch of different orchestra's and the screezy noises you are hearing here is probably classical string instruments but instead of using them the normal way they are playing on the wrong side of the wooden part(idk what its called in English) that's holding up the strings. I played some experimental stuff (so-called modern music) once and that's how we got similar sounds when we played.
This song is played during the assassination mission end of mission boss fights. The song name is very fitting. Your description of the song building tension is very accurate since as you fight the boss you're also getting swarmed by countless fodder enemies that hope to overwhelm you and makes you choose to press on and kill the target faster before you lose the battle of attrition and die. As the hoards wade in the music builds up and it is very in your face about it.
Hi, I've only discovered you due to your first darktide video, it's great seeing someone who is musically minded break down something I've heard multiple times and put better context into it! I know it's not music per-say but it would be really interesting to see your reaction to the "armouring of a space marine ritual" to see your view on how all the clanging and religious tones come together and form the core of Warhammer 40k, brill vid, can't wait for more!
A little bit of lore and theory crafting here from me. The Imperium has two official languages, High Gothic (advanced and spoken by the upper classes) and Low Gothic (lingua franca spoken by the masses). Plus all the local planetary languages. Related to the vocals in this music I view the choral vocals as High Gothic, while the more guttural aggressive fighting words as Low Gothic. It really works well in the game as it is boss fight music and the players are convicts sent on suicide missions :)
@marcomeatball Really enjoyed your insight, interpretation, and enthusiasm for this music!! I play Darktide too, and one of the things that immediately stuck out to me about this game was the incredible soundtrack; it totally complements the grim, dark atmosphere in the game. Keep up the great videos!
if you haven’t already, i would love to see you react to Vermintide 2’s soundtrack. Jesper Kid did this one as well, and the music is incredible. my favorite from it is the Troll Boss Fight
Nothing beats this playing in the background while you are just heavy swinging an eviscerator tearing through hundreds of heretics. FOR THE GOLDEN THRONE!!!
best part about the song, and i only thought about this like once or twice before someone pointed it out, is the clash between the nearly angelic and violently righteous vocals and the horrid, soul-crushing forces of chaos. and the funniest thing about when the vocals first drop is how aggressive and venomous they are, as if they were insults being dished out to the traitor regiment you fight, and more specifically the warlord you're going toe to toe with, the music is just egging you on to cave the targets skull in, it's great lol
(4:05 ) I really like this part. It invokes the feeling of a game of Cat and Mouse with you and some creepy thing. Only both of you are simultaneously both the cat and mouse. As if the two are stalking each other.
Disposal unit is a play on words in context to the game. It refers to where we are fighting in the depths of the underhive, while also being a sly remark referring to our characters themselves as being disposable. This is my favorite track of the OST because it gives off a brutal tribal vibe as if you are going through a trial or challenge. Your perspective of the piece is apt in all ways you described, as brutality might as well be the name of the game.
After listening to this song countless of times and imagining scenarios that could be happening during this tremendous piece of music. The thing that is missing is the metallic sound of a closing door of a dropship (in this case it is called Valkyrie) at the end. At the end of a track, the sounds are slowly fading away into silence and then there should be a quick and sharp, but not too loud metallic boom or a click signalling the end of a mission.
you know the music is good when he just lets it roll for a couple minutes without any commentary. would love to see Marco interview Jesper, as he has an incredible grasp on music.
Watching content creators experience Warhammer for the first time is hands down one of my favorite things. I've been into 40k for 20+ years and it is my favorite fictional setting bar none. Glad you're enjoying Darktide and glad you're getting to discover this weird, dark, and awesome setting!
I had never played a fat shark game or a warhammer game before. I got this on game pass, Started playing, This track blew me away. It's like The 5th Element meets a Synth machine!
Yeah, it's been over a year now and I still can't help but bop my head along to the beat any time I hear this song. If you can sit still while listening to this, there's something wrong with you.
Hi Marco! First of all THANK YOU for this videos... it is so great so have someone with the professional and theoretical background approaching this gem of a soundtrack, and this incredible nieche of a rabbithole called Warhammer 40k from the acoustic perspective. Got this OST running on repeat while travelling since it came out. And yeah: Primality! Love, Peace and hail the Omnissiah! Shen
It's amazing how much you figure out about the setting from just listening to the music. You don't describe just what the game is about on the surface, you describe the deeper meaning of what's going on in the setting. Very cool. :)
Glad you're enjoying the Darktide OST! My favorite track from the whole thing is Imperial Advance. Its a song that plays during holdouts where you just gotta kill everything coming at you. Makes you feel unstoppable. Its amazing
You are the disposable disposal unit. You will face horrors only thought of by minds normal people cant comprehend the complexity of. Its brutal, it slaps, and it’s *violent.* It’s absolutely violent. And its a banger.
Starts at rest. Moves into a slow march. Evolves into a fast march. The percussion is the pace of the march. It moves from a march into a run to combat. The chorus brings the fight to us. The uncertainty while taking cover from fire. The drums bring the pace of the fight. The commissar is yelling orders. Then the Astartes arrive.
You can feel the amount of Heart and Soul they put into the soundtrack. The composure must have been on a Full Warhammer Binge so they can get the feel right.
Happy Release Day to Warhammer: Dartide! 11/30/22
well now I gotta go fight in the name of the corpse Emperor
its time to Purge some Heretics. praise the emperor
only a few more hours to go
3 hours till release as of writing this comment.
Edit: Spelling
Anyone know when it releases for xbox?
This track hits twice as hard when you hear your team’s Zealot shout “For the God Emperor” right as the drop hits.
Or the female french psyker going "EXCESSIVE FORCE AUTHORIZED!"
FOR HIM ON TERRA!
STOOOMP, LIIIIKE, BUUUUUUUUGS!
WATCH , LEARN , REPEAT , GOT IT ?
I AM JUDGMENT!
I am imagining this dialogue at some meeting:
"Listen Jesper, we need the same thing you did for Vermintide 2, but Warhammer 40000"
"I can't do the same"
"Why?
"I can only do better"
This is funny because this is probably exactly what he said.
@@blakewilliamson6761 Is this the kind of thing he says? I don't know anything about him beyond his name and his music.
@@sightseek3r I have absolutely no idea. But I sure hope he knows many in the community would 100% alright with him having that level of confidence given his talent for making amazing soundtracks.
He learned from Kratos.
@@blakewilliamson6761 its like
Ok Jesper we need a short segment of music because the part of the scene will be short
Jesper: I will make it longer
But it'll only last half a mi-
Jesper: *I will make it longer*
Mechanicus and Darktide capture the insane sci-fi religious industrial qualities of 40k.
Amen to that and praise the Omnissaia
Is it insane? have you seen what humanity encountered in 40k? No, the universe has gotten only a taste of what it deserves.
@@naughtyhieroglyph669 doesnt change the fact its insane tho
@@tristanemery8748 FUCK the omnisiah. All mah bois worship passive aggression in unwarranted scenarios
-this post was made by civilian khornite gang
@@drewbolton8286 lol
Disposal Unit is played during the boss fights on Assassination missions so in a way YOUR team are the disposal unit, and the boss you fight is the target for disposal
the chanting is very likely the units preacher chanting prayers to the Emperor
or your unit is disposable. You can look at it either way
@@zzTeebeutel Disposable disposal unit
@@NopeD or just "Trash" xD
Well. Your literally playing as a Inquisition (40k’s equivalent of the CIA, KGB, and MI6 but with unlimited authority and funding) penal death squad. So by definition I’m the game, your character is a disposable unit.
Deliver The Emperor's Judgement!
Darktide has a high chance of winning next year's game awards for best music.
It deserves it
It fucking better.
No it doesn't. Woke journalists hate Warhammer because they refuse to make female space marines. The award will go to whatever pretentious trash has the most rainbow flags on it.
It has some competition with God of War Ragnarok but it would be deserved
@@cable.3538Well god of war ragnarok is half walking simulator so it’ll get a bunch of awards thrown at it just because of that.
You know its a banger when Marco can’t bring himself to pause the song to talk about it! Dark Tide is insane!
I’m glad people know that’s how it goes for me 😂😂😂
I was hoping someone noticed this LMAO
Good music is like good food: the best compliments to the creator are the audience/diner enjoying in silence.
40k has a long history of games and OSTs at this point, but Darktide slaps so fing hard, it really easily turned into my favorite OST from any Warhammer game.
Angry Mechanicus binary sounds
I wouldn't have done it the way Jesper Kyd did. I would have not made anything anywhere near as good - and fitting - as he did.
Fatshark has always been good with their ost. Loved the stringy violin sounds from any skaven soundtrack too. Darktide wise they got that heavy, dark sound with a hint of cult perfectly.
True, darktide slaps, but whenever i thinc about a faction i hear the respective DoW theme
Looking back at 40k video game OSTs, everything from '91 to 20 was building to be epic and bombastic while staying in the mainstream of the genres of the time, like midis, orchestrals, etc. Mechanicus and Darktide are a very specific feel that sets them apart.
The non-vocal version of the track is actually what plays initally when fighting your assassination targets.
Once you break their shields and start to really hurt them is when the vocals drop.
Oh shit
That’s bad-ass!
Ah so its doing a "Floweys DEFENSE dropped to 0!" moment!
Do I smell another Status meme coming?
The vocals harmonize beautifully with the thunderous staccato of four bolters unloading simultaneously.
There are horrors in the dark that must be met with strength, power, faith, and courage. Unfortunately, your player character meets none of those qualities but their lasgun certainly does.
What are you talking about Ogryn meets all of those criteria, as does Fanatic. Psyker meets all of them, albeit the third in themselves than anything else.
@@Scaevola9449 Even the lowly guardsman meets them as well maybe not the same strength as the Ogryn but his faith and courage, with a side of lasgun will see him through everything, after all death in the service to the God Emperor is the least he can do.
The Bolter and chainsword does.
The universe is a dark place. That's why you have your flashlight
"The Emperor protects."
"But a loaded bolter doesn't hurt."
Or something like that
Jasper Kyd has to win some award for the entire soundtrack, no doubts about it!
If the didn't for Vermintide he definitely should for this.
This track plays during Assassination-type missions, when you are fighting a heretic captain (a "Sanction Redactus Target"). I think rather than the Disposal Unit being the boss, you as the player BECOME the disposal unit
Reminds me of how much Kyd's music in the Hitman games reinforces that YOU are the monster lurking in the shadows, stalking closer and closer to your prey, ready to wreak havoc.
Dude is so talented at sculpting narrative and atmosphere through his music.
1:52 (proceeds to walk like a space marine)
True x)
"There's no consciousness, just a desire to fight"
Absolutely perfect description. The first time I heard this song in game I entered an actual trance, just staring at my screen blankly while smashing through a literal wave of bodies. It was such an insane sensation and you put so aptly, I felt nothing but a need to keep fighting until the song began to slow down.
I just want to say that when the chorus drops, I don't ever feel unease or fear. To me, it always sounds like a war chant, something an army of tribesmen would sing while marching towards battle and banging on their shields, it makes me feel like.. powerful? Like we're hyping ourselves up to become unstoppable. It's not beautiful or heroic, but a primal and brutal rhythm of war. But I feel like it's meant for me and the people on my side, to make us lose ourselves in the moment.
Edit: Haha I actually wrote this before you got to the part where you talked about the same feelings! It's amazing how music affects us humans. It really brings out emotions in us.
Yes! It sure does.
There is only war.
This is a boss fight theme. I feel like the haunting creepy strings and chanting represents the forces of chaos, and the almost angelic voices are the imperium. I get this sense that the two are battling it out on the track.
I would, under no circumstances, describe the Imperium as angelic, but there are characters within who try their best to do good as an honor to the Emperor. Or more rarely, they go against to do good.
The imperium of Man is a meatgrinder, and its servants turn the lever. (yes, it's a movie quote, and it's just as appropriate here)
@@Debilitator47 there's certainly lots and lots of angelic themes used by the Imperium though, so it still applies in this track
The Imperium itself may not be angelic, but their living saints definitely are.
I always hear it as screaching hordes with chaos chanting in the background
@@Debilitator47 Which movie?
Something that I noticed in playing was that your melee weapons swing almost in cadence with the song's main beat, so when you are really laying into your targets, it feels like the song is emphasizing every strike.
I've noticed a lot of actions sync with the beat of the music scarily well. Like once during combat I started reloading my shotgun and it was timed right to the beat, which was extremely satisfying
It's defined intentional. They took the common concept of "action in time with music" in trailers, and made it part of the gameplay loop.
I'm a veteran sharpshooter. I always time my lasblasts to match the beat, efficiency be damned!
One of my fondest memories of this track is, unintentionally slapping the fresh mag i just inserted into my bolter at the precise moment the vocals kicked in with " *VENGEANCE* " and my GOD did it feel good
I played the game for a couple of hours in the pre-beta and damn, that music just hits on another level, especially if you get the climax of the song while slashing through approximately all of the heretics on the planet.
"I just jammed out for two minutes, sorry." Don't be, we were jamming out as well. Very easy to get caught up with this one.
This is easily one of my favorite songs in any WH40K game. It's also fairly unique for a boss fight song as well. Usually, a boss fight song emphasizes how strong, massive, or terrifying the enemy is compared to what you've faced up to this point, or it plays to the intensity or frenetic nature of the battle. It's rare for a boss fight song to basically whip you, the player and character, into a frenzy, urging you to brutally curbstomp the enemy into paste.
As with "Immortal Imperium", this fits in perfectly with the nature of the Imperium. The Imperium of Man seeks to dominate the galaxy not only with military and industrial might, but also exercise control over the hearts and minds of its people, and that's done through the theocratic arms of its government. I really want to find out what the lyrics mean, but to me it sounds like a command and a prayer. It's easy to imagine a choir of monks chanting "Kill. Destroy. Purge the heretic." over and over.
Honestly, I can see this being a way the Imperium exerts some psychological control over its soldiers and agents. Psych them up with some rousing sermons about how the mission exalts the God-Emperor and protects the Imperium, and then start blasting this song through their comm equipment once the battle starts, turning your soldiers into frenzied killing machines. Look up videos where this song and the action line up perfectly and it will be easy to imagine soldiers striking the enemy rhythmically.
So! Actual lore. The Sisters of Battle, one of the factions, actually put their battleships in low orbit, so they can blast religious hymms and music onto the battlefield to make the soldiers go into a frenzy. Since they usually fight together with the Guard and Space Marines, you can imagine if the hymms are like this kind of thing, how the forces start going berserk.
@@ambrosiogiovanni6952God I cannot wait till Henry Cavill brings such an insane world to life on the BIG SCREEN!
You hit the nail on the head about how most boss music in video games psych them up to the biggest and the baddest of anything you've fought so far. Disposal Unit is more of a climax of your strike team's killing ability, you can feel the wrath of your characters and wish for nothing more but to kill the heretic leader as efficiently and as brutal as possible. On higher difficulties getting to the boss is actually harder then the boss himself. You wipe the floor with him so fast the song is over by the chanting.
imagine being a random nurgle cultist hearing this over the speakers. grandpa can't protect you from the power of a good beat.
This song reminds me of hearing BFG Division for the first time back in DOOM 2016 and just laughing at how hard that shit slapped.
This is a legendary soundtrack.
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Doom invented Argent Metal, Ultrakill invented Breakcore. I love the type of games who's OST's are so good they make whole new music genres
Breakcore's been around since the 90's its just always been an underground genre similar to math rock that doesnt have a distinct sound other than the breakbeats and bpm so its been really difficult for artists and the genre as a whole to evolve and get a distinct style its only the last 10yrs its grown and in the last couple yrs skyrocketed taking a new sound which most people see as like sewerslvt, machine girl and now a new artist femtanyl.
Ultrakill just brought more eyes on it which i can't complain about
He’s definitely gonna love the main theme
I do
I noticed myself starting to play almost like a rythm game. This music is just perfect for tearing through hordes.
For me, this song hits full swing while fighting the assassination target and his backup gets there. Which is then promptly crushed and riddled with lead by my ogryn.
I hereby raise this comment from the grave to pay my respect to the Ogryns who always annihilated the backup while I dropped the hammer on the heretic Captain with my Zealot. Good on yer big man👊🏼
This is a good song because it both embodies the idea of the Imperium of Man, and its Inquisition, while simultaneously decrying it in the most fierce of manners.
It's brutal and industrial, played when the party is finally at their destination, a heretic whose only salvation is the Emperor's Mercy. A combat execution. The vocals simultaneously give off the vibe of a religious choir, and the blathering madness of Chaos that can only be burned out, never redeemed.
It's a fighting song. A song of prisoners converted into the Inquisition's personal executioners, whose only purpose is to kill or be killed, until their usefulness has run out. Until the things they have seen and done make them too dangerous to be allowed to live. The strength the song provides isn't in the faith of the God-Emperor, or his avenging angles. It isn't even the steady beat of a million million Imperial Guardsmen and their nigh endless lines of tanks. It isn't even a good representation of his Most Holy Inquisition, those whose faith is so strong and authority so great that they have to make the hard decisions that determine millions of fates, because the consequences of their failing is so high.
This is song about scrappy people struggling to survive in the underhive. The bitter slums beneath the great cities of man, where waste water is mistaken for rain, and violence is a way of life. In that vein, it represents the Inquisition perfectly, because it's doggedly refusing to let this place fall and be condemned to fire, to be given the ultimate sanction of Exterminatus. This is a song that reflects the Inquisition doing everything in its power to save a world, despite their reputation for condemning them.
I think that's the longest I've seen Marco let a song play without pausing for commentary. Says a lot.
This is the boss theme. Your team may be disposable, but you're here as the 'disposal unit'. This is an anthem to fighting whatever brutal, terrifying, and overwhelming heretical force that you must: A thing so dangerous that it could topple the entire world on which you stand. But the only fear in the room is in *their* hearts, not yours - you're here for vengeance. You are here are the Emperor's wrath. The Imperium's reprise against those who would destroy and enslave its helpless citizens.
You could call this song "The only fear is theirs".
I didn’t speak during my apotheosis video or undertale video 😂
@@MarcoMeatball *Selective Amnesia* Shhhhhh.
@@MarcoMeatball and *cough* Dragonborn *cough*
The Imperium, destroying those that would enslave and oppres its citizens: "You can't do that...
That's MY job!"
Darktides OST really has that primal feel to it, more force of nature than anything.
Because it is an ode to chaos, the primordial annihilator.
1:13 beat so fat he had to roll up his sleeves
Jesper was probably possessed by the dark gods to compose this hellishly delicious soundtrack. I can´t even comprehend HOW THE HELL COULD HE CREATE IT?!
Slaanesh maybe fickle, but one of the best muses there are
Oh yeah, slaanesh had something to do with this definetly... this is an ear orgasm of astral proportions!
@Marco thank you for this reaction! This specific track blew me and my every friend in darktide away. Fortunately when it first came up during my first assassination run i had a catachan sword that SYNCED with the bit when it dropped. Darktide OST is a religious experience folks!
yeah this music always plays during a boss fight, makes it so much more intense
That awkward moment when you see Marco dancing, and think to your self that he look a bit silly, only to realize you are doing the exact same thing. You go Marco, dance them moves!
❤️😂
Word... i was exactly like him, fucking banging man, but with my hands on the keyboard and mouse, this rrack just has that aura that compels you to start banging
Darktide and Mechanicus are two of my favorite OSTs from any game, show or film.
Mechanicus has so damn good OST as does darktide.
@3:10 When you realize you'd fight for the Emperor
@3:14 When you pick up your chainsword and carry on
YEAHHH! So glad you’re reacting to this. Gotta say I’m glad I’m not the only one using Darktide OST at the gym…it’s so hype and gets me super pumped
Keep up the good work Marco!
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"a sense of disease" uh....well, we are killing basically the worshippers of the chaos god of disease
I absolutely love that chant build up and the drop to the beat afterwards.
If you are looking for more 40k music, Owlcat has the main theme for their new rogue trader game out on their channel. They haven’t released the game yet, but the main theme is really good imo.
Ultramarines' Chant from the original Chaos Gate may be old, but it's a classic theme that established the "40K sound" for me back in the day.
@@Deuzen_FIN Right there with you. Loved it
@@Deuzen_FIN It's been remastered in the new Chaos Gate as well ruclips.net/video/4cKaeeoWgro/видео.html&ab_channel=Warhammer40%2C000%3AChaosGate-Daemonhunters
@@dezmion4439 Yup, I saw it - yet I sadly felt it lacking in comparison to the original.
Coming back to this video after a few days, and I can't help but think that the fact that you spent 3 minutes just jamming to the song with no commentary, unlike most of your other videos, is the most glowing praise for the song I think it could ever receive. The fact you couldn't bring yourself to interrupt the song to talk about it in the middle of it and had to wait until it's over just shows how amazing it is.
That’s usually when you know I really like something
6:24 well you're not wrong, you do have to fight a beast of nurgle which is considered a deamon so...
If you use the revolver in game, when this song plays, you basically shoot and reload to the beat and it just adds the perfect flair to the song.
The shotgun, autopistol, bolter, and autogun all reload nicely to the beat as well. The chainsword and eviscerator also like to line up with it when you really get going.
real men channel pure Chaos to smite heretics
Me on Auric level Maelstrom accepting my Death when i hear a Horde, 3 Monsters, A sniper shot, Dogs howling, No ammo and 1 dream.
I feel like it's almost a chant, the ethos that the persons in the disposal unit has to adhere to, when the *angry voice* starts kicking in. The disposal unit is "an average day on the factory" where the initial soft voice is the divine calling from above, giving people hope and purpose to wake and pick up from where they left previously until the harsh brutal reality hits with the aggressive chant. Then the elegant divine is missing and it is no longer a soft calling, it is fervor, zealotry, and blind faith that makes someone stick to his place in the rigid system that kept them alive for so long. It is a do or fade into darkness moment.
The Emperor Of Mankind track is my personal favorite from Darktide OST. Beat goes well with Ogryn bashing heretics with slabshield
Just happened to have the cc on. That (he didn't make it up) at 6:19 was great.
2:00 exactly is the moment you realize what disposal unit means.
The Darktide soundtrack really caught me off guard at times. You have your Dark gothic and industrial sounding tracks, but then he mixes in synthwave with it.
Should be a music genre named Grimmsynth
If you haven't already, you might want to check out music from a game called deep rock galactic. Dwarven combat miners in space. Delving into the interior of a planet rich in minerals, but incredibly dangerous. There are two main types of music in the game, the more relaxed ambiance of normal gameplay and swarm music where all hell breaks loose.
Fathomless Tomb hits you right in the feels
Primality, destruction, death, brutality, ruthlessness, no conciousness just the desire to fight, desire to consume, desire to maime, desire to kill. No elegance, grace or humanity.
The way you've described so much about WH40K with those words just from listening to an OST. It's interesting too as all these words can equally apply to Chaos, The Imperium, The Inquisition or the convicts themselves.
In the context of the game: This song plays on assassination missions during the boss fight (the target).
Also lol at your moves, that's exactly how this song feels like, accurate depiction.
Man considering this song plays during boss fights when you and your "disposale team" have been hunting a heretic, you got this so right
Not gonna lie, I was waiting for this.
First time viewer and a giga 40k nerd. Not sure if you know anything about 40k but you hit the nail on the head when it comes to its lore in your closing statements. I love that music alone can make you understand the tone of a huge universe in less time than it took for me to write this.
Knew nothing!
Damn man, I'm just realizing how long it's been since I saw your channel really get started.... 8 months, 2/3rds of a YEAR..... and now here you are, comfortable and established, with over 100,000 people subscribed..... It just, hit me suddenly, and it blows my mind. I'm psyched for you and the success you've had in a span of mere months, not even a full year yet, and I just felt an impulse to express that.
Also Darktide is fantastic and I've only played like 5 missions so far. As a 40k fan I've gotta say, Fatshark is nailing it.
Aw. Ya. It’s wild. It’s been ten months. Anniversary is 2/11. Really crazy. Glad it all has happened
@@MarcoMeatball That's the day before my birthday. o:
In a short amount of time, you have become one of my favorite people on RUclips. You are just so unapologetically yourself. Just watching you jam and enjoy the music makes me want to jam too. Watching you dance makes me want to dance. You remind me a lot of myself too, so maybe that is the main reason. But, I digress, keep on doing you man. We love it.
Thanks so much 🥹
I know it may be a lot to ask for one game but i swear Main Theme or Imperial Advance is well worth it to check for a video!
Especially Main Theme, for the vocals at least.
Whole Darktide OST is a banger, but those two are gems.
Also Path of Trust may be spoiler’ish but it is incredible and so unlike other Darktide OSTs.
It is a music of hope, of trust, of even slightly “lighter” tone. You did “it”. You earned your reward. For this one, magic moment the uncaring universe no longer aims to kill you from every direction. You earned your redemption, and your sins are lifted by the hand of Inquisition. The terrible organisation gives you proverbial pat on the back for this once.
Truly a brief respite, but compared to the pit of maledictions you crossed it shall feel like heaven, a true absolution.
I second Imperial Advance, slowly becoming my favorite track alongside Reality Slipping. Warp traveler is also just a really fun track.
So excited for the full release, gonna be jamming to this soundtrack while I purge the heretics as an ogryn
After watching the full video I gotta say you were on point with your breakdown man, this is a very brutal game where you have to fight your way through hordes of worshippers a a god of plague to save a city with a population of billions. It is dark, it is grim, it is violent, and it is bloody. So this is definitely a fitting musical accompaniment to that.
I was introduced to this game through this song via my friend. He kept playing it and complimenting it and I was very glad when I finally found the thing. Enjoyed watching your interpretation of the song, since it’s kind of a revered thing in my friend circle.
On the song itself, it’s very gritty and unique. It’s something you don’t hear often in terms of style outside of maybe heavy metal. Said friend from before and myself like to dub this music “Warhammer music” much like how Doom’s ost is “Argent Metal.”
It is almost its own genre.
0:50 used to play violin and viola in a bunch of different orchestra's and the screezy noises you are hearing here is probably classical string instruments but instead of using them the normal way they are playing on the wrong side of the wooden part(idk what its called in English) that's holding up the strings. I played some experimental stuff (so-called modern music) once and that's how we got similar sounds when we played.
OoOoOoo thank you :)
This song is played during the assassination mission end of mission boss fights. The song name is very fitting. Your description of the song building tension is very accurate since as you fight the boss you're also getting swarmed by countless fodder enemies that hope to overwhelm you and makes you choose to press on and kill the target faster before you lose the battle of attrition and die. As the hoards wade in the music builds up and it is very in your face about it.
Hi, I've only discovered you due to your first darktide video, it's great seeing someone who is musically minded break down something I've heard multiple times and put better context into it! I know it's not music per-say but it would be really interesting to see your reaction to the "armouring of a space marine ritual" to see your view on how all the clanging and religious tones come together and form the core of Warhammer 40k, brill vid, can't wait for more!
A little bit of lore and theory crafting here from me.
The Imperium has two official languages, High Gothic (advanced and spoken by the upper classes) and Low Gothic (lingua franca spoken by the masses). Plus all the local planetary languages.
Related to the vocals in this music I view the choral vocals as High Gothic, while the more guttural aggressive fighting words as Low Gothic.
It really works well in the game as it is boss fight music and the players are convicts sent on suicide missions :)
This music plays when fighting traitor captains & u get the objective “deliver the Emperor’s justice”
@marcomeatball Really enjoyed your insight, interpretation, and enthusiasm for this music!! I play Darktide too, and one of the things that immediately stuck out to me about this game was the incredible soundtrack; it totally complements the grim, dark atmosphere in the game.
Keep up the great videos!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You know a track is good when you forget to pause to critique it and just get lost in the jam.
at some point he just stopped commenting and was just vibing kappa
The music alone made suffering through the beta more than bearable. Everytime a climatic moment hit, the music drove it forward. So amazing.
Love how he gets animated while listening to the OST
if you haven’t already, i would love to see you react to Vermintide 2’s soundtrack. Jesper Kid did this one as well, and the music is incredible. my favorite from it is the Troll Boss Fight
Nothing beats this playing in the background while you are just heavy swinging an eviscerator tearing through hundreds of heretics. FOR THE GOLDEN THRONE!!!
I seen clips of gameplay, of characters talking and now music, i’m going to love this game when I eventually get it because damn this goes hard.
There should be a genre of music solely focused around music that sounds like darktide and mechanicus ost
Let's also put both Vermintides to the mix
There is. Its called industrial. I havent heard it sound this good in a while though.
best part about the song, and i only thought about this like once or twice before someone pointed it out, is the clash between the nearly angelic and violently righteous vocals and the horrid, soul-crushing forces of chaos. and the funniest thing about when the vocals first drop is how aggressive and venomous they are, as if they were insults being dished out to the traitor regiment you fight, and more specifically the warlord you're going toe to toe with, the music is just egging you on to cave the targets skull in, it's great lol
(4:05 ) I really like this part. It invokes the feeling of a game of Cat and Mouse with you and some creepy thing. Only both of you are simultaneously both the cat and mouse. As if the two are stalking each other.
Disposal unit is a play on words in context to the game. It refers to where we are fighting in the depths of the underhive, while also being a sly remark referring to our characters themselves as being disposable. This is my favorite track of the OST because it gives off a brutal tribal vibe as if you are going through a trial or challenge. Your perspective of the piece is apt in all ways you described, as brutality might as well be the name of the game.
This ost to me represents the quote from 40k "in the grim darkness of the forty-first melenium there is only war"
You put chanting over anything and its gona make my spine tingle. But this song in particular makea me explode. Dude, its soo goood
While the music is playing. I close my eyes and start seeing a small unit battling through the streets of a hive city. Tremendous piece of music.
*Deliver the Emperor’s Judgement* hits hard
Darktide slaps hard
But whenever k think about a faction i still hear the DoW themes.
They carry so much personality with them
OBJECTIVE: DELIVER THE EMPEROR'S JUSTICE
After seeing your first Darktide Music review, I was waiting for this video. So glad you did it.
After listening to this song countless of times and imagining scenarios that could be happening during this tremendous piece of music. The thing that is missing is the metallic sound of a closing door of a dropship (in this case it is called Valkyrie) at the end. At the end of a track, the sounds are slowly fading away into silence and then there should be a quick and sharp, but not too loud metallic boom or a click signalling the end of a mission.
you know the music is good when he just lets it roll for a couple minutes without any commentary. would love to see Marco interview Jesper, as he has an incredible grasp on music.
Watching content creators experience Warhammer for the first time is hands down one of my favorite things. I've been into 40k for 20+ years and it is my favorite fictional setting bar none. Glad you're enjoying Darktide and glad you're getting to discover this weird, dark, and awesome setting!
I had never played a fat shark game or a warhammer game before. I got this on game pass, Started playing, This track blew me away. It's like The 5th Element meets a Synth machine!
2:07 a fellow Janfon enjoyer, i see.
Happy one year anniversary! I know it's been a turbulent one year for DT, but FS has always been amazing at music and voice actors they get.
Yeah, it's been over a year now and I still can't help but bop my head along to the beat any time I hear this song. If you can sit still while listening to this, there's something wrong with you.
I did not expect you to review this song too, I'm so happy!
I Love how tribal the Darktide OST is. We could really start a whole new genre around techno-tribal music. Unless it already exists?
Hi Marco! First of all THANK YOU for this videos... it is so great so have someone with the professional and theoretical background approaching this gem of a soundtrack, and this incredible nieche of a rabbithole called Warhammer 40k from the acoustic perspective. Got this OST running on repeat while travelling since it came out. And yeah: Primality!
Love, Peace and hail the Omnissiah!
Shen
Thanks Shen! Fun finding the emotional depth of a piece :))))
Check out "Rylanor's Last Stand" Actually is kinda a metal-operatic....scene? song?
Love how hard you vive with it! Its just what it is meant for, to hype you up!
I find it so funny, that during the best of it you're just vibing instead of commentary, and that's the best, hell yeah
It's amazing how much you figure out about the setting from just listening to the music. You don't describe just what the game is about on the surface, you describe the deeper meaning of what's going on in the setting. Very cool. :)
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That's the nark of a good sound track
Every time Disposal Unit comes across my Video Game playlist on Spotify, I can't help but take up a strut when the bass first drops. It's just so RAW!
Glad you're enjoying the Darktide OST!
My favorite track from the whole thing is Imperial Advance. Its a song that plays during holdouts where you just gotta kill everything coming at you. Makes you feel unstoppable. Its amazing
You are the disposable disposal unit. You will face horrors only thought of by minds normal people cant comprehend the complexity of.
Its brutal, it slaps, and it’s *violent.* It’s absolutely violent. And its a banger.
Starts at rest. Moves into a slow march. Evolves into a fast march. The percussion is the pace of the march. It moves from a march into a run to combat. The chorus brings the fight to us. The uncertainty while taking cover from fire. The drums bring the pace of the fight. The commissar is yelling orders. Then the Astartes arrive.
You can feel the amount of Heart and Soul they put into the soundtrack. The composure must have been on a Full Warhammer Binge so they can get the feel right.