A few weeks ago, the song was from League of Legends, and I mentioned that there would be more coming from their extensive collection. That day came early.
Song of the Week: Mortal Reminder by Pentakill
This extended “joke” started as a series of skins (alternate costumes) for five of the characters in the game. Each was given a role in a metal band: a singer, a drummer, a keyboard-ist (keyboard-er? “Pianist” sounds too fancy for metal), a bassist, and lead guitar. The fans gravitated to this fun addition to the game, and so behind the scenes, Riot Games started working on Pentakill’s big debut album.
In 2014, the first album from this fictitious band, Smite and Ignite was released. Of the eight tracks, seven are direct references to items in the game. But the song for this week isn’t from that album. It’s from their sophomore album.
As I write this, my iTunes has finished Mortal Reminder and moved on to Tear of the Goddess, which features the new female vocalist on some of the tracks, and helped to mark the release of a sixth skin. All of this work for a sixth skin, or a sixth skin for all this work? We may never know.
As for the music video, which is definitely up to League of Legend’s standards recently, there’s not much to say. The adorable little fuzzy people learn the true power of metal. It’s the kind of ridiculous that you want from your runaway in-jokes.
That's Pretty NEET 