Good Tyranid Music

[ziggythetrygon]

So, I've been thinking about various theme music I could use while taking my turn (as gaunts take some time to move) that is Tyranid suitable. I use a heavy CC army with some decent anti-tank ranged stuff, but all of it is/will be modeled to look more like psykers as opposed to bio-weaponry. I've come up with this list so far.

Super Beast-Rob Zombie (It's probably my favorite, it feels relentless and feral...and the title clicks.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O61YEFsuo4

Swords Crossed-Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl (That brutal explosion of power midway through has inspired many an excellent assault piece in my writings. I can easily see that fitting Nids.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5jXGmW1Xes

And no, I'm no Brony. However, one sent me that video and I died laughing at the clashing sound and imagery.

Unfortunately, all the other suggestions I find are always ambient non-combat themes or shrieking Death Metal. I can easily find music for every other race in 40k...but these guys are just hard to pin down.

[warischoy]

I am not a dubstep fan but I think that dub step fits the theme.

Tyranids scratch your mind and psykers can feel them scratching and breaking their minds. Also the swarm is utter chaos.

Dubstep in corporates the total madness of the hive mind and the chaotic, relentless and unpredictability of the tyranids.

Beware though. You will have to wade through all the (please do not swear) dubstep to find some good ones though. Dubstep can be very very bad.

[ziggythetrygon]

Okay, something non-electronic would be preferable. I hate a great deal of techno, let alone dubstep. But, thank you for responding anyway.

[WestRider]

Unfortunately, it sounds like you're rejecting the only category I've ever really found to fit with Nids. Screaming Lo-Fi Black Metal is the only thing that works as Nid Music for me. Stuff like Burzum, where the vocals aren't even recognizable as words, let alone comprehensible, with a wall of white noise distortion backing it up. Music that some people have difficulty recognizing as intentionally produced sound ;D

It's pretty much like I imagine the Shadow in the Warp feels like to Psykers.

Nids are Inhuman. Their soundtrack should be, too.

Actually, just thought of one more category that might have some useful stuff: Extreme Dark Ambient. Look up Field Recordings from the edge of Hell by the Dirty Knobs for a taste, they've got some of the tracks free to stream on their BandCamp page.

[Rakuall]

What about something like this:
Bakai's Faun. Play it loud, and all the way through. Also check out some of his others (Eve of the War/Stress, Strut, Unstoppable, The Epic Part III, The navigator Part IV) and see if there's one that fits your style better. I suppose it is technically electronic, but I think it's some of the better stuff out there, and much of it sounds angry/desperate/epic to me. Not epic like 'this is an epic game dood' more like 'Peter Jackson's LotR epic.'

[patrunkenphat7]

"Father Figure" by George Michael. Nothing screams 'nids more than this song.

[sturm]

Jun 29, 2012 3:50:39 GMT patrunkenphat7 said:

"Father Figure" by George Michael. Nothing screams 'nids more than this song.

:fiveflashingstars:

I'd go with metal too. The kind that makes you go crazy. 'Cuz dats whut 'nidz do. You know?

[pipsickness]

+1 for Burzum.

I actually wrote and recorded an album with a previous band (Crimson Darkness) called "The Great Devourer". It's black metal but full of ambient sounds. I actually quite like it for nids especially "War" and "alone by the black lake".

[joysan76]

i like a lot requiem for a dream, when i hear it my imagination run to an heavy battle between imperium and 'nids

[t⊗theark]

You need something with a predator's guile, pacing slow but with short discorded, like the former half of this Gothic orchetra; piece. Sounds spiky actually.


Alternatively there's the alien feel of something that one might enjoy but is slightly uncomfortable, like cyber industrial metal stuff.


Than you have the trippy stuff that cyber goths listen to. It combines what I see niddy in the last two examples.


And lastly, this little niblet.

[greatescape13]

I think that this is pretty appropriate for 'Nids... Picture the little guys assaulting your foes, only to get beaten down. And then the big guys arrive and turn the tables? Yep. Yakety Sax all the way...

[ziggythetrygon]

Thank you for all your help, people! I've also found some more neat stuff that's easily usable for Tyranids.

The Kraken-Pirates of the Carribean 2 This is so perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN5ExwsXUiQ

Oddly enough, this Christian group has a decent trrack for my purposes.
Stress-Justice
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5S0dkLZoTg

[Deleted]

Organic Hallucinosis by Decapitated

[killme304]

Destroy the Orcs by Three Inches of Blood.....

Oh like you weren't thinking it.

EDIT put up the wrong title o.o

[gauntinator]

This was a cheat you could put into the first Star Craft game. Zerg are essentially nids and the game is great.
Radio Free Zerg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKeGwOKr7K8