Descent Into Cerberon - Sonic Mayhem

[@sonicmayhemofficial]

This track, as most of the Q2 soundtrack, is our work indeed.

[@quantum174]

YOOO SONIC MAYHEM IS HERE.

[@josephine.1226]

... and it is great. Take care.

[@Apollyon.King.of.the.Locusts]

The soundtrack of my youth.

[@justsomeguy3931]

Y'all rock AND roll!

[@kevinbezon3108]

And you killed it, props to you 👐🏻

[@phantomwraith1984]

"You're as beautiful as the day i lost you." Welcome back, Marines. Quake is back baby

[@yosefyonin6824]

never played quake before when i got the remaster. holy shit i needed this so much in my life

[@ImpseMX]

Nice gesture from Mick Gordon to include this in his performance last night at The Game Awards

[@samsonitefanatic4372]

ImpseMX It was supposed to be used in the soundtack as a song called Hell Keep, but it was unused.

[@SuperMessenger101]

Samsonite Fanatic got a source? Just curious

[@yussofross1417]

I'm trying to find that version with alien like sounds but no luck

[@Lucasio1209]

Fucking legend that man is.

[@winspyy]

Bit of a late reply, but Sonic Mayhem was the guy on Synths behind Mick. The guy who composed this song.

[@005AGIMA]

Ah i used to put the CD in my car stereo and listen to the soundtrack whilst driving. Actually not sure how I'm still alive.

[@GeZz.]

005 AGIMA LOL.

[@gast128]

Well there are no Strogg to run over during the car ride I suppose.

[@-groundzer0-460]

Underappreciated comment

[@Hatredcopter.M3]

You bought the soundtrack and then crashed 6 cars in a week

[@sweetsucculentcontentnectar]

You got gud.

[@Wandervon]

I miss the 90's HEAVY METAL vibe to games There was something special about covering everything in skulls, the gothic architecture, screaming horribly as people were blasted into little bits, and that evil satan voice telling you how terribly you were shredding the other team

[@brianbarnes5170]

+Wander von der Seele ;like unreal lol DOUBLE KILL!!!

[@peppermillers8361]

+Wander von der Seele this is industrial metal....I think that's how you call it.

[@Stuff8522]

Isn't a little early in the morning to talking about Gothic architecture.

[@Wandervon]

James Brown If you care to come a bit closer we can discuss things of another nature.

[@YeshuaChuy]

+Wander von der Seele iD Software in the 90's was an incredible phenomenon.

[@EndyBlackUnofficial]

Quake is Brutal Doom is Eternal

[@DarthDoomSlayer64]

Hotel is Trivago

[@FalloutPlayer45]

and duke is forever

[@badonkadonk8212]

@@FalloutPlayer45 We need a duke reboot or remake so badly man

[@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117]

And wolfenstein is a colossus

[@acedefective2220]

@@badonkadonk8212 we basically got it with Ion Fury and the upcoming Phantom Fury

[@carbinecryo30716]

Rejoice Quake 2 rerelease TODAY

[@Helljumper425]

I freaked when I found out this was played at the Awards.

[@MusicMastuhh]

Helljumper425 what awards

[@Mastataska]

Game awards 2016. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5KcdmaklLuNiLM

[@shadesmcgee7653]

To everyone who played Quake II before the RTX mod was announced, we salute you. To everyone else who joined after, welcome to the 90's. We hope you enjoy your stay!

[@MondySpartan]

Got Quake II as it went temporarily free on the Bethesda launcher...and as the first time player, still worth it!

[@The.Crawling.Chaos.]

Ha! I still got me Quake 2 CdRom with the entire soundtrack on as well. This was always my favorite track from Q2. And yes, I fucking bought that game in the 90's :D

[@ahmadrifai6487]

Quake2 . Hexen 2, halflife, Shadow warrior. Unreal.

[@Zamn_daniel]

It’s not a mod it’s official

[@SpaceSloth707]

Well I didn't exist in the 90s so yeah. Nothing I can do 'bout that. Sometimes I do kinda wish I was born somewhere in the past so I could actually experience the rise and evolution of videogames. Instead of just looking back at it.

[@MackDonaldo]

Back here again because of Doom Eternal.

[@boombox569]

EF2000 same

[@dapottis]

this song is in doom eternal?

[@MackDonaldo]

@@dapottis yes, you can find it in one of the later levels. i forgot which one

[@dapottis]

@@MackDonaldo awesome

[@thebosstex1172]

I was in the Fortress of Doom and stumbled across this music record. I started playing the song. I wasn’t sure if Descent into Cerberon was the name of its album, or if it was the song’s name, so I decided to use the SoundHound app on my phone to find out. However, when I had SoundHound listen to the music, it came up with the song, We Need A Goal by D.I.V. I was confused at first as it was a bad sexual song, but then I came here and then realized that my SoundHound app goofed up, 😂😂😂😂

[@NashMuhandes]

Mick, Matt and Sonic SLAYED this at the Awards! So intense! \m/

[@DurableRelic]

Cactaur

[@gamingjunkie707]

game awards 2016

[@kebsis]

Sorry buddy but I know better than to take the word of a goddamned Cactuar

[@stevenmcburney8167]

Gotta go fast

[@mindfullchaos]

If you absolutely have to kill everything in the room, this song and a nail gun will do.

[@OldSilentShadow]

Yeah, I love what the Sonic Mayhem guys did there. Great soundtrack!

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

I prefer the Flac-Cannon.

[@clouster75]

Zelousmarineinspace RAILGUN!!!!1111one HUZZAH!

[@czarnakoza9697]

@Loser_boi_ 6999 nope. BFG90000 is bettahhhh

[@AleK0451]

nailgun isnt in quake 2 bruh they replaced it with a hyperblaster

[@DarkShadowRage]

Computer Updated

[@thingforcommenting98]

made my day. so fucking annoying XD

[@Akiramarusama]

annoying? its my phone ms notification! i love it!

[@ironcito1101]

It was kinda annoying. Say it once, then display an icon or something. But to each his/her own :-)

[@calusariatc]

dıdıdıt-dıt dııt.

[@lethalbroccoli01]

"god dammit, shut the fuck up!" **Presses F1**

[@AndresSonickero117]

quake 2 has officially had a remaster! time to celebrate!

[@fastdak25]

Remember playing this in my old high school computer lab. 31 students and the instructor in full LAN playing CTF. This song in particular was perfect cause the intro played just long enough for each team to meet each other when the metal riffs started.

[@pilotbug6100]

I wish I could experience something like that

[@pmchad]

The second that guitar started, all hell breaks loose

[@auraofworldsenjoyer9884]

literally just thinking about this gives me goosebumps let alone experiencing it

[@All3r3n]

This is one of the most badass FPS tracks of all times. Thank you for goose bumps. I still owe the original Q2 CD, but hearing it on the Internet is awesome. In 1999, I was one of the best Q2 CTF players in my country; data lines were 56k modems or ISDN, ADSL lines were not yet deployed. Latency ranged from 300 (modem) to 100 (ISDN), and many 200+ ping guys where top notch. We often had fun doing lan parties along with all "enemy" clans - a thing new generations will probably never experience. I used a trackball and not a mouse, and people still wonders about that. Today, I can't play a FPS decently, and my daughter owns me on almost every game. Oh well, I guess this is the natural evolution of games... Q2 is dead, long live Q.

[@OpenMawProductions]

Quake 2 is not dead. Lot's of people still play it on modern source ports. I'm talking about online.

[@theeltea]

You were the top player with a trackball? which country was it?

[@boot556]

im 13 and i still play it.. alone :(

[@edwardmajka6464]

Lol best..

[@edwardmajka6464]

I'd best your ass in a heartbeat with your crackball...

[@sa6oboii]

This track convinced me to try the whole Quake franchise out.

[@kevinariel1498]

Returned here thanks to Mick Gordon.

[@toiletwineconnoisseur6434]

ya same here, it was amazing hearing them do this at the game awards

[@doceast3326]

You and me both :D I lit up when I heard the Doom reboot soundtrack and immediately came back here.

[@JarJarBinks4ever]

Mick Gordon is an overrated hack.

[@ihavewaited90daystochangem51]

Aadolf In your opinion. Most people love him, especially for his amazing ost in the new doom.

[@Harry192131]

+Aadolf, In other words, "get off my lawn".

[@mergemechanism]

TRESSPASSAH

[@rmanMMVII]

TRESSPASSAH!

[@mergemechanism]

INTRUDAH!

[@psykatic]

...computer upgraded...

[@mergemechanism]

psykatic COMPUTAH UPDAYTID!

[@DannyEastes]

DJEH

[@theraycat9681]

Trespasser!!! (The remaster brought a big smile to my face)

[@Granattaaaaaa]

This together with Hell march from Red Altert defined my childhood. Still holds up.

[@grimbereft]

Hell March is the best

[@GroundZ1984]

Frank Klepacki is AWESOME!!!!

[@DesDoom616]

This soundtrack is ultra epic!

[@nooblangpoo]

Mick really loves this song and so does the devs to place it as a collectible in doom eternal

[@bruhreversed]

Who else is here after the quake II remaster released?

[@Ir0nw1ng070]

Im even surprised this plays also on level 1

[@HK-sp1pl]

What the hell ? Is there some kind of remaster????

[@ScottDickson-wv9yi]

Me

[@wolferboi125]

dear math. *pulls out gun* why dont you solve your own problems

[@FNAFAfterthebreach]

All pods launched

[@J.Kunda98]

Establish communications.

[@theczar7415]

@@J.Kunda98 reporting 80% failing vital sign track

[@seifeldeennoureldeen3429]

"Marines, we're at 5% ground forces operational status."

[@exxor9108]

*C O M P U T E R U P D A T E D .*

[@yosefyonin6824]

@@seifeldeennoureldeen3429 who knew, 5% opertaional status is all what humanity needed

[@Oligampla]

Great game and probably one of the best soundtracks ever in entire video gaming history! Why newer games (in general) don't have something like this as soundtrack anymore?!

[@novaseer]

Because when gameplay slowed down, the music had to too. No point in throwing in a thrash soundtrack in a Call of Duty title.

[@biglad3701]

DOOM

[@Percevalko]

Modern shooters (except Doom) don't but a lot of other genres like RPGs still have banger music

[@StoneColdza]

I consider this specific track to be the official theme song of Quake II - goddamn, its just brilliant, kick ass and a master piece!

[@Red-px1fr]

Someone needs to upload this track on a loop for an hour or more. It would save the effort of having to click play again so I can hear those sweet ascending power chords at 0:57 once more.

[@LORDZILLA_2002]

what Goanna678 said

[@Amh088]

Luckily you can put it on repeat.

[@chapel1337]

right click > loop

[@alicivrilify]

1998 summer. My very first computer. 233 Mhz Pentium MMX with the legendary super crappy S3 Virge DX. The very first game I installed on it was Quake 2. Start the game. The resolution is 320x240. This soundtrack is playing. One of the most memorable moments of all my time spent in front of PC. Unforgettable soundtrack.

[@djbop5539]

One of the best soundtracks for a game out there

[@Dixon_Bahtz]

To all of you who have been introduced to this game throught the remake... WELCOME to the 90's. Enjoy your stay.

[@milankolarski8876]

This got me into metal music ! Thank you !!!

[@abra_cadavra3928]

one of parts of mine's very beginnings with heavy/metal stuff also...;')

[@arcticridge]

ALL SQUAD LEADERS COORDINATE WITH SISTER TEAMS

[@thingforcommenting98]

acquiring acquiring

[@Sgt_Glory]

ALL UNITS LOCATE AND ACQUIRE WORKING ENEMY DATA DEVICE

[@yamaoman6086]

ON IT !!!

[@RiToledo]

"COMPUTER, UPDATED"

[@FNAFAfterthebreach]

ALL PODS LAUNCHED

[@randomtechpriest8460]

*Boom**chu-chunk*

[@danieljackson3619]

Gotta love the Super Shotgun!

[@MsTheGreatD]

Double gun, double fun.

[@KingLich451]

poom*chuck*poom*chuck*

[@HotDamn264]

DUUM CHK CHK

[@lait3967]

*H U H*

[@MaztRPwn]

I still have the original disc of this game. Loved how back then most game discs doubled as albums too

[@jamesschultz2039]

What I like about Quake 2 is that here you play not as an alien pumped with steroids, whom nothing can kill, but as an ordinary marine, an ordinary human, who does not have any superpowers. This creates a special atmosphere. Imagine that you are the only survivor of the entire platoon, sneaking through the dark corridors of the Strogg base. Chaos is going on on the radio, shouts and shooting are heard. And now you stumble upon the torn corpse of your friend, and next to him a hefty cyborg with a machine gun instead of a hand.

[@harisosse6371]

Well thats also doom 1,2 and 3

[@talkysassis]

@@harisosse6371 That's every ID game

[@FalloutPlayer45]

@@talkysassis exception of eternal and 2016 because there the demons are the ordinary marine

[@garrettsattem4799]

Quake 1, the Ranger was also the last survivor of his platoon and an ordinary human.

[@yosefyonin6824]

to be fair, the marines you play as must have some superhuman augmentations because they can run faster than most strogg units

[@texicano_fxdls3411]

I'm glad they remastered quake 2

[@LeeONardo]

This track has always reminded me of Mechwarrior 2 - Arcade Combat Edition. Some of the tracks seem to feel the same.

[@AJSCATMAN]

There is a unreleased track used in a fight scene in Batman Beyond where Batman fights Blight in a submarine and it sounds extremely similar.

[@Paveway-chan]

One of those quintessential metal gaming OSTs, alongside Hell March and BFG Division.

[@basius25]

Ten kawałek rozpierdala mi łeb.Po prostu miazga

[@Artttiist]

Quality that really cuts the Mustard tbh. Very good games that have never aged to this day . Quake and Quake II imo.

[@thegentleman1541]

No game can match this level of badassery. when you awake from your space pod on a foreign planet where everything wants to kill you...this song comes on, and you start laying waste to those strogg fucks.

[@biglad3701]

DOOM

[@OmarHyari2009]

@@biglad3701 I was going to comment that but I knew someone would

[@TacoWrath95]

This is the music a good sound system is made for.

[@MojoPenguin]

Perfect music for a FPS... Still the number 1 "nuff said...

[@biglad3701]

DOOM Eternal: *You dare oppose me?*

[@fevermario]

another eargasmic song from an eargasmic soundtrack

[@KratosBadass]

That moment when Mick Gordon plays in Game Awards your childhood favorite soundtrack..so awesome!

[@R1ckr011]

Definitely 90's music (the good kind)!

[@xansaibot3134]

And here i am. Back after playing awesome quake 2 remaster 😊

[@KonopKg]

Time to equip BFG !!!!

[@yamaoman6086]

both are enough for body count :D

[@hamboy2610]

Big-Fucking-Gun

[@kryptix5386]

Kryptix Oh shit I didnt even realize I wrote thos

[@egonieser]

Cimersies BFG is for pussies. Super Shotgun is for big boys.

[@marigoldjongleur]

lol weak, you gotta use your fists

[@TheRealBDouble]

Enraged Legendary Commando! Perfect music for that encounter.

[@magnusm4]

You start the game and this is the first fucking song of the game. They just start on the high note right off the bat, compare that to slow boring tutorial stages forcing you to wait for 5 hours just to open a door. Here it's straight to the good stuff, good old days

[@ПавелШаров-ю3ъ]

🤘🤘💪саундтреки моего детства....умели раньше музыку делать к играм

[@aeixo2533]

Computer.... Updated....!

[@czeDuke]

When Quake guy meet Doom Guy ....

[@nepdisc3722]

for a moment I thought Sonic Mayhem was some kind of sonic the hedgehog mod for quake

[@ikagura]

You know what? This would be great as a music mod for Sonic Adventure 1&2

[@avchez2527]

ew

[@andreykoltsov5941]

that bass drop..

[@stonecold5373]

right?

[@Crustle1]

Best tune from Q2 in my opinion, learning it on the guitar now ;)

[@PowerDUp]

I think Quad Machine is more action packed, but thats just imo

[@x2dk22]

did you learn it by now? B)

[@albanmahoudeau1779]

MIND FLAYER MAYHEIM..

[@Nigel_Barrage]

Such a banger

[@nosjin666]

Played on my PSX for the first time when i was a kid (really good port btw) and it was AMAZING, best soundtrack for a FPS to this day..

[@nt71th]

The perfect sound for a suicide landing on the planet of the Stroggos.

[@MondySpartan]

Mick Gordon’s perfomance of this back in the 2016 Game Awards starts at 1:26.

[@Heyamoto]

I remember back when I was a kid, I would turn this game on just to listen to this exact track

[@dmitrykim3096]

This is a masterpiece, the piece that would he a hit. Even without the game

[@GeZz.]

Dmitry Kim maybe but the game plus the music. eargasm

[@fabioborges5183]

Aaaahhhh the 90’s where everything was so manly 😌

[@urazoktay7940]

Such a legendary song from such a legendary game. I still remember playing the game while listening to this, having a blast!

[@fagundesdenoronha-gamemusi1300]

I hear this soundtrack while I'm taking a shower. It's the best time of my day.

[@CS_Uravity_PRO]

Very similiar to Nuclear mission jam OST in Half-Life I think that valve got the inspiration for that OST from here :)

[@santiagoandreslabuchaga1811]

The Dark Piano theme ia very similar between this games......

[@benrichardson5798]

Or The Subway from Mortal Kombat

[@deadrock1678]

This is one of the most badass way to introduce your game

[@gast128]

Track is a reason to replay Quake 2 again.

[@phoenixtalon100]

Woah, fuck this is good

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

Imagine if there was an easter egg in Doom 4 that allowed you to play this song while in game (like in G.O.W. 3)? It would be really cool. Awesome music to go with a Awesome game

[@SlicGW]

This songs makes me think of jacking Silver Surfer's surfboard and slingshotting galaxy nuclei at superluminal speeds while headbutting laser sharks. TL;DR: Why can't modern FPS shooters have soundtracks like this one??

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

Because it takes effort to do something like this

[@SlicGW]

Zelousmarineinspace Effort is cheap. Talent is not. :)

[@DavidJohanssonSN]

SlicGW Amen!

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

SlicGW Let me rephrase that: It takes Time, Effort, and Talent to do something like this. Instead videogame companies would rather texture the grass to hell & make money than create an awesome soundtrack.

[@Car_Mo]

+SlicGW Sonic Mayhem is still doing soundtracks to games, and has been for almost 20 years. He is one of the reasons i liked Borderlands so much :-) Part of the reason studios cut the budget for the music, might be that a lot of games (almost all) are coop in some form or another and people tend to mute the music to hear each other ...

[@nura.divergent]

Ah. THIS is the track I've been looking for for years. Beautiful.

[@Byeeeah]

When they preformed this song at the game awards it brought back so memories of playing Quake 2 I instantly installed it and started playing it again, brought back so many memories from when I was a kid. Too bad I cant run the new Quake for the beta. :/

[@ultralysp]

The Algorithm made me revisit this part of the gaming history. Q2 had such a profound impact on my childhood and the music made the game special.

[@Devilady]

One word : E-P-I-C !!! And the game is epic too!

[@highestsettings]

This song came into my head, I had to put it on. But now I just want to play Quake 2 again.

[@connorchamplin9078]

I never played the quake series but the music is SO GOOD

[@lmgmountedandloaded2171]

В детсве не любил даж квейк , неинтересен был такой тип игр , но от музыки балдел постоянно)

[@texicano_fxdls3411]

Most bad ass sound track takes me back to HS

[@vottka1l]

Recently started Quake II RTX to see real path-tracing on my dual 2080Ti SLi. Couldn't stop playing till I was exhausted and fell asleep

[@Hellseeker1]

Such an amazing OST dude, this and Q3 was just the best soundtrack ever. You guys outdid yourselves.

[@marcusmeins1839]

HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH! TRESPASSAH! TRAITOR!

[@Shaun25109]

It’s time.

[@KingsportMan]

Quake 2 will work with Windows 10. It requires Knightmare's Unofficial v3.24 Patch. That patch fixes almost everything except for the mouse. You will have to type "bind mwheeldown weapprev" into the game's console and press ENTER if you want to use the mouse wheel to select the previous weapon.

[@KingsportMan]

It depends on what kind of graphics card you have installed. Quake 2 won't display properly with many graphics cards unless you install that patch. The patch also adds improvements like anisotropic filtering, vertical sync, dynamic lighting, and the ability to display at a resolution of 1920 x 1080. The game was created before people started using LCD widescreen monitors. You need the ability to enable vertical sync if you are using an LCD monitor. Otherwise, you will see screen tearing because the graphics card won't be synchronized with the monitor. Most LCD monitors can only display 60 frames per second. That patch doesn't add any new textures or other enhancements.

[@alfredomallqui2665]

you can use the yamagi quake 2 that works with the 3.20 version or downloading the quake2xp

[@draxman76]

just reinstall windows 7 and avoid surveillance

[@SkaneLegion]

I've had this in my playlist for forever but, today, for some reason, when it came on, I was like "Do I have a Danny Phantom remix on my playlist?"

[@shyguy85]

Wow it actually does kinda sound like one

[@morbid1.]

I love how simple yet badass Q2 soundtrack is.

[@KenzGamesCollection]

This take me back to when my mates and I were playing this game on PC back in the day

[@thegentleman1541]

Space Marine: "Call an ambulance. but not for me"

[@jackmcmorrow9397]

Wtf were those reviewers talkng about, this game RULES

[@0E1M1]

It's boring, most levels feel the same, backtracking is annoying, guns takes ages to change, enemies aren't satisfying to kill, worst shotgun, visuals are super boring as well.

[@jackmcmorrow9397]

@@0E1M1 amazing, everything you said was wrong.

[@Cammie010]

killed it at the video game awards

[@kamranahmed3477]

I can't get enough of this tune! Blew me to bits when I first heard it playing Quake II. Can listen to it anytime... While hitting the weights... Running... Or just destressing

[@ezecskornfan]

My all life fav music. No kidding, no exageration meant. It's THIS ONE. I know it since 2000 and I never stopped to love it with every inch of my gaming being.

[@SaviourV]

Glad that the guy who sold me the standalone game (merely just a CD, no box whatsoever) managed to get all the game's tracks on it as well, or I wouldn't have encountered this gem. Still sets my heart ablaze, after all these years.

[@Albert87nl]

who's listing in 2018?

[@thegrallow2390]

Albert Baaren not me

[@alvarogomes4559]

This made part of my history in games........Pentium 3, in sly-mode with 2 graphic cards, voodo with 192 bits per channel........I complet this games various times...! ah...with Windows 98 second edition.

[@DreadlordofArch]

You bet your ass boy

[@TJCCBR47]

2077 here

[@xakull743]

I listening this song in 2018 for my mix and is awesome song

[@jasonsantos3037]

All these first person shooters from the 90s had bad ass soundtrack.

[@joseunno]

Impresionante juego y impresionante banda sonora. El mejor juego al que yo he jugado.

[@-CrimsoN-]

"Marines we're at 5% groundforce Operational status"