It lives the legend that has cursed Spain for generations, punctuating the game with its own pain and torment inflicting its black wisdom upon the player through nothing but sound. It is as if the soundtrack watches over the game itself with a smirk, watching as the player fights through a needless journey to an unbearable death. The best song on the album belongs to Por la Via de las Procesiones Antiguas a song that utilizes heavy-paced drumming to create the illusion of a march.īlasphemous is dark yet its soundtrack combines both darkness and the light. Heavy Post-Rock tracks like Taranto a la Hermana Mia and Lágrimas de Grana y Oro create an unyielding sense of dread through simple droning and heavy percussion sequences. Of course, where the game shines is in its darkest moments. Cantes de Confesión provides a more standard Spanish arrangement with its suave guitar strumming and Arpegios en Ocre uses a much quicker arrangement with heavy electric droning in the background. However, there are tracks of a more beautiful and lighthearted nature. One of the best aspects of the album is it's liberal fusion of both acoustic and electric guitars which, when combined, provide a harmonious drone loop that accentuates the blackness of the games story and atmosphere. One of the finest pieces of the record is Entregarás Tu Rostro a La Señora a beautiful acoustic symphony punctuated by quiet electric droning and harmonic vocals. Indeed the soundtrack boasts a dark sense of macabre irony that only enhances the beauty of its orchestration.
One of the defining plot points of the game is the lie of the light as the curse wrought upon the fictional land of Cvstodia is ironically titled "The Miracle". From guitar focused tracks like Dame Tu Tormento to orchestral pieces like La Muerte de Los Relinchos and Uma Senda de Pasos Blancos the game's soundtrack mixes aspects of light and dark to create shreds of gray that permeate the roads walked by the Penitent One. Of course the biggest reason for its popularity can be attributed to its gameplay and art style, but one should not dismiss the the effect that Carlos Viola's soundtrack to the game has had on those who played it.īlasphemous's soundtrack is a cacophony of dark, organic, Post-Rock mixed with calming, serene, orchestra. A 2-D Metroidvania game with Souls-like elements Blasphemous has quickly risen to become one of the more popular 2-D games of this year. In 2019, no influenced creation is more popular than the game Blasphemous a game developed by a Spanish developer who wears the dark legend's shroud with earnest conviction. The Black Spain Legend's influence is dominant in many aspects of entertainment from books, movies, and comedy skits, to even Video Games and music. No amount of political revisionism can change the atrocities committed by and within Spain during the black period, but defining the countries history on that alone is foolish and gullible. Nobody doubts that Spain was not as destructive or tumultuous as it was portrayed, but there is a reason the Spanish Inquisition had such a darker reputation than any other inquisition before and after it. Indeed there is evidence to prove that much of the information regarding this period is propaganda made by other countries to damage the reputation of Spain, but on the other side of the coin such a view can lead to dangerous revisionist changes to actual history. A recent movement has sprung up which attempts to paint the legend as simply a "legend".
The Legend of Black Spain is one of the most controversial aspects of Spanish history. Review Summary: Te maldigo por siempre en nombre.
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