This might be the best of the bands that do this kind of thing. Mega Man 3 theme is probably my favorite piece of game music ever. It's such an obvious choice for a metal song. The Contra medley was well done. Where a lot of these bands fall short is that they fail to expand on the original, which is usually not more than a one minute composition. That medley was well done though.It's Split on the cover, I looked. Doesn't really matter was just curious.
But anyone ever hear of a band called Year 200x. They play "video game metal". I actually liked the Metal Gear one. They have Mega Man 3, Contra, Metal Gear (Jungle Theme), and Journey to Silius on their myspace if anyone is interested.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=91323575
EDIT: Are there any other bands that do this?
Where do I start with Agalloch?
Artefact- Ruins (awesome melodic black metal, really great musicianship and atmosphere)
I know. It's fuck strange. I need some later-era Dimmu for some reason.
Listened to:
Pro-Pain - Foul Taste Of Freedom - this shit fucking sucks. End of story.
Chemlab - East Side Militia - Sweet. Industrial, I guess. I enjoy it. Great for playing games, too.
Crack Up - From The Ground - Disappointingly not like Heads Will Roll. More death metal, although still with that massive, badass guitar sound. Money Will Roll Right In is a great song, but the rest of the album didn't impress me.
Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers - Bored me, which was surprising because I heard good things about this. I'll give it another go, though; sometimes progressive metal albums take a couple spins to sink in.
All of Nagelfar's full-lengths are incredibly good.