#5: Bastard: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy
Song: Bloody Power Fame
Artist: coldrain
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If an anime has the gall to call itself a heavy metal dark fantasy, it’s gotta deliver with its theme song. Thankfully, the Bastard remake understood the assignment. Netflix’s skip intro button was essentially nonexistent whenever a new episode would autoplay, because I never touched it once. As the name would lead you to believe, Bastard ’s theme song is the personification of its titular protag Dark Schneider’s ambition to become the most feared wizard in the world. Coldrain’s heavy guitar riffs, rumbling drum beats, and falsetto vocals evoke the same heavy metal vibes of the famous American musicians it references in its many dark magic incantations.
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