Well, would you look at the date! It looks like it’s time for this year’s X-Mas Mix – and I feel we got a good one this year: Banana Split!

This year’s X-Mas Mix features In a Snow-Bound Land, Stickerbrush Symphony and Donkey Kong Rescued (the Credits Theme) from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest. While the X-Mas Mix is BY FAR not such a a highlight as the Halloween Mix, I think you’ll appreciate these memorable tunes – I sure do! It’s rather calm compared to my other stuff, even after it really kicks off 1 minute in.

In other news, the media upload is working again, so here we go:

This year I went for a different bouncing icon for the X-Mas Mix, kinda makes it look more like the X-Mas Mix, much like the Halloween Mix:

Christmas is always a bit stressful for me, because it’s so close to the end of the year and I don’t want the X-Mas Mix to be the last song, so a lot comes together in little time. It’s also the time where I prepare the songs for the Best Of album, so things are going crazy for me the next few days…what do you mean I could “prepare it beforehand”? What is this sorcery you call foresight?

As mentioned earlier, the media upload is working again, so if you want to get the original Shadowlovania, you can now find the download here.

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas! You’ll hear from me again in a few days ; )

It was a relatively short project, especially since one of the tracks was already finished a year ago and because I decided against a Shadowlovania Phase 2, but the year is already nearing it’s end anyway, so it’s about time to release Clad in Shadow Vol. 2!

Some songs are a little different:

• I made some structural changes to Shadow Ridley and added a new part to it.
• I changed some of the instruments and very slightly adjusted the mixing of Shadowlovania.

As usual there is a limited amount of free downloads on Bandcamp (just enter 0 as the price), so you better act fast:

Next up is this year’s X-Mas mix. Not usually my favorite mix of the year, but I decided for a nice tune this year which should be right up my alley.

Time flies, and so it’s already time for the 5th and final track of Clad in Shadow Vol. 2: Shadowlovania!

One last time: In this project, tunes get a ‘Shadow‘ version by mixing them with a Persona (or SMT) Battle Theme. They will usually have a darker feeling to them as well. Exceptions prove the rule though.

As the name suggests, the final boss tune Shadowlovania features Megalovania, Toby Fox’s recurring signature music piece. As far as I understand the lore, it originated as the Boss Theme for Dr. Andonuts in an Earthbound Halloween hack. The theme also appeared in the web comic Homestuck, but probably the most popular version of Megalovania plays during the infamous genocide run finale versus Sans in Undertale. Keeping up with the final boss feeling of the theme, Shadowlovania also features Divine Identity (SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2) and Battle for Everyone’s Souls (Persona 3).

I tried to incorporate some guitar sounds as a little reference to the Homestuck version, which heavily uses those. In general, I tried to represent all versions to some extent, but in the end I have to admit, it’s mostly based on the Undertale version.

The video has the focus on what I believe is the origin of Megalovania, I hope my knowledge of the lore is correct:

And that’s Clad in Shadow Vol. 2, folks! Did I do it justice? I’m already full of ideas for the next installment at least!

Now I just need to assemble the tunes in an album which I’ll release next Sunday. I hope to see you then!