arrangers: []
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement
composers:
- link: artist/190
  names:
    en: Koji Kondo
    ja: 近藤浩治
- names:
    en: Mike Bordin
- names:
    en: Jim Martin
- link: artist/363
  names:
    en: Hirokazu Tanaka
    ja: 田中宏和
covers:
- full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/20/67302/67302-1491988898.jpg
  medium: https://media.vgm.io/albums/20/67302/67302-1491988898.jpg
  name: Front
  thumb: https://media.vgm.io/albums/20/67302/67302-1491988898.jpg
discs:
- disc_length: '10:50'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Scorched Earth (The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past)
    track_length: '3:42'
  - names:
      English: Kraidpecker (Faith No More and Metroid)
    track_length: '7:08'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/965
  names:
    en: Bandcamp
    ja: Bandcamp
    ja-latn: Bandcamp
  role: retailer
link: album/67302
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2017-04-12T01:18
  edited_date: 2022-05-03T12:24
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T13:30
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1725
name: ROM HACK
names:
  en: ROM HACK
  ja: ROM HACK
  ja-latn: ROM HACK
notes: 'Erik "Viking Guitar" Peabody: all arrangements, instrumentation, production

  Dan "Chunkstyle" Taylor: bass guitar on "Kraidpecker"

  Wade Matteson: art

  "For a while, I''ve been trying to get enough songs together for a full album, and
  suddenly realized that I''d been sitting on these two nearly-finished tracks for
  about a year. That just ain''t right.

  If you''ve seen me perform (either solo or with the full Viking Guitar Live band),
  you''ve probably heard one or both of these. Now you can listen to them without
  having to come hang out with sweaty nerds at a concert.

  "Scorched Earth" covers both Dark World themes from The Legend of Zelda: A Link
  to the Past. It''s one of the more straight-forward covers I''ve done, but the source
  material is so fucking metal that it didn''t need much.

  "Kraidpecker" is a mashup of Faith No More''s "Woodpecker from Mars" and the "Kraid"
  theme from the NES Metroid game. Faith No More is one of my favorite bands, and
  their "Woodpecker" song is a true pillar of instrumental metal achievement. The
  tempo and time signature are close enough to "Kraid" that I wanted to see if they
  worked together. You be the judge, but I''m pumped about this one. The original
  title was "Woodpecker from Zebes", but I decided to not half-ass it and just call
  it "Kraidpecker". The original artwork was going to feature Kraid with his, well,
  "Kraidpecker", but I realized that I actually wanted people to buy the EP.

  Dan "Chunkstyle" Taylor (bassist for Viking Guitar Live, Metroid Metal, and lots
  of other projects) lends his slapping talents to "Kraidpecker" because it''s beyond
  my ability to fake.

  Cover art was done by Wade Matteson. If any of you don''t recognize the yellow guy,
  it''s original NES Kraid AKA "BEST KRAID".

  There is nothing cohesive about this release except it''s all game metal. Put it
  on and bang your head.

  KEEP THE WORLD METAL!"'
organizations:
- &id002
  names:
    en: Viking Guitar
    ja: Viking Guitar
    ja-latn: Viking Guitar
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers: []
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/20/67302/67302-1491988898.jpg
picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/20/67302/67302-1491988898.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/20/67302/67302-1491988898.jpg
platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
- SNES (Super Famicom)
products:
- link: product/500
  names:
    en: 'The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'
    ja: ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース
    ja-latn: 'Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce'
- link: product/58
  names:
    en: Metroid
    ja: メトロイド
    ja-latn: Metroid
publish_format: Doujin/Indie
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2017-04-11'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: USD
  price: 1.75
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://vikingguitar.bandcamp.com/album/rom-hack
  name: Bandcamp
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/67302?perpage=99999
votes: 0
