No one was prepared for Vampire Survivors to come crashing into the indie game scene the way it did. Poncle’s debut title combined slick, roguelike bullet-hell gameplay with a cheeky-but-undeniably-rad gothic aesthetic to craft a brew that players found impossible to put down. Since the game’s debut, countless mortal hours have been spent firing all manner of projectiles at all manner of undead beings in graveyards, haunted mansions, mad forests and beyond. And each of those hours have been made all the richer thanks to Vampire Survivor’s incredible soundtrack. 

Part-sendup, part-tribute, but still wholly original, Survivor’s synthy soundtrack, crafted by the superduo of Daniele Zandara and Will Davies, harkens back to vampire-slaying franchises of yore. But it does so in a decidedly modern soundscape, exploring things that were impossible on old soundchips. The resulting music is epic, nostalgic, and unexpected, packed with rad riffs and high-impact drum fills alike. 

iam8bit loves to live at the intersection of nostalgia and new-wave (not to mention the intersection of sendup and sincerity), so we were champing at the neck bit to bring you this record. This is the Vampire Survivors Vol.1 2xLP, a slayer’s bounty of your favorite ditties, themes, and tracks from Poncle’s beloved bullet hell beauty. In keeping with the theme and aesthetic, we’ve pressed these songs on crimson-tinged Blood Splatter Red Vinyl.

Plus: The cover art, which speaks for itself has Illustrator Nimit Malavia perfectly capturing the mood of Vampire Survivors with a piece so bodacious and badass, your middle school trapper keeper doodles could only dream of being as cool. 

This all comes together to create a radical, undead-slaying, garlic-chomping masterpiece of a vinyl release.