Bands/Groups do you listen to as you play Skyrim?

[Deadhand]

Both and none... I'm usually listening to the game's music... it's just too sick.

 

[Jersey Dagmar]

I'm usually listening to the game's music as well. Or my boyfriend bitching that I'm ignoring him.

 

[Auxilium]

Games music goes perfectly with the game itself (who knew?).

I use a Turtle Beach headset so the music in the game along with the sounds of a distant dragons roar or a stupid troll sound extremely nice.

 

[tha420Moose]

Games music goes perfectly with the game itself (who knew?).

I use a Turtle Beach headset so the music in the game along with the sounds of a distant dragons roar or a stupid troll sound extremely nice.

im with you man. with my beaches i can hear most enemies from a good distance.

 

[Lulzbringer]

The ingame music is MUCH better than most music out there....

 

[demujin]

I mostly listen to the in game music. But last night I was jamming Protest the Hero, Opeth, LCD Soundsystem, KMDFM, Skinny Puppy, Faith No More, Megadeth, Ghostland Obeservatory, Ween, and others I can't think of right now, all to a nice fatty.

 

[demujin]

Needless to say I listen to the Runaways. and dude, there's no need to re quote yourself

That is the band that sings "CH Ch Ch cherry bomb!" right?

 

[NikolaTesla]

YES! Good song right?

 

[demujin]

YES! Good song right?

Yeah, I imagine it's a fun song to kick some enemy butt to.

 

[NikolaTesla]

Yes it is, so is Dead End Justice, tho it is rather long.

 

[Jersey Dagmar]

I sometimes put the Skyrim Trailer on from Youtube. Epic music and epic voice over. Just sets the mood.

 

[demujin]

Yes it is, so is Dead End Justice, tho it is rather long.

Long songs are good. It's not like you only play the game for 5 minutes.

 

[NikolaTesla]

yeah good point. well nighty nite

 

[inharmonic]

i always have music playing at a low volume under my game. i listen to various bands and create playlists in winamp; each varied to match my current mood and whatever i'm doing in-game.

i.e. for regular questing with story and dialogue, the main bands i listen to are Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Devin Townsend, Cynic, Tool, Buckethead, King Crimson, Radiohead(the ambient records such as Kid A and Amnesiac fit perfectly in the backround). Also bands like Camel as i have soft spot for old 70's prog.

Katatonia(who are referenced in the game. a nice homage to the band shown in Nystrom's Journal).

every now and then for straight forward hunting and killing, i tend to turn the volume up slightly and bring out something more aggressive like Strapping Young Lad, Insomnium, Blotted Science, Dark Tranquillity, and Meshuggah.

 

[SaveVsBedWet]

I personally don't listen to music when I am playing Skyrim. I'm so engrossed in Skyrim's soundtrack so I don't need any music.

+1. They didn't work this hard on making the soundtrack assist the immersion so I can break it with some moron screaming about the summer of '69, super massive black holes, hoes in different area codes, or whatever.

Although I can relate to The Crunge by Led Zep with Plant asking if anyone's seen the bridge, lol. Especially with a troll chasing me down a shoreline, a 25% reduction in melee weapon skill from Rotjoint, and an utterly empty magika bar.

 

[tbagalot]

The nutcracker song, usually when im trying to be sneaky, i get weak every time.

 

[ToxicXAmbition]

How do you guys listen to music while you're playing your xbox?

Well you could always plug in a flash drive and play music or burn music into a disc and download music into the xbox. Theres a tutorial in the Marketplace I bet.

 

[NikolaTesla]

Ipod.................

 

[fleeon]

Ahem: Two Steps from Hell, Xray Dog, Immediate Music.
Nothing. will. stop. you.

 

[Roland]

I've actually enjoyed the OST for the most part, quite beautiful imo

But, when I'm in the mood for something with a little more "umpf" I listen to...

Agalloch
Amon Amarth
Dark Tranquillity
Euphoreon
Exxasens
Far Beyond
Ghost Brigade
Insomnium
Katatonia
Omnium Gatherum (new discovery)
Suidakra
Swallow The Sun
Within Temptation

This is a small sample of what I enjoy, I have quite a large range of different genres and types of music, but this tends to be what I listen to when gaming

Rock on \m/

- if you enjoy some on the list, do look the others up on Youtube, you might enjoy those as well and it's always fun to discover a new band!