Bad Guys Get Dead is a cinematic post-synthwave project drenched in dystopia… tension… retro-futurism…

The debut album Magmasquid3D (Original Game Soundtrack) recalls the golden age of 16-bit gaming with chiptune-tinged, cyber-noir atmospheres… Phosphor and Resistor EPs explore cyber-horror and the runaway march of technology… Resistor was even distributed via an amnesiac encrypted device left in public to seed it on BitTorrent… blending mythology, mystery and distribution as art.

The second full-length, Capacitor, blasts into high-octane territory… Outrun… Progressive House… Darksynth… Metal… Chillsynth… Synthwave… Cyberpunk… unleashing an electrifying sonic forge of genre-blending energy.

The next concept release, Gaia Has Fallen, spans an hour-long post-synthwave vision… spacewave, cinematic synth, metal and post-rock collide in a cataclysmic narrative of environmental collapse, cosmic vengeance, and survival aboard the drifting ship EXV Oumuamua.

Following that, Transcendent Presence journeys into cinematic dark ambient… the sonic invocation of creation itself, live-played and DAW-less… inviting listeners into the cosmic beyond.

Most recently, Stellar Cartography (released February 28, 2025) maps the vastness of the universe with hypnotic rhythms and cosmic textures… “music for explorers, drifters, and dreamers”… from the haunting “Melancholy of the Voyager” to the explosive “Protogalaxy” and the meditative “Cosmic Obscura.”

And then there’s Careful Meteoroids (June 13, 2025)… a gentle ambient drift just beyond the atmosphere… a cloud of rock and metal that has watched over Earth for millennia, balancing fragile equilibrium against destruction.

OUT NOW! the Space Cadet: Galaxy Edition pinball machine soundtrack… an original concept soundtrack penned by Bad Guys Get Dead to accompany a reimagined Space Cadet table, complete with new characters, voice acting, missions, cutscenes and immersive audio!

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