It’s exhausting to dispute Mick Gordon’s Doom soundtrack as one of many best heavy steel compositions of all time. The Australian composer’s genius, crushing eight- and nine-string riffs supply the right sonic accompaniment to slaying lots of upon lots of of hellish demons and different grotesque creatures.

The soundtrack gave rise to such classics as Rip & Tear and Bfg Division, and gained such a cult standing that Gordon was invited to compose the rating for the sport’s followup, Doom: Everlasting, in 2020.

However surprisingly given its adoration by these on the intersection of heavy steel music and gaming, the Doom soundtrack has by no means been carried out dwell in its entirety within the 10 years because the recreation’s launch in 2016.

However that’s all set to vary subsequent 12 months, when Mick Gordon will carry out the Doom soundtrack for the primary time ever in a headline set on the UK’s RADAR Competition alongside a full band and orchestra.

At RADAR 2027 Mick will deliver the Doom soundtrack to the stage for the primary time, that includes the DOOM Machine (his customized Doom instrument), with a full dwell band and an orchestra for good measure,” competition organisers say. 

“This isn’t a DJ set, and it isn’t a tribute act. It’s the precise composer, the precise rating – the riffs performed correctly loud in a room that may stand up to all of the ripping and tearing. “Mick has by no means carried out this music dwell, like this. Till RADAR got here calling.”

Subsequent 12 months’s RADAR Competition will happen at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse from 30 July to 1 August 2027, however there’s nonetheless this 12 months’s version to get by way of first. From in the present day (31 July) by way of the weekend, the competition will see performances from Thy Artwork Is Homicide, Skindred, Northlane, Animals as Leaders and so many extra.

Study extra at RADAR Competition.

Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Totally immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music expertise and manufacturing at college, and likewise written for the likes of Guitar World, Complete Guitar, Metallic Hammer and MusicRadar.