{"id":781210,"date":"2026-09-24T15:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781210\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:52:09","slug":"apocalyptica-share-epic-metal-control-resonant-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781210\/","title":{"rendered":"Apocalyptica share epic metal \u2018Control: Resonant\u2019 anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apocalyptica have shared their cinematic metal anthem \u2018Upperhand\u2019, written for action-adventure sci-fi game Control: Resonant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018Upperhand\u2019 was composed by the Finnish symphonic metal trio and features Norwegian alternative folk band Kalandra.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The epic track is an expansion of the instrumental main theme Apocalytica wrote for Control: Resonant. \u201cThe first version of Upperhand was written as intro music for the game\u2019s opening sequence,\u201d Apocalyptica\u2019s Eicca Toppinen said in a statement. \u201cIt reflects the uneasy emotions of the main character in transition to the unknown. I wanted to expand it into a full song with lyrics, and we were so lucky to get Katrine from Kalandra with her unique voice to carry this where it was supposed to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis song combines multiple special qualities of Apocalyptica and getting those qualities to serve the world of Control was a challenging but exciting and rewarding journey,\u201d he added. \u201cI truly hope Control and Apocalyptica fans will find this as special as we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Control: Resonant is out today (September 25) for the Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 5 and PC. Set seven years after the events of 2019\u2019s Control, players will take control of Dylan Faden, the older brother of original protagonist Jesse. \u201cExplore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in this thrilling action-adventure RPG. Unleash the extraordinary powers of Dylan Faden as he fights for his humanity and our survival against a reality-bending cosmic threat,\u201d reads an official description of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

News on the release of the game\u2019s full soundtrack will be shared soon but yesterday (September 24), Remedy Entertainment shared six eclectic tracks from Control: Resonant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal is to have music elevate key moments beyond what you\u2019d expect from the drama. It can add surprising complexity to events where things aren\u2019t what you expect,\u201d the game\u2019s creative director Mikael Kasurinen told Forbes<\/a>. \u201cIt can be the fuel you need when you must beat impossible odds, or it can set up the right tone when you face a tragedy. But music can also tell stories: Sometimes you don\u2019t need to say anything. All you need is the right song.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other news, the beloved Final Fantasy 15 <\/a>soundtrack is finally getting a vinyl release \u2013 though a number of songs are missing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apocalyptica have shared their cinematic metal anthem \u2018Upperhand\u2019, written for action-adventure sci-fi game Control: Resonant. \u2018Upperhand\u2019 was composed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,5204,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-781210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-metal","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}