The rise of retrosynth isn’t just focused on horror, although that’s what it might seem like. You can’t forget that there are other film styles that the genre can pay homage to. Perhaps one of the best examples is the 80’s action film, which were often as violent and gory as any horror film of that era. They also had some killer soundtracks, which is where Karate King comes in with The Annihilation, “The Soundtrack to the Greatest 80’s Action Movie Never Made”!
The 22-track retrosynth album features original tracks from artists such as 20SIX Hundred, Surgery Head, TCR, Lintu, and a whole lot more. The music is meant to tell the story of The Annihilator, which has a ridiculous yet awesome synopsis:
To former Green Beret Larry Steele, being a key witness in a murder trial was not just a civic duty. It was also a death sentence.
Little did he know that his path to righteousness had him cross ways with the powerful Vincenzo family.
On one fateful day everything was taken away from him.
A gang of mobsters came uninvited to the family picnic.
They brutally raped and murdered his daughter and wife.
They put a bullet in his head.
They thought he was dead.
They thought they were safe.
But they were wrong. Dead wrong…Larry Steele – the Annihilator: Risen from the ashes, he embarks on a blood-splattered, relentless killing spree of revenge, going up against the entire Italian mafia. The Annihilator will bust their balls. He will maim, crush, burn, bludgeon and incinerate them. There will be no one left alive when he is done.
Head below to stream the album and make sure to pick up a copy via Bandcamp.