- John
- Rose
- Dave
- Jade
- Jane
- Roxy
- Dirk
- Jake
- Karkat
- Aradia
- Tavros
- Sollux
- Nepeta
- Kanaya
- Terezi
- Vriska
- Equius
- Gamzee
- Eridan
- Feferi
- WV
- PM
- AR
- WQ
- Jack Noir
- DD
- CD
- HB
- Davepeta
- John's nanna
- Davesprite
- The Condesce
- Lord English
- The Handmaid
- Snowman
- Jack Noir
- Underlings
- The Felt
- AH
- LoWaS
- LoLaR
- LoHaC
- LoFaF
- LoCaH
- LoMaX
- LoPaN
- LoTaK
- Prospit
- Derse
- Skaia
- Green Sun
- Dream Bubbles
Additional or alternate names:
- Metallic Mayhem (original name)
By Musical Panini
musical_panini
SoundCloud
musicalpaninigrill
Tumblr
YouTube
YouTube.
Cover art by Scarodactyl
scarodactyl
Tumblr.
Released 9/9/2017.
Duration: 5:39.
Listen on Bandcamp or YouTube.
Read artist commentary.
Also released as:
- () Strife Mayhem (COOL AND NEW Volume 7: At the Price of $104.13)
- () Strife Mayhem (Cool and New Greatest Hits)
Tracks that Strife Mayhem references: Tracks that this one references:
- Flare by Clark Powell
- Eternity Served Cold by Malcolm Brown
- Carne Vale by Malcolm Brown
- Showtime (Original Mix) by Malcolm Brown
- Beatdown (Strider Style) by Curt Blakeslee
- Crystamanthequins by Erik Scheele
- Black by Toby Fox
- MeGaLoVania by Toby Fox
Artist commentary:
Musical Panini: (composer, booklet commentary)
This song didn't actually start out as a Homestuck song when I was first making it. It went from tune stuck in my head, then into a random song that I was calling Metallic Mayhem, then into Flare, then into a practice in motifs, then into what is now apparently my most popular by far!
Scarodactyl: (track artist, booklet commentary)
I have wanted to do something like this for a long time. Final Fantasy 6 is a big inspiration for me, particularly the in-battle sprites and backgrounds. Homestuck, with its numerous great designs, seemed like it would be really fun to render in this style. When I saw Strife Mayhem on the song list I knew what I had to do--a large-scale battle with lots of characters to match an amazing battle song with lots of leitmotifs. I pulled a few elements from my previous track arts which were sort of stabs in the same direction, particularly the background from Medium and the handmaid from Maidswap. The GUI is also a bit of a reference to the previous track art for this song on Cool and New Volume 7.