I remember making it to hell with my older brother on hell mode. We had one room to kill first before dealing with Diablo and it was our worst nightmare. We had to deal with teleporting advocates and Deathknights that did absurd dmg. I was the warrior, and my brother was a sorcerer. We took down most of them but ran out of health potions on the last 5 enemies. My brother was near death and we were retreating, and saw a fireballs fired at us last second, since my brother was the better player, I sacrificed myself so he could live, he goes back to town, restocks comes back and does what he does best, and brings me back to life for the final fight with diablo. The terror we felt during that long gaming night was brought by the brilliance of this soundtrack. I am glad I had the pleasure to experience this diamond of a game during childhood with family.
I love this track because it gives a feeling that hell isn't just a hot place where violent demons are, but a place where humanity's self imposed horrors live as well. The military marching drums and flute going into the sounds of burning, demihuman wailing and metallic industrial scraping gives this feeling that this fleshy bone dimension has so much more to it that you can't see.
You know, I think that that demihuman wailing is worse than you think. From what you wrote, it sounds like you think that some kind of creature, like maybe a goatman, is being tortured, but I think that the wailing we hear is connected to the baby crying in the catacombs soundtrack. In that soundtrack, the cries are preceded by the dark laughter of many women. I got the sense that infant children were being tortured by succubi. In this one, it starts with what sounds like a baby crying, but with the cries slowly changing to sound deeper and less human. In this soundtrack, I feel like the implication is that an infant child is being tormented by demons, but more specifically, that it's being mutated by them into some kind of twisted monster...
the Diablo version of Hell is what I still imagine hell looks like. Diablo 2 with the river of lava was just too familiar, Diablo 1 was darker, felt far more hopeless and gave me goddamn nightmares
POV: you're 6 years old, your dad let you play some games on his computer. You find Diablo on a CD and start playing it, you enjoy it for the first few areas. Now you're in hell, constantly swarmed by blood knights who rip you to shreds as the sounds of the dammned and the soundtrack tries its hardest to make you uneasy. You know look back at Diablo with both fond and fearful memories, constantly dragged back into that level of hell whenever you close your eyes.
@Dugeor I think that Diablo 3 is a good game, for the most part, but it's not a good Diablo game at all. It's just way too energetic and bright, even. I mean seriously, remember the Lord of Goats? His journal made me laugh, but it shouldn't be in a Diablo game.
Aaah guys the nostalgia hits hard here. I was 13, this game together with C&C Red Alert, NFS2, Jane's ATF & Nato Fighters and many other amazing games stealing time from homework, sports and other constructing activities XD.
As some one who never heard this specific track called Hell I expected some like Black Sabbath or Doom style instrumentals, instead it was closer to 2001 Space Odyssey. Weird choice but I like it.
@Dam Sen They are highly atmospheric pieces much like this track is. To say it is nothing like this is just...I don't want to say wrong but not fully assessed. There is a lot more percussion in this. That is absolutely sure compared to those tracks. That and the flute would really be, the only major difference. Get rid of those layers of sound and the rest could totally pass for a Doom PSX track. Even the background moaning sounds, in particular the one around 3:00 sound so close to the stuff on ua-cam.com/video/sYX-7juLBUo/v-deo.html that it could almost pass as a lift.
@Dam Sen I didn't respond to the rest of your reply because it's mired in subjectivity and I wasn't looking to litigate it but if you insist. To say this is more memorable comes down to personal taste. I love this tune. It is my absolute favorite Diablo track, but it isn't even in the same ballpark as being as memorable as Map 18 from PSX Doom. Sorry. It's probably the crying babies as I find that unnerving. Obviously, I'm biased as you might expect. Their objectives are not dissimilar. I hear this, I feel like I'm traversing a pit down into the depths of Hell and any number of demonic baddies could be around the next corner ready to rip my face off. I listen to Map 18 of PSX Doom and I feel like I'm traversing a pit down into the depths of Hell and any number of demonic baddies could be around the next corner ready to rip my face off. It's all about tension, suspense, fear. They don't sound the same because hey use different composers and different instruments naturally, but the tone and intent is there.
It absolutely is subjective. A simple song is not going to have any more or less memorability than a complex one. Memorability of a song is not going to be able to be measured in any meaningful way and is going to differ greatly person to person depending on exposure level. I found a good thread on Quora discussing this very thing. "Diablo's hell is taken more seriously than Dooms, and is way more elaborated because hell is supposed to represent the worst of us" And that is your opinion, which is subjective. In my opinion, Doom's Hell is taken just as seriously. Hell serves the same function in both games. They are this eldritch, arcane, unknowable plane filled with malformed creatures of pure evil that ravenously kill without thought and are looking to merge their realm into the protagonist's, whether that be Tristram or a UAC Base, and now you must go up against them alone. Both tunes capture that tone of hopelessness and despair which was my point all along. Whether you take it more seriously in Diablo is entirely up to you.
Well, you keep offering your opinion so that is how I am going to take it. And here I thought we were just having a debate but since you're going to resort to ad hominem, I'm too old to give a shit about juvenile name-calling on the internet.
Back when hell music meant dark, menacing ambience which scared the crap out of you and made you feel like death was around every corner (kind of like Aubrey Hodges' soundtracks such as PSX Doom), rather than loud, hammering metal as a super-powered dude jumps round blowing shit up. EDIT: This also uses the crying baby sounds from PSX Doom - very nice tribute there.
@@nathanniesche6380 Yeah, but I agree with Jay that it would have been cool if each song was actually given a name, not just labeled with its corresponding dungeon. The first one could be called "Terrors of the Night". The second, "Damned Souls". And the third, "The World's Suffering". Yeah, it would have been poetic for each song to get a true name.
I remember playing this online on hell mode and about 45 to 60 warlocks appear. Very hard to dodge all the fire balls + acid spitters + chain lighting throwing at my face. Each fire ball deals 200 to 300 damage,
lvl 32, Dlvl 51 on my own back when I was 13. I just couldn't get past the army of cubii waiting for me down there. by then I was back and forth w/D2 LoD dlc. I got good with the cube on that one.
Warlord of Blood always spawns right by the fkn beginning of Level 13 for me every fkn time. 2 mobs of Steel lords and you're dead because spam spam spam
I remember making it to hell with my older brother on hell mode. We had one room to kill first before dealing with Diablo and it was our worst nightmare. We had to deal with teleporting advocates and Deathknights that did absurd dmg. I was the warrior, and my brother was a sorcerer. We took down most of them but ran out of health potions on the last 5 enemies.
My brother was near death and we were retreating, and saw a fireballs fired at us last second, since my brother was the better player, I sacrificed myself so he could live, he goes back to town, restocks comes back and does what he does best, and brings me back to life for the final fight with diablo. The terror we felt during that long gaming night was brought by the brilliance of this soundtrack. I am glad I had the pleasure to experience this diamond of a game during childhood with family.
what an envy.. such a memory you got there
I love this track because it gives a feeling that hell isn't just a hot place where violent demons are, but a place where humanity's self imposed horrors live as well. The military marching drums and flute going into the sounds of burning, demihuman wailing and metallic industrial scraping gives this feeling that this fleshy bone dimension has so much more to it that you can't see.
I feel like they borrowed a bit from The Gate here.
@@vjbd2757 "i must be getting close!"
You know, I think that that demihuman wailing is worse than you think.
From what you wrote, it sounds like you think that some kind of creature, like maybe a goatman, is being tortured, but I think that the wailing we hear is connected to the baby crying in the catacombs soundtrack. In that soundtrack, the cries are preceded by the dark laughter of many women. I got the sense that infant children were being tortured by succubi.
In this one, it starts with what sounds like a baby crying, but with the cries slowly changing to sound deeper and less human. In this soundtrack, I feel like the implication is that an infant child is being tormented by demons, but more specifically, that it's being mutated by them into some kind of twisted monster...
@@PaladinDusty what is the gate
@@lsdkjsdlkjpiosdcposdjfdjad1363 It's a horror movie. Should be streaming free.
Make Diablo scary again.
1000%
"I must be getting close.."
Based
the Diablo version of Hell is what I still imagine hell looks like. Diablo 2 with the river of lava was just too familiar, Diablo 1 was darker, felt far more hopeless and gave me goddamn nightmares
It's not only a descent into darkness, it's also a descent into madness.
Can't see why it has to be just one.
@@warrioroflight6872 true and edited.
TheActMan stole your point in his latest Diablo video and didn't credit you. It's the "Why is Diablo 1 a Masterpiece?" one.
@@Will_42 Act Ma'am is a hack, so it's understandable.
Years later and still one of the only games that's truly, genuinely made me feel scared. A freakin isometric ARPG from 1997.
Remember when Diablo was scary and gore?
It will be again
@@SanguinaryAnima We Shall See...
Pepperidge farm remembers
@@SanguinaryAnima they said the same thing about 3 and guess how that endded
Modern Blizzard couldn't do it.
POV: you're 6 years old, your dad let you play some games on his computer. You find Diablo on a CD and start playing it, you enjoy it for the first few areas. Now you're in hell, constantly swarmed by blood knights who rip you to shreds as the sounds of the dammned and the soundtrack tries its hardest to make you uneasy. You know look back at Diablo with both fond and fearful memories, constantly dragged back into that level of hell whenever you close your eyes.
D1 was scary af. The rest are just Hello Kitty Online.
Hello kitty online 😂
This is the scariest game, claustrophobia darkness and well done gore all over.
@Dugeor
I think that Diablo 3 is a good game, for the most part, but it's not a good Diablo game at all. It's just way too energetic and bright, even.
I mean seriously, remember the Lord of Goats? His journal made me laugh, but it shouldn't be in a Diablo game.
D1 was more of a horror game than what we currently know as a diablo-like :D So yeah, a different category of games kinda.
@Dugeor play it alone in the dark close infront of screen with your back into the darkness
The shitty graphics legit add to the horror aspect.
STARTED PLAyING THIS in 4TH GRADE ..very educational
prekinder. why they let us play this, we'll never know
I was around the same age. Ironically, trainers for this game taught me a lot about programming as a kid.
Aaah guys the nostalgia hits hard here. I was 13, this game together with C&C Red Alert, NFS2, Jane's ATF & Nato Fighters and many other amazing games stealing time from homework, sports and other constructing activities XD.
Owning this on PS1 I for decades, i've concluded that this is the greatest console game ever made. ...I'll see myself out now
It was at that moment, when we all got our arses kicked more times, than in all previous acts combined !
As some one who never heard this specific track called Hell I expected some like Black Sabbath or Doom style instrumentals, instead it was closer to 2001 Space Odyssey. Weird choice but I like it.
If you haven't already, listen to Aubrey Hodges' tracks for Doom and Final Doom on the PSX or Doom 64. It's much more in tone with this.
@Dam Sen They are highly atmospheric pieces much like this track is. To say it is nothing like this is just...I don't want to say wrong but not fully assessed. There is a lot more percussion in this. That is absolutely sure compared to those tracks. That and the flute would really be, the only major difference. Get rid of those layers of sound and the rest could totally pass for a Doom PSX track. Even the background moaning sounds, in particular the one around 3:00 sound so close to the stuff on ua-cam.com/video/sYX-7juLBUo/v-deo.html that it could almost pass as a lift.
@Dam Sen I didn't respond to the rest of your reply because it's mired in subjectivity and I wasn't looking to litigate it but if you insist. To say this is more memorable comes down to personal taste. I love this tune. It is my absolute favorite Diablo track, but it isn't even in the same ballpark as being as memorable as Map 18 from PSX Doom. Sorry. It's probably the crying babies as I find that unnerving. Obviously, I'm biased as you might expect.
Their objectives are not dissimilar. I hear this, I feel like I'm traversing a pit down into the depths of Hell and any number of demonic baddies could be around the next corner ready to rip my face off. I listen to Map 18 of PSX Doom and I feel like I'm traversing a pit down into the depths of Hell and any number of demonic baddies could be around the next corner ready to rip my face off. It's all about tension, suspense, fear. They don't sound the same because hey use different composers and different instruments naturally, but the tone and intent is there.
It absolutely is subjective. A simple song is not going to have any more or less memorability than a complex one. Memorability of a song is not going to be able to be measured in any meaningful way and is going to differ greatly person to person depending on exposure level.
I found a good thread on Quora discussing this very thing.
"Diablo's hell is taken more seriously than Dooms, and is way more elaborated because hell is supposed to represent the worst of us"
And that is your opinion, which is subjective. In my opinion, Doom's Hell is taken just as seriously. Hell serves the same function in both games. They are this eldritch, arcane, unknowable plane filled with malformed creatures of pure evil that ravenously kill without thought and are looking to merge their realm into the protagonist's, whether that be Tristram or a UAC Base, and now you must go up against them alone. Both tunes capture that tone of hopelessness and despair which was my point all along. Whether you take it more seriously in Diablo is entirely up to you.
Well, you keep offering your opinion so that is how I am going to take it. And here I thought we were just having a debate but since you're going to resort to ad hominem, I'm too old to give a shit about juvenile name-calling on the internet.
Back when hell music meant dark, menacing ambience which scared the crap out of you and made you feel like death was around every corner (kind of like Aubrey Hodges' soundtracks such as PSX Doom), rather than loud, hammering metal as a super-powered dude jumps round blowing shit up. EDIT: This also uses the crying baby sounds from PSX Doom - very nice tribute there.
Great ending - sinister and psychodelic loop
DOOM GUARDS!
06 - Hell should be renamed to Death March. Love the track.
It's called what it is because it's the music that plays in the Hell maps.
@@nathanniesche6380
Yeah, but I agree with Jay that it would have been cool if each song was actually given a name, not just labeled with its corresponding dungeon.
The first one could be called "Terrors of the Night".
The second, "Damned Souls".
And the third, "The World's Suffering".
Yeah, it would have been poetic for each song to get a true name.
I remember playing this online on hell mode and about 45 to 60 warlocks appear. Very hard to dodge all the fire balls + acid spitters + chain lighting throwing at my face. Each fire ball deals 200 to 300 damage,
you mean 45-60 zoltun kulles XD?
I hated those acid spitters. Still hate them to this day. Especially when they have that unique among them and they hitting you non stop.
In 2008, I don't know how to play this but now I realize how 🙂
nice song. fear.
I felt scared when I was young cuz of blood flooding around here.
lvl 32, Dlvl 51 on my own back when I was 13. I just couldn't get past the army of cubii waiting for me down there. by then I was back and forth w/D2 LoD dlc. I got good with the cube on that one.
GOD Bless YOU ALL!!!!!!!
The room full of murderous Succubai boobas spamming blue/red/green orbs! You wanna see the booba but it only meant IMMEDIATE DEATH!
BLOOD STARS :O
Dungeon synth influence
1:26 - Am I tripping or did I just hear the Diablo 3 leitmotiv in the Diablo 1 soundtrack??
flip it around. you heard diablo 1 soundtrack in diablo 3 leitmotiv
I think you're right
I'm getting close...
I hated this area 😣
Warlord of Blood always spawns right by the fkn beginning of Level 13 for me every fkn time.
2 mobs of Steel lords and you're dead because spam spam spam
warlord of blood was always my favorite boss :) u have a nice chance for decent lot as well
“My blade seeks for your blood mortal. And by my dark master it shall not be denied.”
Silent hill had to taken some inspiration from Diablo. The ending is so much like silent hill
Yeah thats true.
Music of files
What? :O
PBG G-Files anyone?
For Hell at Hell difficulties, most of unique monsters are immune to almost everything, really not great to be sorcerer or necromancer.
Feel the heat baby!
Hairy Haitiann