This track is my favourite from Shovel Knight and I'm a metal lover.
I'm the owner of the 2nd dislike.

Perhaps the lack of naturality the original track has (aka "groove") on the final mix or the trendency of sounding Guilty Gear-esque, which it shows when it's not executed accordingly or it just turns out most metal covers sound exactly the same. Might be improved if the original score was kept intact (0:43 being the most glaring case of not playing the notes that were originally meant to be there).

Nothing personal, just not of my taste.

Regardless it's great that Shovel Knight gets recognition. It's a game meant to be loved.
Best of luck with your channel.

All comments from YouTube:

Fishy Fod

7y↑12

This is the one song I'll never get tired of from this OST, the main melody is so catchy and good. Excellent as always, rhythm and drums were spot on!

The Decadent Dandy is an underrated track from Shovel Knight, and it has so much potential for crazy covers.

Vincentvondoom

I havent heard a Decadent Dandy cover but I bet it would be amazing

Mr OwO

6y↑1

Fishy Fod but that’s implying that you can get tired of any of the songs

Beta Drive

7y↑15

Dude, more Shovel Knight. All of it, if possible. This sounds amazing.

ToxicxEternity

7y↑33

Thanks for watching guys! Let me know if there are any other Shovel Knight jams you'd like to see! \m/

Notcha Business

If this still holds any water, "The Bounty Hunter"?

ExDys

7y↑1

of devious machinations!!!!

Virgo Bro

Dude, look, no dislikes.

Beta Drive

Propeller Knight Stage has the sweetest track, if you could do that one I'd be stoked.

David Shado

Did he made "fighting with all our might" ?

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J-Trigger - VGM Remixes

7y↑4

Metal fits the Shovel Knight soundtrack like a glove. This is awesome bro.

gabocarina96

7y↑9

Shovel Knight metal is always good metal! :D Awesome work, dude!

Dark Lord Xao Du

I'm glad he heard how awesome this melody could be on a guitar because this is sickkk

Алексей Лягушев

Каверы этого чувака просто убойные !! Аплодисменты !!!

insaneintherainmusic

7y↑28

love the lead at 0:55 <3

MechaMind

Two channels I love in the same comment thread... You guys kick some serious ass!

ToxicxEternity

7y↑9

Thank you man <3 That whole section is so nuts haha

Charles Ritz

7y↑1

I love the orchestral and choral elements you sprinkled into this one! This is one of my faves from Shovel Knight, and this is such an excellent take on it!

Dacian Grada

7y↑4

Your riffs are always so good! <3

Derek Z

Awesome, another Shovel Knight track!! Your cover of "Strike the Earth" is incredible, and is often the first song I show people to introduce them to your channel.

This game's soundtrack is such a love letter to the old Mega Man era NES action platformers, but it's also an incredible metal album!

Keep up the awesome work, Toxic!

MDXD

Just recently got obsessed with the Shovel Knight OST. I know, I know. A bit late to the party.
And trust you for doing a banging rendition of one of my absolute favourite songs from it!
Love it dude, this is fierce.

Lavrohas Vulle

GODLIKE arrangement, dude! The complexity and passion its absolutely fucking thrumming from this song. <3 keep up the good work!

Kealmir

7y↑2

The most underappreciated channel on this website. I hope one day you compose a soundtrack for a game.

Zach B

HOW CAN I NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL IN THE FACE OF SUCH AMAZING RIFFAGE

Luis Gutierrez

Fantastic interpretation of an incredible soundtrack.

Zakh Fair

Would love to hear your take on the Spectre of Torment version of this. The tracks in that are awesome! :D

That said, this is heckin' epic!

JokiArt

Dude this is fricking amazing. Would you be up to make a cover of the main theme/ending theme? Would be sooo epic.

Blush OFICIAL

Muito bom mesmo! Parabéns !

Michael Lapalme

You deserve way more recognition.

P

Damn fine job! My favorite song from the series.

GGWRW

Was completely surprised when it ended, I was way too wrapped up in it to pay attention to how long it had been playing. How you can continue to crank these things out every week and keep them consistently tasty blows my mind.

Deer Bones

7y↑1

I would love to see you cover one of the reduxed versions of the level themes in Specter of Torment.

joe mcgraw

A great piece of work as usual man

Lorgath_the_Decayer

I want Yacht Club to make a Mole Knight expansion, not because I particularly like Mole Knight, but because I want to hear more revamped versions of this song.

The Jack Linger Project

as always, killing it! :)

HarmfulDesign

Nice job! Here's hoping we get some more Shovel Knight! ~Plays Air Guitar~

Advent Child

Had this shit blastin at work today! Did a awesome job on this one my dude fuckin loved it

NeroRevolver

Best metal covers on youtube.
waking up to this was the best.

Hekdar Thunderfist

7y↑1

Well that was just incredible.

Enth

7y↑1

My favourite song in the game, so I'm a very satisfied subscriber right now :')

Se7enYearItch

Amazing as always!

DJFrosted

the intro is so sick man. if you don't nod your head to that there's something wrong with ya!

Majin Zim

are you doing your own drum loops? to be able to play drums well is one thing but you clearly know what you are doing with the production, top notch work everytime

ToxicxEternity

7y↑2

Yep! I program my drums from scratch. I can't play drums beyond some simple beats but I love arranging them

Anton Lobashev

Man, I love this!

Jack Witty

BEST TRACK BEST COVER GOOD LORD MY DUDE

dinomaster606

Wrecked it, nice job!

Joshua Jenkins

Amazing work brother.

MoonSpirit

7y↑5

Mole Knight's stage! Hell yes!

ShinySeeker 64

#ShovelKnightorsmash

Dex

It's VERY awesome!

DrummClem

Have you tried "The Claws Of Fate" ? Which could be a really awesome one !

Lorenzo de Sequera

7y↑1

This is so kickass!

BlazingMenace

7y↑3

O__O Holy shit this is so good, more Shovel Knight plzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!

Henrik Rudi

There's just too many good Shovel Knight songs. Jake is a god.

VICTOR JIMENEZ SANCHEZ

This is so good :O

Project Genesis

I just love that blue on the guitar

cowcannon

I guess you could say this was LIT

Deaths Dollar

Damn right no dis likes all of your work is amazing!!

Grand Quester

7y↑2

0 dislikes, that's how it should be

Andre Pendleton

Awesome!!!!

jurandfantom

You should offer your ost version like DLC :D

ToxicxEternity

I'd be so down. Notice me Jake! D:

Jonathan_

Finally someone covered this lol

AyeeKyro

OMFG THIS IS SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

Kade Kalka

Holy fuck... that was fucking amazing.

video gameplayy

0 dislike wow. its great

rmv1482

Fuckin destroyed this, epic 🔥🔥

Karnax The Blazzer

can you do a metal cover of the black mage village from Final Fantasy 9 plz?

jordan meza

nice cover... :D

The PetrarcticWar

Nice song and nice flowey plush.

Bassoonify

7y↑4

Bounced on my beetle to this jam

MCPepeh

Not a single dislike!

HRZ Graph

TheLambdaTeam

Hey ToxicEternity! I really DIG your remix (yuh, pun intended), but I have neither Amazon, nor iTunes access to the MP3. Can't I pay you over Paypal or something, so I could get this MP3?