This Song Changed My Opinion about the Warhammer Series...

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Dude knows nothing about 40k, but extrapolates and describes the essence of the Imperium (unchallengeable Behemoth and all encompassing Power) just based on the Soundtrack alone. Mad respect.

"I'm gonna play through Vermintide when I finish Darktide" He's a little confused, but he got the spirit. Fortunately, neophyte, your duty to the Emperor (or Sigmar) ends only in your death, only then will you "finish" it.

Warhammer 40k is my fav fictional universe and Darktide is a real love letter to the fans tbh. It's a really unique and rich mix of religion, science and fantasy. The idea of such a horrific, monolithic entity like the Emperor and the Imperium being a necessity in the face of even worse terrors makes for a fascinating setting

This song pretty accurately reflects the current state of the Imperium lore wise. At this time, the Imperium is a galaxy spanning Human civilization with trillions upon trillions of subjects, all of whom worship the emperor as a God, hence the motifs you mentioned. However, after 10,000 years since the Emperor's mortal wounding at the hands of one of his sons during the Horus Heresy, he has been essentially in a vegetative state only just barely holding on through the sacrifice of millions of people over the years. Ironically, the Emperor was very adamant about not being worshiped, and he even punished one of his sons for it. At this point however, all of the Imperium lives only to work for him and can only stop in death. The Imperium is a shadow of its former self, but it limps forward regardless, a twisted and merciless version of what it could have been.

I think it's interesting how, in a lore context, the immortal Imperium not only refers to that eternal power and "godliness," but also the eternal suffering, industry, and bloodshed that humanity lives under that has, by the year 40,000, existed for 10,000 years. The Imperium is immortal, but at the same time destined to die.

Darktide's "disposal unit imperium remix" and Mechanicus's "Overlord" and "children of Omnisaiah", and lastly, total war warhammer's "mannfred Von Carstain" and "grimgor ironhide" osts are the best the warhammer games have to offer. They're all absolutely glorious!

“There is no time to plan, there is no space to think. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only war.” - Great reaction video. Keep them coming. "The Children of the Omnissiah" from Mechanicus is also amazing.

5:13 This is great. Fat shark is one of the few developers that understand the supreme importance of audio design in games. The imperial characters in Warhammer thrive on religious fanatism that lets them hold their ground against overwhelming odds. The soundtrack really gets you in that feeling in a game that rewards aggression and holding your ground.

My favorite part about this song is how it turns almost hypnotic. It absorbs you in it's drums and beat and singing and organ and you really feel yourself being absorbed into this glorious 'Final crusade'. If the Ecclesiarchy is playing stuff like this before sending people off to their deaths then I completely understand why so many go willingly.

What I really like about Darktide's ost is that its not the usual orchestra stuff we see in Warhammer, not to say that stuff doesn't fit any of the Warhammer settings, but this is both orchestra and techno and its fucking glorious. One of the best osts I've heard.

Warhammer. Convoluted and bloated in its lore but its aesthetics are ON POINT. Religious fanaticism mixed with super sciences, psychic horrors and World War era iconography. It is bonkers but dang if it doesn't make you want to drive an tank that is also a pipe organ across a battlefield, shooting rockets at space orcs, space elves and your own troops while singing in Latin.

I swear Marco is the best react to youtuber I've seen. From Ace Combat, to Arknights and now to 40k stuff, he really nails that niche franchise music content. 10/10

The song, Immortal Imperium, is effectively the entire premise of the Imperium somehow distilled down into the themes of a song... it truly blew me away when I first heard it. I described it to my friends as it FEELS like a dilapidated and decaying techno-theocracy somehow encapsulated in a single song.

Darktide has become the new Gold Standard for both music and lore accuracy for a Warhammer Game.

What is amazing here is that the composer did such an amazing job with this that even though you knew nothin about 40k, you nailed, absolutely, every aspect of the Imperium. Props to you but HUGE props to the composer. I got literal shivers.

Once you start learning anything about the Imperium, you'll find that "visceral" is very accurate indeed.

Playing darktide since last week's early beta. Favorite track for me remains Disposal Unit (imperium remix)

The sort of feeling I got from the ending of the song fading slowly with just the alarm noise is an idea of stress. That although the current threat may be defeated there is always more to come so the alarm is never truly finished.

Darktide has surprisingly godly music, Vermintide one was more like ambient that you forget.