Nintendocore

There are several artists with this name: 1) Game Over is a heavy metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1998 by guitarist Wire McQuaid (the stage name of Elisabeth Pezouvanis). Game Over's songs are arrangements of video game music, primarily that of games for the Nintendo Entertainment System such as The Legend of Zelda and Mega Man 2. Game Over has produced two demo albums: Nintendo Metal (2002) and NESperado (2006). Some of their songs are available free of charge at OverClocked ReMix.

:( otherwise known as Colon Open Bracket are a two piece, formerly a four piece, from Aberdeen, Scotland. They consist of Adam - Drums, and Mart - Vocals/Programming. Described as ‘NintendoCore’ (or "8bit") because of similarity between their sound and Mario & Tetris games of old. They have received some press coverage including articles in NME & Rock Sound, before a planned tour collapsed before it began.

There are 2 artists under the name Freyr: [1] Freyr is a project begun by T.E. Greenway in 2007 to syphon ideas not usable elsewhere. [2] Formed in mid-2012, Freyr began writing and recording with plans to gig in early 2013. Drawing influences from Jimmy Eat World, Mae, Paramore and other bands in the genre, Freyr are aiming to create catchy songs with a powerful live performance. In the upcoming future, gigs and recording sessions are being booked so remember to check back often!

Read more about Freyr on Last.fm.

Sabrepulse is a 22 year-old Yorkshire born laptop/chip musician currently based in Aberdeen, Scotland while at university. Sabrepulse has recently finished touring the UK as part of the Chiptune Alliance with Anamanaguchi and Firebrand Boy and also has toured in Europe this year. From an early age heavily influenced by the sights and sounds of the 8/16bit videogame era, he came to start sequencing music in late 2001 after deciding to rewrite the soundtracks to seminal Amiga 500 classics, notably 'Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters' (however...