u/The_ChadTC

The tin miners just formed a cartel.

My bank is deadass full of them because I'm not sure whether or not they'll become useful later.

The year is 2013. You've just started playing this weird map game. It's been kicking your ass while you try to learn it, but now you feel you feel you've gotten the hang of it, so you declare war on your neighbour. You defeat their army and start laying siege to their capital, and now that the micro is over you get out of the tunnel vision and suddenly you hear the music that's been playing: it's "Ride Forth Victoriously" and you instantly know you'll play this game for years.

Or maybe you're playing Crusader Kings 2. Old Gods just released, and so you're playing as the norse, experimenting with the new raiding mechanic. Just as you disembark 10k soldiers onto Rome to sack it, you hear the track "We Are Norse" and you truly feel as the Scourge of God you're playing as.

These are the ones that stuck with me the most, but both Victoria 2 and HoI4 also have some great war bangers. However, now with EU5 it feels like it's the 3rd game in a row with no War Bangers. As a matter of fact, as far as epic music in general goes, there have been no more real bangers anymore. I don't think that music quality in general has gone down, just that in pursuit of a more mature, realistic or humane perspective of history, Paradox has shifted their artistic perspective in their soundtracks and this new one has not yielded music that is as memorable as the old ones.

If there are any new songs that you think are war bangers, do recommend them to me and I'll listen.