Original Sound Version Know Your MAG: MegaDriver

Know Your MAG: MegaDriver

More “Know Your MAG” for MAGFest 12, and it’s time to touch upon some of the new Main Stage bands! This time around we have the almost exclusively Sega-oriented metal band, MegaDrivermaking their MAGFest debut.

Believe it or not, Megadriver has been around for a decade. Based out of Brazil, the band was created by Antonio “Nino Megadriver” Francisco Tornisiello and focuses on two things: Sega Genesis (aka: Megadrive) game music, and performing as metal as possible. In fact, Nino Megadriver boasts that the band was the progenitor of the “game metal” mold that many bands have since adopted as their style of choice. Whether this rings true or not, most would agree that having more Sega Genesis/Megadrive music is never a bad thing.

MegaDriver and it’s five-man crew of metalheads have released nine albums to date, with several recent updates to older tunes. Though almost solely Genesis/Megadrive based, they have been known to throw in some renditions of songs from other consoles, such as tracks from Batman for the NES and Starcraft II. However, expect a heavy dose of Golden Axe and Sonic the Hedgehog music that hopefully isn’t just “Green Hill Zone”. (Surprisingly, despite how prolific “Ice Cap Zone” is in the video game arrangement scene, to the point of being obscene, not one MAGFest band has performed it live. Could MegaDriver be the first?)

MegaDriver hits the Main Stage on Friday night at 10:30pm.