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We’re capping off our 100k subscriber celebration with the latest most requested GaMetal song: Hyness from Kirby Star Allies.

The Dreamland Invasion album was released shortly after the release of Star Allies, but was in development since late last year. Because of that, I didn’t really have time to do a true Star Allies cover, which most had hoped would be at the end of the album. I was at least able to squeeze in Buff Dedede in the D3 Medley, but even that was more an acknowledgement than anything.

As was to be expected, numerous requests for Star Allies music poured in after the Dreamland Invasion event, with Hyness (Unhooded) being the most requested of the bunch. I promised I’d get to a Star Allies tune later in the year, and knew this would be a perfect way to end the 100k celebration.

I had originally intended to only do the second phase (Unhooded) of the Hyness battle. When I was trying to think up ways to extend the song, I thought it’d be cool to pay tribute to the first phase in the middle of the song to lead into the guitar solo. Upon throwing that in, I had grown familiar enough with the first phase that I thought it’d be cool to do it with a sort of doom metal feel, so I decided to go ahead and do the entire first phase as sort of a long intro piece. It came out much better than I expected!

Even after the Dreamland Invasion, there are still plenty of Kirby songs left to do that we’ll get to in time. So don’t fear, there will always be more! 🙂