A closer look
Id Software composer Bobby Prince heavily plagiarized the iconic, adrenaline-pumping heavy metal soundtrack for the original 1993 Doom from world-famous bands like Metallica, Slayer, and Pantera. Because video game copyright laws were practically non-existent in the early nineties, he was able to legally rip off the driving guitar riffs of massive rock anthems by just converting them into synthesized files. This blatant musical theft perfectly complemented the game's revolutionary obsession with aggressive demon slaughter, creating a generation of gamers who subconsciously associate crushing digital skulls with thrash metal. It is somewhat miraculous that they never faced a massive, crippling lawsuit from James Hetfield, allowing millions of players to legally blast stolen riffs while aggressively shotgunning their way through the pixelated shores of hell
