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Terraria Infernum Mod Music – “Catastrophic Fabrications” – Theme of The Exo Mechs



SoundCloud link: https://soundcloud.com/possessedbypinkiepie/catastrophic-fabrications
BPM: 204, chosen specifically to almost match the tempo of “It Has To Be This Way”, which is 205.
Keys: A Minor, C Minor, E Minor

*What is Infernum mod?*
Infernum mod is an extension mod for Calamity that adds an extra difficulty – “Infernum”, that’s harder than Death mode, with a primary focus on expansive reworking of boss AIs.

I’m sure y’all have many questions regarding this track, and I bet the main one is “Why did you make this? CDMusic aka Charlie is already making the official theme!”. For that, allow me to tell you the story behind this track, and why it means so much to me.

It all began back in march, on a day where I was feeling particularly motivated. At the time, I was really obsessed with draedon’s motif, and I really wanted to do something with it. So, after asking the calamity dev team to make sure that it’s okay, I began working on my own version of the exo mechs theme, intending for it to be an alternate exo mechs theme in infernum mod.

No other calamity bosses will get this treatment in the future, so don’t ask for them.

At the time, I decided to keep this project a secret from the infernum team, intending to surprise them by posting the completed work once it’s done. Was it silly, and perhaps immature? Yeah, it was. But I just couldn’t help myself, ya know?

I then poured my heart and soul into it for the next few days, really sure that this one will truly be my magnum opus aka best work of the year. For a while, it was my pride and joy. Unfortunately, after I managed to reach the 2 minutes mark with the track… awful stuff happened.

I won’t go into details, but basically, my self-confidence took a massive dive. Same with my mental stability, to a lesser extent. It was so bad that I essentially lost all my passion for the track, as my insecurities started to set in. Suddenly, the prospect of people comparing my piece and Charlie’s official one, and potentially mocking mine for being “worse” became really dreadful. Paranoid thoughts of people accusing me of trying to “one up Charlie” or “steal his spotlight” didn’t help matters.

So, with a heavy heart, I abandoned the project and left it to collect dust. The next few miserable months flew by, and I had started to resign myself to the fact that I’ll have to move on from it eventually. But a while ago, as I was sifting through at my unfinished projects, I stumbled upon it again. Thinking “why not?”, I decided to post the WIP track for the infernum team to check out, not expecting much.

To my surprise, they really like it. They then encouraged me to finish it, as they’d love for the track to be officially implemented into infernum mod. So with some hesitation, I decided to give the track a try one last time. It was then that, as I was tweaking a few things about it and listening to it on repeat, I realized that my passion for the track was back and stronger than ever. Suddenly, all those insecurities and fears I had about the track during my rough patch didn’t seem so bad anymore.

Mind made up, the day after that I was hell bent on completing the track, and went straight to doing so after lunch. I even got a bit emotional at some points, especially as I re-listened to the climax of the track over and over again to make sure that it’s as great as I wanted it to be.

An over 5 hours marathon of a composing session later, and there’s breaks don’t worry, it was ready to go!

… Yes, I know that when the official exo mechs theme comes out, most people will likely flock to that and leave this piece of mine behind. I’d be lying if I said that the thought doesn’t make me a bit sad. But that’s alright, because when the time comes, I’ll learn to accept it eventually. Sides, Charlie deserves all those views for his hardwork!

That and… my best friend Dominic, the owner of infernum mod loves the track to bits, and I’m sure there’ll be at least be some others who do too. And that was all the encouragement I needed to post this.

Treat this track as just something to listen to while waiting for the official theme if you want, heh.
There’ll be a toggle to swap between the themes once the official theme is out too, so don’t cha worry.

Anywho, thank you SO much for all the support y’all have been giving me! It means a ton to me 😀
Now, have a good day everyone! See y’all next time! ^w^

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47 Comments

  1. PinpinNeon on

    I'm sure y'all have many questions regarding this track, and I bet the main one is "Why did you make this? CDMusic (Charlie) is already making the official theme!". For that, allow me to tell you the story behind this track, and why it means so much to me.

    It all began back in march, on a day where I was feeling particularly motivated. At the time, I was really obsessed with draedon's motif (still am, now, just a bit less), and I really wanted to do something with it. So, after asking the calamity dev team to make sure that it's okay, I began working on my own version of the exo mechs theme, intending for it to be an alternate exo mechs theme in infernum mod (no other calamity bosses will get this treatment, so don't ask). At the time, I decided to keep this project a secret from the infernum team, intending to surprise them by posting the completed work once it's done. Was it silly, and perhaps immature? Yeah, it was. But I just couldn't help myself, ya know?

    I then poured my heart and soul into it for the next few days, really sure that this one will truly be my magnum opus (best work) of the year. For a while, it was my pride and joy. Unfortunately, after I managed to reach the 2 minutes mark with the track… awful stuff happened.

    I won't go into details, but basically, my self-confidence took a massive dive. Same with my mental stability, to a lesser extent. It was so bad that I essentially lost all my passion for the track, as my insecurities started to set in. Suddenly, the prospect of people comparing my piece and Charlie's official one, and potentially mocking mine for being "worse" became really dreadful. Paranoid thoughts of people accusing me of trying to "one up Charlie" or "steal his spotlight" didn't help matters.

    So, with a heavy heart, I abandoned the project and left it to collect dust. The next few miserable months flew by, and I had started to resign myself to the fact that I'll have to move on from it eventually. But a while ago, as I was sifting through at my unfinished projects, I stumbled upon it again. Thinking "why not?", I decided to post the WIP track for the infernum team to check out, not expecting much.

    To my surprise, they really like it. They then encouraged me to finish it, as they'd love for the track to be officially implemented into infernum mod. So with some hesitation, I decided to give the track a try one last time. It was then that, as I was tweaking a few things about it and listening to it on repeat, I realized that my passion for the track was back and stronger than ever. Suddenly, all those insecurities and fears I had about the track during my rough patch didn't seem so bad anymore.

    Mind made up, the day after that I was hell bent on completing the track, and went straight to doing so after lunch. I even got a bit emotional at some points, especially as I re-listened to the climax of the track over and over again to make sure that it's as great as I wanted it to be.

    An over 5 hours marathon of a composing session (with breaks, don't worry!) later, it was ready to go!

    … Yes, I know that when the official exo mechs theme comes out, most people will likely flock to that and leave this piece of mine behind. I'd be lying if I said that the thought doesn't make me a bit sad. But that's alright, because when the time comes, I'll learn to accept it eventually. Sides, Charlie deserves all those views for his hardwork!

    That and… my best friend Dominic, the owner of infernum mod loves the track to bits, and I'm sure there'll be at least be some others who do too. And that was all the encouragement I needed to post this.

    Treat this track as just something to listen to while waiting for the official theme if you want, heh.
    There'll be a toggle to swap between the themes once the official theme is out too, so don't cha worry.

    Anywho, thank you SO much for all the support y'all have been giving me! It means a ton to me <3
    Now, have a good day everyone! See y'all next time! ^w^

  2. Antares on

    Only recently discovered this track (planning to start my first calamity playthrough in the near future) and I have to say that this track fits the general theme of "Exo mech" pretty well. Also, this track doesn't get out of my head for the entire day now and I love it. Absolutely fantastic work, you should be proud of yourself!

  4. Dante Sparda on

    This is amazing. The climax where they all join together is like a mechanical war cry. For soulless machines, there’s a lot of soul in this theme.

  5. Jeree on

    Hey pinpin, I was wondering; since DM Dokuro's songs are basically royalty free and allowed free use as long as credit is given, will these songs ever get the same treatment?

  9. Hsocookie on

    Ares: Has numerous exo weapons, two giant seords, and the ability to make multiple giant laser beams around itself

    Apollo and Artemis: Two hunters who have incredible teamwork, each making up for the other's weakness, with a large amount of flames and miniture lasers.

    Thanatos: Think fast, chucklenuts! Flashbangs you

    10/10 track! It fits the feel of "Holy shit wtf is that a giant skeleton wtf why are 10 lasers coming out lf him HELP" while also being a bit controlled at the same time which fits Draedon watching it too!

  11. Veissc on

    The way I imagine them is Ares being heavy machine, dealing not that much of a damage, and not mobile, Thanatos being a lurker, dealing big damage, but having not much defence, and then there are these 2 mfs. Not saying that I hate them though. Artemis and Apollo are nice mechs, somewhat balanced. They stay in one place but can move, they don't deal much damage but one hit makes you get hit multiple times, and their defence is alright.

  24. Ramses Silva on

    I was scared of playing infernum for a while now, but two weeks ago I heard this theme and Supreme Witch's and I fell in love with both of them. I also started to play infernum and I just love the OST so freaking much! Thanks a lot to making this and I hope everything goes well for you and everyone else that's listening (⁠^⁠～⁠^⁠;⁠)⁠ゞ

  33. FR on

    this theme just grows on you man, at first i found it out of place and weird but the more and more i listened to it the more it grew on me and i can say its probably in my top 3 calamity themes if not my favourite. I know this is a place holder but i sure hope they never change it because i dont think anything can top this

  38. Максим Иванов on

    It is one of my most favorite osts and bosses, not because i beat them first try in revengance, but it is just a piece of art, calamity devs actually made this boss fights in right order, you start with eye,worm and skeletron, fight mechanical clones of them and exo enchanced in post-moonlord, this made me think that these 3 bosses will always be og bosses of terraria.
    And not only that, there is alot of reasons why i love these bosses, like attacks, they are familiar and not at the same time, designs and more, simply S+ tier bossfight

  40. Oodoos on

    I’m sure CDMusic’s rendition of the Exo Mechs theme is gonna be good.

    But this will always be my favourite theme in all of calamity.

  41. LunaGaming on

    i'm so glad i finally listened to the exo mechs theme… this track give me so much inspiration to go above and beyond to try making music again and other things i've wanted to do but didn't because of silly doubts and how difficult they are and will be. This is my absolute favorite theme from the calamity infernum mod and it just makes me so motivated listening to it.

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