# For The First Time, Doom And Its Composer Will Melt Faces In Real Life

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/for-the-first-time-doom-and-its-composer-will-melt-faces-in-real-life/
- Published: 2026-07-31T10:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-31T11:23:13+00:00
- Original publisher: GameSpot
- Original article: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/after-a-decade-of-waiting-mick-gordon-is-finally-performing-doom-live/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, Music, UK

## Key points

- Mick Gordon performed Doom music live at The Game Awards.
- The set featured “Rip & Tear” and guest musicians.
- Doom won awards for sound design and action.

## Summary

Composer Mick Gordon performed music from the 2016 reboot of Doom live at The Game Awards, bringing the game’s aggressive industrial-metal soundtrack to a concert-stage setting. The performance mattered because the soundtrack had become a defining and widely praised part of Doom’s successful return.

Gordon played “Rip & Tear” with drummer Matt Halpern of Periphery and musician Sonic Mayhem. Doom won Best Music/Sound Design at the awards, ahead of Battlefield 1, Rez Infinite, Inside and Thumper, and also received Best Action Game.

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