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Eternal Descent: Heavy Metal Heroes

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: PLA Studios
Release Date: 2014

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'Eternal Descent: Heavy Metal Heroes' Details Celebrity Assistance - Screens

by Rainier on July 3, 2013 @ 9:06 a.m. PDT

Eternal Descent: Heavy Metal Heroes is an action-packed 3D scrolling endless brawler. Carve a path through hordes of daemonic minions and fight your way to Hell – all to a killer soundtrack.

Set in a fantasy universe where lost souls lurk in every shadow and darkness veils sinister designs, heavy metal could be the key to salvation... or the gateway to destruction!

In addition to a cast of original characters, Eternal Descent: Heavy Metal Heroes will feature appearances and original performances from Joe Satriani, Arch Enemy, Wayne Static, Periphery, Andrew W.K., and many more rock/metal music acts appearing through regular updates. Numerous real-world instrument brands such as ESP, Jackson and Dean Guitars have endorsed Eternal Descent: Heavy Metal Heroes, allowing the game to accurately portray cameo musicians with their signature instruments for real shred guitar action!


Joe Satriani, Andrew W.K. and Misha Mansoor of Periphery will appear as heroic assists within the game, activated by unique power-up tokens appearing on screen. Following a signature entrance animation, each of the heavy metal heroes joins in with the daemon-bashing frenzy for a limited time, with each monster they take down adding to the player’s score tally.

Joe Satriani –  the extremist himself! Descending from the cosmos to bring harmony to dissonance and restore your energy with strange and beautiful music.

  • Event - teleports into view with cosmic flair; heals the player character whilst charging up to teleport out; resulting in a huge cosmic flash and are of effect attack that neutralizes all enemies on screen.
  • Contributed original lead guitar recordings and referenced his iconic ‘Surfing With The Alien’ solo for the in-game theme.
  • Reprising his role from the Eternal Descent comics (Vol.2 #3)

Andrew W.K. unleashes the power of positive partying with a flurry of head bangs, high kicks and guitar spins - culminating in a devastating pizza party onslaught!

  • Event - Leaps into the action; does Tasmanian Devil-style spinning attack to take out ground enemies; does high jump into the air and lands with an explosive pizza bomb finale.
  • Contributed original voice acting; collaborated with Llexi Leon on his party theme; provided detailed schematics of his custom ESP pizza guitar which has been recreated in-game.

Misha Mansoor jetpacks into the action to offer some much needed air support, charging up his laser powered Jackson guitar to over 9,000!

  • Event - flies on-screen with jetpack; hovers alongside player character and charges up massive laser blast which takes out all flying enemies every few seconds; exits via jetpack.
  • Contributed original signature guitars, custom in-game theme and voice acting.
  • Reprising his role from the Eternal Descent comics (Vol.2 #4)
  • In-game appearance, phrases and abilities pay tribute to existing video game, anime and Internet memes. 

Eternal Descent: Heavy Metal Heroes will be available in July on iTunes for £1.99, with a series of updates and expansions planned throughout the year. Android, PC and home console versions of Eternal Descent: Heavy Metal Heroes are planned throughout 2014.


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