Publisher Astrolabe Games and developer Yellow Lab Games announced a new action roguelite where you defeat evil with metal music and drumsticks!

Metavoidal tells a story of a drummer who has failed his audition to join a metal band. Somehow, the drummer realizes his senses and discovers that everything has been controlled and corrupted by this evil metal band. To end the “disgusting cursed”, players will have to defeat the band members and overcome countless rabid fans such as zombies, slimes, tentacle monsters and more that terrorize the town.

In terms of gameplay, every stage will have a music record hidden, that acts as a treasure and a key. After placing it on the record player at the end of the level, players will be able to absorb the musical powers it contains, bestowed from the dark trinity. The powers will then be imbued on the drumsticks and players will be given the option to choose which magical ability they would like to unlock: oil or fire? Lightening or holy light? The choice is yours to make!

With each accumulated record, these powers are gathered and called a “battle playlist”, your playlist will greatly enhance your abilities and skills as a drummer and escape from corrupted catacombs, deserted graveyards and sinister churches. Aside from escaping, you must battle these evil band members who have their own unique and over-the-top fighting styles and abilities. This is the ultimate duel showdown in which you have to defeat the vocalist, the keyboardist, the guitarist and the bassist in order to gain freedom from the curse.

Moreover, players can power up by collecting guitar picks throughout the levels. The guitar picks can be used inside a trade shop in upgrading certain abilities and passive skills to their fullest potential such as carrying more drumsticks, faster running speed, and many more.

Metavoidal will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam sometime in 2023. The game is confirmed to be published on unspecified consoles and PC around 2024.

Stay tuned on Kakuchopurei for more Metavoidal updates. In the meantime, check out this badass rocking gameplay trailer.