You won’t have to wait until Rocktober 13th to get your hands on Tim Schafer’s Heavy Metal action game Brütal Legend. EA and Double Fine have announced that a playable demo will bust gamers’ guts and melt gamers’ faces next month. The demo will be made available beginning September 17th, and if you pre-order at a participating retailer you can gain exclusive early access to the demo a week in advance of everyone else — I can’t seem to find info clarifying whether the Sept. 17th date is the early access date or the public release date though.

Either way, here’s a description of what’ll be featured in the demo:

In the demo, players get a preview of the game’s non-stop hack n’ slash action and mayhem. The demo opens as Eddie awakes in the age of metal where he must quickly learn how to use the powerful ancient axe, ‘The Separator’ and electrifying guitar ‘Clementine’ to unleash combo moves that destroy the demons of darkness. As he comes face-to-face with zipper-faced nuns and devilish druids, Eddie encounters the beautiful and tough-as-nails Ophelia, an ally and would-be love interest. Together, Eddie and Ophelia use double team attacks for more powerful combo moves to defeat the rock demons that are after them. Luckily, they are bestowed with a super-charged, druid-destroying vehicle, ‘The Deuce’ that can be upgraded with weapons and armor throughout the game. From the bowels of the druid dungeon to the tops of corpse mountains, the Brütal Legend demo is just the beginning of an epic journey.

Oh, and one last thing before signing off. The Brütal Legend website has also been freshly updated with a Q&A blog about the game’s multiplayer mode. Give it a read here. Rock on!

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Tim Schafer’s epic, Jack Black-starring metal action game Brütal Legend just got even more epic. EA and Schafer’s Double Fine Productions have confirmed the game’s final soundtrack today, a soundtrack that features over 100 hard-rockin’ songs from 75 bands and took years to compile.

”This soundtrack took years to put together as we wanted to represent every genre of Metal, and also have the perfect music for every epic moment in the game,” said Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. “It’s designed to be loved by Metal fans, and for those who are not, it will either convert them or make their heads explode… or both.”

“It would be a grave disservice to merely use the term ‘Ultimate Heavy Metal Soundtrack’ here,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing for Electronics Arts. “Instead, what we’ve unleashed is without question the most mind-blasting, face-melting, skull-shattering alliance of Classic Metal, Thrash Metal, New Wave, British Metal, Black Metal, Power Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal, Hair Metal, Goth Metal and Industrial Metal ever decreed by The Gods Of Metal. Its very existence will condemn your soul to eternal brütal damnation. Yes, it’s that good!”

Without further ado, here is your complete Brütal Legend soundtrack, metal heads!

3 Inches of Blood – Deadly Sinners
3 Inches of Blood – Destroy The Orcs
Accept – Fast As A Shark
Angel Witch – Angel Witch
Anthrax – Metal Thrashing Mad
Anvil – March of the Crabs
Anvil – Tag Team
Apostasy – Sulphur Injection
Bishop of Hexen – A Serpentine Grave
Bishop of Hexen – The Somber Grounds of Truth
Black Sabbath – Children of the Grave
Black Sabbath – Symptom of the Universe
Black Sabbath – Never Say Die
Brocas Helm – Cry of the Banshee
Brocas Helm – Drink the Blood of the Priest
Budgie – Breadfan
Budgie – Zoom Club
Candlemass – Witches
Carcass – No Love Lost
Cloven Hoof Nightstalker
Children of Bodom – Angels Don’t Kill
Coroner – Skeleton on your Shoulder
Cradle of Filth – Her Ghost in the Fog
Crimson Glory – Queen of the Masquerade
Dark Fortress – Insomnia
Dark Tranquility – Cathode Ray Sunshine
Deathstars – Blitzkrieg
Def Leppard – Rock of Ages
Dethklok – Mermaider
Diamond Head – Am I Evil?
Dimmu Borgir – Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
Dokken – Mr. Scary
Dragonforce – Through the Fire and Flames
Emperor – Thus Spake The Nightspirit
Enslaved – Frost
Enslaved – Loke
Firehouse – Overnight Sensation
Girlschool – Bomber
Iced Earth – When the Night Falls
Iced Earth – Pure Evil
In Flames – Goliaths Disarm Their Davids
Judas Priest – Battle Hymn
Judas Priest – The Hellion/Electric Eye
Judas Priest – Leather Rebel
Judas Priest – One Shot At Glory
Judas Priest – Painkiller
Kabbage Boy – Girlfriend
KMFDM – Free Your Hate
KMFDM – Rip The System
King Diamond – Cremation
King Diamond – Welcome Home
Kiss – God of Thunder
Lita Ford – Betrayal
Marilyn Manson – Beautiful People
Manowar – Die For Metal
Manowar – The Dawn Of Battle
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Mastodon – Oblivion Instrumental
Megadeath – High Speed Dirt
Megadeath – Tornado of Souls
Metal Church – Metal Church
Michael Schenker – Group Assault Attack
Ministry – Stigmata
Ministry – Thieves
Mirrorthrone – So Frail
Motley Crue – Dr. Feelgood
Motley Crue – Kickstart My Heart
Motley Crue – Live Wire
Motorhead – Back at the Funny Farm
Motorhead – In the Black
Motorhead – Marching Off to War
Motorhead – We Are the Road Crew
Nitro – Machine Gun Eddie
Omen – The Axeman
Ostrogoth – Queen of Desire
Overkill – World of Hurt
Ozzy Osbourne – Believer
Ozzy Osbourne – Mr. Crowley
Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman
Prong – Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
Quiet Riot – The Wild and the Young
Racer X – Technical Difficulties
Racer X – Y.R.O.
Ratt – Lay It Down
Riot – Road Racin
Riot – Narita
Riot – Swords and Tequila
Rob Zombie – Superbeast
Rotting Christ – Ad Notics
Running Wild – Riding the Storm
Sanctuary – Battle Angels
Savatage – Hall of the Mountain King
Saxon – Wheels of Steel
Scorpions – Blackout
Scorpions – Holiday
Skeletonwitch – Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery
Skid Row – Youth Gone Wild
Slayer – Metal Storm/Face The Slayer
Slough Feg – Warriors Dawn
Static-X – Love Dump
Tenacious D – Master Exploder
Tenacious D – The Metal
Testament – For The Glory Of
Testament – More Than Meets The Eye
Tvangeste – Birth of the Hero
UFO – Rock Bottom
Whitesnake – Still of the Night
Wrath of Killenstein – Ignisis Dance