Final night time, the gaming business obtained collectively to have fun 2023’s finest video games and look ahead to subsequent 12 months’s hotness, with greater than 1,000,000 folks streaming the present everywhere in the world. It’s an annual, momentous occasion with a number of eyeballs. Which ended up being tremendous helpful to experimental folks act Heilung, who carried out reside forward of the brand new trailer for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.

Solid underneath a pink hue as thundering drums pounded a relentless rhythm amidst lit torches, the band obtained about three uninterrupted minutes to indicate what they’re fabricated from. It’s a hanging efficiency that positively obtained folks speaking, particularly when you think about the remainder of the present is filled with high-tech bombast and flashy visuals.

For people who don’t know, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is the sequel to Ninja Principle’s critically acclaimed Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. Set in a world impressed by Norse mythology and Celtic tradition, the sport follows Senua as she tries to save lots of the soul of her liked one. But the extra she dies, she begins to rot from the darkness that consumes her. It offers rather a lot with psychosis, utilizing sounds and voices within the character’s head to convey what the character’s going via.

I’m doing a piss poor job of explaining the sport, actually, nevertheless it’s one thing that it is best to positively take a look at if you happen to’re . The sequel appears to be like completely gorgeous and makes me want it wasn’t an Xbox unique.

Nonetheless, it’s superior that Heilung’s music wasn’t relegated to a trailer prefer it was final 12 months. Given the ritualistic and extremely visible nature of the band, it’s fairly rattling cool to assume that there’s a world of players on the market that obtained to see such a hanging efficiency first-hand.

As of proper now, Heilung solely has a couple of reside dates scheduled, with their subsequent “ritual” set for this Monday in Los Angeles. The band additionally has a couple of European competition dates deliberate for subsequent summer season.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is ready to launch someday subsequent 12 months for Xbox and PC.