To celebrate the launch of the game today, you can check out the launch trailer, which was released last week.

Soul Covenant, the VR narrative action JRPG, is developed by Thirdverse, the team that worked on Soul Sacrifice, and it features a beautiful score by Yasunori Mitsuda from Procyon Studio. His music is captivating, and fans of his work are no strangers to his melodic tracks with credits including Chrono Trigger and the Xenoblade series.

In the VR game, your task is to save what’s left of Tokyo, which is humanity’s last defense against the killer AI army, “Deus Ex Machina.” As part of the “Reincarnation Project,” warriors have memories of past heroes as they fight for humanity and the future of Tokyo. The gameplay features hack-and-slash combat, and the death and rebirth mechanics have you wielding weapons made from the body parts of previous warriors. Imagine wielding a sword that’s made of the ribs and spinal cord of a deceased warrior. You’ll be able to play with up to 4 players in cooperative multiplayer.

The game switches back and forth between action and a narrative story, so be prepared to be taken out of the combat arena to view the story mode, and on and on.

Soul Covenant is available for $39.99 on Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 2, and $49.99 on PSVR2 and PCVR platforms via Steam and Oculus.

Soul Covenant Original Soundtrack

If you want to listen to the music, the original soundtrack will be available for download and subscription streaming on April 19, 2024, including Spotify, YouTube Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, Mora, RecoChoku, and Animelo Mix.

The soundtrack features a blend of orchestral and choral arrangements to capture the dark and sad world of Soul Covenant. Synthesizers were added to elevate the futuristic setting. Yasunori Mitsuda brought vocalist and lyricist Lasah (written as lasah) on board to enhance the soundtrack with a unique voice.

Here’s the full tracklist:

1. SOUL COVENANT
2. Marching Towards Death
3. Traces of the Life I Held
4. Affection in the Mechanism
5. Gratitude for the Deaths That Give Us Life
6. EVE
7. Guardians of the Ark
8. Circle of War
9. Nexus Pulsing
10. Deus Ex Machina
11. Baton of Hope
12. Meta Code of the Gods
13. Fallen Bones of the Avatars
14. Let My Tears of Blood Flow
15. Sonata of the Hollow God
16. Honored Sacrifice
17. May the Fallen Lead Us
18. Beacon of Rebellion
19. Telling of Death
20. Anthem of the Void
21. Of Death, Triumphant
22. Where Everything Becomes One
23. Seize Death by the Reins
24. Requiem for the Mechanism
25. Where the Souls Will Meet Again

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The concert has a running time of 26 minutes and features the Avenged Sevenfold’s classic hits like “Hail to the King” and “Nightmare” and new favorites from the latest “Life is But a Dream…” album including “Nobody,” “Death,” and “Mattel.”

The technology that AmazeVR utilizes gives fans an intimate look as they can see Avenged Sevenfold performing via highly detailed live artist footage, VR and creepy visual effects and backgrounds. It’s a 180-degree experience where you can focus your attention on different members as if they’re performing a personal concert right in front of you.

“We’re giving Avenged Sevenfold fans a perfect moment frozen in time,” said Steve Lee, AmazeVR CEO and Co-Founder. “Our technology allows app goers to preserve and experience the highest quality and detailed performance over and over again. We knew that Avenged Sevenfold was the perfect choice to debut our rock genre, they are constantly challenging the norm, experimenting with new technology, all to prioritize connecting with their fans.”

The VR camera is placed close to the band members, so you can move your head around to focus on M. Shadows’ face as he sings, the drums sets of Brooks Wackerman, and the different guitars from Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance and Johnny Christ.

The VR space is an exciting time with the release of the Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro, and Avenged Sevenfold is looking forward to using the technology again. As for what’s the next big technology, the band is still wrapping their heads around it.

“There’s a wall where my brain can’t comprehend what’s next at all,” said M. Shadows during the Q&A session of the launch event. “I know that all these things are taking something that we can already do and making them enhanced, but what are the things that we can’t do now? Is it to your own personal soundtrack? Is it AI music? With VR, I feel like I’m a human stuck in 2024 and I just can’t possibly take that next leap of what it is, so we will be happy taking the first little step that maybe creates a ripple to get to that next thing.”

At the launch event, the band invited 20 lucky fans from the Deathbats Club to get their first hands-on experience with the VR concert before everyone else. The club is a next-generation fan club and community built around Avenged Sevenfold with goodies including early ticket access, skip-the-line perks, exclusive merch, IP rights, meet n’ greet raffles, private events attended by the band and more.

Check out the video below and see M. Shadows surprising and interacting with fans as they experience the new VR concert.

Avenged Sevenfold is bringing their AmazeVR concert on the road during the “Life is But a Dream…” North American Tour concert via their VIP packages. Starting on March 6th, fans will get the chance to immerse themselves in the music with the performance of “Mattel” inside the VIP lounge.

This marks AmazeVR’s first time collaborating with a band and bringing the rock genre into its app. Avenged Sevenfold’s “Looking Inside” is now available on Apple Vision Pro and Meta App Lab. Other artists in the AmazeVR Concerts app include T-Pain, Megan Thee Stallion, Zara Larsson and UPSAHL.

One song is available for free per artist, and you can get the entire concert for the exclusive launch price of $12.99.

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