In anticipation of the release of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, Atlus has teamed up with heavy metal band Slipknot in one of the most unusual and ingenious collaborations we’ve ever seen.
In a new promotional video, make-up and creature FX artist Jim Ojala — who has been creating and working on masks for Slipknot for over five years — shows us the extremely detailed process of creating the masks. The difference is th at instead of making masks for a band from Iowa, he’s making masks based on the demons you’ll encounter in SMTV: Vengeance.
The three masks are based on Daemon, a devilish looking creature, Gurulu, a bone-like raptor demon, and Loup-Garou, a werewolf. Ojala talks about the materials used for each mask, as well as the attention to detail. We are caught and want to try to do something ourselves.
Honestly, the only thing missing from the video is a nice little mask presentation at the end. We wish someone from the band could come and wear some of them — maybe we’ll see them at one of their shows in the future?
Atlus seems to be going all-in on a hard rock and heavy metal collaboration for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. Atlus will have gaming booths available at Download Festival in the UK on the weekend of June 14-16, which is right after the game’s launch. So you can rock out to live music and to a soundtrack by Ryota Kozuka and Toshiki Konishi.