Comedy Star Jack Black is no stranger to cross pollinating the genres of comedy and heavy metal music. Whether it’s in his band Tenacious D, or his latest blockbuster movie. The most obvious example being 2006′s Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, where we discover Black’s love for heavy metal and his worship of former Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James Dio.
Black is continuing this trend by appearing in the video game Brutal Legend a comedic fantasy homage to the genre.
EA Games and Double Fine Productions will release Brütal Legend on October 13, starring Jack Black as the voice of Eddie Riggs, an experienced roadie who’s transported into the legendary “Age of Rock” to fight evil. The game is designed by Tim Schafer, who you might recall from the Monkey Island series, Grim Fandango, and Psychonauts.
Eddie recruits an army of headbangers, and fights to save the alternate world from demons. The main enemy is a glam rocker, called General Lionwhyte, whose shining, enormous hair allows him to fly. Tenacious D has teamed up with Gamestop to offer an in-game guitar to those who pre-order the game, check it out after the jump:
Jack Black participated in the song Old Joe Clark on father-in-law Charlie Haden’s Grammy nominated album Rambling Boy. You can listen to it on Haden’s Myspace page.
He told the Associated Press:
“I wasn’t sure what to expect because I haven’t recorded or really sung any old songs like that before, bluegrass style, but it came very naturally and I cranked it out in two takes. There was something in the music that I think struck a chord in my DNA. I think I’ve got some hillbilly in my roots.”
