LAST CHANCE TO REASON READY LEVEL 2 VIDEO GAME, ALBUM

Progressive metal sextet Last Chance to Reason — who we’ve been extremely excited about ever since they opened our 2010 CMJ showcase — have finally set a release date of April 12th for their upcoming Prosthetic Records debut album, Level 2. Heavy Blog is Heavy shares in our excitement, and with good reason. If the above album cover and the fact that Level 2 will be packaged with a video game don’t get you excited, you are not nearly nerdy enough to be reading this site, so kindly go back to lifting weights, hanging out at the Peach Pit or whatever the cool kids do these days.

Yes, the album will come with a video game. Heavy Blog describes it as “Metroid-esque,” which I assume means it’s some kind of adventure game with a large world in which you can roam freely and you’ve got to pull off a series of achievements in the right order, each granting you some kind of special access or item required for the next. I’m sure this news will thrill Sergeant D too, though I doubt he’ll get down with Last Chance to Reason’s serious case of progitis.

Two songs from Level 2 are already posted on LCTR’s MySpace page; watch a boner-inducing trailer for the video game after the jump. Apparently a big part of the game involves shooting through walls! [Update: Apparently it’s footage from Portal. Do’h! -Ed.]

-VN