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Game Review

This game is a death metal slot, and it’s based around a rather unknown band. This is a branded slot, and perhaps they’re on a tight budget since they’ve picked such an obscure band to build their latest video slot around.

Anyway, it all plays out on 5 reels, 3 rows and 30 paylines, and you can place bets up to £90 per spin across all devices. The base game offers a Wild Mask feature that can turn the lead singer symbols into wilds, but the main attraction is the Free Spins and the Hell Spins feature, which are sort of intertwined.

You can only trigger the Hell Spins within the free spins feature, and when you do, you’ll benefit from a fixed multiplier. The free spins feature has a random multiplier for each spin up to 8x, but the Hell Spins feature will grant you the multiplier you had on the spin that triggered it. It’s also possible to double the multiplier, and the max in is capped at 2,500x for this game.

What symbols are there?

This game comes the lead singer as the highest value regular symbol, only beaten by a masked wild symbol that pays a bit more. You also find the regular royal symbols here, and these are as usual of low value. You need between 3 to 5 matching symbols on a payline to win, and here is the paytable for this slot:

• Wild Mask - Pays 16.66x for 5 on a payline
• Vocalist Dave Hill - Pays 10x for 5 on a payline
• Golden Cross - Pays 8.33x for 5 on a payline
• Gargoyle - Pays 6.66x for 5 on a payline
• Masked demon robot - Pays 4.16x for 5 on a payline
• Lady statue - Pays 3.33x for 5 on a payline
• Card suit symbols - Pays 1.66x for 5 on a payline

What are the bonus features?

The main game comes with only one bonus feature, which might be a bit disappointing to some. However, there is plenty of action in the free spins and hell spins features to look forward to. The Wild Mask symbol can only land on the middle reel, and when it does all instances of the lead singer symbol will also turn into wild symbols. This can land you some decent payouts with a bit of luck.

Free spins

The free spins feature is triggered when a wild amulet symbol lands on the first and last reel on the same spin, together with a wild mask symbol on the middle reel. This gives you 11 free spins if the wild mask lands dead center on the middle reel. However, you will only get 6 spins if the wild mask lands on the bottom or top reel positions of the middle reel.

You will also benefit from a random multiplier during the free spins feature, and this multiplier will vary for every spin. It can be 2x, 3x, 5x or 8x, and it’s always exciting to see how much the next multiplier will be and how much you pocket on every spin.

You can also trigger something called Hell Spins on this slot, and this happens when you land wild amulets on the first and the last reel during the free spins feature. You will get a random number of Hell Spins between 4 and 8 (or between 6 to 10 spins if the wild mask also lands on the middle reel). The multiplier will be whatever it was on the spin that triggered the feature. With a bit of luck you will lock in on an 8x multiplier, which can really land you massive wins here.

If you now land the wild mask on the middle position on the middle reel, the multiplier will be doubled for the rest of your spins. This means you can benefit from a multiplier as high as 16 times your stake, and this is how you can win the game’s max win which we shall talk about below.

What is the jackpot (max win)?

This slot does not come with any kind of jackpot, and the developers has decided to cap the max win at 2,500 times your stake. The real max win with a 16x multiplier would have been 8,000 times your stake, but for some reason they capped it. This is still a decent potential, even for a highly volatile game.

Where can I play?

You can play for real money at one of the listed casinos.

Don’t want to play for real money? No problem, you can easily play the demo for free here.

You can certainly also play on your mobile and tablet, and this is a great hard rock slot to show off to friends at the local pub. You have total freedom to play on the go, all you need is your iPhone, iPad or Android device with you.

Verdict

This game is based around a rather obscure band that’s mostly known in the UK. The music is on the dark side, and this is more death metal than heavy metal. We are a bit disappointed that the developers decided to cap the max win at 2,500x, instead of allowing it organically to be at 8,000x. The game scores 10 of 10 on their scale for volatility, and with such risk you also need a high reward to justify it.