Ozzy Osbourne and Megadeth team with DC for international Dark Nights: Death Metal – Band Edition

By Michael Doran
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13 countries will receive the comic book - music mash-up Dark Nights: Death Metal – Band Edition in 2021

Dark Nights: Death Metal – Band Edition
(Image credit: DC)

DC announced a collaboration with seven metal music bands including Ozzy Osborne and Megadeth for Dark Nights: Death Metal: Band Edition.

The special edition of the 2020 limited series by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo will be released internationally in 2021.

"Representing a cross-section of metal music from across genres and generations, each special edition will feature a variant cover spotlighting a different metal band, an introduction from the band, and exclusive interview," DC's announcement reads. 

The lineup, followed by the covers includes:

  • Issue #1: Featured band: Megadeth                           
    Cover artist: Juanjo Guarnido
  • Issue #2: Featured band: Ghost
    Cover artist: Werther Dell’ Edera
  • Issue #3: Featured band: Lacuna Coil
    Cover artist: Timpano / Antonio Fuso
  • Issue #4: Featured band: Opeth
    Cover artist: Mathieu Lauffray
  • Issue #5: Featured band: Sepultura
    Cover artist: Albuquerque / Pedro Mauro
  • Issue #6: Featured band: Dream Theater
    Cover artist: Santi Casas
  • Issue #7: Featured band: Ozzy Osbourne
    Cover artist: Marco Mastrazzo
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Dark Nights: Death Metal – Band Edition
(Image credit: DC)

According to DC, the international edition of the seven-issue Death Metal will launch in 13 countries in March and rollout throughout 2021.

The Band Edition will be published in eight countries as single issues - France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Turkey.

A Collectors' Omnibus Edition featuring additional bonus content will be published in five countries - Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Korea, and Japan.

DC's international publishing partners from each participating country will announce their respective release dates soon.

Dark Nights: Death Metal is the sequel to 2017-18's series Dark Nights: Metal that introduced the Dark Multiverse and the breakout villain The Batman Who Laughs to the DCU.

"When the Earth is enveloped by the Dark Multiverse, the Justice League is at the mercy of the Batman Who Laughs," reads DC's description of Death Metal. "Humanity struggles to survive in a hellish landscape twisted beyond recognition, while Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman, who have all been separated, fight to survive."

DC did not announce whether the Dark Nights: Death Metal: Band Edition will be available in North America and the U.K. 

Dark Nights: Death Metal has newly made Newsarama’s list of the most impactful DC events of all time.

Michael Doran

I'm not just the Newsarama founder and editor-in-chief, I'm also a reader. And that reference is just a little bit older than the beginning of my Newsarama journey. I founded what would become the comic book news site in 1996, and except for a brief sojourn at Marvel Comics as its marketing and communications manager in 2003, I've been writing about new comic book titles, creative changes, and occasionally offering my perspective on important industry events and developments for the 25 years since. Despite many changes to Newsarama, my passion for the medium of comic books and the characters makes the last quarter-century (it's crazy to see that in writing) time spent doing what I love most.