All board the hype train for the comeback of Pentakill this September.
A Pentakill virtual concert will be broadcast live at 3 p.m. CT on September 8, before the release of Lost Chapter, Riot Games stated in their newest tweet.
Riot is working along with the Wave and The Mill brands to aid produce the virtual album experience in the event. The concert can be watched online on Wave’s platform, wave.watch.
“We’re excited to continue to push the envelope in music and storytelling with Pentakill,” said Toa Dunn, head of Riot Games Music. “With our partners at Wave, The Mill, and We Are Royale, we have set out to showcase what the future of virtual entertainment experiences can be.”
Last year, Pentakill played live on the LCS Mid-Season Showdown Grand Finals. There was a real band at the event, but the new virtual experience revolves around the band’s in-game Champions.
In 2011, when five in-play skins were introduced for a number of the game’s champions: Sonia, Kayle, Olaf, Karthus, Mordekaiser, and Yorick, Pentakill first was added to the League of Legends. Since then, the League’s early skins of this band have been not updated, despite two albums released by the band since their skins were initially launched.
However, with the introduction of the Lost Chapter, substantial graphic upgrades will be made available to the Pentakill members in the game. Furthermore, Riot said that, when the skin line update is published later this month, Viego, a new League champion introduced earlier this year, will also join the virtual band.
According to Riot Games Music, Lost Chapter is a concept alBum that will cross a spectrum of metal subgenres behind Pentakill’s search for new sonic worlds. Immediately after the end of the virtual concert experience on September 8, the album will be available to stream platforms.