Holy holy! Brütal Legend! Can you wait for this game? I can’t wait for this game!

Brütal Legend, the next game to escape the mind of Tim Schafer (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango) and the talents of development studio Double Fine (Psychonauts), features a journey to a time before time, as the game’s protagonist, a heavy metal band roadie called Eddie Riggs, finds himself cast back to a land of brutal war… and heavy metal.

So far, Brütal Legend is looking to be an open-world brawler, allowing you to gain the help of different factions and lead them into battle against opposing groups, all the while wielding an axe and a guitar capable of melting the faces of enemies. Awesome!

Brütal Legend is releasing later this year on PS3 and Xbox 360, courtesy of Double Fine and publishers EA Partners. In the meantime, you can watch the first trailer shown for the game, or continue checking out the rest of the screenshots and art below: