A brand new soundtrack trailer for Devil May Cry 5 has been taken down – and the music could not be included within the game – because of allegations towards the lead singer of the band offering its music. In November, Suicide Silence frontman Eddie Hermida issued an apology after reviews of sexual misconduct.
The video, which Capcom launched immediately forward of the Tokyo Game Show, pertains to collection character Dante, and revealed his principal battle theme for the upcoming game, a observe referred to as ‘Subhuman’, carried out by the heavy steel band. In the wake of the video’s launch, allegations from November, through which Hermida was accused of “emotional and sexual” manipulation of an underage lady, have resurfaced.
According to Loudwire (through GameInformer) Hermida issued an apology through Facebook after an announcement from a 17-year previous fan was posted to Twitter. Her tweets have since been deleted, however the assertion says that Hermida despatched “sexually suggestive,” and “unsolicited” bare photographs of himself, and “manipulated” her into sending nude photographs of herself. Hermida issued his apology a number of days after the preliminary allegations, and states that he “believed” the lady to be 18 – the authorized age of consent within the USA – throughout their correspondence.
After the allegations had been found, a number of DMC followers started tweeting at Capcom representatives to take motion over the theme. At time of writing, there was no official assertion from Capcom, however the soundtrack video has been pulled from YouTube. An altered model of the Gamescom trailer was uploaded, however now appears to have been taken down. Since then, nevertheless, the brand new trailer from the Tokyo Games Show has been posted to the official Devil May Cry YouTube channel, that includes ‘Subhuman’ as a backing observe.
The Devil May Cry 5 release date is March 8, 2019. We reached out to Capcom for additional data relating to this story. A Capcom consultant advised us that “the music was recorded for the game before the incident came to light and we were unaware of the incident until now. However, as we are now aware of the current situation, Capcom has decided that moving forward, we will not further highlight the Dante battle theme for promotional purposes at this time. We are also currently evaluating what options are possible for the full game at this point, which is dependent on various factors such as resources.”
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