Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Knights Rising

Publication date: June 26, 2018

My Thoughts:

This is a side story, a 1.5.1 in the Dark Nights: Metal saga of death and destruction across the multiverse. The beginning of this series says it best: 

Imagine if your every fear, each decision gave birth to a malformed world of nightmare. . .Welcome to the dark multiverse. Home to stories that should never be. . .

This opening explains the gist of these stories and I dare you to not have Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" playing in the background as you tear through these stories of destruction and mayhem. Batman has always been dark, now we know how dark. This is indeed heavy metal rock n roll in comic form. 

Description:

Seven nightmarish versions of Batman from seven dying alternate realities have been recruited by the dark god Barbatos to terrorize the World’s Greatest Heroes in our universe. They threaten life across the Multiverse, and the Justice League may be powerless to stop them! 

 We introduce you to:
The Batman Who Laughs: a lunatic driven mad by his world’s Joker. 
The Red Death: a thief who stole his reality’s Speed Force power.
The Drowned: a female, amphibious Batman. 
The Dawnbreaker: a twisted Green Lantern.
The Murder Machine: a deranged, deadly cyborg.
The Merciless: a warrior who wears the helmet of Ares.
The Devastator: a part-human, part-Doomsday monster. Featuring stories from Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Peter J. Tomasi, Grant Morrison, Joshua Williamson, Ethan Van Sciver, Philip Tan, Tyler Kirkham, Francis Manapul, Riley Rossmo, Tony S. Daniel, Howard Porter, Doug Mahnke and many more! Collects the seven Dark Nights: Batman tie-in one-shots and Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1. 

An advanced digital copy provided by Net Galley and the publisher for an honest review.