ALL ABOARD THIS SINNER TRAIN! We're back, while HIF will be on hiatus, this story and TMD will be fun to write. This story was both short and VERY fun to write. Of course I already written three chapters cause these are shorter than most of my stories so I could get it out more often.

I'll get into more about what this story is at the bottom, pretty short but I'm gonna post chapter two and three maybe like an hour after I post this. I don't own the artwork for the story and that's not what Adam looks like...kind of, the mask is relatively the same I'll get into description later but it was the only one with Sinner Adam rocking out. The art is by...Squishies on Tumblr.

Onto the story!

Chapter One: Hell is Metal Part One

(HIM)

Before the Age of Man, before the Rise of Hell, before the Garden of Eden…there was the Light. The Light created its realm and children: Angels. It was their King and protector, it viewed the empty realm below as a blank canvas, to be sculpted and made in ones image….but it was not alone.

The Beast of Metal.

It came from the dark below, flames bursting with every breath, roaring new stars to life as it soared through the night sky like a comet. Crashing onto a world of darkness, It's fiery breath gave light to the Dark, the creatures hiding given light. The Beast claimed this world its own, however, so did another long before the Metal Beast, challenging it. The Light would not take this challenge lightly, as the King of Heaven he raised his fiery blade to challenge the Metal Beast.

A great battle shook creation, with the Metal Beast roaring its final breath into a new star, lightning up this new world. The Light did not waste the creature's body, using it to create the new world as it did its own world. It was inspired by the Beast to create the Universe using the last of its metal to create strings along its last piece of hide: the Music of Creation. With every pull of string life was made: Sound, Life, Animals, but it was missing something. It's Angels joined the Light in creating music with their voices, but it was not enough. The Light was missing something, someone to join it.. From the Earth, from the Sea, the Wind, the Fire, and Dust.

The First of Man.

(HIM)

"FUCK!" A scream echoed across the wasteland, where monstrous beasts of Inferno roamed. Amidst this chaos, sitting at a cliff's edge with a fire before him, the First Man growled and snarled at the flames. Adam, forming Commander of the Exterminators and First Man of Earth could do nothing but glare at the flames. How long has it been? The last thing he remembered was fighting that stupid bitch and her twink father, losing that fight before being stabbed in his chest. He heard Lute call out his name before succumbing to his wounds. He had died, or so he thought when he woke up in some creepy ass temple.

Though death would've been a suitable preference compared to this….Hell, looking down at his own hand. Gone were the heavenly clothes he once wore, not in strange rags those fucken creeps put him in, and his skin forever grey. His body still kept his 'Dad bod' as he called it, belly popping out a bit as a red tail whipped behind him.

His eyes were now golden like his mask with similar horns poking out of his head, and wings black as the night. He was a Sinner through and through, and he was IN Hell, the same realm he went down to murder those losers before that bitch and her hotel got the better of him. Maybe if he had ALL of Heaven's army they could've easily won, and with…..him, they could have beaten Lucifer that bitch twink. Now, now he was in Hell, and no one knew nor did he know where he was.

"Lutey…..Sera…..Emily….Eve….Lilith….I promise I'll get back, and I'll fucking kill them all. YA HEAR ME PRINCESS! YOU AND EVERYONE IN THAT HOTEL IS FUCKED!" Adam roared to the sky, fingers laced with black flames for a single moment. If that Princess and her bitch friends thought this was over, they were dead WRONG. As the flames danced across his fingers, her grips his fists in rage, glaring at the crimson sky. This wasn't over, not by a long shot, he was fucking Adam. He will make them all pay.

EVERY.

SINGLE.

ONE.

(HIM)

Charlie walked out of her bedroom freshed up and clean, making her way into the living space of their brand new hotel, remodeled after the battle with Adam and his Exorcists. Everything had gotten back to relatively normal for her and the gang, albeit a few things changing as she waved up at the portrait of Sir Pentious. It has been almost a year since the battle to defend the Hazbin Hotel, and with the hotel remodeled to host even more sinners everything should be going their way.

Only they had to HAVE sinners for the hotel to work, with Adam dead and the Angels seemingly not returning for revenge it seemed everyone assumed the exterminations were over. It also made it more obvious when the Heavenly Embassy suddenly disappeared in a golden light, no doubt returning back to Heaven. Which was the go-ahead for Sinners to continue what they've been doing even more now without the fear of Angels. Why worry about E-Day when the Exorcists had been defeated? Now they can indulge in their Sin and enjoy Hell as if it was Paradise, no need for Redemption. So besides Angel Dust NO ONE had joined their hotel, and it didn't help that Angel was still under contract with that asshole Valentino no matter how much her father offered the Overlord. Speaking of her Father, he has tried to advertise her Hotel, but no matter how much he shows off, Sinners see no reason to join the hotel when they don't even know if it's possible.

So things were relatively normal, no more E-Day, not a single sinner joining their hotel so everyone kind of just did stuff around the Hotel. Her father was off in a meeting with her uncles and aunts at Pride Mansion, Vaggie was helping Nifty clean something, Angel was out in the city, and Husk was maintaining the bar. Hopefully her new idea will surely get traction among old and new sinners arriving more and more. Passing and waving at the portrait of Sir Pentious, she made her way down the stairs, skipping across the mainroom til she ran into Vaggie's arms, spinning her angelic girlfriend around.

"W-Woah~~~! What's got ya so happy today?" Vaggie asked, smiling up at Charlie.

"Because I can feel it, today is a new day~~~! A new idea to redeem sinners and bring attraction to our Hotel!" Charlie exclaimed in a sing-song voice.

"That's what you said last….shit, I've lost count." Husk mused, cleaning a glass with a frown on his lips. He fully supported the Princess, but he had to admit a year since E-Day and no success? It does put a damper on the mood and it doesn't help that with Alastor still alive, the one thing he actually wanted that First Man to kill, owning his soul to do whatever he pleased. So while he would love to seek redemption, he didn't think it was possible so long as his soul was bound to that Cannibal.

"Yes, dear Husker here has a point, now with our angelic friends no longer visiting. Sinners have no reason to partake in redemption now that they no longer have the threat of Heaven." Alastor said, appearing from the shadows. He for one was enjoying all of this, despite the defeat of the angels, Sinners still refused to join whether it was out of disrespect or just lack of care for the dear Princess.

"Yeah but I can feel it, and with E-Day no longer around we can continue our efforts in trying to redeem sinners." Charlie said with a beaming smile. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling today was gonna be another happy day in Hell. She was so happy that she could just sing…..fuck it, why not?! With a snap of her fingers, Razzle flew over with a mini piano, the lights going out with one spotlight over Charlie.

"I can do this~~~ I can feel it-!"

"Guys, you fucks won't believe what I just found!" Suddenly, Angel Dust slammed the door open with Cherri Bomb right behind him.

"Check this shit out, bitches!" Cherri exclaimed, gesturing to the poster in Angel's arms. Some of the residents looked at the flyer, the words 'FREE CONCERT HOSTED BY AWESOME ROCKSTAR!' with the location apparently being in some junkyard going by the location.

"A concert, really?" Vaggie asked with an eyeroll.

"A FREE concert, you know how rare that is in Hell?" Angel asked.

"Angel, you live here for free. Hell, Cherri comes around nowadays just to sleep for free." Vaggie reminded him, rolling her eye.

"Yeah, but out THERE, something free is a miracle in itself!" Cherri stated with a wide grin. To get something for 'free' usually involved stealing and not really offered like the Princess would in her Hotel, so for someone to just host a free concert was both awesome and confusing. Shit, she wasn't gonna complain.

"Hell, it's already the talk on Voxstagram." Angel said, holding up his phone to show several tweets and pics showing Sinners taking selfies with the flyer.

"Some fucks found where the concert, in some junkyard, though they weren't able to get in cause it guarded by some giant….demon tiger? Fuck if I know but whoever was working on it said it would be done in about ten minutes from now. Let's fucking go check this out!" Cherri said, already excited to see this new concert. She LOVED Rock 'N' Roll, even before she died and sadly a lot of the bands are dead from the Exterminations or owned by Overlords and that just meant mainly the Vees and THAT also meant playing shitty songs that felt nothing like their old ones.

"It can't be that big of a deal if it's in some junkyard." Vaggie said.

"Vagina, did you not hear what I said? It's FREE! Fuck it if its good or not, we can laugh at how bad it is when we get there the shit is free." Angel Dust stated, pushing the flyer in her face.

"Come on, Princess, let's fucking go to it, we could use it. Get out and just get fucked tonight." Cherri cheered, headbanging the air.

"B-But I got a new idea that I am sure will get sinners into the hotel." Charlie muttered, though she had to admit the flyer was pretty cool. She's never been the biggest fan of rock, well not since her….emo phase back during Hell School which was mostly Black Metal/Death Metal but she had to push those aside when she stepped into her own and wanted to redeem Sinners. So it's been a few decades since she listened to metal of any sort. Nowadays the only kind of songs she listens to are whimsical and hopeful songs of joy and hope, ones she sings.

"And I'm sure everyone would love to hear them, Toots, but with no one here and I felt like you could use a break from….stressing out." Angel offered. He knew the Princess wanted this place to work, he did too, but no one has come around after the angels' defeat. He is trying to change, honest, but with Valentino owning his soul he still had to be a prostitute which didn't help his path of redemption. He didn't wanna make Charlie even more stressed since Valentino refuses to release their contract not matter how much her old man threatens him. Lucifer maybe the King of Hell, but when you don't really do much in your own kingdom the subjects aren't gonna respect ya. Charlie contemplates this for a few seconds, looking around the empty hotel with everyone being around them.

"...Well…..I guess it wouldn't hurt to take a small break, and it is free so no harm." Charlie said, smiling, giving a nod of approval, Angel and Cherri cheering while Alastor rolled his eyes.

"Well if that is all, I'll leave you all to it, I'd rather enjoy my evening tea in silence." With that Alastor disappeared in shadows, Husk rolling his eyes, good riddance. Charlie and the others began to get ready, the Princess petting Keekee goodbye before heading out with the group. Maybe she just needed to clear her head, after all, what could happen?

(HIM)

"Oi! Did you two fucking see this?" Velvette asked, youngest of the Vees and Pentagram's City's Fashionista and youngest Overlord in Hell. The three Vees were in their penthouse: Vox overlooking new tech and advertisement to contr- attract the Sinners of Pride. Valentino was on his phone texting, no doubt trying to get one of his main toys, Angler Buff or whatever the fuck his name was she didn't care.

"Hmmm? What is it?" Vox asked, walking over and leaning down to Velvette's spot on the couch, seeing several tweets about some….concert?

"A….free concert? The fuck?!"

"FREE?! Who fucking does things for free?!" Valentino growled.

"Yeah well apparently this Sinner does, whoever they are. Seems this 'rockstar' is the talk of the town so far, it's not unusual since this fucking shit stain of a city doesn't host concerts that much." Velvette said. Outside of Pride she had heard of places doing concerts, especially in Greed, but since Sinners can't leave the Pride Ring she couldn't see it for herself. She wouldn't admit it to the others since they didn't care for music, but she did have some love for rock, not heavy or metal or that dark shit. So hearing about some Rockstar Sinner starting up some concert for FREE was quite something she had never heard of or seen in Hell. It seems the denizens of this shitty city are already tweeting about it, many up for something that doesn't require them to fight or steal for it.

"Yeah, well sounds like a poor idiot, maybe its a Sinner whose working for the Princess and trying to be 'nice' like your dear old Angel Dust, eh Val?" Vox asked, glitching out of the way as Valentino threw a phone at him.

"Well if that is the case, maybe we can get this fucking loser on our side. He might be a nobody, but another soul under us never hurts, especially if they're already getting this much attention." Velvette offered, seeing this as a win/win scenario for her. Vox rubbed his chin for a few seconds before shrugging his shoulders.

"Alright, whatever, it's no doubt a dud but go nuts."

"Not like I actually need your fucking permission, Bitch." Velvette rolled her eyes and made her way out of the penthouse and into the elevator. She'll be lying if she wasn't curious, what kind of Sinner wanted to play a concert and do it for free?! This she had to see, and hell if it sucked, she could tweet about and send that loser crying.

(HIM)

"Uh, Mom?" Carmilla Carmine, Head Weapons Dealer and Overlord of Pride looked up from her computer to see both her daughters staring across from her on the other side of her desk. Despite the angels' defeat, that did not mean business ended, in fact it seemed to have doubled since a year ago, with Sinners or even Overlords wanting the angelic steel in case the angels returned. Despite the defeat of the Exorcist the Angels have not made a reappearance for vengeance, which was a good sign for Carmilla. Still it also meant that with E-Day not happening anytime soon, that meant her only supply with angelic steel can be quite limited. Not now, eventually and while she can forge the metal into weaponry, replicating it to the exact detail that made the metal so special was quite a challenge as it was made by angelic hands.

Despite their mutual relationship, Carmilla had yet to contact the Princess and her allies, mostly cause she was so busy and they weren't exactly friends. Just temporary partners at the time, and she doubted the Princess wanted to be associated with a weapons dealer. Looking between her daughters, Clara the one stepping forward and speaking up, a flyer in hand.

"Mother, we have finished the latest shipment documents for today." Clara stated.

"Very good, girls."

"And since it's the end of the day, we wish to take off early." Odette asked, catching Carmilla by surprise.

"May I ask why?" She had no problem with her own daughters wishing to leave work early, but they practically stick by her side if they aren't delivering for her. So color her surprised when Clara set down the flyer showing some rockstar sinner hosting a concert for….free? Now that caught her by surprise, NOTHING in Hell was for free.

"A Sinner is performing downtown, and it seems whoever they are, are gaining quite the attention with his offer for a free performance." Odette said.

"So we were wondering if we could go?! We'll be safe, we promise." Clara said, a small smile on her lips. Carmilla looked between her two daughters knowing their love for music, Clara clearly more excited for this for her love of rock, and she could tell with the small hopeful look in Odette's eyes she too wanted to enjoy her love of music over this free concert.

"Very well, but bring weapons with you, this may say its free BUT this is Hell: Nothing is without a price." Carmilla warned, Odette nodding her head in acknowledgement while Clara cheered in victory. They walked around the desk, hugging their mother before walking out of the office. She had full faith in her daughter's safety, but she couldn't help but wonder what kind of Sinner would play a performance for the Denizens of Pride for nothing in return?

(HIM)

"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME STOLAS?! THAT FUCKING IMP AGAIN!? SATAN SAKE YOU ARE SUCH AN EMBARRASSMENT!" Octavia rolled her eyes listening to the violent wails of her mother followed by her father, relaxing in her room before placing on her headphones and listening to some Lita Ford and going through her texts. Just another day in Hell listening to her parents argue, though it didn't help that now it was apparently about some Imp her father was fucking. She didn't wish to deal with this and just needed a way out of it, to get away from her arguing parents, from all this fucking drama, but what can she do…..

What's this?

She sees one of her friends on Voxstagram posting a tweet about a free concert in Pentagram City, the place where only Sinners and Overlords live, is being set up and performed. While the city was filled with the worst humanity had to offer, it was better than listening to her parents argue. Plus maybe it was a Doom Metal fan, and she could really broaden her playlist of rock.

"Owlet, are you awake? I have great news, we're going to Loo….Loo?" Stolas, Ars Goetia Prince and father of Octavia had knocked on his daughter's door. He wanted to get away from his wife and thought of taking his daughter to Loo Loo Land since she loved it so much when she was a kid. However, hearing no answer he opened the door only to find his daughter's room empty, with her bedroom window wide open.

(HIM)

Loona let out a huff of annoyance listening to her adoptive asshole of a father ramble on about something with horses or whatever she wasn't listening that was fatty and his wife's job. This was so fucking boring, no one was calling for a hit and that was her only job here. It was boring….yet she really had nothing better to do. Hell, she didn't really have any friends around in Imp City aside from the ones she'll tweet and follow in the other rings.

One earplug in, listening to Pearl Jam and tuning out Fatty's complaint, Loona kept texting on her phone and scrolling through tweets. Suddenly a notification popped up from a Sinner Overlord in Pentagram City, Velvette she believed. Loona saw that she was making an update about seeing some….free concert? Loona's ears twitched in curiosity at the idea of a free show, the idea itself was pretty rare in Hell. Of course it seemed everyone in that shit place of Sinners were pumped over the idea of a free concert-shit or not whose gonna complain when it's free? So why not? She could use some fresh air and to tweet if this loser sinner is ust big talk. Still she knew Blitzo would hate it if she went there and while she doesn't care what he thinks she didn't feel like dealing with his bitching. Still, it was also a city away, so she would be back home late and that will make Blitzo go into a panic. Wait, that's right they had that magic book from Blitzo's fuck Ars Goetia Fuck buddy, but she knew Blitzo wouldn't let her have it for any random reason. She needed a plan.

"Hey, I'm heading home and I'm taking the book with me cause I don't trust Fatty to watch it." The Hellhound stated, taking the book that Blitzo left on the table.

"What the fuck is that suppose to mean?!"

"Good idea, Loony! See, this is why my daughter is an important member of this team, Moxxie you fat fu-!" Loona had already shut the door and prepared the ritual to enter Pentagram City.

(HIM)

"Damn, despite being a junkyard, the stage looks fucking awesome." Cherri stated as the gang stood in front of the junkyard entrance. The place was surprising cleared out with some junk here and there, but what caught their attention were several things: Nearly over a hundred if not more sinners had filled the place, several metal bleachers, an entire buffet of most ribs and meats of GIGANTIC proportion with several barrels with the words 'BEER' plastered on them, but what caught everyone's attention was the stage itself. Bestial Metal was the best way to describe it, the entire thing made of steel save for the curtains, with several lit torches across the front and ceiling, but atop the roof of the stage was the metal skull of a beast no one recognized, seemingly like a T-Rex with horns.

"The fuck is that thing?" Angel asked, pointing up at the metal skull atop the stage.

"Looks fake." Vaggie stated with an eye roll, already unimpressed by the place. She never really liked rock, finding it far too obnoxious and it didn't help that Adam always played it up in Heaven. Granted she never really listened to the concerts, thanks to the First Man's ego, so she never got the chance to hear it. Of course the girls, specifically Lute and her sisters, always bragged about Adam's music so that did little to persuade her to listen.

"Not the skull, that giant beast on top." Angel stated, pointing at the top of the skull, the lights below did little to illuminate the creature that loomed over like a gargoyle, seemingly covered in fur and spikes. It made no actions, merely lazily lying on the skull as the Sinners below paid no attention to it other than taking selfies or pics/vids of the beast.

"Mess…..MESS!" Nifty screeched, her eye spiraling out of control at the left over junk on the ground, only to be held up by Vaggie.

"Damn, this shit is strong." Husk mused, walking back over to the others with a large tankard. It was good beer, but goddamn if he wasn't already an alcoholic and dead this would've killed him over.

"It looks like half the city is here." Charlie mused, seeing a lot of Sinners walking around, the group walking over to the large racks of ribs, some even towering Angel Dust in height. Whoever this Sinner was clearly could hunt big game as the Hazbin Crew took some share, digging in.

"Hot shit, these ribs are the tits." Angel Dust moaned.

"Mmmm, these are really good." Charlie really enjoyed them, Vaggie nodding her head in agreement….but why did they taste familiar? As the gang took their seat, Charlie scanned the entire place, the crowd was grand and continued as more Sinners walked in. Sure the thing was free, but it did make her feel a little sad that so many were so easily convinced to come to a concert for free the minute it was advertised while her hotel had been out for so long and she hadn't gotten a single guest.

"Holy shit is that Velvette?" Cherri muttered, gaining everyones attention, looking over a few bleachers to see the Overlord taking a few selfies.

"She's not the only one here." Vaggie muttered, recognizing Carmilla's daughters between them and Velvette.

"I guess even Overlords are interested in what this dickhead has in store." Husk said, downing the tankard of beer, pulling his arm up to keep Nifty from taking his beer.

"I wonder who this Sinner is to not only be able to get THIS many sinners here, but also some Overlords too." Charlie wondered, tapping her chin. Before Vaggie could comfort her girlfriend, the flames of the torches suddenly went out, catching everyone by surprise. Followed by a loud enough whistle over the crowd, the beast above letting out a guttural growl. The creature stood up on its paws, claws digging into the metal before roaring to the sky, fire spewing from its mouth. The metal skull beneath it came to life, breathing fire making several Sinners cheer, surprising the Hazbin Crew and several others.

"ARE YOU READY?!" A deep voice roared from behind the curtains, as the torches shot out flames several times, as the guitar riff began. Many Sinners began to cheer, but for the Hazbin Crew a few of them went stiff, Charlie and Vaggie's eyes widened in silent horror.

"That…voice."

"...It can't be." Vaggie muttered as the stage lights aimed at the curtains, directed by flying figures.

"Holy shit, are those fucking Exorcists?!" Cherri asked, pointing at the winged creatures covered in a crimson hue. Before anyone could answer, the curtains were flung aside as a large imposing figure landed, throwing rock signs into the air several Sinners following as flames shot out behind him and the creature above. Charlie gasped in horror as the crew could only gape in shock at who was on stage. It may have been a year but even from afar they could recognize his face, similar to his helmet but it seems his horns were now shooting out of his head. Gone was his golden wings replaced by wings black as the night with a large red tail behind him. Despite his demonic appearance, they immediately recognized the Sinner.

"ADAM?!"

(HIM)

ROCK ON bitches. A new story with a new idea, and a lover letter to Rock N Roll~~~! You'll see what I mean next chapter. So to explain if you didn't understand but just so I can explain it: This story takes a year after the season one finale. Adam died, but has returned as a Sinner in Hell, I've read quite a few Sinner Adam stories, my favorite being 'Hope in Hell' by Nisroc so I figured 'Fuck it why not?' but that mostly came after I was playing Brutal Legends, a literal Heavy Metal Isekai and love letter to rock (Well mostly Heavy Metal but that ain't so wrong) with Jack fucking Black lol. Love the game, wishing for a sequel. Anyways this story is a love letter to all music really and you'll see in chapter two. Let me get into some inspirations why I made this story.

Brutal Legends being the biggest inspiration when mentioning things like the Demon Cat (You'll see what it is next chapter) having metal spikes, a lot of creatures in Hell will be based on the idea in the game. The prologue is based around Ormagoden the Fire Beast, but that's not who it was in said prologue. You'll get the idea as I explore more of the world for HIM, all around Metal as fuck lol.

Hi-Fi Rush was another fun inspiration with the music beat it plays, love the game. Really a lot of hack-slash kind of games (GOW/DMC/Dante's Inferno/DOOM isn't hack/slash but fuck do I love that series.) that I wanna use in this story for when Adam fights. Ultrakill is another one for its music, love the soundtrack.

OBV the series Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss itself, but mainly the song aspect, specifically the 'History of Hell' where Lilith empowered Hell with her songs. It got my interest and I said, I could work with this but that won't be so easily spoiled. A good way of looking at this is Hell is Forever is the Hazbin Hotel part of this work (More plot following, linear) while Hell is Metal is more Helluva Boss (More world-driven...well the right way, non-linear.). If that doesn't make sense HIF is like Greek God of War while HIM (Point A to B) is Norse God of War (Open world) if that makes sense. I don't really have an endpoint for the story...let me explain that better I know how the story will end, but how we get there will mostly be random? Like specific moments will take time for divergence to have fun. Unlike HIF where it will be like sixteen chapters and maybe like four to six books? Maybe more? HIM will most likely be one book. Since chapters are very short.

I don't what music Loona would be into it, I really don't think she'd be into rock but it's been a while since I've focused on her when watching HB. What do you guys think? What would her genre of rock be? Now just because I'm following the main story from the first season doesn't mean I agree with it. I'm taking liberty with changing things still, what happened in the show but not everything (Prologue mainly) is as it is...especially when I call out that BS of a trial holy fuck was that just ASS. You'll see as we go along. With that out of the way, I hope everyone enjoyed it! Next chapter will be out soonish today?

Zer0the0mega108 out!