[2] It was released in theaters on Friday October 13, 2017,[3] and stars Andy Biersack, Ben Bruce, Drake Bell, Denise Richards, Malcolm McDowell, Booboo Stewart, and Tori Black.

The band's vocalist, Johnny Faust, lives in Columbus, Ohio with his mother and his girlfriend Gretchen.

While leaving a liquor store, some of the members encounter a homeless man who tells them to rely on feeling more than perception.

Moments later, the band is accosted by another man who implies he is the Devil and can make them stars if they perform a human sacrifice.

Lily tells Johnny that her ex-band member Damien raped her the night she left the band.

Johnny overdoses on heroin and almost dies, but is revived by a paramedic - the homeless man the group encountered outside the liquor store.

The Relentless land a gig at a music festival but the Devil says that they have to kill a man during their performance, though he intends to make it look like part of the concert.

"[8] Bobby LePire of Film Threat gave it a grade of A− and wrote: "American Satan doesn't put enough time toward one of the most crucial relationships in the movie for it to work.

[11] Andy Biersack and Ben Bruce along with other cast members reprise their roles from the film.

Kellin Quinn of the band Sleeping With Sirens is to also appear in the show, as is Randy Blythe of Lamb of God and Sid Wilson of Slipknot.

[13] A teaser was released on May 1 and the official trailer was posted onto the Sumerian Records YouTube channel on December 10, 2020.