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Earlier this week, Netflix pulled back the curtain on its 2025 slate, which includes the previously announcedDevil May Cryadaptation. Along with a premiere date of April 3, we got a look at the shows opening credits, and theyre a riot. What makes them so good? The song, naturally. Of all the tunes to open a Devil May Cry show, Limp Bizkits 2000 single Rollin' is not the one anybody probably wouldve ever guessed. If anything, this is the best song that couldve been picked, and not just because Rollin' and Devil May Cry 3, whose manga the show seems to be taking some plot elements from, respectively turn 25 and 20 this year. From its multiple protagonists to the music that blares as Dante, Nero, and whoever else slice up demons with their comically large weapons, DMC is a series built on stupid swagger and feeling like the coolest kid in the room. Its truly a product of the 2000s, which also goes for Limp Bizkit as it got to be featured in the first Fast & FuriousandMission: Impossible 2. If the Devil May Crys intro is giving you any nostalgia for the guilty pleasure bands of your youth, thats part of the point. Executive producer Adi Shankar revealed the show is set in his memory of a late 90s/early 2000s PS2 era of the world rather than present day. Since its a throwback, the allegedly kickass soundtrack will have a mix then-current hits and classic DMC songs reimagined by electronic band Power Glove. And if the show gets to continue, Shankar said future seasons will have their own unique feels (similar to how the games do), and change up their intro songs and sequences. This current intro shows the series will have a little bit of everything: not only do the swords Yamato and Red Queenrespectively owned by Dantes twin brother Vergil and his nephew Nerofeature prominently at the start, later sequences hint at the inclusion of several game villains like original big bad Mundus and the Order fromDMC 4,plus Lady, an ally of Dantes who first showed inDMC 3. How much of this is actually in the season versus planting seeds for what Shanker hopes is an ongoing hit? Well find out when DevilMay Cry hits Netflix on April 3. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, whats next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.