Throughout the series, they are often assisted by their manager and lawyer, Charles Foster Offdensen, who frequently attempts to prevent the band from making poor decisions. The band struggles to perform everyday tasks, including shopping for groceries, preparing food, and maintaining proper social relationships. ĭespite their otherworldly success, the members of Dethklok are often portrayed as incompetent at almost everything not related to their profession. With their widespread commercial success and lucrative sponsorship contracts, Dethklok is ranked as the world's seventh largest economy by the end of the second season. The band's fan base includes billions of metal fanatics, who frequently endanger themselves to watch the band perform live, as their incredibly expensive shows are frequently held in dangerous locations, and include numerous hazards such as excessive pyrotechnics, aircraft, lasers, and giant bladed pendulums, with many shows concluding in multiple attendee deaths. Beyond their extremely wealthy financial status, they also oversee a massive personal organization of devoted workers known as Klokateers, who act as their personal servants, as well as their roadies, security personnel, and private military squadron. The members of Dethklok reside in a colossal, fortress-like castle elevated high above ground called Mordhaus, which serves as their residence as well as their recording studio. In the Metalocalypse series, Dethklok is depicted as the world's most popular and successful death metal band. The band is known for its satirical or parodic lyrical themes. However, after a five-year absence, the band returned to perform at Adult Swim Festival 2019. On August 25, 2017, Brendon Small released his second solo album, Brendon Small's Galaktikon II, which is considered to serve as "a new Dethklok album", due to Adult Swim holding the rights to the band name. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon Small, with others needed for live concerts and albums. Both bands were created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. Ī real band was set up in order to perform the band's music in live shows. The soundtrack to the special episode, Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem was released on October 29, 2013. The band's third album, Dethalbum III, was released on October 16, 2012. The band released Dethalbum II on September 29, 2009, and toured with Mastodon, High on Fire and Converge. The album debuted at number 21 on Billboard magazine's Top 200 list. The first official Dethklok album was released on September 25, 2007, entitled The Dethalbum. #DETHKLOK CRUSH THE INDUSTRY SERIES#Sir Maideemup (13:48 – 13:49), “The Art of Dethcockery” Rating: 4.5/5.Dethklok is a fictional melodic death metal band featured in the Adult Swim animated television series Metalocalypse. Hold ye horses, peasants! The world’s most brutal animated musicians are back to slay avid metal fans and wreck mayhem across Earth’s face with their third studio album, Dethalbum III. Nathan Explosion (Vocalist, actual member: Brendon Small), Skwisgaar Skwigelf (Lead guitarist, actual member: Brendon Small), Toki Wartooth (Rhythm guitarist, actual member: Brendon Small), William Murderface (Bassist, actual member: Bryan Beller) and Pickles (Drummer, actual member: Gene Hoglan) are back with more tunes to explode speakers with. Everyone will turn into battle-hungry Vikings once again. With the exception of the eleventh track, which is titled “The Hammer” (possibly a reference to Thor… duh!), all of the other tracks have titles that seem to suggest a lyrical theme that is either about the cosmos or the ancient Greek spirit of going against the gods’ wishes.įOR ODIN!!!Īctually, this album doesn’t have strong references to Nordic culture and Norse mythology, unlike The Dethalbum and Dethalbum II. “Andromeda”, “The Galaxy”, “Impeach God” and “Skyhunter” conjure mental images of outer-space and dudes with ripped bodies bringing down sea monsters and aerial beings. Fittingly, these four tracks sound like what their names suggest.
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