The Dethalbum

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The Dethalbum is the debut album by the virtual band Dethklok from the television show Metalocalypse. It was released on September 25, 2007. The album features full-length songs from the television series, as well as previously unreleased tracks. Antonio Canobbio contributed the artwork for the record.

The deluxe edition of the album includes an additional disc that features seven bonus tracks, the video for "Bloodrocuted", and the first Metalocalypse episode of the second season.

"Hatredcopter" was released previous to the album's release on the European edition of the Saw III Soundtrack.

The album debuted at #21 on the Billboard 200 chart. with 33,740 copies sold in its first week, The Dethalbum was also streamed 45,000 times when it went live on AOL Music during the week of its release. It has so far sold over 100,000 copies.

On June 27, 2008, the Dethalbum was released as a limited edition vinyl available on the adultswim website.

An earlier, shorter version of the song "Thunderhorse" is featured on Guitar Hero II it is used in the game without the extra vocal prehibrials such as echos that were in the final version.

In July of 2008, Williams Street began selling a vinyl version of the Dethalbum with a green cover on their online store. Product Page This version contains every song from the standard Dethalbum, along with the "Gulf Danzig" remix of Go Into the Water.

Track listing

• Virtual: All songs written by Dethklok, except "Kill You" written by Pickles, Snizzy Snazz Bullets, Tony Thunderbottom, and Sammy Twinskins.
• Actual: All songs written by Brendon Small, except additional lyrics written by Tommy Blacha on "Deththeme" and "Birthday Dethday".

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Murmaider"	3:24
2.	"Go into the Water"	4:20
3.	"Awaken"	3:37
4.	"Bloodrocuted"	2:19
5.	"Go Forth and Die"	4:22
6.	"Fansong"	2:53
7.	"Better Metal Snake"	3:27
8.	"The Lost Vikings"	4:26
9.	"Thunderhorse"	2:46
10.	"Briefcase Full of Guts"	2:44
11.	"Birthday Dethday"	2:48
12.	"Hatredcopter"	2:56
13.	"Castratikron"	2:57
14.	"Face Fisted"	4:17
15.	"Dethharmonic"	4:31
16.	"Deththeme" (hidden track)	0:36

Deluxe edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle"	1:15
2.	"Blood Ocean"	2:50
3.	"Murdertrain a Comin'"	3:33
4.	"Pickles Intro"	0:34
5.	"Kill You"	3:41
6.	"Hatredy"	4:17
7.	"Dethklok Gets in Tune"	3:27

Vinyl Edition Bonus Song

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Go Into the Water (Gulf Danzig Remix)"	N/A

• iTunes version of deluxe, including all songs from The Dethalbum, the "Bloodrocuted" video, and only 3 of the 7 bonus songs.

Personnel

Virtual personnel

• Nathan Explosion – lead vocals
• Skwisgaar Skwigelf – lead and rhythm guitar
• Toki Wartooth – rhythm guitar
• Pickles – drums, vocals
• William Murderface – bass guitar

Actual personnel

• Brendon Small – vocals, guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, voice-over
• Gene Hoglan – drums
• Emilie Autumn – violins on "Dethharmonic"
• Tommy Blacha – voice-over

• Produced by Ulrich Wild and Brendon Small
• Engineered and Mixed by Ulrich Wild,
• Mixed at Noize In The Attic. Assisted by Raider.
• Line Producer Ryan Page
• Assistant Engineer Extraordinaire- Mike Gerlach
• Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering in Los Angeles
• Recorded at Bombshelter Studios in Los Angeles

External links

• Dethklok MySpace page
• Dethalbum