Dethklok
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Dethklok is a virtual death metal band that stars in the television show Metalocalypse. Their debut album, released September 25 2007, was entitled The Dethalbum. Creator Brendon Small wrote the lyrics and music and also performed the guitar, bass, and vocals; ex-Death/ex -Dark Angel/ex-Devin Townsend/Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan performed drums on the album.[1] According to Billboard their album is the highest charting Death Metal album ever.[citation needed]
History
Very little is currently known about the virtual band's history. At the beginning of the series, they were already extremely popular and considered "The world's greatest cultural force," so the band's actual rise to fame has yet to be explored. There has been little back-story on about how they met or when the band formed. In the series the numeric value of the band's wealth is never actually stated, but the fact that they are referred to as the 12th largest economy in the world, just above Belgium (which is indeed 13th in terms of GDP per capita which is irrelevant as GDP per capita on its own does not determine the size of an economy.), indicates that they must make somewhere on the order of several hundred billion dollars a year. Their influence is so great that the United Nations even allows them to act as their own police force, used to punish those foolish enough to pirate their songs.
The band members all reside together in a gigantic and lavish mansion called Mordhaus, in a fictional, unspecified region known as Mordland (although Dethklok's official Myspace page lists their residence as "Mordhaus, United States"). Their traveling arrangements are equally lavish: they usually travel either in a gigantic tour bus or helicopter, the latter of which is seemingly capable of transporting at least one hundred of Dethklok's roadies, or on the Murdercycle, a motorcycle with four sidecars, driven by lead singer Nathan Explosion.
All the members of Dethklok act somewhat sociopathic; if they are not directly responsible for the violence and mayhem that surrounds them, they are at least indifferent to it. The band mates do appear to care about one another in the show, but have difficulty expressing their feelings, even when intoxicated. Although they vary in their levels of drug and alcohol consumption, they are all fond of drinking to excess. Dethklok readily admits that they despise their fans, whom Nathan refers to as "regular jerk-offs."[2]
Another ongoing feature of the series is that the band members are incompetent at everything not related to sex, drugs, heavy metal, and negotiating their contracts, and at various points, they are ignorant of obvious things, like shopping for groceries and cooking, in episode 1, "Curse of Dethklok"; or the most basic aspects of feeding children, as in episode 10, "Fat Kid at the Detharmonic". Often, one member of the band will be unaware of a bit of common knowledge while another is not, prompting arguments or explanations. As a group, they also come up with ideas that are clearly quite asinine, harmful or even fatal, yet do not recognize this fact. One example is in their "time travel face bag" which is simply a plastic bag worn over the head that allows a person to travel through time at the speed of regular time: in essence, just a plastic bag.[3]
Together, the show portrays that the band seems to have control of otherworldly or supernatural powers through their music. When playing music, they have displayed the ability to summon everything from sea creatures (with the help of a leaking nuclear reactor on their sub), to tornadoes, to the giant Finnish lake troll Mustakrakish.[4][5][3]
The band
Nathan Explosion
Born in New Port Richey, Florida to Oscar and Rose Explosion,[6] Nathaniel Explosion is the lead singer and the "lyrical visionary" of Dethklok, as made evident in the show, who always speaks in a deep, gravelly voice even when not singing. According to intelligence gathered by the Tribunal, Nathan did not speak until the age of five and was an unremarkable student in high school, excelling only in frog dissection and football. He eventually dropped out without earning his GED, although the varsity jacket he is seen wearing during his high school years indicates that, had he graduated, it would have been sometime during the 1990s.[7]
Nathan is a binge-drinking alcoholic, once even going into a pub and ordering exactly 100 beers to drink in a single sitting, although he was not served, due to the fact Dethklok had summoned a lake troll.[4] Because of his excessive drinking, Nathan has to undergo repeated liver replacement surgery, vomiting blood on at least one occasion due to his condition.[8] Probably related to his drinking is his steadily increasing weight; one tabloid estimated him at 250 pounds and climbing.[5] Whenever called upon to speak publicly for more than a few brief sentences, Nathan quickly degenerates into incoherence and becomes frustrated; however, he is nonetheless capable of reading and reciting all of Shakespeare's works for a Books on Tape collection.[9] Several of the characters in the show address Nathan as "Tonto", in joking reference to the pidgin English spoken by The Lone Ranger's sidekick and the fact that Nathan speaks in short, simple sentences. Occasionally, he is seen wearing glasses while reading or using his laptop.[10]
Nathan often describes things in terms of whether or not they are "brutal" or "metal," and, according to an expert procured by the Tribunal, shares a similar psychological profile as former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in his ability to "galvanize the proletariat."[7] Nathan has shown himself to be clueless about most things outside the scope of metal. For instance, he was unaware of the fact that the band could fire their employees.[11][12] He also believes that the Mariana Trench is located somewhere near the Iberian Peninsula. However, Nathan has proven several times that he is not completely devoid of common sense; he figured out that the band's therapist, Twinkletits, was using the banana stickers as psychological validation, when Toki's tooth falls out, Nathan explains that it was because Toki was eating too much candy, and in the episode "Bluesklok" he goes into very deep negotiations with "The Blues Devil" about the contract concerning the bands' souls.[13][14] He also speaks French as in the episode "Mordland" he says "Merci. Bon cafe, Jean Pierre.", right after receiving a cup of coffee from Jean Pierre.
Nathan carries a digital recording device, in which he notes any interesting song material he may run across (usually limited to murder or similar acts of brutality). He has exacting standards, and will delete entire finished Dethklok albums if they do not ultimately meet his approval.[15] He also hates wearing watches, and sometimes will buy large amounts of watches just to destroy them.[16] He is always seen with his fingernails painted black. Nathan has his own brand of barbecue sauce known as "Explosion Sauce," a mustardy North Carolina blend with a hint of cilantro, which he is known to drink out of the bottle.[14] He estimates that he only wears underwear approximately 65% of the time.[17]
In the episode "Girlfriendklok," Nathan found a controlling celebrity girlfriend, Rebecca Nightrod, voiced by actress Laura Silverman, who forced him to tone down his behavior. He hated her temper tantrums and demands, and described his hatred of her as much more black than his ordinary hate. Though his band mates tortured him until they convinced him to dump her, a subsequent mishap (of the kind typical to those who are a threat to Dethklok) involving an unusually steep flight of stairs and a broken high heel left her comatose and severely disfigured, after which Nathan described her as "the ultimate girlfriend."[18]
Skwisgaar Skwigelf
Skwisgaar Skwigelf is the lead guitarist of the band and the fastest guitarist alive. Despite this talent, he can't read music, which he blames on "music dyslex-kia". He plays a black Gibson Explorer with a white pickguard. The guitar appears to be waterproof. He practices his guitar constantly and in many odd places, such as in church and in the hot tub; the episode "Dethklown" even shows him playing in his sleep and in "Go Forth And Die", his skeleton plays for a short time before crumbling. He often disparages Toki's skill as a guitarist. He seems to dislike the Danish even though he often confuses them with the Dutch.[19] He is also severely allergic to cilantro, which is made apparent when Nathan's barbecue sauce (Explosion Sause) with cilantro in it is poured on his hands and then licked by his tongue before a show and he almost immediately goes into anaphylaxis (specifically, his face and hands swelled dramatically).[14] On the November 2007 issue of Guitar World magazine, he is also allergic to wasabi which created the same problem with cilantro.[20] On his Gibson Explorer, he has EMG 81 and EMG 85 pickups. His hardware includes Krank Revolution and Krankenstein amplifiers, multiple Krank Krankenstein guitar cabinets along with Toki, a directly connected Line 6 PODxt effects processor, a Dunlop Crybaby wah pedal (Dimebag signature model), Digitech Whammy Pedal, and some unmentioned MXR pedals.[21][22]
Skwisgaar is from Sweden, and he consequently possesses a strong accent. He has a very poor grasp of the English language, not knowing relatively simple terms such as "image" and "embezzle". He frequently adds an 's' to the end of many words, and conversely drops the letter from some words that require them, such as "copies" and "Pickles." This tendency becomes worse when he is agitated. His English is so awkward that, during the filming of Dethklok's movie Blood Ocean, the producers were unable to understand his lines, and ultimately, Skwisgaar's voice was completely dubbed out of the film.[23]
He was born to the Miss Sweden of 1956, Serveta Skwigelf (in real life, Miss Sweden of 1956 was Ingrid Goude), and does not know his father. Senator Stampingston mentions that "her neglect helped form the world's fastest guitarist," and in an interview, Skwisgaar claims that his inspiration comes from his hatred of his mother. He resents her because of her promiscuity, although he takes after her in this regard.[6]
Skwisgaar is referred to as the band's Lothario[9] ; he often brags about his many sexual conquests to Toki (going so far as to make the claim of having sex with at least 500 women the last time he was in Finland)[4] , who resents it. Skwisgaar is attracted primarily to older women, once propositioning an elderly grandmother in a grocery store for sex[2] , and a television announcer mentions his desire for "MILFs, GMILFs, and soon-to-be-MILFs," as well as "acquiring a stable of FBLs."[9] Skwisgaar implies that he never wears underwear, both because it is common in Sweden and because it is sexually exciting[17] . His bedroom is the only room in Mordhaus that is not decorated in a very dark neo-Gothic style; his all-white, sparsely furnished room reflects the Swedish Modern aesthetic[8] . He is a self-described nihilist, although he sometimes uses references to Norse mythology.[24][3]
Skwisgaar owns a collection of bizarre exotic guitars, seen in "Skwisklok." These include a "Swiss Army-tar," an "ant farm-itar," the Gibson Excaliburtar, and a guitar supposedly made of wood from the True Cross. In "Dethtroll" and "Bluesklok," he asserts that he hates playing acoustic guitars, which he and Toki both call "Grandspa's guitars."
Skwisgaar has been in a large number of bands prior to joining Dethklok, including Agnostic Priest, Gangagar, Eldeleel-Alele, Gognog Mug Alugdug, Fuckface Academy, Sausage Assassin, Financially Raped, and Smugly Dismissed, to name a few. Other than that, he claims to have been in "pretty much every band, ever."[12] Like Pickles' affinity for the word "douchebags," Skwisgaar refers to things he hates as "dildos," even using the word as an adjective. A perfect example of both this and his poor use of grammar can be seen in the pilot episode: 'Curse of Dethklok'. Skwisgaar is attempting to force both coffee and a filter into a toaster with little success as the band attempts to feed themselves. "What is wrong wis dis dumb dildos? Dey gives us all dah free coffee in the world and no instruction how to COOK it!" he states, throwing the toaster to the floor in the process.
His hands are shown being insured for ten billion dollars, one billion for each finger[14]. In one episode he had a contractual obligation to wear "protective, solid-crystal, oxygenating hand-aquariums" when not playing, or the policy is void. In the same interview where he mentions his hatred of his mother, Skwisgaar also states that he has two side projects, a Harry Potter tribute band called 10 Points to Gryffindor, and a nudist Civil War styled band called Depantsification Proclamation, although neither has ever been seen on the show.
Skwisgaar, while not depicted as an extreme alcoholic like Nathan or Pickles, may be a recreational drug user as prior to his performance in "Skwisklok" he was discovered crying by the band's manager and tried to diffuse the situation by claiming to be "totally high," although this might have been to avoid the current situation.
Toki Wartooth
Toki Wartooth is the other fictional character who plays rhythm guitar and the second fastest guitarist alive, [25] though he too can't read music.[5] He plays a black Gibson Flying-V guitar. He hails from an abandoned village near Lillehammer, Norway, the son of Anja and the Reverend Aslaug Wartooth. [6] Both of his parents dress in a very Old World style (much like the Amish), their faces vaguely recalling the painting American Gothic. During the episode in which Toki's parents visit, Toki becomes catatonic and uncommunicative for the duration of their visit. He has pictures of them hung in his room. Cardinal Ravenwood mentions seeing "father killing son in the most brutal manner" when told of Toki's parents. In "Dethkids," a flashback shows Toki as a child, and his mother slaps him.
Toki's personality is more child-like, innocent, and good-natured compared to the rest of the band, which is why he is a popular icon to children. [9] He has several naïve beliefs, such as the idea that adult teeth will grow back because baby teeth do, and occasionally has whimsical fantasies, such as singing a Beatles-esque song under the sea with "underwater friends." He also views sexuality in a more innocent way than his bandmates; in the episode "Girlfriendklok," while the other members of Dethklok want to host the United States Pornography Awards for obviously sexual reasons, Toki only wants to "make out withs thems beautiful goils."
Despite his more innocent personality, he manages to fit in with the rest of the band, although they do tend to treat him like a younger brother. The band also seems to put Toki into a lot more danger than the rest of the band, such as in the episode "Dethwater," they put Toki into a chamber filled with liquid oxygen and the doctor warns the rest of the band that he could die.[15] Toki has shown similar violent tendencies to those of his bandmates. He asked a priest from the Church of Satan for revenge on Rachael Ray from the Food Network (in the form of her eyes falling out or her breasts falling off) for unspecified reasons, and was indirectly responsible for the death of the lead singer of the Christian rock band Prayer Bolt. [24] In the episode "Girlfriendklok," he also beat Nathan with a baseball bat, tasered him, and threatened him by aiming a crossbow at his crotch. Like Skwisgaar, Toki is a nihilist; [24] however, they both seem to share some interest or moderate belief in Norse mythology. In the episode "Skwisklok," he mentions his belief in a tooth fairy equivalent: an Ancient Norse God called "Orthar the Tooth-collector."
Toki and Skwisgaar often analyze the philosophical elements of the episodes, such as the male sex drive in "Girlfriendklok," the pros and cons of fatherhood in "Fat Kid at the Detharmonic," and the yard wolves' eating rituals in "Performanceklok." On more than one occasion, Toki has told Skwisgaar that he hates him; it is possible he means it. Skwisgaar frequently belittles Toki, and insults his guitar-playing on numerous occasions; Toki resents it, but at least in the context of Toki's confession of hate in "The Metalocalypse Has Begun," it appears that "I hate you" is a metal universe equivalent of "I love you." Toki claims to be a better onstage showman than Skwisgaar, but Skwisgaar writes this off saying that Toki's showmanship causes his "sloppy playing." He is Norwegian with brown hair and blue eyes and a tendency to slur his words, although his English is somewhat better than Skwisgaar's. (Ghou lies, Ghou lies.)
Aside from playing guitar, he spends much of his free time building scale models. He has an endorsement deal with "Willard Wonky Candy-Hand Candy" brand candies, who ship him large amounts of free candy as part of his payment. Because of this, he develops a very extreme case of diabetes which causes him to slip in and out of comas (at least for the length of the episode). Toki also appears to have an endorsement deal for a "Metal Bits"-brand cereal (a cereal brand with cereal in the shape of pentagrams, daggers, and such) in the first episode, as there is a cereal box in his shopping cart with his face on it.[2] In "Bluesklok" and "Girlfriendklok," Toki appears toned and muscular, while the rest of Dethklok ranges from skinny (Skwisgaar, Pickles) to overweight (Nathan, Murderface). Unlike the rest of Dethklok, Toki tans instead of becoming sunburned.
Fairly frequently, Toki makes statements or is placed in situations with homoerotic subtext through his naïveté and misunderstanding of English. An example is mistaking the term "blowjob" to mean "nosebleed" and proudly announcing, "I can gives myself a real cool blowjob!" In another instance, when Skwisgaar refers to Murderface's party as a sausage festival, Toki believes he means an actual sausage festival and proclaims "I love sausage festival! Like in Vienna." Also, in "Murdering Outside the Box" Toki purchases a vibrating strap-on dildo, thinking it was a codpiece (which Murderface points out, saying "Uh... That's a dildo... That's a strap-on dildo").
Pickles
Pickles is the drummer. He was raised in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. He calls himself "very Irish... American"[5]. He speaks with a distinct Wisconsin accent and bears a strong hatred for his older brother, Seth, whom his parents (Calvert and Molly) always brag about despite the fact that Seth is an ex-con living above their garage; among his other failings.[6] He is the only member of Dethklok whose last name (and, possibly, real first name) is unknown. Pickles joined Dethklok after singing and playing lead guitar in the L.A. rock band Snakes 'n' Barrels, which collapsed due to excessive drug use. His Dethklok bandmates mocked him for his stereotypical "hair metal" appearance during his time with Snakes n' Barrels in episode 8.[12]
Pickles is relatively the calmest and smartest member of the group, usually keeping in touch with the world and knowing basic ideas.
Pickles refers to things and people as "douchebags" when he is frustrated or upset. In "The Curse of Dethklok", he calls Skwisgaar and Toki "douchebags" because they don't know what a grocery store is. Then, apologizing about calling them douchebags, because of his low blood sugar. He seems to be the most socially capable of the band, although he occasionally hallucinates or launches into neurotic rants. His hair is styled into dreadlocks with a combover skullet.[9]Like most drummers, Pickles always wears tennis shoes, whereas the rest of the band wears boots, and he was the clean vocals in "Hatredcopter", the only clean vocals in a Dethklok song to date.
Pickles is also the only member of Dethklok that has been depicted as a habitual drug user; he is shown in the episode "Snakes 'n' Barrels" smoking marijuana, snorting cocaine and abusing prescription drugs. Pickles claims to be immune to the negative effects of drugs because he "grew up smoking government weed every day" as treatment for his "kiddie glaucoma." Because of this, he is also immune to the top-secret, psychotropic drug known as "Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake" that erased the minds of every other member of Snakes 'n' Barrels.[12] Despite his drug immunity, he is clearly not immune to the negative effects of liquor. He seems to be an alcoholic of almost equal caliber to Nathan, and is often seen surrounded by many bottles of liquor. When rumors were spread saying that he didn't drink as much as he claims, he decided to drink even more than usual in order to disprove them.[9] He also appears to be an asthmatic, as he was once seen using an inhaler, but he claimed it was only a stress-related relapse, and that it was the first time he had used it in fifteen years.[6] Pickles has an endorsement deal for nickels with the United States Treasury called "Pickles' Nickles."[14]
Pickles also sings the chorus of the song Hatredcopter and Kill You, a song on the second disc of the deluxe version of Dethalbum.
William Murderface
William Murderface plays the bass guitar for the virtual band; however, this seems rather unnecessary, as Nathan has stated that they mix his bass out of "pretty much every song."[13] However, Murderface improves noticeably after Pickles introduces him to the concept of "freeballing," prompting the rest of the band to consider including his bass on their next album.[17] He plays a black five-string Gibson Thunderbird Studio Bass with a white pickguard. He is able to play bass with his penis (which he refers to as his "hog").[19] Band mates also refer to him as a "Cock Slap Bassist." He was raised by his grandparents Stella and Thunderbolt Murderface, after he lost his mother and father in a chainsaw murder-suicide, carried out by his father when William was just an infant[13]. People usually refer to him as just "Murderface," except for his grandparents and people who formally address him. He has a heavy lateral lisp and a diastema, as well as tattoos on his stomach which state "Pobody's Nerfect" and "This Mess Is A Place."
One can observe that Murderface has a habit of urinating inappropriately (on a display of olives at the grocery store and on journalist Nick Ibsen's shoes) or referring to urination, and even has a one-man side project called Planet Piss, to which he seems to have very little real commitment[9]. He is usually seen carrying a knife, which he uses to eat, mutilate, destroy, and do other things. According to the Tribunal's expert, Dr. Gibbons, Murderface is a self-destructive personality who expresses his self-loathing through "bodily mutilation, tattooing, alcohol abuse, and coprophilia." According to Pickles, he is a nihilist and likes to collect "morbid crap" such as torture devices and Civil War memorabilia.[19] Murderface has at least some familiarity with firearms as he recognizes the sound of his "driving gun" (an antique Mauser C96 handgun) after hearing it fired.[17] Murderface endorses a brand of doorknobs known as "Murderknobs."[14] He is also, somehow, a notary public.[5]
Despite outwardly being the angriest and most violent member of Dethklok, Murderface is arguably the most sensitive and insecure. He is convinced that he is hideous and unloveable, and refers to himself as "the fat one." He seems to go through periods of loneliness and depression, which are only magnified by his bandmates' complete inability to react to his emotions. For example, when Pickles goes on a reunion with his old band, Murderface forlornly announces to his bandmates, "I miss Pickles".[12]
While in high school, Murderface's principal allowed him to play bass, drink, and smoke dope to earn his high school diploma after Murderface threatened to cut his eyes out.[7] He regularly throws tantrums when he doesn't get his way, which has resulted in several destroyed bass guitars, and one destroyed guitar of Toki's. He owns a custom-made dungeon/torture chamber, and supposedly spends most of his time there when not with the band. Murderface thinks he is a great speller, but demonstrated his lack of skills in his preparation and appearance on "Celebrity Spelling Bee." (For example, he misspells "confusion" as "k-u-n fusion".)[7] After a near-death experience (falling drunk from the Murdercycle, and subsequent mayhem) he was prompted to seek faith in several churches, including the Church of Satan and the Church of the Atheists. Eventually he decided that all religions were "the same boring crap" and gave up his search. [24]
Murderface appears to be an American Civil War buff. When Dethklok gave Murderface President Kennedy's presidential limo as a birthday present, they replaced the driver's seat with the chair in which President Lincoln was assassinated, eliciting such happiness that he cried blood.[19] Murderface also owns a pair of original shoes from the Civil War, which Dethklok's adopted son Fatty Ding-Dongs ruined, provoking tremendous anger.[26] Finally, when Murderface was lying in a hospital bed after his motorcycle accident, Skwisgaar returned a borrowed copy of Ken Burns' Civil War documentary which he hadn't watched.[24]
Tour
On September 18, it was announced that Dethklok was going to support And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead on a tour of twelve college campuses to promote Adult Swim.[27] According to an e-mail newsletter, the band will feature Brendon Small, guitarist Mike Keneally, bassist Bryan Beller and drummer Gene Hoglan. On October 15, the [adult swim] website had put up the tour dates on their adultswimpresents.com page.[28]
Discography
Fictional albums from Metalocalypse
- 2006: Dethwater (released in the episode Dethwater)
- 2007: Untitled (mention of a new album was made in the episode Dethecution)
Actual albums under Dethklok
- 2007: The Dethalbum
Songs
| Name | Episode | Availability Outside Episode |
|---|---|---|
| "Deththeme" (Demo) | N/A | MP3 available on Brendon Small's personal website. |
| "Deththeme" | Intro to every episode | Demo MP3 released on AdultSwim.com and on Dethklok's official MySpace; Available on The Dethalbum. |
| "Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle" | "The Curse of Dethklok" | Demo MP3 released on AdultSwim.com and on Dethklok's official MySpace; Available on The Dethalbum Deluxe Edition. |
| "Sewn Back Together Wrong" | "The Curse of Dethklok" | Available as an unofficial MP3; featured on "Mordhaus Tours" on the Metalocalypse Season 1 DVD. |
| "Thunderhorse" | "Dethwater" | Demo MP3 released on AdultSwim.com and limited release on Dethklok's official MySpace; featured as a bonus track in the Xbox 360 and PS2 video game Guitar Hero II; Music Video appears as an opening scene on Episode Two; available on The Dethalbum; Part of the "Viking Trilogy". |
| "Dethwater Practice" | "Dethwater" | Available on The Dethalbum as part of the song "Murmaider". |
| "Murmaider" | "Dethwater" | Limited Demo MP3 on Dethklok's official MySpace; available on The Dethalbum |
| "Birthday Dethday" | "Happy Dethday" A.K.A "Birthdayface" | Demo MP3 released on AdultSwim.com and limited release on Dethklok's official MySpace; available on The Dethalbum. |
| "Awaken" | "Dethtroll" | Demo MP3 released on AdultSwim.com and limited release on Dethklok's official MySpace as "Awaken Mustakrakish"; available on The Dethalbum |
| "Death Metal Lullaby" | "Dethtroll" | Never released |
| "Hatredy" | "Dethkomedy" | Limited Demo MP3 released on Dethklok's official MySpace, small clips used as intermissions in "Curse of Dethklok" known as "Transition"; available on The Dethalbum Deluxe Edition. |
| "Bloodrocuted" | "Dethfam" | Limited unofficial MP3 release on The Duncan Hills Coffee Myspace; available on The Dethalbum. |
| "Dethfam" | "Dethfam" | Limited MP3 release on Dethklok's official MySpace. |
| "Inner Child Tied and Beaten in My Trunk" | "Performance Klok" | Limited MP3 release on Dethklok's official MySpace; also known as "Bananna Stickers". |
| "Fansong" | "Mordland" | Limited Demo MP3 release on Dethklok's official MySpace; available on The Dethalbum. |
| "Dethharmonic" | "Fatklok" | Limited Demo MP3 release on Dethklok's official MySpace; available on The Dethalbum. Featuring Emile Autumn on violin.
Possibly influenced by Metallica's 1999 performance of For Whom the Bell Tolls with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. |
| "Crush My Battle Opponent's Balls" | "Skwisklok" | Limited MP3 release on Dethklok's official Myspace. |
| "Briefcase Full of Guts" | "Murdering Outside the Box" | Limited Demo MP3 release on Dethklok's official MySpace; available on The Dethalbum. |
| "Go Forth and Die" | "Go Forth and Die" | Limited Demo MP3 release on Dethklok's official MySpace with alternate lyrics; available on The Dethalbum. |
| "Murdertrain a Comin'" | "Bluesklok" | Limited Demo MP3 release on Dethklok's official MySpace; available on The Dethalbum Deluxe Edition. |
| "Castratikron" | "Girlfriendklok" | Available as an unofficial Demo MP3; Available on The Dethalbum. |
| "Blood Ocean" | "Dethstars" | Limited Demo MP3 release on Dethklok's official MySpace; available on The Dethalbum Deluxe Edition. |
| "Go into the Water" | "The Metalocalypse Has Begun" | Limited Demo MP3 release on Dethklok's official MySpace; available on The Dethalbum |
| "Hatredcopter" | N/A | Demo version available on European release on the Saw III Soundtrack; available on The Dethalbum. |
| "Better Metal Snake" | N/A | Available on The Dethalbum; Part of the "Viking Trilogy". |
| "The Lost Vikings" | N/A | Available on The Dethalbum; Part of the "Viking Trilogy". |
| "Face Fisted" | N/A | Available on The Dethalbum. |
| "Kill You" | N/A | Available on The Dethalbum Deluxe Edition. |
| "Dethecution" (A.K.A. "Let the Dying Begin") | "Dethecution" | N/A |
| "Draw Your Sword" | "Dethlessons" | N/A |
| "Burn the Earth" | "Dethvengeance" | N/A |
Mentioned as song titles
| Name | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Electric Eel Chair" | "Dethwater" | Mentioned as song title |
| "Scaled and Gutted and Undercooked" | "Dethwater" | Mentioned as song title |
| "Scuba Tank Filled with Farts" | "Dethwater" | Mentioned as song title |
| "Killed by a Troll" | "Dethtroll" | Mentioned as song idea |
| "Blood Puke" | "Mordland" | Toki merely mentions it as an idea for a song title, then takes it back, stating "That's right, we already wrote that... good song, though.") |
| "Guts Punched, Balls Threw Up" | "Go Forth and Die" | Mentioned as a song idea, however we do hear an a capella rendition of the polyrhythms of the song. |
Songs performed by other artists or bands
| Name | Episode | Performed by | Availability outside episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Underwater Friends" | "Dethwater" | Toki Wartooth and the fish | Never released |
| "Water Horsey Blues" | "Snakes 'n' Barrels" | Snakes 'n' Barrels | Never released |
| "Snakes 'n' Barrels Reunion Album" | "Snakes 'n' Barrels" | Snakes 'n' Barrels | Never released (note: heard briefly during the credits, consists largely of guitar feedback and the violent grunts and screams of Snakes n' Barrels members, Nathan Explosion notes that it's "the most brutal album ever.") |
| "Planet Piss" | "Dethkids" | William Murderface | Never released |
| "Happy Metal World Rainbow" | "Dethkids" | Juliette Sarmansadandle, Toki Wartooth and Pickles | Never released |
| "Truth Invaders" | "Religionklok" | Prayer Bolt | Never released |
| "I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Clown" | "Dethclown" | Dr. Rockso, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown | No longer available on YouTube. |
| "Murmaider (Muzak version)" | "Dethvengence" | Unknown | Never released |
References
- ^ "STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's GENE HOGLAN Laying Down Tracks For DETHKLOK Album" Dec. 23, 2006.
- ^ a b c Metalocalypse. "The Curse of Dethklok." 6 August 1991. Cite error: The named reference "Episode1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c Metalocalypse. "The Metalocalypse Has Begun." 17 December 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode20" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c Metalocalypse. "Dethtroll." 27 August 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode4" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e Metalocalypse. "Bluesklok." 5 November 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode14" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e Metalocalypse. "Dethfam." 10 September 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode6" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d Metalocalypse. "Go Forth and Die." 29 October 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode13" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b Metalocalypse. "Mordland." 1 October 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode9" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e f g Metalocalypse. "Dethkids." 19 November 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode16" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Episodes 4 and 6
- ^ Metalocalypse. "Performance Klok." 17 September 2006.
- ^ a b c d e Metalocalypse. "Snakes 'n' Barrels." 24 September 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode8" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c citation
- ^ a b c d e f Metalocalypse. "Skwisklok." 15 October 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode11" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b Metalocalypse. "Dethwater." 13 August 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode2" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Metalocalypse. "Murdering Outside the Box." 22 October 2006.
- ^ a b c d Metalocalypse. "Dethclown." 26 November 2006. Cite error: The named reference "Episode17" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Metalocalypse. "Girlfriendklok"." 3 December 2006.
- ^ a b c d citation Cite error: The named reference "Episode3" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Guitar World: November 2007: Dead Guitar Hero!
- ^ Guitar World: November 2007: Dead Guitar Hero!
- ^ Guitar World: November 2007 CD: The Skwisgaar Skwigelf Advanced Fast Hand Finger Wizard Master Class
- ^ Metalocalypse. "Dethstars." 10 December 2006.
- ^ a b c d e citation Cite error: The named reference "Episode15" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ http://www.adultswim.com/shows/metal/meetDARK.html
- ^ Metalocalypse. "Fat Kid at the Detharmonic." 8 October 2006.
- ^ "[1]" September 18, 2007.
- ^ http://www.adultswim.com/williams/music/dethkloktour/index.html
External links
- Reveiw in {http://synthesis.net Synthesis Magazine]
- Dethklok Music Video and Lyrics Archive on Yellow Subterfuge
- Dethklok at Encyclopaedia Metallum