Los Angeles, CA · melodic death metal

Dethklok

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Metalocalypse's cartoon death-metal band, real and devastating live — Brendon Small's shred played against the animation at brutal volume.

Dethklok began as the fictional band at the centre of Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha's animated series Metalocalypse, which premiered on Adult Swim in 2006. Small writes the music and performs most of the guitar and vocal parts, and the songs were built to work as functional melodic death metal rather than parody: tremolo-picked riffing, blast beats, and lyrics delivered in a low growl, often about absurd subjects handled with total seriousness.

The project moved off the screen with studio albums credited to the band and a touring lineup of session musicians, performing with animation projected behind them. Gene Hoglan handled drums on the recordings and in the live band for much of that run.

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