Dethklok
| Dethklok | |
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 Dethklok live in 2008 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Melodic Death Metal |
| founding | 2006 |
| Current occupation | |
| Brendon Small | |
| Gene Hoglan | |
guitar |
Mike Keneally (live musician) |
bass |
Bryan Beller (live musician) |
| Fictional musicians | |
singing |
Nathan Explosion (Brendon Small) |
guitar |
Skwisgaar Skwigelf (Brendon Small) |
guitar |
Toki Wartooth (Tommy Blacha) |
bass |
William Murderface (Tommy Blacha) |
Drums |
Pickles (Brendon Small) |
Dethklok is a fictional Scandinavian - American Melodic Death Metal band, the star of the US animated series Metalocalypse is. There is also a line-up with real musicians.
Band history (cartoon series)
The series Metalocalypse was designed by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha in 2006 and is broadcast on the US broadcaster Cartoon Network as part of the Adult Swim series collection, always on Saturday night. It deals with the fictional adventures of a successful Scandinavian-American band that has enormous power over their fans and is persecuted by a sect called The Tribunal . The fictional musicians are modeled on secular musicians and represent archetypes . Singer Nathan Explosion is based on George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse , but is also somewhat similar to Glenn Danzig and Conan . Guitarist Skwisgaar Skwigelf is based on Yngwie Malmsteen . The drummer Pickles is based on the musical style of Roger Meddows Taylor and the real musician Devin Townsend .
Four seasons of the series have been filmed so far and have been broadcast very successfully in the United States. The series has also been running in Germany for the first time since June 29, 2010. Metalocalypse is broadcast in the Adult Swim program block on the TNT series in two-channel sound. The German guest dubbing voices include Doro Pesch , Alf Ator from Knorkator , Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer from Destruction and Miland “Mille” Petrozza from Kreator .
The German version was produced by TV + Synchron Berlin .
Real band
In 2007 the album The Dethalbum was released, which, like the music in the series, was composed and recorded by Brendon Small. He was supported by drummer Gene Hoglan and violinist Emilie Autumn as well as Tommy Blacha, the co-creator of the series. The album reached number 21 on the US Billboard charts.
Songs from the band were used in the soundtrack to Saw III and in the game Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock .
In 2008 a tour in the style of the fictional band Gorillaz took place. For this purpose, guitarist Mike Keneally and bassist Bryan Beller were recruited alongside Gene Hoglan . The tour took the band to various colleges . As support played ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead . Most of the shows were sold out. For most of their shows, the band did not charge entry.
The band's second album, The Dethalbum II , was released on September 9, 2009 via Williams Street Records . There was a standard version, a deluxe version with an additional DVD and a download version. The DVD of the deluxe version shows a 52-minute documentary about the 2008 Dethklok tour.
Discography
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- 2007: The Dethalbum
- 2009: Dethalbum II
- 2012: Dethalbum III
- 2013: The Doomstar Requiem
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- ↑ Interview ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Emusician.com
- ↑ Ratings ( Memento from January 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Message in the Astra Insider
- ↑ Online news from Totentanz magazine ( memento of the original from January 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report to TV Digital
- ↑ Charts in the All Music Guide
- ↑ News ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Blabbermouth
- ↑ Interview with Brendon Small
- ^ Dethklok on the US Billboard Charts
Web links
- Dethklok on Myspace
- Metalocalypse on Adult Swim