Original title
Metalocalypse
Released
8/6/2006
Origin country
US
Genre
Animation, Comedy
Production companies
Titmouse, Williams Street
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
4
Number of episodes
62
Part-American, part-Scandinavian death-metal band Dethklok has a lingering effect on its fans, who take the words seriously and do anything Dethklok lyrics say. The government fears the band's influence and sets out to destroy it by covert means; for example, by sending military pharmaceutical psychotropic drug manufacturers. Deemed sociopaths for tossing hot coffee at their concert attendees, two of the band members are alcoholics, and they all have self-esteem issues.
We pick up directly after the abduction of Toki Wartooth in the season four finale. With his life in danger, his only salvation can come from the four most selfish human celebrities on Earth—his bandmates. Will they be able to get past their own egos to help someone besides themselves? Find out in this one-hour heavy metal rock opera special with a completely original score.
The first season of the animated show Metalocalypse originally aired on Adult Swim from August 6, 2006 to December 17, 2006 with 20 episodes. The show follows virtual death metal band Dethklok. The majority of the music featured this season was released on the 2007 album, The Dethalbum.
Dethklok hires the world's only six-star chef to cook dinner for them before a show in Norway. They warn him of the Dethklok curse, where every employee they've hired, chefs included, has tragically died. Later, when their new chef is at near-death on life support following an unfortunate helicoptor mishap, the band is forced to make its own meals.
Dethklok frontman Nathan Explosion wants the band's next album to be the ultimate smash hit. So, to achieve this goal, he decides to have a recording session locked in a Russian nuclear submarine that is moving through the Mariana Trench - the deepest, darkest location in the Earth's crust itself. How brutal is that?!
It's Murderface's birthday, and the rest of the band soon are faced with the difficult task of getting him a present. In fact, he actually ends up hating his party until they finally give him their gift.
The band plays an ancient song which hasn't been heard in thousands of years which unexpectedly awakens a deadly Nordic lake troll and must compose the world's first death metal lullaby to return the beast to its slumber.
Dethklok decides to try their hand at standup comedy in order to avoid burning out on metal. Pickles remains traumatized by a heckler while the rest of the band learns that comedy is all about embracing the hate.
Uncomfortable and embarrassed, Dethklok painfully endures while their parents are in town for a visit. They are at first pissed and doubtful when their parents announce the release of the 'Parents of Dethklok' album, but soon realize the depth of their parents' anger. The guys learn an important lesson: there's nothing more brutal in this world than raising children.
Dethklok has a huge fight on stage, which prompts the record label to hire a performance coach to keep the band together. The band falls in love with therapy for all the wrong reasons.
Pickles decides to go on a reunion tour with his old band, Snakes 'n' Barrels. The government plots to use a new super-drug to erase Pickles' mind and 'reprogram' him, thereby destroying Dethklok from within.
Mordhouse, the home of Dethklok, opens its gates to the public for the first time in celebration of International Dethfan Day. Will the band and their fans make it through the experience? Dethklok find themselves in potential trouble after two Internet geeks threaten to release the band's exclusive, one-time-only, fan song over the internet unless they give in to their demands.
Upon learning that they've once again earned too much money over the past year, the band tries to "donate" as much as they can to charity as a tax write-off. The guys also unwisely attempt fatherhood and play a landmark concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra which ends with a killer laser light show.
Skwisgaar hosts the "Skwisgaar Skwigelf Advanced Hand Finger Wizard Master Class" pay-per-view event to promote sales of his new guitar line, which includes models such as the Skwisarmyatar and the Antfarmatar. The rest of the guys get inspired to also try their hand at endorsement deals. Metal legend King Diamond guest stars as Ronald Von Monoldburg.
Dethklok has an end of the quarter employee evaluation to find out who has been embezzling from the company. The patronizing evaluation start off with a pep talk and a corporate video that will have audiences and Dethfans alike vying for a spot on the Dethklok payroll.
Continually plagued by his stupidity, Nathan Explosion decides to attempt to earn his GED.
After a concert that Dethklok didn't perform, but just stood on the stage, they travel to Mississippi to learn about the blues.
Murderface searches for a religion after a near-death experience leaves him longing for greater meaning. He samples everything from Christianity to Satanism before finding his true calling.
Toki tries to compensate for his adorable charm by over-brutalizing his intentions and actions.
Dr. Rockso and Toki's sudden friendship has the rest of Dethklok uneasy.
Dethklok is asked to host the American Pornography Awards, but Nathan's new controlling girlfriend puts a damper on the situation for the entire band.
The band is given a movie development deal.
Dethklok receives death threats from fans right before the first live performance of Dethwater. Krosier and Ravenwood attempt to take Dethklok out, with the help of an old enemies brother... With the secret army on the horizon waiting for the right moment to strike, will Dethklok make it through this?
The second season of the animated show Metalocalypse originally aired on Adult Swim from September 23, 2007 to September 7, 2008 with 19 episodes. The show follows virtual death metal band Dethklok. The majority of the music featured this season was released on the 2009 album Dethalbum II. The first episode of this season, "Dethecution" was released as part of the deluxe edition of The Dethalbum. This season featured the new re-recorded version of the "Deththeme", released as a hidden track on The Dethalbum.
Dethklok has withdrawn from the public eye, and fan suicide rates are climbing. The US government hatches a plan to bring the band out of hiding and restore world order.
Toki Wartooth is fed up playing in the shadow of Skwisgaar's lead guitar. Under the tutelage of a crusty old guitar master, Toki learns that the heart, too, has strings.
The wounded, the scarred, and the disfigured unite. Meanwhile, an oblivious Dethklok spends their studio time recording onto the purest of all analog formats: water.
After a massive shootout at a Duncan Hills Coffeeshop opening, Dethklok invest in the ultimate protection - another Dethklok. But are these dopplegangers really all that they seem?
Dethklok enters the fashion industry to promote their new clothing line, and in the the process experiences the brutality of negative body image, dieting, and bulimia.
Dr. Roxo (The Rock 'n Roll Clown, He does Cocaine) is on the lamb and Toki decides to hide him at Mordhouse. The band decides to stage an intervention for Roxo.
Pickles's brother is getting married and Dethklok are asked to appear at the wedding.
Pickles gets a new PR lady who inflates his fame, prompting jealousy from his bandmates.
The band travels to the Amazon and learns about the native brutality of Nathan's ancestors.
Nathan serves a term as the temporary governor of Florida.
When William Murderface creates an auto event, Nathan and Pickles try to be supportive while Swisgaar and Toki try to get their licenses.
Dethklok visits scarred and disfigured victims of recent bomb attacks.
When Nathan learns his ex-girlfriend has found a new love, he decides to return to dating.
The band is fed up with Ofdenson knowing more than they do. They want their fifth of everything and decide to hire an efficiency expert to tighten up matters at Mordhaus and maximize their weekly allowance.
When Toki gets news that his dad is dying, he's forced to travel back to his home town in Norway. The rest of the band decides to make a vacation out of it, citing "album inspiration" as their excuse to further put off working on their delayed album.
When Pickles discovers through an episode of Where are They Now Now? that Snakes 'N' Barrels has reunited without him for the "SOBERTOWN USA No Drugs Allowed Sober Rock and Roll Show", he and the rest of Dethklok travel to Los Angeles to put an end to the atrocity. Part one.
When Pickles discovers through an episode of Where are They Now Now? that Snakes 'N' Barrels has reunited without him for the "SOBERTOWN USA No Drugs Allowed Sober Rock and Roll Show", he and the rest of Dethklok travel to Los Angeles to put an end to the atrocity. Part two.
The world economy is crumbling and waiting for the next Dethklok album to stimulate it back into order. It’s up to Dethklok to get the album just right and finished on time.
Dethklok’s new album is released to the world. The Revengencers make their next move. Mordhouse is directly attacked by the Revengencers, during a concert after party. Part one.
Dethklok’s new album is released to the world. The Revengencers make their next move. Mordhouse is directly attacked by the Revengencers, during a concert after party. Part two.
The third season of the animated show Metalocalypse originally aired on Adult Swim from November 8, 2009 to October 24, 2010 with 10 episodes. The show follows virtual death metal band Dethklok. This season featured a 21 minute runtime.
Believing Ofdensen is dead, Dethklok is forced to become their own managers while dealing with repairs to the destroyed Mordhaus and trying to plan their biggest concert to date. Their efforts are stalled however when a past acquaintance cuts off their unlimited financial freedom to get revenge against the band.
Dethklok join a tribute band to reignite their passion for Rock'n'Roll.
The members of Dethklok use a variety of potentially dangerous home remedies in a desperate attempt to avoid a visit to the doctor's office.
Dethklok must experience the ultimate brutality of the Holiday season; spending time with their mothers. Meanwhile Murderface ringleads the ultimate Christmas special that ends up being backed by the Christian church. And a particular rock and roll clown makes a holiday appearance.
After mutable pregnancy lawsuits Skwisgaar begins to slip into a deep depression leaving him with the choice to search for his biological father. Meanwhile Murderface puts it upon himself to become Skwisgaars father which slowly draws jealousy from both Pickles and Toki.
Toki decides he wants to find his soulmate and goes to a match making service. Meanwhile, Murderface bets Skwisgaar that he can have more sex than him.
After a ridiculously pointless (and failed) lawsuit against their own band-mates and a devastating embarrassment in France, Murderface and Toki are suspended from the band. They later decide make a record label called "MurderTooth Records".
While Pickles is back in rehab, the band replaces him with an automated beat keeping machine.
Toki tries to turn the life of his rock n' roll clown friend, Dr. Rockzo, around by investing Dethklok's vacation fund into the ultimate Zazz Blammymatazz reunion. Everything goes smoothly until the media peers into Rockzo's past and discovers the clowns darkest secret, the secret that tore his career apart, the secret love of a girl he couldn't have. Rockzo disappears from the public, when we learn Toki CAN'T live without the clown, he recedes into a dark catatonia and Dethklok realizes that in order to save their band mate, they must save the clown.
Dethklok band manager Charles Offdensen's absence causes problems for the band when they accidentally double book a show in the Middle East.
The fourth season of the animated show Metalocalypse originally aired on Adult Swim from April 29, 2012 to July 15, 2012 with 12 episodes. The show follows virtual death metal band Dethklok. This season returned to the original 11-minute long episode format. The season four DVD/Blu-ray was released on October 30, 2012 through Adult Swim/Warner Home Video.
Nathan begins dating a hardcore Dethklok fan, against the advice of his bandmates. The rest of Dethklok takes up smoking.
Accusations of racism are leveled at the band, so they open an urban youth center to improve their image. Elsewhere, Toki starts a club but excludes Murderface.
The guys pull pranks and go on vacation to celebrate the release of their album, but Nathan senses that something is not right with their latest release. Meanwhile, Skwisgaar and Toki plot revenge on Murderface for his pranks.
Dethklok opens a Dethfair in Tomahawk, Wisconsin; Pickles goes into realty.
Toki writes a tell-all book about Skwisgaar and becomes lead guitarist for the band, but the pressure may be more than he can handle. Elsewhere, Nathan buys a defibrillator as a toy.
The band’s new female producer sends them on a vacation to help write songs for the new album. The getaway proves anything but relaxing, however, when they end up in a brutal country and are sold into sex slavery.
Toki goes to rock-and-roll camp and is bullied by other campers. But he soon finds an ally in a former Dethklok guitarist. Meanwhile, Skwisgaar and Murderface binge on candy and horror movies while Toki is away.
Murderface goes to Mexico for plastic surgery after he receives a dubious award. The rest of the guys, meanwhile, deal with the effects of aging and years of hard living.
The guys spend time on a sub without women, and the conditions quickly deteriorate, prompting Pickles and Nathan to compete for the affections of their producer.
As Dethklok hosts the most important dinner of their career, the divvying of album credits, over tagging on social networking sites, and fights over a girl come to head. Can CFO keep their issues in check? Will the record executives forgive them for the past year of mistakes? Or will it be a total, brutal disaster?
While the world awaits the final Dethklok performance, members of the band prepare for their post-Dethklok careers. Pickles starts a winery for the most alcoholic wine ever, Nathan and Skwisgaar look for a brand new sound that does not suck, and Toki works with Murderface on his campaign for congressman. Meanwhile, Selatcia takes Dethklok’s weakness as the opportune time to strike!
Dethklok is notified of a looming secret that has been around for hundreds of years: the secret of the Metalocalypse. Before they can contemplate what this means, however, Nathan must give a eulogy and do the most brutal thing he has ever done: get in touch with his emotions.
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