Die For Dethklok

Eddie Van Halen Shreds

2009-04-09T10:08:00.000-05:00

Uh oh, Van Halen shreds!

Yo-Yo Shreds at the Inauguration with Perlman et al.

2009-03-29T13:08:00.000-05:00

Finally, Yo-Yo Ma Shreds. Video and dub tribute to yoyo, itzhak et al. and their powerful performance at the Obama inauguration. John Williams composed an introduction and conclusion and called it "Air and Simple Gifts". The performance was pre-recorded, as we learned a few days after the event. Here is how the live performance might have actually sounded, for all we know... This is a satirical hypothetical document, not an actual record of what happened on inauguration day. Albeit with a nod to StSanders, numerous viewers have also pointed out that the duration of this video (4'33") makes it a sort of John Cage tribute.

Creed Shreds

2009-03-17T12:04:00.000-05:00

Creed playing one of their songs onstage.

Santana Shreds

2009-03-13T13:33:00.000-05:00

Carlos Santana is not doing so hot.

Eric Clapton Shreds

2009-03-12T12:37:00.000-05:00

This sounds an awful lot like jazz music to me.

Kiss Shreds

2009-03-11T13:25:00.000-05:00

KISS Shreds! Ya ha ha. I will never go to school.

Slipknot SHREDS

2009-03-11T13:05:00.001-05:00

Slipknot Shreds! Tonight, I'm so happy with this day! I am not afraid! I walk alone!

Dethklok's Lawyer and Heroes Noah Bennett

2008-12-02T23:27:00.003-06:00

I just realized how much Charles Ofdensen (Dethklok's Lawyer/babysitter) looks like Noah Bennett from heroes. They both even act in mysterious ways and will not hesitate to kill if someone threatens their precious Deth-Clairebear.

Would he not be perfect for a real life Dethklok movie? Could you think of a better person to play Dethklok's lawyer?

Molten Light - Chad VanGaalen

2008-12-02T23:16:00.000-06:00

Download this clip!

This is not a Dethklok song, but it is gory and features nudity, two key features of a music video that Dethklok fans can't get enough of.

Youtube Poop: Metalocalypse

2008-10-05T13:58:00.001-05:00

A youtube poop of Metalocalypse.

30 Dethklock Quotes

2008-10-05T13:47:00.000-05:00

30 quotes from the show, Metalocalypse!

Top 10 Favorite Moments From Dethklok

2008-10-05T13:44:00.000-05:00

From the most metal show i present to you my top 10 favorite moments.

Dethvengeance

2007-10-11T14:42:00.000-05:00

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.

Dethlessons

2007-10-03T10:31:00.000-05:00

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.

Dethecution

2007-09-23T23:36:00.000-05:00

Since Dethklok's withdrawal from the public following the purported Dethwater ...Live "fan attack", the world economy teeters on the brink of disaster. Dethklok is finally lured back into the outside world with their protective "pelvic-thrust mace belts" to be a part of the world's largest public execution of criminals in recorded history.

Madness? THIS IS DETHKLOK!

2007-09-23T08:33:00.000-05:00

Someone took The 300 and mashed it up to the Dethklok song "Thunderhorse".

DethAlbum

2007-08-13T15:33:00.000-05:00

DethAlbum is the name of the upcoming album by Dethklok from Metalocalypse fame. It is expected to be released on September 25, 2007. The album is said to feature full-length songs from the show (compared to the average one minute, fading out, "clips" in the show and on the Dethklok Myspace) as well as previously unreleased tracks. "Hatredcopter" was released previous to the album's release on the Saw III soundtrack. The record will also be released as a double disc deluxe edition, featuring seven bonus tracks, the video for "Bloodrocuted", as well as the first Metalocalypse episode of the second season.

Track Listing

"Murmaider"
"Go Into the Water"
"Awaken"
"Bloodrocuted"
"Go Forth and Die"
"Fansong"
"Better Metal Snake"
"The Lost Vikings"
"Thunderhorse"
"Briefcase Full of Guts"
"Birthday Dethday"
"Hatredcopter"
"Castratikron"
"Face Fisted"
"Dethharmonic"
"Deththeme"

Deluxe Edition Bonus CD

"Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle"
"Blood Ocean"
"Murdertrain A Comin'"
"Pickles Intro"
"Kill You"
"Hatredy"
"Dethklok Gets in Tune"

Plus: The music video for "Bloodrocuted"
The first episode from Season 2

Credits

Fictional personnel

Nathan Explosion – vocals
Skwisgaar Skwigelf – lead guitar
Toki Wartooth – rhythm guitar
William Murderface – bass guitar
Pickles the Drummer – drums

Actual personnel

Brendon Small – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar
Gene Hoglan – backing vocals, drums

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Metalocalypse

2007-08-13T15:31:00.000-05:00

Metalocalypse is an animated television series on Adult Swim created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. It has been described as "Spinal Tap meets Scooby-Doo meets Norway". The series was originally pitched as Deathclock, but the name could not be used due to an existing trademark. The show and the main characters' band were then renamed Dethklok. The show's title was then extended to Death Clock Metalocalypse, although the starring band still retained the name Dethklok. The crew finally shortened the title to Metalocalypse because the extended show title was too complicated.

The show's first season consists of twenty eleven-minute episodes, the first of which premiered on the Adult Swim Fix on August 4, 2006, and on Adult Swim proper the following Sunday. According to AdultSwim, Metalocalypse has been renewed for a second season consisting of twenty episodes to begin airing September 23, 2007, which is one week before the CD release. The Metalocalypse premiere was the #1 rated show in its timeslot among males aged 18-34, and earned the network's best premiere delivery and ratings to date in 2006. Among the top ad-supported basic cable programs of the week, Metalocalypse ranked #12 among men 18-34 and #6 among men 18-24. The series premiere ranked #30 for the week among adults 18-34.

Overview

Metalocalypse follows the exploits of the part-American/part-Scandinavian metal band Dethklok. Although the name is usually spelled "Dethklok," almost all of the band logos have it spelled as "Dëthkløk." Dethklok follows true-to-life metal styling, one example being their death metal-oriented song, "Mermaider," about "mermaid murder." They enjoy a popularity level unheard of in reality, being "the twelfth largest economy on Earth." They are so popular that their fans will do anything their songs tell them, even if it means death. If Dethklok endorses a company, it instantly becomes the only source for the product it happens to sell, as every competitor is quickly driven out of business. The band's unnatural popularity has attracted the attention of an Illuminati-style group, known as the Tribunal. Each episode sees this group attempt to covertly thwart the band by calling in various "specialists", such as a "military pharmaceutical psychotropic drug manufacturers", "celebrity depression specialists" or various psychopaths that attempt to infiltrate the group. It is alluded to on the show that several Washington think tanks specifically related to the band exist.

The band's concerts are notoriously violent, often resulting in harm to a good portion of the crowd. Even their attempts at charity result in numerous deaths, such as the laser light show that butchered the London Philharmonic orchestra during a benefit concert. The premiere episode gives an example of this: a metal box that serves as the band's stage is airlifted and dropped on location, but misses the landing area and crushes a good portion of the crowd, both by virtue of its landing and by its subsequent opening. Several searing hot coffee and cream pitchers are also poured on the crowd, melting their skin off, to fit with the death metal styled coffee jingle being played by the band. Despite the obvious danger, however, people love Dethklok's concerts so much that they will sign "pain waivers" at the entrance, signing their lives away and releasing the band from legal liability in the very likely case they are killed or dismembered. The band members reside together in a vast mansion called Mordhaus (German for "Murderhouse") in an unspecified mountainous region known as Mordland. According to the Dethklok MySpace page, Mordland is in the United States. The members of Dethklok are portrayed as generally sociopathic and inept in all things non-musical except for negotiating their own contracts. Despite the band's immense success and talent, all of the members have self-esteem issues which surface to varying degrees during the show. Their monumental wealth allows them to get away with just about anything, including murder. The band members share an obsession with "brutality" and "metal-ness," often choosing whether or not to do something based on how "metal" they believe it to be. Two members of the group suffer from extreme alcoholism, so drunkeness is often a plot device.

DethAlbum

DethAlbum will be released September 25th 2007 in both standard and deluxe editions. The album is a combination of full length tracks from the series and completely new songs.

Endorsements

Dethklok, the in-show band, also endorses several real-world music products, including Krank Amplification, Gibson guitars, EMG pickups, and Line 6 gear. On Dethklok's MySpace page, an entry attributed to Nathan Explosion announced that the band is making a real album, called "DethAlbum," featuring drummer Gene Hoglan, will be released on September 25th, 2007 along with the DVD of the first season, which releases on October 2nd. According to the blog entry, the "DethAlbum" will feature songs from the show in full length, rather than the shortened versions released via the band's MySpace page. The DethAlbum will also feature never-before heard songs. One of these songs, entitled Hatredcopter, can be found on the European release of the Saw III soundtrack. According to the official Dethklok MySpace, the Gibson Guitar Corporation is also planning on making a Dethklok signature guitar, and Shocker Toys, have announced that they are planning to make action figures based on the band and will have them on hand at San Diego Comic-COn 2007 at booth# 4517. The song Thunderhorse is featured in the game Guitar Hero II by Harmonix and Red Octane as a bonus song.

Guest appearances

The series often has real-life musicians doing guest voices on the show. Among these are James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Emilie Autumn, Jeff Loomis, Steve Smyth, and Warrel Dane of Nevermore, Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott, King Diamond, and Cannibal Corpse frontman George 'Corpsegrinder' Fisher.

References to real bands

Nearly every episode features several passing references to other real-world metal bands in the form of names, places, or general behavior on the part of the characters.

A grocery store is named after the Finnish metal band Finntroll. (The Curse of Dethklok)
Nathan Explosion mentions the titles of three songs by Cannibal Corpse over the microphone in Fintrolls - "Price check, clean-up aisle 6. Rotted Body Landslide. And don't forget our special sale on Every Bone Broken chicken! Hurry! Enjoy our tasty Hammer Smashed Face. Aisle 3." (The Curse of Dethklok)
Dethklok find themselves in Espoo, Finland. This is where Finnish band Children of Bodom is from. The troll emerges from the lake, which is a reference to Lake Bodom. (Dethtroll)
The band and their families go out to eat at Burzum's, referring to well known black metal band Burzum. (Dethfam)
The store at which Murderface buys his grandfather an electric wheelchair is named Gorgoroth's, after the black metal band Gorgoroth. (Dethfam)
The band members and their families go to a mini-golf park named after the Swedish black metal band Marduk. (Dethfam)
Nathan Explosion dreams he is employed at Dimmu Burger, a fast food chain named after Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. (Go Forth and Die)
Nathan Explosion takes his GED at Carpathian Forest High, a reference to the Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest. (Go Forth and Die)
Pickles' former band Snakes and Barrels refers to Guns N' Roses. The bassist, who wears a top hat and an open leather jacket, refers to Slash. (Snakes and Barrels)
The title of the episode "Dethstars" is a reference to Swedish industrial metal band Deathstars.
The head of the film studio is called James Grishnackh, a reference to Varg Vikernes's (Burzum) pseudonym, Count Grishnackh. (Dethstars)
The production company for Blood Ocean is called Behemoth Productions, a reference to Polish black metal band Behemoth. (Dethstars)
The actor J.F. Amarth may be named after the Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth. (Dethstars)
In a TV show clip in Dethstars, the actors are called "Valerie Vrangsinn", "James Cronos" and "Lupe Asesino". (Dethstars)
The band plays in Danzig, a major Polish city which is also the name of a metal band fronted by Misfits/Samhain front man Glenn Danzig. (The Metalocalypse Has Begun)
The infamous suicide of Mayhem vocalist, Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin) is referenced in the first episode. Toki says “He blow he brain in.” then Skwisgaar corrects him, “He blow he brain out.”, “Whatever, it make great album cover!” Toki replies. This is a reference to the Mayhem bootleg album ‘Dawn of the Black Hearts’, a picture of Deads suicide was used for the cover. (The Curse of Dethklok)
In the episode, "Birthday Dethday", Skwisgaar mutters for two seconds to Murderface about playing his records backwards and killing himself. This statement is a reference to a case involving Judas Priest where a fan committed suicide after hearing the words "do it" in the backwards version of the song.
The way the band spells Death is a reference to Megadeth
Pickles' former band, "Snakes and Barrels" has a similar name to Canadian band Rush's album "Snakes and Arrows."

Voice actors

Brendon Small – Nathan Explosion, Pickles, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Charles Ofdensen and others
Tommy Blacha – William Murderface, Toki Wartooth, Dr. Rockso, and others
Mark Hamill – Senator Stampingston, Jean-Pierre, Mr. Selatcia, and others
Victor Brandt – General Crozier, Cardinal Ravenwood, and others

Cameos

Laraine Newman ("The Curse of Dethklok") – "News Reporter," "Grandma," "GMILF," ("Dethfam") – "Rose Explosion (Nathan's Mom)," "Pickles' Mom," "Serveta Skwigelf (Skwisgaar's Mom)"
Jon Schnepp ("Birthdayface or Happy Dethday") - "Dr. Gibbits," ("Skwisklok") – "Video Director"
Laura Silverman ("Girlfriendklok") – "Rebecca Nightrod," ("Dethstars") - Sitcom Actress
Andy Richter ("Dethstars") – "J.F. Amarth"

Musician cameos

James Hetfield of Metallica, ("The Curse of Dethklok") – "Goat," ("Birthdayface" or "Happy Dethday") – "Sniper," ("Dethtroll") – "Mustakrakish," ("Dethkomedy") – "Lorkey" (the sailor)
Kirk Hammett of Metallica, ("The Curse of Dethklok") – "Two-Fingered Fan," ("Birthdayface" or "Happy Dethday") – "Queen of Denmark," ("Dethtroll") – "Barkeep"
Jeff Loomis of Nevermore, ("Performance Klok") – "Murderface's Dad"
Steve Smyth of Nevermore, ("Snakes 'n' Barrels") – "Snizzy Snazz Bullets"
Warrel Dane of Nevermore, ("Snakes 'n' Barrels") – "Sammy Candynose Twinskins"
King Diamond of King Diamond (band), ("Skwisklok") – "Ronald Von Monoldburg," ("Murdering Outside The Box") – "Employee 421," ("Go Forth and Die") - "Dimmu Burger Manager," ("Bluesklok") - "The Devil"
Michael Amott former guitarist of Carcass and currently in Arch Enemy, ("Snakes 'n' Barrels") – "Antonio Tony DiMarco Thunderbottom"
George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse, ("Go Forth and Die") – "Dimmu Burger Customer," ("Bluesklok") – "Depressed Fool's Cap Hippie"; ("Dethkids") "Football Player"; ("The Metalocalypse Has Begun") "216's Brother/Metal-masked Assassin"
Emilie Autumn of The Chelsea, ("Dethharmonic") – All violins (as "played" by the London Philharmonic Orchestra)

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One-time characters

2007-08-13T15:29:00.000-05:00

In each episode, the band will often meet with different people for various reasons, usually relating to their music. With a few exceptions, most of the people they meet are either killed or horribly mutilated, often by sheer coincidence.

Prince Henry of Denmark – The young and stupid heir to the throne of Denmark. His idol Murderface headbutted him during a concert, fracturing his skull. His face was autographed by Skwisgaar, injuring him further. He was last of the Danish royalty at the time of his mother's death from mercury poisoning.
Queen of Denmark - Prince Henry's mother. Bears a resemblance to Queen Elizabeth, the current Queen of England. At Murderface's birthday, she tries a sample of the mercury frosting before Jean-Pierre could stop her. Almost immediately, she vomits up pieces of her own flesh and died instantly. Although mercury does not make one do that in reality, people who meet Dethklok usually die equally gruesome deaths.
Mustakrakish, the Lake Troll – A lake troll risen from its thousand-year sleep by Dethklok when they took passages from a "Finnish Necronomicon" to make the lyrics for a song. The song was intended to be offered as a new national anthem in apology for almost destroying Finland on a previous tour. Instead, it awoke the Mustakrakish who terrorized nearby towns. After a failed attempt at a death metal lullaby, Mustakrakish died after tearing its organs out of its own throat and chest in an attempt to dislodge Murderface's Dethphone from its airway. Voiced by Metallica frontman James Hetfield.
Finnish bartender – Nameless bartender who helps Dethklok defeat Mustakrakish the Troll by introducing them to acoustic instruments (or as Skwisgaar and Toki call them, "grandspa's guitars"), in order to put the troll back to sleep after it destroys the power grid. He was eaten by the troll. Voiced by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett.
Lorkey the Sailor – A sea captain that trains Dethklok to be funny for their comedy routines. Committed suicide after realizing he couldn't teach them any more. Voiced by Metallica frontman James Hetfield.
Nick Ibsen – A TV personality resembling Larry King. He was killed by electrocution through a pool of his own blood, giving Nathan inspiration for the song "Bloodtrocuted."
Serveta Skwigelf – Former Miss Sweden 1956, and the neglectful, promiscuous single mother of Skwisgaar.
Anja and Reverend Aslaug Wartooth – The extremely religious parents of Toki. They live in an abandoned village near Lillehammer, Norway. They never speak, smile, or show any emotion whatsoever. However, they have been briefly shown screaming towards the end of the episode "Dethfam."
Stella and Thunderbolt Murderface – Grandparents who raised William after the chainsaw murder/suicide of his parents. Thunderbolt suffered a massive stroke some time in the past (believed to be approximately “30 years ago”, as suggested by the lyrics he has in Dethfam) and Stella tows him in a wagon behind her Rascal scooter until Murderface buys him a wheelchair controlled by blinking. It is worth noting that Thunderbolt Murderface "sings" the only actual written lyrics of the song "Dethfam."
Calvert and Molly – Pickles' parents. They reside in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
Seth – Pickles' older brother. An ex-con who constantly tries to make money off of Pickles' fame.
Rose and Oscar Explosion – Nathan's parents. They live in Victory Gardens, an armed forces retirement community in Florida.
Dr. Jonathan Twinkletits (pronounced "twink-LET-its," deliberately avoiding the obvious pronunciation) – An insane band therapist hired to keep Dethklok from having another fight on-stage. He awards the band members with banana stickers for good behavior.Former member of a band known as the Amazlingtons, whom he killed after they disbanded. When he attempted to kill Dethklok after they fired him, he slipped on a banana sticker and fell into Mordhaus' front yard, where he was eaten by the "yard wolves."
Antonio "Tony" DiMarco Thunderbottom – Bassist from Snakes n' Barrels. A former alcoholic and drug addict, now sober. He was driven insane by the military-developed drug "Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake." Voiced by Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott.
Sammy "Candynose" Twinskins – Drummer from Snakes n' Barrels. Formerly addicted to cocaine, but has since become sober. He was driven insane by the military-developed drug "Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake." Voiced by Nevermore singer Warrel Dane.
Snizzy "Snazz" Bullets – Rhythm Guitar player from Snakes n' Barrels. Suffers from partial facial paralysis due to hallucinogen and heroin abuse. He was driven insane by the military-developed drug "Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake." Voiced by Nevermore guitarist Steve Smyth.
Eric and Edgar Jomfrune – Two brothers from Sandusky, Ohio who dropped out of Harvard to become dedicated Dethklok fans. Proprietors of diefordethklok.com, the biggest Dethklok fan site in existence. They try to blackmail Dethklok by recording one of their exclusive songs and threatening to release it on the Internet. Eric's head was shot off by one of Dethklok's sniper roadies. Edgar, on the other hand, seemingly managed to evade every sniper bullet despite being in a wheelchair. It is currently unknown if he is still alive.
Fat Kid/Fatty/Fatty Ding-Dong/Fat Tits (the list goes on and on) – Feral mutant child adopted by Dethklok in a misguided attempt to get a tax write-off. He does not speak, communicating only through piglike squeals and grunts. They treat him like a pet rather than a person. Nathan even went so far as to neuter him in an attempt to calm him down, arguing that it is less Nazi-like than limiting his sugar intake. Responsible for cutting the London Philharmonic Orchestra in half with beams from Dethklok's "Mother-Laser-Fucking Light Show." He was killed by feral cats after being left on an island which Dethklok had earlier dubbed the "Dethklok Home for Wayward Kitties."
Sergio Pampenheiser – Television personality selling quality guitars on TV. It is likely that Sergio is a reference to the musician-turned-guitar-salesman Esteban, who is famous for selling quality guitars at affordable prices on television shopping networks.
216 – Silent government agent sent by General Crozier to kill Dethklok disguised as one of their workers. Killed two Dethklok employees while trying to get to Dethklok. He was impaled on Murderface's codpiece after being tripped by the dwarfish Dethklok employee who was also identified as number 216.
Mashed Potato Johnson – The oldest living blues guitarist. Supposedly made a deal with the devil for blues talent. Parody of Robert Johnson.
The Blues Devil – A being to whom people sell their souls (or in Dethklok's case, a $5 Hot Topic gift card) in exchange for fame in the blues genre.
Prayer Bolt – Christian rock band whose show Dethklok attended to help Murderface find religion. The lead singer was impaled when he stage dived onto a board exposed by Toki.
Juliette Sarmansadandle – Dying, wheelchair-bound little girl whose last wish is to meet Toki. She makes Toki a DVD with her playing a Guitar Hero guitar that causes him to flash back to his own childhood and realize that being a kid is "brutal," but she is already dead by the time he finally assents to meet her.
Rebecca Nightrod – Nathan's demanding, shrewish girlfriend, a professional tennis player turned sitcom actress and model. She is controlling and never allows Nathan to speak, and he admits that he is afraid of her and his hatred for her is "the most brutal thing ever." When he finally prepares to break up with her, she falls down several flights of stairs, ending up disfigured and in a coma, which makes Nathan avoid ending their relationship (she is now the "ultimate" girlfriend since she can no longer terrorize him).
James Grishnack – Head of Behemoth Productions, which produced Dethklok's horrifically bad $500,000,000 film, Blood Ocean. Grishnack insisted on its release so he could get his money back, even after the band ordered it to be shelved in order to preserve their image. Dethklok's helicopter broke an oil pump while leaving the premiere of the film and the only print of Blood Ocean went up in flames along with everything else when Grishnack's cigar fell to the ground. His face melted off during the fire, but a newspaper says he lived through it. His name is a reference to the alter ego of Varg Vikernes, "Count Grishnackh."
Adam Nergal - The upbeat, sincere director of Blood Ocean. Due to not understanding Skwisgaar, he makes a deal to direct the best he can if Skwisgaar can "say those words as best as he can"; Unfortunately, he is subsequently fired for breach of contract which, as stated by Pickles, read that he is not allowed to direct, note, or berate Dethklok because "it sickens them", as well as not being allowed to approach the band. After realizing he's fired, he eventually hangs himself (an idea given to him by Toki). His name is a dual reference to Adam Darski, or "Nergal", the founder, lyricist, main composer, frontman and manager of blackened death metal band Behemoth.
J.F. Amarth – An elderly, respected actor hired to appear in Dethklok's film. He was impaled with a forklift driven by Pickles, although it is uncertain if this act killed him, as he still appeared in the film. His name is a reference to the Swedish Viking-metal band, Amon Amarth.
216's Brother – A psychotic sociopath who wears a metal mask, first seen in a slaughterhouse surrounded by dismembered people hanging from hooks (including one live person he was in the middle of cutting open). General Crozier recruits him for the assault on the Dethwater concert, supposedly so he can avenge his brother's death, although Crozier has ulterior motives. As he prepares to kill Skwisgaar and Toki, he himself is seriously wounded by Ofdensen (his right arm broken, stabbed in the side, and kicked into a body of water), although such injuries would not necessarily be fatal.

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Dethklok's Doctor

2007-08-13T15:28:00.003-05:00

Dethklok also meets a certain unnamed doctor twice in the first season. He is first shown talking to Dethklok about neutering the Fat Kid in "Fat Kid at the Detharmonic." He advises against their idea of neutering and suggests to Dethklok to lower the amount of sugar his diet. To this, Pickles responded that they couldn't do that, as it would be Nazi-like. The doctor finally neuters the Fat Kid with much reluctance. Secondly, the doctor is shown in "Girlfriendklok," attending to Rebecca Nightrod after her accident. He tells Nathan "Well, she's in a coma, and if you want to talk to her, she can hear you... whatever." Note that the doctor that appears in "Mordland," who is shown just before performing the procedure to replace Nathan's liver due to his excessive drinking, is a different doctor.

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Dr. Rockso

2007-08-13T15:28:00.001-05:00

Dr. Rockso is a "rock 'n' roll clown." He does cocaine, a fact that he mentions quite loudly and frequently, and which is even the primary theme in his music video. He talks in an irritatingly high-pitched voice. He wears a very tight neon green jumpsuit with cutouts that expose almost his entire torso and, in the back, some of his buttocks. The rest of his outfit includes a combination cap, long wig, KISS-like face paint, furry wristbands and boots, and a spiky red nose. The colors of his clothing and hair sometimes change between episodes, but are always gaudy and fluorescent.

In the episode "Happy Dethday," Dethklok hired him as entertainment for Murderface's birthday party, where he made him a Bootsy Collins Space Bass guitar out of balloons. Not long after, Murderface snapped and began shoving the balloon bass down Rockso's throat, before the Dethklok roadies beat the doctor mercilessly. He reappeared in a short cameo in "Bluesklok" during the Tribunal's presentation as a victim of "celebrity depression."

Dr. Rockso made his proper return in "Dethklown," where he befriends Toki Wartooth. How they became friends isn't elaborated upon, though Toki says he thinks Dr. Rockso is funny and he likes to laugh. After Ofdensen throws him out of Mordhaus and orders the roadies to 'put the boots to him medium style', the Tribunal hires Dr. Rockso to gather information about Dethklok from the inside. Rockso succeeds in taking numerous pictures of Mordhaus, using a camera hidden in his hat, but is forced to flee when Ofdensen catches him opening a safe in the manager's office. He is last seen running out of the house and jumping through a window amid gunfire. Ofdensen opts not to have anyone kill him, ordering the roadies instead to "see where he goes." He lived to report back to the Tribunal, but what he found was not revealed during the rest of the season.

Rockso seems to be an amalgam of parodies, covering much of rock and roll's most garish personalities, such as KISS, Twisted Sister, and David Lee Roth. He mentions that his video was banned from "music television" because his "junk" can be seen through his jumpsuit, which was also briefly true of MTV and David Lee Roth's "Just a Gigolo" video for being too racy. In the video for "I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Clown," Doctor Rockso's high-kicking jump, use of sexy girls, high pitched screams, and surprised mugging for the camera all hearken back to Roth's video and on-camera antics.

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Dick "Magic Ears" Knubbler

2007-08-13T15:27:00.000-05:00

Dick Knubbler is a music producer sent to monitor Dethklok's album recording in the episode "Dethwater." Dethklok's label sent him to work with the band as a condition for allowing the band to record their new album in a submarine in the Mariana Trench. Knubbler has a long list of felonies, including tax evasion, disfiguring a co-worker's face with acid, and soliciting prostitution and drugs, all of which are supposed to lead to a 25-year sentence. The Tribunal acquired his services as a "man on the inside" to report on Dethklok's actions during the recording. After hearing the track "Mermaid-er" (with his eyes bleeding and glasses breaking due to the volume level), his tune changed, and he began praising Dethklok and the album, promising to report to the label upon his return to the surface. While traveling back, he turned down his planned report to the Tribunal. Afterwards, his eyes exploded from rapid decompression while trying to escape from a giant seahorse, mutated by leaking radioactive fuel from Dethklok's submarine.

In cutaways from the end credits, a newspaper headline said "New Dethklok Album is so awesome, it blinds Producer." Another cutaway from a magazine cover showed Knubbler's supposed resurgence on the music scene, and detailed his eye surgery for his new "dark metal" robotic eyes. In the episode "Dethkomedy," Knubbler (with his new robotic eyes) makes a cameo in the crowd of Dethklok's court case, and is seen laughing at jokes made by the band. He returned in the episode "Dethkids," where he served as the producer for Murderface's long-awaited Planet Piss side project. In addition to their obvious sensory functions, Knubbler's robotic eyes can also look in multiple directions simultaneously, much like a chameleon's, which aids him in operating Dethklok's complicated, high-end mixers.

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Jean-Pierre

2007-08-13T15:26:00.002-05:00

Jean-Pierre is Dethklok's faithful chef, the most recent in a long line to cater to the band. He is passionately loyal to his employers, having stated that he would rather have his "brain scooped out with a melon baller" than miss the opportunity to "deliver the various cheese snacks to [his] beloved Dethklok", despite the job's inherent risks. According to Skwisgaar, all of the chefs previously employed by Dethklok "has died a horribles deaths," (such as one who had his face smashed in by a hovercraft) a fate that Jean-Pierre has (so far) narrowly avoided.

Jean-Pierre was once a normal stereotypical French chef, but was mangled when a stray firework missile shot into the band's helicopter during a live performance. When the missile detonated, Jean-Pierre was thrown out of the helicopter and straight into the rotor blades. He was mangled to such an extent that his body was split into several pieces, making it necessary to connect them together via a complex and strange-looking machine in order to keep him alive, which cost Dethklok $10,000 a day. After realizing that they couldn't feed themselves the band sewed him back together, albeit very poorly. The act gave Nathan inspiration for a song, aptly titled "Sewn Back Together Wrong," in addition to giving Jean-Pierre a hideous and mutilated appearance (some parts were sewn on backward). Despite the dubious quality of his reconstruction, Jean-Pierre returned to work enthusiastically and his current condition does not appear to have adversely affected his skills as a chef.

Jean-Pierre is indirectly responsible for the death of the Queen of Denmark; having been asked by Nathan to bake a "metal" cake for Murderface's birthday, he took the request literally and made a cake with mercury frosting. Though he warned people not to sample the frosting, as it would kill them, the Queen took a taste before he could stop her. She subsequently died of mercury poisoning.

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Dethklok's Roadies

2007-08-13T15:26:00.001-05:00

Dethklok's roadies are the brutal overseers of the band's various properties and concerts. They all wear black hoods and black uniforms, and in general resemble medieval executioners; the pilot of Dethklok's helicopter seems to be the exception. In order to prove their loyalty to Dethklok, they have a Dethklok emblem branded onto the backs of their necks. They always refer to the members of Dethklok as "my lord(s)" or "my master(s)" (or in the case of the Mordhaus librarian, "sweetie") and are in turn referred to by their numeric designation. They are killed as frequently as any other people who come into contact with Dethklok; in the episode "Murdering Outside the Box," Skwisgaar mentions that Level 2 employees get a Viking funeral, though just what identifies them as such is unclear.

They faithfully do Dethklok's bidding, beating and/or killing whomever Dethklok or Ofdensen ask them to as well as performing more mundane tasks such as cleaning up after the band and general maintenance. In "The Metalocalypse Has Begun," they also function as an army for the band, fighting with swords and other medieval weaponry despite the fact that they carry guns (50 caliber sniper rifles) in their estate. Dethklok's massive helicopters serve as troop transports for them, dropping hundreds at a time onto the battlefield. That they were able to defeat all but five of the heavily-armed military force indicates at least decent skill on their part, though their superior numbers likely helped.

Curiously, the submarine used by Dethklok to record their underwater album was crewed by what appeared to be members of the Russian Navy, as opposed to the roadies seen at Mordhaus and elsewhere.

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Charles Foster Ofdensen

2007-08-13T15:23:00.000-05:00

Charles Foster Ofdensen, Dethklok's manager (although his name was never stated through the first 19 episodes of the series, it is mentioned on the band's pain waiver and is confirmed in "The Metalocalypse Has Begun") is usually the voice of reason against Dethklok's constant disregard of law and logic. Nathan Explosion describes one of his jobs as talking the band out of the terrible ideas they come up with while drunk. Ofdensen's first appearance was in "Dethwater", where he talks to the band through a video monitor. He acts as manager, lawyer, and advisor to Dethklok, protecting the band against everything from slowing record sales to themselves. In "The Metalocalypse Has Begun," he refers to the band as his "bread and butter," indicating his protection of the band is at least as much for his own sake as theirs. He is one of the few individuals seen to interact with Dethklok for any significant length of time and evade subsequent mutilation or death. It was hinted at in "Dethklown" that he lives in Mordhaus with the band, as he was seen wearing a bathrobe while lecturing Toki in the middle of the night with the rest of the band.

Despite his job description, Ofdensen usually supports Dethklok's violence when it doesn't happen in public view or if the band is legally exempt from responsibility, like at their concerts. He has no problems leading two blackmail-threatening Dethklok fans to their deaths in "Mordland," even producing a half-grin while ordering their execution, and later allows the band to blame their rampant embezzlement from their own company on a recently-killed employee. In the episode "Dethklown," he also has Dr. Rockso beaten without any prompting by the band and later threatens him. General Crozier even warns Dr. Rockso that Ofdensen is especially dangerous. In "The Metalocalypse Has Begun," this is seen to be true; he displays exceptional skill in close quarters combat, single-handedly disarming and possibly killing 216's brother, despite the latter being much more physically imposing and presumably well trained. Ofdensen broke the man's arm, stabbed him with his own knife while he was still holding it, and kicked him into freezing waters, while only sustaining a shallow cut and a couple of hits himself. Ofdensen also set an army of Dethklok's roadies upon the military forces sent by Crozier.

Ofdensen's knowledge of the conspiracies surrounding Dethklok is unknown. His office has a safe containing classified information, presumably regarding the band's activities; however, the contents of the safe are never seen. He also seems to have some sort of grasp of the Tribunal's activities, both catching Dr. Rockso as a spy and sitting back to "see where he goes" when Rockso returns to General Crozier. He also used high-tech surveillance to monitor the band's safety during their ill-fated performance of Dethwater in the first season finale, and had an elaborate escape and counterstrike prepared when military forces attacked Dethklok.

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