![]() ![]() Dethalbum II arrived in 2009, and was followed by Dethalbum III in 2012. ![]() With the help of Metalocalypse creator Brendon Small and Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan, the sessions were finished, and The Dethalbum was finally released in fall 2007 on the Williams Street label. John Twinkletits, shooting the film Blood Ocean, Pickles' reunion tour with Snakes 'n' Barrels, and a depression that the band overcame with the help of blues legend Mashed Potato Johnson, delayed the album, leaving fans suicidal with anticipation. Other setbacks, such as summoning a lake troll on a goodwill trip to Finland, a stint in band therapy with therapist Dr. Instead, Dethklok recorded in a Russian nuclear submarine in the Mariana Trench with expert producer Dick "Magic Ears" Knubbler. Aside from the fact that a tribunal of global and corporate authority figures noticed a disturbing resemblance between the band and Sumerian artifacts with glyphs prophesying the apocalypse, the band scrapped early sessions due to Explosion's perfectionist tendencies. This financial security came in handy during the difficult process of recording The Dethalbum. Deals such as Explosion Sauce, a mustardy North Carolina-style barbecue sauce hawked by Nathan Explosion, and "Pickles' Nickels" - an endorsement deal the drummer has with the United States Treasury - help make Dethklok the 12th largest economy in the world, surpassing Belgium. Wartooth is Dethklok's youngest member born to Anja and the Reverend Aslaug Wartooth, he grew up in an abandoned village outside of Lilliehammer, Norway.nn Like the rest of the band, Wartooth has extensive endorsement deals, including one with Willard Wonky Hard Candy Company. hair metal act Snakes 'n' Barrels during the style's peak years. The Tomahawk, Wisconsin, native found fame with the L.A. Pickles also had an established career in music prior to Dethklok. His hands have been insured for ten billion dollars, and he has a vast collection of unique guitars, including the sword-shaped Gibson Excaliburtar, a Swiss Army-tar, and one allegedly made out of the True Cross. Before joining Dethklok, Skwigelf played in many Swedish bands, including Agnostic Priest, Sausage Assassin, and Financially Raped. Skwigelf's mother, Serveta, was Miss Sweden of 1956, and her promiscuous and neglectful ways left young Skwisgar plenty of time for guitar practice (though, due to music dyslexia, he can't read a note of music). Along with his Dethklok duties, Murderface also helms the side project Planet Piss. ![]() Murderface began playing music seriously at a fairly young age, earning his high school diploma by playing bass after threatening to cut out his principal's eyes. Murderface had an even more harrowing childhood: his father killed his mother, and then himself, with a chain saw when Murderface was still a baby, leaving the toddler to be raised by his grandparents, Thunderbolt and Stella. The Mordland-based quintet consists of vocalist Nathan Explosion, who uses a death metal growl even when he's not singing lead guitarist Skwisgar Skwigelf, the fastest string slinger alive rhythm guitarist Toki Wartooth, the second-fastest guitar player alive bassist and Civil War memorabilia collector William Murderface, and Pickles the Drummer.nn Born and raised in Florida, Explosion didn't speak until the age of five and was a poor student, only showing skill in football and frog dissection, but these early experiences made him an expert on all things brutal and metal. The album was the highest charting death metal album in the history of the Billboard 200, before Dethalbum II overtook it.Described as "the world's greatest cultural force," the virtual death metal band Dethklok star in the Adult Swim television show Metalocalypse. The Dethalbum was also streamed 45,000 times when it went live on AOL Music during the week of its release. The album debuted at number 21 on the Billboard 200 chart, with 33,740 copies sold in its first week. Small also provided music videos that are remade specifically for concert performances, which were later released on a DVD included with the special edition of Dethalbum II. A vinyl LP was released with a bonus track in July 2008.Ī tour band, using session metal musicians and headed by Brendon Small, was created to promote the album. The deluxe edition of the album includes an additional disc that features seven bonus tracks, the video for “Bloodrocuted” and the first Metalocalypse episode of the second season. The album features full length songs from the TV series, as well as previously unreleased tracks. The Dethalbum is the debut album by virtual band Dethklok, from American animated sitcom Metalocalypse.
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