Metalocalypse

Synopsis

Metalocalypse is an American animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006 on Adult Swim. The television program centers around the larger than life death metal band Dethklok, and often portrays dark and macabre content, including such subjects as violence, death, and the drawbacks of fame, with extremely hyperbolic black humor; which accounts for the cartoon's consistent TV-MA rating. The show can be seen as both a parody and celebration of heavy metal culture. The music, written by guitarist/creator Brendon Small, is credited to the band, and is featured in most of the episodes. The animation is often carefully synced to the music, with the chord positions and fingering of the guitar parts shown in some detail. One of the trademarks of the show is having the usual "bleeps" for extreme profanity replaced by pinch harmonics.

Main Cast

Mark Hamill

Senator Stampingston / Mr. Selatcia

Age : 72 | Popularity : 46%

Victor Brandt

General Crozier / Cardinal Ravenwood

Age : 81 | Popularity : 10%

Malcolm McDowell

Vater Orlaag

Age : 80 | Popularity : 56%

Brendon Small

Skwisgaar Skwigelf / Pickles the Drummer / Nathan Explosion

Age : 49 | Popularity : 4%

Tommy Blacha

Toki Wartooth / William Murderface

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Seasons

Season 1

2006 | 20 episodes

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. In late March 2013 this season became available on Netflix.

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Season 2

2007 | 20 episodes

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.

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Season 3

2009 | 10 episodes

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.

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Season 4

2012 | 12 episodes

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.

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Keith Crofford Tommy Blacha
	Producer	Brendon Small
Writing	Writer	Bill Braudis
Department	Role	Name

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