Dethklok
Biography
Described as "the world's greatest cultural force," the virtual death metal band Dethklok star in the Adult Swim television show Metalocalypse. The Mordland-based quintet consists of vocalist Nathan "Tonto" 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.
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. 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. 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. Along with his Dethklok duties, Murderface also helms the side project Planet Piss.
Selected Discography
I'm just laughing at all of you to be honest. It's a cartoon about a metal band. The music's good, and by making the albums and selling them Brendon Small is making himself some money. He's found a niche that he can put all his talents into, it's not serious music so chill out and enjoy the show/music/c o n c e r t if you like it.
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Okay guys as much as I enjoy the "friendly" banter being tossed around, its just other peoples opinions and they are expressing them. Punk Guy, and Old Man are being the most mature out of this. This message is mainly towards Hazard, calm down man if someones comments offend you that much then go cool off instead of posting some ridiculously long message about gay sex. But that's just me.
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Wow hazrdsk8er93 , what if your mother saw what you just wrote? She'd turn off your Internet. And those comments don't make you any less a cretin, in fact they back my statement up. And you clearly have a very loose grasp on the English language. And I am beginning to see Old Man Winter's point, Dethklok really aren't all that funny. Even their show is pretty infantile, the only two characters that are in anyway believable are Toki and Swissgar, the rest are just lame caricatures.
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I mentioned Primus, Punk Guy commented on GWAR. If you truly understood what you read you would realize that and direct your childish insults accordingly. If you must know (since you obviously fail to understand my English), I brought them up as a band with a sense of humor that is far preferable to the carnal slapstick exhibited by Dethklok.
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Oh I see. You want everyone to talk cave-man? Og look ... wheel. Og look ... fire. Wheel roll. Fire burn. Me hungry. I kill Og, get food, keep Og from cave-woman!
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I just realized that it was Punk guy with the dicks in his a** who called me a cretin but everything else i said about old man winter stands. Punk guy with the dicks in ur a** go f**k urself f**got
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Old man Winter..... i know what they are saying, i just think its a lil annoying that ppl have to try and sound all smart and use big words to discribe a simple matter. I brought up Gwar to prove a point not compair the two bands u useless blood belching vagina. Why the f**k did u bring up gay a** primus and s**t like that huh? Whos the "cretin" now buttfucker?
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Punk Guy i like your first point but they are trying to spread their music through a way that has not really been done. It is a different form of edgy instead of through violence. also I'm not saying you can't compare them to other bands look at the I what I said about appearance through the use of cartoons. Go right ahead and compare the music to other bands.
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Josh, I can compare them to anyone I like, because they are a band, and like any band they can only be considered good or bad by comparison to their peers, and to Dethklok the band, metal bands are what I compare them to. I cannot compare the Dethklok and Gorillaz without a point of reference. Yeah an idiot can say that Dethklok is better because "IZ NOT METAL IZ GEIH!" When comparing two bands you need points of reference, and those do not exist in the case of Gorillaz and Dethklok.
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Uh, Josh, I think you and I have a very different impression of what edgy means. Edgy means stuff that the mainstream wont like, edgy is all about pushing the boundaries. An edgy band is like Mayhem, who were a part of the Oslo Inner Circle, who were responsible for church burnings and such. Edgy is about pushing the boundaries, and Dethklok really doesn't do that. They stick with safe slapstick. GWAR on the other hand is edgy because they skewer public figures.
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1. Its Dethklok
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1. DeathKlok is a real band
2. DeathKlok is one person so it's like Serj Tankin and NIN and all people who in live concerts play the other parts. 3. You can only compare DethKlok to bands like the Gorillaz who use cartoons to show the band members(only by appernce though). 4. DeathKlok is useing a diffrent medium of spreding their music so they are edgy in their own way. |
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I have to agree with Old Man Winter, just went to a show of theirs and it left much to be desired. I got more out of being forced to go see Unearth with my idiot friend. They didn't even try to engage the crowd, they just did the music with none of the theatrics you would suspect from a band that wears corpse paint. And since the cretin hazrdsk8er93 brought up GWAR, GWAR and Dethklok should not even be grouped together, ever. GWAR is funny and way more edgy then Dethklok will ever be.
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@hazrdsk8er9 3 : If by "weird a** vocabulary", you mean English, then it is simply people expressing themselves using the English language to the full extent of the speakers power. I would say most educated people do understand it. If you don't, then perhaps you should open up a dictionary once in a while.
Also, I had always considered Dethklok to be a real band ... that is UNTIL I went to their show! |
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Thank you Punk Guy. I think metal can have a sense of humor without the ridiculous comic slapstick crap though, such as with Monster Magnet, Ween, Primus, Cake, Gogol Bordello ... ok, not all of these are metal, but you get my drift.
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Whats with all these ppl posting comments with all this weird a** vocabulary.. Nobody knows wtf ur saying!!!!!! ! ! ! If ur soo skeptical about if they are a real band or not than go to one of their shows than try to tell me they arent "real". Y does metal have to be so seriouse all the time, thats why i love dethklock their show is brutal and funny at the same time cant get any better than that. they arent the first to do it i mean just go to a f**kin Gwar concert and try not to laff....
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As a Comment Whore myself, I have too agree with Old Man Winter here. They are a kick a** band, but they really do reduce metal to nothing more than a cartoonish caricature of itself. But I have to digress from OMW here, because I believe that metal has been unironically funny for a while. Metal takes itself too seriously, like the band Cannibal Corpse, all their lyrics are f**king funny when taken out of context. It's up to shows like Metalocalyps e to call metal out on that.
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Haha. Friggin jockey or "analyst" gets around all the boards. He is a whore for postings.
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They only have the best show thats ever been on TV and they just had a tour and have albums out sooooo they kind out seem like a real band to me... And they are good band too.
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@My Name: I am just responding to replies made to me by yourself and others (to explain why I "leave post after post"). A keyboard jockey? Okay, whatever man. I agree with your analysis of their sound, as I've said all along. I disagree with their motives and how they present themselves. One comment would certainly be enough, but I will respond when people such as yourself call me out.
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create ends with an "e" dude, and i agree i guess. still a pretty kick a** band
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tenacious d, dethklok, gorillas, why do some of you care so much if they aren't "real" bands, so to speak? why such an uproar? why can't you just leave ONE comment on your like or dislike and move the hell on? Why do you need to leave comment after comment; you have your opinion, someone else has a different one. in my opinion, dethklok rocks hard, technically proficient with clear compositions . if you care so much about the progress of heavy metal, then stop being a keyboard jockey and go creat
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I do not question Dethklok musically, or their abilities. I've said this before, their music is very powerful and there is something to be said for their songwriting capabilities .
I believe I already explained why this is not a 'real' band ... see my response to Caleb. In this very bio, they call Dethklok a "virtual death metal band". These are just my opinions guys ... and is by no means end all or law. |
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Don't get me wrong ... I love music with comic overtones. I love Monster Magnet, QOTSA, Primus, Korpiklaani, etc. The difference between Dethklok (musically) and the aforemention e d is that those bands present humorous lyrics (either a story or just off the wall lyrics). Dethklok reduces its music to a juvenile, ridiculous level of slapstick humor, poking fun at themselves, their genre ... basically cheapen their very existance. I'm sorry, but that simply doesn't set well with me.
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yes, theres nothing wrong with metal bands taking their music seriously while still being able to joke around and have fun on stage. Iron Maiden did that, and they're classics. Another great example is Sonata Arctica, who have very deep and emotional music but aren't afraid to have fun also. Metal musicians dont have to always be serious/neve r smile to have their music be taken seriously
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... and poke fun at themselves and their genre? Metal needs to stop taking itself so seriously anyway, and Brendan, as a die hard metal fan, is just pointing that out because he's got the brains to do it. So again, I ask, what defines "real" to you? They looked quite real to me on stage.
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Define "Real," in your opinion. Brendan Small graduated from the Berklee School of Music, majored in guitar and has been called a virtuoso by some. I saw the man play live with Mastodon and High on Fire and, honestly, Dethklok had the most stage presence out of any of the bands (Yes, even more than Mastodon, which surprised the f*** out of me). Brendan Small and Gene Hoglan write all the music and they have tour musicians too. How are they not "real," just because they show some intelligence
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@Kemo: I agree with that statement completely. Rock on buddy! I will give these guys credit for their contribution s to music.
@Caleb: No, clearly they are not a real band, they are an adult comic side-show and supporting act. I will say that they are very passionate about it and are very critical of their own work ... which is very cool and I give them props for that. |
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Clearly Dethklok is a real band they have tangible albums you can buy with real money, with music you can listen to and try to play if your have some skill with a guitar. They have concerts you can go to, and band members you can see, the biggest difference between them and say The Gorillas, is Dethklok is metal and they have a T.V. show. its not like the writer is just some douchebag with a guitar, he actually can play and write music.
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regardless what bs arguments you bring yourselves into... be proud of one thing: More people are exploring metal because of Dethklok. Music is an art. That being said, you'll either like it or hate it... who cares! Listen to what you like and rock on!
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Of course ... you could have left of the "go die" and there would be a perfectly reasonable and valid comment. I would disagree tho. Life is worth living with our without this fake band and whatever your opinion of them is. They're simply not worth it dude!
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Now, now feles.inferi ... that's not very nice. Why should people deserve to die simply because they have an opinion that differs from yours? That is very narrow minded of you.
I think I was explaining exactly why they can't be taken seriously. Also, because they can't be taken seriously, they will never be the metal band they strive for. They will be forever stuck in the virtual world just as they are. |
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Life just isn't worth living if you take this band seriously to the point of growing yourself some gray hair. Go die.
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I know that I am probably asking too much of poor hapless shep here, but do you care to explain what you mean regarding contradictio n s and flip flopping?
To my knowledge, I have always presented the same clear arguments and conclusions when I critique music. But then, this is the same nitwit that can't comprehend why the sun rises and falls with such regularity. "The strongest", I hardly think so man. Tho I was not criticizing their sound, moron. I was criticizing the "band". |
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Way to be tolerant and open minded Old Man. Quite contradictin g from you posts in the other band pages. You seem to flip flop once you get put on the spot. Typical 60's brat. This is f**king Dethklok and they have been putting good s**t out for years./ Metal can be what it likes to be. Its the strongest s**t out there and if you wanna put labels on s**t then go ahead and f**king put a label on yourself for being a jack a**! Dethklok FTW!
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That being said, Dethklok does have a very unique and powerful sound. If I closed my eyes and ignored all the between song BS, I actually found myself enjoying the concert. The band that should have closed is unquestionab l y Mastodon however. I would have left with a much less sour taste in my mouth.
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Because dgkrider, metal IS serious. Metal is about raw, fierce, powerful emotion. It is dark, brooding, and sorrowful. It is not chipper, it does not make fun of itself, it does not offer comic relief. I for one, am ashamed that a band such as Mastodon ... is deemed lesser than the likes of this laughable excuse for a "metal" band like Dethklok.
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