Guide Note

Metalocalypse is an 11-minute animated show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. It follows the misadventures of a bumbling heavy metal band called Dethklok who also happen to be the richest and most famous band the world.

A Dethklok album titled Dethalbum was released on September 25, 2007, which reached number 21 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 34,000 albums the first week.¹

Fast Facts

1. Network: Cartoon Network
2. Creators: Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small
3. First aired: August 6, 2006
4. Runtime: 11 minutes

• Brendon Small as Nathan Explosion
• Victor Brandt as General Krosier
• Tony Blacha as Toki Wartooth
• Mark Hamill as Senator Stampingston

"It's rare when a cartoon can challenge the established brilliance of South Park, The Simpsons, Master Shake and the gang, or the tried-and-true idiocy of the original hobbled headbangers, Beavis and Butthead. But Metalocalypse easily becomes that No. 1 with a bullet. Thanks to its clever combination of creative elements, the intellectualized insight into an almost brainless entertainment experience, and the meticulous care taken to give everything a legitimate larger-than-life aura, we wind up with something that gets better and more unabashed as one watches."—DVD Review—DVD Verdict²

"Metalocalypse is an incredibly funny and entertaining animated show and probably one of the most daring things on Adult Swim. While watching it I was reminded of another show that was supposed to air on the network (Korgoth of Barbaria), but that show never did get past the pilot stage. So sit back and enjoy these first twenty episodes and check out the newly airing season two to see where they go with the show’s mild cliffhanger season finale."—Video Graveyard³