Metalocalypse
Dethklok is the biggest, baddest, and most famous heavy metal band in the world. The quintet, consisting of Americans Nathan Explosion (vocals), William Murderface (bass), and Pickles the Drummer, along with Scandinavian guitarists Toki Wartooth and Skwisgaar Skwigelf, have to deal with their fame and other situations in their lives, all the while being monitored by a government organization out to destroy them.
- 2006-2023
- 5 seasons
- Adult Swim
- Animation, Comedy, Music
- TV-MA
Dethklok is the biggest, baddest, and most famous heavy metal band in the world. The quintet, consisting of Americans Nathan Explosion (vocals), William Murderface (bass), and Pickles the Drummer, along with Scandinavian guitarists Toki Wartooth and Skwisgaar Skwigelf, have to deal with their fame and other situations in their lives, all the while being monitored by a government organization out to destroy them.
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2006
Episode 1
The Curse of Dethklok
Sun, Aug 6, 2006 12 mins
Dethklok's hardcore fans travel to Norway to see them play one song - the Duncan Hills Coffee jingle. The crate in which Dethklok stands on ends up crashing and they miss the landing zone - crushing their fans below while the fans who weren't crushed get scalding hot coffee poured on them. To make matters worse the firework display during the show goes terribly wrong when one hits the helicopter that their chef is on and he falls out of the helicopter and is chopped up by the propellers. Being unable to pay for the chef to be on life support Dethklok come up with the solution of sewing the chef back together although some parts do not fit correctly and are put on backwards. Guest voices: James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica.
Episode 2
Dethwater
Sun, Aug 13, 2006 12 mins
Dethklok record an album in a nuclear submarine in the Mariana trench. The government sends down a producer to spy on them.
Episode 3
Birthdayface
Sun, Aug 20, 2006 11 mins
It's Murderface's birthday and the band must find the most metal gift ever for him.
Episode 4
Dethtroll
Sun, Aug 27, 2006 12 mins
Dethklok unleashes a troll that wreaks havoc across Finland, and forces the band to play without electricity.
Episode 5
Dethkomedy
Sun, Sep 3, 2006 11 mins
Dethklok try stand-up comedy routines, but Pickles struggles with stage fright after he is booed off the stage.
Episode 6
Dethfam
Sun, Sep 10, 2006 11 mins
Dethklok spend a week with their families, with brutal results.
Episode 7
Performance Klok
Sun, Sep 17, 2006 11 mins
After an on-stage fight, the band hires an effeminate, insane psychiatrist to help them with their mental issues.
Episode 8
Snakes 'n' Barrels
Sun, Sep 24, 2006 12 mins
Pickles reunites with his old band Snakes and Barrels, while the Council plot to erase their memories with psychotropic drugs.
Episode 9
Mordland
Sun, Oct 1, 2006 11 mins
Dethklok's home Mordland opens its gates for visitors on Deth Fan Day. The fans get to see the band members "in their natural habitats", and get treated to a special one-time only music video. The owners of a Dethklok website try to steal a recording of the song.
Episode 10
Fatklok AKA Fat Kid at the Detharmonic
Sun, Oct 8, 2006 12 mins
Dethklok struggles with parenthood after they adopt an overweight, mentally deficient boy. Also, having made too much money during the year, the band performs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at a charity concert as a tax write off.
Episode 11
Skwisklok
Sun, Oct 15, 2006 11 mins
Skwisgar puts on a TV special called the Advanced Fast Hand Finger Wizard Master Class, while the other members try to zazz up the show with various endorsement deals.
Episode 12
Murdering Outside the Box
Sun, Oct 22, 2006 12 mins
The annual employees convention creates an opportunity for an assassin to infiltrate Mordhaus and try to kill Dethklok.
Episode 13
Go Forth and Die
Sun, Oct 29, 2006 12 mins
Nathan attempts to get his GED, while Murderface competes in a spelling bee.
Episode 14
Bluesklok
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 12 mins
After a non-show, Dethklok travels south to learn the blues from the world's oldest living blues guitarist, Mashed Potatoes Johnson.
Episode 15
Religionklok
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 11 mins
After Murderface suffers a near fatal motorcycle accident, he decided to find religion. His quest runs across the gamut of faiths, from attending a Christian Rock concert, to sitting in at a service at the Church of Satan.
Episode 16
Dethkids
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 11 mins
Toki grows tired of his childish persona and turns demonic. A terminally ill little girl makes a video for him.
Episode 17
Dethclown
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 12 mins
Toki befriends Dr. Rockso, the coke-snorting rock & roll clown, much to the chagrin of his band-mates.
Episode 18
Girlfriendklok
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 12 mins
Nathan becomes 'whipped' by his new girlfriend Rebecca and his band mates try to snap him out of it.
Episode 19
Dethstars
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 11 mins
The band star in a feature film called "Blood Ocean" which they screen on an offshore oil rig.
Episode 20
The Metalocalypse Has Begun
Sun, Dec 17, 2006 12 mins
General Krosier and Cardinal Ravenwood hire an assassin, 216's brother, to kill Dethklok during a show and plan a military strike against them.