Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (DARK ANGEL, DEATH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT) will team up with Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller and Brendon Small on the road as the real live version of DETHKLOK — the stars of the animated Cartoon Network "Adult Swim" program "Metalocalypse". The group will open for ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF OUR DEAD on their U.S. tour in the fall. This Adult Swim-backed trek will include free shows at 12 U.S. colleges (open to the public) beginning on October 29, although the tour schedule for has not been announced.
Mike Keneally (guitar) has played with Frank Zappa and Steve Vai, among others, and is also the National Music Director for the Paul Green School of Rock. Bryan Beller (bass) is part of the Mike Keneally band and currently tours with Steve Vai.
On September 25, Adult Swim will unleash the brand-new CD from DETHKLOK on an unsuspecting public. "Dethalbum" features several full-length songs from Adult Swim's most metal animated series "Metalocalypse" plus all-new tracks.
To coincide with the premiere of the second season of "Metalocalypse" on Adult Swim and release of "Metalocalypse Season 1" on DVD, a regular and a deluxe CD edition of "Dethalbum" will be released. The deluxe edition will include a second disc featuring seven even more brutal tracks, the animated video for the utterly brutal single "Bloodrocuted", and the premiere episode from Season 2 of "Metalocalypse".
"Dethalbum" track listing:
Disc 1 (Regular and Deluxe Editions):
01. Murmaider 02. Go Into the Water 03. Awaken 04. Bloodrocuted 05. Go Forth and Die 06. Fansong 07. Better Metal Snake 08. The Lost Vikings 09. Thunderhorse 10. Briefcase Full of Guts 11. Birthday Dethday 12. Hatredcopter 13. Castratikron 14. Face Fisted 15. Dethharmonic 16. Deththeme
Disc 2 (Deluxe Edition ONLY):
01. Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle 02. Blood Ocean 03. Murdertrain A Comin' 04. Pickles Intro 05. Kill You 06. Hatredy 07. Dethklok Gets in Tune * Video for "Bloodrocuted" * Episode from Season 2
Created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, "Metalocalypse" follows the on- and off-stage adventures of DETHKLOK, an incredibly talented and insanely popular Norwegian heavy metal band. DETHKLOK boasts the lineup of vocalist Nathan Explosion (lyrical visionary), Skwisgaar Skwigelf and Toki Wartooth (two of the fastest guitarists alive), bassist William Murderface and drummer Pickles — the soul of the band. Not really.
"Dethalbum" features a guest appearance by Gene Hoglan. He previously stated about the CD, "What a killer metal record! I can't wait for everyone else to hear it, and since it has now been slated for a September 25th release, that is now gonna be sooner than later, especially with leakage. And yes, it appears that we are going on tour with it as well! The logistics are being worked on as we speak, but it looks like it's gonna be a real killer, multi-media show. I'm looking real forward to that, I've even suspended the booking of a ton of clinics to clear my schedule to be available."
See "Metalocalypse" being made:
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COMMENT | first post posted by : Weeze 9/21/2007 10:40:36 AM
i shall be there.
COMMENT | sadly posted by : shiram 9/21/2007 10:41:06 AM
im not gonna pay to see as i lay dying no "live" dethklok for me
COMMENT | Huh? posted by : Mechanix84 9/21/2007 10:50:38 AM
They're not touring with AS I LAY DYING. Can you read?
COMMENT | posted by : Obsidian_ 9/21/2007 11:00:15 AM
Hell Yeah! This will be kickass!
COMMENT | Mechanix84 posted by : shiram 9/21/2007 11:10:06 AM
Read? not on friday mornings it seems... just confused the two bands
COMMENT | WOOOO posted by : Shredomatic 9/21/2007 11:25:42 AM
MURDERFAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
COMMENT | awesome! posted by : Metal Gimp 9/21/2007 11:30:34 AM
this is either goin to be the coolest thing ever or, um, something one notch down from the coolest thing ever. I'm still hyped up about the possibility of a Carcass reunion atm lol.
COMMENT | Great stuff, but... posted by : Reckoning Night 9/21/2007 11:35:27 AM
I miss Brendan Small's show Home Movies....especially Coach McGuirk.
COMMENT | posted by : Long-Live-The-Skullet 9/21/2007 11:43:03 AM
Should be fun, but as an opening band.. seems they may have trashed the idea of the multimedia show to have the cartoon characters generated onto a screen infront of the stage and whatnot.
I don't know, maybe they'll still do it, but only if they're in direct support to Trail Of Our Dead.. otherwise, they wouldn't have the time.
Either way.. fuck opening, and get on a headlining tour Brendon. You have the connections!
COMMENT | Long-Live-The-Skullet posted by : cirkis 9/21/2007 11:47:57 AM
I tend to agree with you on this, I really think they should do a live Gorillaz style multimedia tour.
worth the admission? its free shows on college campuses...
please come to MSU!!!
COMMENT | Mur Maid Ur Mur Maid UrMur Maid UrMur Maid UrMur Maid UrMur Maid UrMur Maid UrMur Maid UrMur Maid Ur posted by : ScortoftheNort 9/21/2007 1:50:04 PM
Small does the vocals. Fuckin Mike Keneally is awesome. Anyone who played with Zappa get props from me. And the Zappa's Univese project was fuckin great. I don't care who they tour with, I'm fuckin' there, if only to hear Keneally live.
COMMENT | duuuuuuuudes posted by : WillInTheAbyss 9/21/2007 3:26:39 PM
come to the uk, GOD DAMMIT I would travel ne where within the uk to see u guys!!!! and get corpsegrinder to do some guest vocals live ;) hes blatantly perfect for it ;D
COMMENT | posted by : motoroil 9/21/2007 4:43:38 PM
i hope it'll come to a college near here
COMMENT | posted by : brandor 9/21/2007 5:04:34 PM
weird , trail of the dead isnt even a metal band . If dethklok is gonna play live , they could at least make themselves look like dethklok.
Haha! This is getting ridiculous! They better do a solo with their cock, as they do in the show, or it's just not Dethklok.
COMMENT | AMAZING line up posted by : Kyashan 9/21/2007 6:45:33 PM
amazing record, amazing cartoon. Dethklok are definitely killer.
COMMENT | And I'm definitely getting the DELUXE edition posted by : Kyashan 9/21/2007 6:47:13 PM
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COMMENT | MrMoustache posted by : Sinical 9/21/2007 9:23:40 PM
"Were all the metal musicians busy or something? Some dude on guitar, with some dude from that dude's band on bass. Good thing Gene's going on tour with them."
Clearly you're an idiot. Keneally is one of the greatest musicians around these days.
COMMENT | posted by : Orpheum 9/22/2007 12:54:37 AM
"Were all the metal musicians busy or something? Some dude on guitar, with some dude from that dude's band on bass. Good thing Gene's going on tour with them."
Even though i think this whole Metalocalypse business is one of the dumbest cartoons ever conceived..... i will say this.. Mike Keneally is far from being "some dude." You don't occupy the guitar slot in Frank Zappa's band without having a supreme amount of ability. Mike Keneally could more than likely run circles around 99 percent of guitar players in the heavy metal genre.
COMMENT | posted by : EL PENDEJO 9/22/2007 2:52:44 AM
This cartoon band makes better music than lots of real bands.
All you nay sayers can kiss my ass. Metalocalypse is funny, Dethklok is kick ass metal, and Brendon Small is genius. The lineup for this tour will be perfect because Brendon already wrote all the guitar and bass parts for the songs. He only needs an accomplished guitarist and bassist to play with him on stage. Mike Keneally and Bryan Bellar have more than enough ability to live up to Dethklok standards. I do not even need to comment on Gene Hoglan's drumming. I have the Deathklok album and the drumming is insane. For saxon 186: Brendan Small did make a real band, it is called Dethklok. It is not his fault that he cannot play two guitars and a bass at the same time on stage. Trent Reznor writes all of the music for Nine Inch Nails but has musicians play what he wrote on tours. Everyone will agree that Nine Inch nails is a real band.
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