Metalocalypse is a
Flash animated television series on
Adult Swim created by
Brendon Small and
Tommy Blacha. It has been described as "
Spinal Tap meets
Scooby-Doo meets
Norway."
The series was originally pitched as
Deathclock, but the name could not be used due to an existing trademark. The show and the main characters' band were then renamed
Dethklok. The show's title was then extended to
Death Clock Metalocalypse, although the starring band still retained the name Dethklok. The crew finally shortened the title to
Metalocalypse because the extended show title was too complicated.
The show's first season consists of twenty eleven-minute episodes, the first of which premiered on the
Adult Swim Fix on
August 4,
2006, and on
Adult Swim proper the following Sunday. The
Metalocalypse premiere was the #1 rated show in its timeslot among males aged 18-34, and earned the network's best premiere delivery and ratings to date in 2006. Among the top ad-supported basic cable programs of the week,
Metalocalypse ranked #12 among men 18-34 and #6 among men 18-24. The series premiere ranked #30 for the week among adults 18-34.
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Musicians that have guest voiced on the show include
James Hetfield and
Kirk Hammett of
Metallica,
Jeff Loomis,
Steve Smyth, and
Warrel Dane of
Nevermore, and
Michael Amott of
Arch Enemy. Also,
King Diamond has recorded voices for four episodes.
Cannibal Corpse frontman
George Fisher has also provided a voiceover.
Dethklok, the in-show band, endorses several real-world products, including
Krank Amplification,
Gibson guitars,
EMG pickups, and
Line 6 gear. On Dethklok's MySpace page, Nathan Explosion posted a blog entry announcing that the band is making a real album to be coming out soon, and another entry announcing that the track "Thunderhorse" will be an unlockable song in the upcoming game "
Guitar Hero II."
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