I recently had the opportunity to acquire the new musical compilation from the fictional band DethKlok. To nay sayers I ask how is what the creative forces behind Metalocalypse produce disimilar to those behind the "Gorillaz"? I lifted this from a wiki for the uninitiated of a show that Kyrie dubbed, in so many words, "The Metal Monkees":
"The Dethalbum is the debut album by the fictional band Dethklok from the television show Metalocalypse. It was released on September 25, 2007. The album features full-length songs from the television series, as well as previously unreleased tracks. Antonio Canobbio contributed the artwork for the record.
The deluxe edition of the album includes an additional disc that features seven bonus tracks, the video for "Bloodrocuted", and the first Metalocalypse episode of the second season.
The album debuted at 21 on the Billboard 200 chart with 33,740 copies sold in its first week. This makes Metalocalypse: Dethklok's The Dethalbum the highest charting death metal album ever. The Dethalbum was also streamed 45,000 times when it went live on AOL Music during the week of its release.
Track listing:
"Murmaider" – 3:24
"Go into the Water" – 4:20
"Awaken" – 3:37
"Bloodrocuted" – 2:18
"Go Forth and Die" – 4:21
"Fansong" – 2:52
"Better Metal Snake" – 3:26
"The Lost Vikings" – 4:26
"Thunderhorse" – 2:45
"Briefcase Full of Guts" – 2:43
"Birthday Dethday" – 2:48
"Hatredcopter" – 2:56
"Castratikron" – 2:57
"Face Fisted" – 4:17
"Dethharmonic" – 4:30
"Dethklok Deththeme" – 0:36"
The show follows the misadventures of DethKlok, a band so popular that the will of the world bends to their whim. The fact that they are idiots makes their global blundering all the more poignant. Insulated the power of their cultish corporate empire, subject only to their own greed, the band wreaks havoc everywhere they go. The hate they feel for everything is only the barest reflection of their own self-loathing.
Now, the question might be asked "What type of world would tolerate idiots in control of the economy, drunk on their own power, strutting around the world to line their own pockets, while focusing instead on the inane activities of Celebritards?"
Yeah….I know.