The Dethalbum

Metal....You cannot deny it! Such a simple statement not only is true, it works! And ever since the Led Zeppelin debates that began when they came out, metal bands have come out to define (not just redefine) exactly what metal is. As a metal fan, I can say honestly.....we haven't written the first word because the bands have too often made the music about themselves; often, as in the case of Linkin Park, to hide their shortcomings and inabilities. Heavy metal should always be about the pure mastery of the music, and the bands should be the Sadists in that S&M musical relationship. Even the most honest of metal, death metal, has a lost focus. Once again, leave it up to the metal fans to save Metal. With 'Metalocalypse', metal fans Tommy Blacha and Brendon Small reminded the world that metal, particularly the cartoon band Dethklok's brand of metal, ruled them. The show, a funny romp about the mythical Dethklok and the extremes they'll go just to sell something, demonstrated at times that the music, though short in clips and bursts, was hypnotically good. It demonstrated that fans of the genre could put together awesome headbangingly good music for the show at least. How about a whole album? The 'Dethalbum' is the result of pure fan passion. This isn't just a convenient CD with a running order of the track listings for the show: these are complete music recordings, filled with the heavy, heavy, heavy doses of death, destruction, and degradation. They don't try to be clever here: if you are looking for depth in lyrics, grab an old Iron Maiden album (you know, before they bought Europe). The drum contribution from Gene Hoglan really sets the full throttle pace of the entire album, while....get this: ACTUAL GUITAR SOLOS! Remember guitar solos? I think Metallica did them once. Being a Deth-Metal inspired album, don't expect a Rob Halford expose on singing. Low, graveling, spoken-word-like singing can sometimes be hard to hear in some of the more thundering songs, but it works throughout the album. Collectively, with the tone and how each song is structured, it is a surprisingly good album, even if its a album about a fictional metal band making light of the whole metal mess. It gets five stars because a lot of work went into making this album and making it right, and it was made by real metal fans.

Awesome album. You know, I've always sort of loved, shall we call it, "death metal", but only for the music. The problem I have with metal is that it usually takes itself too seriously. The music is awesome but the lyrics usually leave me in a state of, "wtf?" Dethklok is awesome metal music with lyrics that don't take it seriously and (once you manage to interpret them) are actually pretty funny. The Lost Vikings, for example, is a tale of a group of men who ride out to battle without a map, get lost and are too proud to ask for directions, choosing to simply ride around randomly and if anyone asks them about it they lie and say they're riding around on purpose. Murmaider is a tale of caution about what might happen if you attempt to murder mermaids. Everything about this music is hard core metal except the lyrics and that's why it works so well for me. I was so glad when I saw they had added this to Amazon's MP3 download section. It's well worth it. I hope they add the rare bonus CD as well (which has the Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle). Offer me that and I'll buy it, too.

Your either a Gear or your Not

Yes my review is late but I figured I'd give my 2 cents.....Brendon Small the creator and main force behind Dethklok and most of the instruments for that matter shows on this just how competent a musician he is....Dethalbum all the way though is an interesting and fun listen. Hanving hired legendary drummer Gene Hoglan(Dark Angel, Death, Strapping Young Lad..) to play the role of Pickles shows how motivated Brendon was to make Dethklok a real thing..and for the most part the musicianship is quite superb...with overly catchy songs like "Thunderhorse" this album just catches your ears and keeps them at bay for the entire 71 minutes of this 2 cd set....it is however a shame that it was at 1st and to this day so hard to get this deluxe edition without paying an insane amount of money....because the 2nd disc has a few Dethklok hits that shouldn't have been left out of the reach of some fans that coudn't obtain a deluxe copy...."Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle" being one of these songs....the 2nd disc also includes a guitar lesson from Skwisgaar and the music video for "Bloodrocuted" which is mentioned in an episode but new to the ears....new songs never heard in the show are also on the album like "The Lost Vikings" and "Face Fisted"....all in all fans of the show will not be disappointed Dethklok is a real touring band and with this album the highest charting death metal album of all time shows Brednon and Dethklok are a force to be taken seriosuly within the metal universe....a very fun and very approachable album that 2 years later I still enjoy every bit as much as the day I obtained it....masterpiece. P.S. I'm ready for Dethalbum II it's gonna slay this even.

The 1st album from the Metalocalypse series for me is a massive success, this deluxe version is a bit more fun. If you're a fan of the show, then you probably like the music, so is a must. If you don't know the show but like death metal you'll probably like this. This is a entertaining album and has been listened to many, many times.

Uno dei migliori album metal che abbia mai sentito, Brendon Small è un genio della composizione.

アメリカのアニメ番組のサントラです。 世界で最もブルータルなメタルバンド『DETHKLOK』（←アニメなので当然架空のバンドです）が活躍するメタルアニメ『METALOCALYPSE』からサントラとして発表された作品ということになりますが、結構本格的なメタルで正直驚きです。さすがはアメリカ…メタルアニメでこんなにも本格的な曲が用意されるなんて…日本のD○Cとは全く違います（と言いつつ、私はD○Cも好きですがww） それにしても、本当に「聴ける」アルバムなので、何かアルバム買いたいけど何を買ったら良いかわからないメタラーの皆さんには是非ともこちらをご購入戴きたいところです。そして、めちゃめちゃ笑えるアニメの方も見て戴きたいですwww ジャンルは、本人たちはブルータル言うてますがww、メロデスに入るかと。 オススメです。

le 3em d'une série toujours très actuel et indémodable

Pareciera que una banda animada tiene mejores canciones que otras bandas de metal actualmente