"Metalocalypse" (2006) TV series 2006-

Creators:

Tommy Blacha
Brendon Small
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

6 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Music

Tagline:

We Will Make Everything Metal!

Plot:

The epic and over-the-top adventures of Dethklok, the world's most successful death metal band.

Plot Keywords:

Band | Death Metal | Scandinavian | Heavy Metal | Drummer

Cast

Tommy Blacha	...	Toki Wartooth / ... (59 episodes, 2006-2012)
Brendon Small	...	Nathan Explosion / ... (59 episodes, 2006-2012)
Mark Hamill	...	Senator Stampingston / ... (56 episodes, 2006-2012)
Victor Brandt	...	General Crozier / ... (55 episodes, 2006-2012)
Malcolm McDowell	...	Vater Orlaag / ... (35 episodes, 2007-2012)

Series Directed by
Jon Schnepp		(34 episodes, 2006-2012)
Chris Prynoski		(13 episodes, 2006-2008)
Mark Brooks		(12 episodes, 2008-2012)
Tommy Blacha		(2 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Writing credits
Tommy Blacha		(62 episodes, 2006-2012)
Brendon Small		(62 episodes, 2006-2012)
Mark Brooks		(17 episodes, 2009-2012)
Janine Ditullio		(11 episodes, 2009-2012)
Brian Posehn		(11 episodes, 2009-2012)
Daniel Libman		(11 episodes, 2012)
Matthew Libman		(10 episodes, 2012)
Danielle Vetere		(10 episodes, 2012)
Bill Braudis		(9 episodes, 2007-2008)
Kristofor Brown		(2 episodes, 2009-2010)

Series Produced by
Keith Crofford	....	executive producer: Williams Street / executive producer (62 episodes, 2006-2012)
Chris Prynoski	....	supervising producer (62 episodes, 2006-2012)
Jon Schnepp	....	co-producer (62 episodes, 2006-2012)
Brendon Small	....	executive producer (62 episodes, 2006-2012)
Natasha Ypsilanti	....	associate producer / co-producer / ... (45 episodes, 2006-2009)
Nick Weidenfeld	....	executive producer: Williams Street / executive producer (43 episodes, 2006-2009)
Ollie Green	....	producer / consulting producer / ... (42 episodes, 2006-2012)
Shannon Barrett Prynoski	....	producer (42 episodes, 2007-2012)
Tommy Blacha	....	executive producer (40 episodes, 2006-2008)
Keith Fay	....	producer (40 episodes, 2006-2008)
Michael Lazzo	....	executive producer (22 episodes, 2009-2012)
Laura Stupsker	....	producer / co-producer (10 episodes, 2009-2010)
Angela Parent	....	associate producer (5 episodes, 2009)

Series Original Music by
Brendon Small		(62 episodes, 2006-2012)

Series Film Editing by
Jon Schnepp		(50 episodes, 2006-2010)
Felipe Salazar		(32 episodes, 2007-2012)
Chris Prynoski		(20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Damon P. Yoches		(15 episodes, 2006)
Mark Brooks		(8 episodes, 2007-2010)
Jeffrey Perlmutter		(3 episodes, 2006)
Hans Fjellestad		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Direction by
Antonio Canobbio		(41 episodes, 2006-2009)

Series Production Management
Shannon Barrett Prynoski	....	general manager: Titmouse (20 episodes, 2006)
David Busch	....	production manager (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ben Kalina	....	production manager (10 episodes, 2009-2010)
Steve Jacobson	....	production manager (10 episodes, 2012)

Series Art Department
Mark Brooks	....	storyboard artist (26 episodes, 2006-2008)
Annette Huckell	....	assistant character designer / color stylist (16 episodes, 2006-2010)
Liz Artinian	....	background painter (12 episodes, 2012)
Chris Fisher	....	background painter (12 episodes, 2012)
Freddy Cristy	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 2009-2010)
Richard Pose	....	storyboard artist (9 episodes, 2007-2008)
Daniel V. Bigelow	....	color stylist / props designer (6 episodes, 2006)

Series Sound Department
Felipe Salazar	....	sound designer (57 episodes, 2006-2012)
Phil Vo	....	sound editor (54 episodes, 2006-2012)
Brett Butler	....	sound editor (50 episodes, 2006-2010)
Clinton Crump	....	sound editor (50 episodes, 2006-2010)
James A. Moore	....	sound editor (50 episodes, 2006-2010)
Eric Stolz	....	sound editor (50 episodes, 2006-2010)
John W. Frost	....	foley artist (20 episodes, 2006)
Charles Dayton	....	sound re-recording mixer (5 episodes, 2006)
Tor McAfee Kingdon	....	sound re-recording mixer (5 episodes, 2006)
Nicholas Veith	....	sound designer (4 episodes, 2009-2010)
Konrad Piñon	....	sound mixer / sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 2006-2009)

Series Visual Effects by
Keith Kin Yan	....	digital compositor (30 episodes, 2007-2010)
Vera Duffy	....	digital compositor (10 episodes, 2009-2010)
Trevor Von Klueg	....	digital compositor (9 episodes, 2012)
Mark Brooks	....	digital compositor (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Moises Jimenez	....	digital compositor (6 episodes, 2012)
Ben Bjelajac	....	digital compositor (3 episodes, 2010)
Steve Kellener	....	digital compositor (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Animation Department
Jon Schnepp	....	character designer (62 episodes, 2006-2012)
Mike Roush	....	lead animator / animator / ... (50 episodes, 2006-2010)
Travis Simon	....	animator / animation director (42 episodes, 2007-2012)
Songgu Kwon	....	character designer (40 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ako Castuera	....	character designer (33 episodes, 2006-2008)
Matt Taylor	....	animator (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Richard Pose	....	layout artist / animator (20 episodes, 2006)
Otto Tang	....	background painter (20 episodes, 2006)
Nick Bane	....	animator (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Freddy Cristy	....	layout artist (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Daisy Church	....	animator (16 episodes, 2006)
Granger Davis	....	animator (16 episodes, 2006)
Warren Lee	....	animator (16 episodes, 2006)
Damon O'Keefe	....	animator (16 episodes, 2006)
Jason Park	....	background designer (16 episodes, 2006)
Jody Schaeffer	....	animator (16 episodes, 2006)
Miguel Martinez-Joffre	....	animator (12 episodes, 2012)
Ryan Deluca	....	animator (11 episodes, 2007-2010)
Ashley Fisher	....	clean-up artist (10 episodes, 2009-2010)
Drew Newman	....	animator (10 episodes, 2009-2010)
Parker Simmons	....	animator (9 episodes, 2009-2010)
Elliot Byrne	....	background designer (9 episodes, 2012)
Danforth France	....	animation processor (8 episodes, 2007-2008)
Allison Craig	....	animator (6 episodes, 2008-2010)
Ryan Khatam	....	animator (4 episodes, 2009)
Moises Jimenez	....	animator (4 episodes, 2012)
Denise Chavez	....	animator (3 episodes, 2006)
McKenzie Kerman	....	animator (3 episodes, 2010)
Griffith Kimmins	....	animator (3 episodes, 2010)
Mark Brooks	....	animation director / animator (2 episodes, 2006)
Xiongliang Li	....	animator (2 episodes, 2009)

Series Editorial Department
Rookie Manning	....	promo editor (20 episodes, 2006)
Felipe Salazar	....	assistant editor (18 episodes, 2006)
Nicholas Veith	....	assistant editor (5 episodes, 2009-2010)
Myra Owyang	....	assistant editor (5 episodes, 2009)

Series Other crew
Tom Gilsenan	....	systems administrator (20 episodes, 2006)
R. Chett Hoffman	....	writers assistant (12 episodes, 2012)
Tommy Blacha	....	executive consultant (10 episodes, 2009-2010)
Andrew Quitmeyer	....	production intern (7 episodes, 2006)
Georgette Perna	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 2008)
Mark Brooks	....	story editor (5 episodes, 2009-2010)
Will Feng	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 2006)
Janine Ditullio	....	story by (2 episodes, 2012)
Daniel Libman	....	story by (2 episodes, 2012)
Matthew Libman	....	story by (2 episodes, 2012)
Brian Posehn	....	story by (2 episodes, 2012)
Brendon Small	....	story by (2 episodes, 2012)
Danielle Vetere	....	story by (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Thanks
Nathan Adams	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2006)
Jennifer Stephens	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2009)

Production Companies

• Titmouse
• Williams Street

Distributors

• Adult Swim (2006) (USA) (TV)
• Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (season one)
• Cartoon Network (2006) (USA) (TV)
• TNT Serie (2010-) (Germany) (TV)
• Turner Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  clearance
• Axium International  payroll services
• DZ Solutions  IT services
• Margarita Mix  sound mix

Also Known As:

Runtime:

11 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Australia:MA | Canada:18+ (TV rating) | New Zealand:R16 | UK:18

Company:

Titmouse

Trivia:

The name of the grocery store in the first episode is "Fintroll's" a reference to the Finnish folk-metal band Finntroll. Other references to metal bands include the restaurants "Burzum" and "Dimmu Burger" (as a reference to "Dimmu Borgir") and the hardware store "Gorgoroth".

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The spelling of character's names change throughout the series. For example, Ofdenson's name is spelled Offdenson and Dr. Rockzo's name is spelled Dr. Rockso.

Quotes:

Dr. Rockso:Whadda you do for a living, sell shoes? Cooka-yayah-o!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Soundtrack:

Deththeme

We're All Gonna Die.

Metalocalypse is AWESOME. Not only is Brendon Small it's co-creator, (Home Movies, folks) but he also voices more than half the characters and writes and plays all of the music. And the music, by the way, is REALLY impressive. I was not expecting it to be that good, but it's AWESOME and the lyrics are hilarious to boot. The script is apparently mostly improvised in that classic Brendon Small style and that makes for some side splitting and extremely quotable moments. The characters are hilarious. Their voices, designs and quirks make them funny and somehow... lovable characters. I'm having a hard time picking a favorite one.

There's Nathan Explosion, the seemingly indestructible but retarded, anxious, alcoholic lead vocalist. There's Skwisgaar: Swedish, generally cynical and smart Alec, also loose and somehow the fastest guitarist alive. There's Toki, the whiny, "tweenish" and naive Norwegian who just so happens to be the second fasted guitarist alive. There's Pickles, Wisconsinite drummer with serious substance abuse issues, a dorky accent and a head of fiery combed-over dreadlocks. And last, but not least, Murderface, the violent and hateful bassist (who can play with his junk, by the way) who has some unresolved traumatic childhood issues. Often times he reverts back to an almost childlike state and can be heard murmuring things like, "I miss Pickles." (And random side note about Murderface. I noticed shortly after the series started that he looked exactly like the man from the opening of Ace Ventura Pet Detective. You know, the guy with the dog? IMDb won't let me paste a link, but google Randall 'Tex' Cobb and you'll see a pic of of the actor with boxing gloves.)

Overall, I'd give this show a 10 (cause I can't go higher XP) and I can't wait for season 2, and 3, and 4!!! (Oh man, if they know what's good for them... *shakes fist*) I seriously haven't liked anything on adult swim this much in a VERY long time. Seems like almost all of the programming for a while has been effortlessly thrown together, badly animated and sopping with that "trying-way-too-hard" style of randomness. Kudos to Brendon, Tommy and the rest of the gang. Metalocalypse is TOTALLY BRUTAL.