Dethklok

Dethklok
The fictional members of Dethklok. From left to right: William Murderface, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Nathan Explosion, Pickles, and Toki Wartooth.
Background information
Also known as	Metalocalypse: Dethklok
Genres	Melodic death metal
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Actual: Williams Street; BS Fictional: Crystal Mountain
Members	Actual: Brendon Small Mike Keneally Bryan Beller Gene Hoglan Fictional: Nathan Explosion Skwisgaar Skwigelf Toki Wartooth William Murderface Pickles
Past members	Fictional: Magnus Hammersmith

Dethklok is a virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse.

The first official Dethklok album was released on September 25, 2007, entitled The Dethalbum. The album debuted at number 21 on Billboard Magazine's Top 200 list. The band released Dethalbum II on September 29, 2009, and toured with Mastodon, High on Fire and Converge. The band's third album, Dethalbum III, was released on October 16, 2012. The soundtrack to the special episode, Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem was released on October 29, 2013.

A real band was set up in order to perform the band's music in live shows. Both bands were created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon Small, with others needed for live concerts and albums. Brendon Small is set to release his second solo album, Brendon Small's Galaktikon II, which is considered to serve as "a new Dethklok album", due to Adult Swim holding the rights to the band name.

In the Metalocalypse series, Dethklok is depicted as an extremely popular and successful death metal band. The band's fan base includes billions of metal fanatics, who frequently endanger themselves to watch the band perform live. With their widespread commercial success and lucrative sponsorship contracts, Dethklok is ranked as the world's seventh largest economy by the end of the second season.