1. Murmaider - Dethklok, Dethklok
2. Go into the Water
3. Awaken
4. Bloodrocuted
5. Go Forth and Die
6. Fansong
7. Better Metal Snake
8. The Lost Vikings
9. Thunderhorse
10. Briefcase Full of Guts
11. Birthday Dethday
12. Hatredcopter
13. Castratikron
14. Face Fisted
15. Dethharmonic
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There's a fine line between being funny and being a joke. Thankfully, the debut album from Dethklok, the band at the core of Adult Swim's hit animated series Metalocalypse lands squarely in the former category. Performed by series co-creator Brendon Small (Tommy Blacha is Small's creative partner)--with a lot of help from metal drum legend Gene Hoglan (Death Angel, Strapping Young Lad)--songs such as "Birthday Dethday," "Face Fisted," and "Awaken" tap into the unapologetic musical brutality of death metal, while highlighting the often confusing ambiguity of the genre's lyrics. Progressive taxes ("Detharmonic"), the disappointment and seemingly endless cycle of higher education ("Go Forth and Die"), and the obligatory kiss-off to moist-palmed computer geeks who spew vitriol from the safety of Internet chat rooms ("Fansong"), provide the fodder for Small's hilarious, subtle, intelligent and highly quotable lyrics. Make no mistake: The Dethalbum isn't going to supplant your favorite At the Gates or Slayer recordings, but it will provide hours of amusement and joy--perhaps the very enemy of death metal itself, perhaps the very thing that makes Metalocalypse one of the funniest shows on cartoon TV these days and Dethklok the truest rock band since Spinal Tap. --Jedd Beaudoin
Album Description
Mighty Dethklok returns this fall with The Dethalbum, the full length record Metalocalypse fans have been begging for. Premiering last year on Adult Swim, Metalocalypse centers around the exploits of the biggest, most metalest band in the world, Dethklok. As the band goes about their daily affairs, the evil (well, more evil) Tribunal tries in vain to stop Dethklok from expanding their empire. Each episode features a new song from the band and now the best of those tracks have been expanded, re-recorded and put together with all new songs to make the Dethklok album fans have been clamoring for. Prepare for an onslaught of bone-crunching Nordic riffs that will force you to your knees. The Metalocalypse has begun.
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The Dethalbum
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2007-09-25)
- Publisher: Williams Street
- Label: Williams Street
- Format: Explicit Lyrics
- Studio: Williams Street
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 44 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #1037
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Summary: Real Metal 2008-11-21
Comment: As a big fan of the show "Metalocalypse" I was exited about getting this album. I listened to most of the songs online beforehand, loved them, and decided to buy my first music CD since the late 90's. Once I popped it in at home I was attacked by a brutal metal force.
If you like Metallica, Iron Maiden, and guitar solos you will LOVE this CD. Without the cartoon to distract you, the music will surprise you with its quality. Tracks range from very melodic to very heavy, and the lyrics are satiric and dark.
NOTE: "Crush my Battle Opponents Balls" and "Dunkin Hills Jingle" are NOT included in this Album, which was very dissapointing for me. But I'm sure you can get it elsewhere, if you really want to.
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Summary: Sometimes the (Metal) Fans Make the Best Music 2008-09-24
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Very good! 2008-09-19
Comment: This item was better then i thought it would be, being made from a cartoon show i thought it might not be as well done as it is. Don't be fooled, this is very good music if you like heavy stuff.
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Summary: Melts Your Face Off 2008-08-07
Comment: The fact that this album is associated with a cartoon is completely irrelevant.
If your soul craves the blissful abuse only brought about by hard, HARD music, the answer is Dëthkløk.
To put it bluntly, Dëthkløk, AKA Nathan Explosion, et.al., AKA Brendan Small et.al., found the balls Metallica lost blowing their 'Load', skewered them with a sottering iron, fed them to a summoned Kraken, and road the Kraken to kick Metallica's A**.
All while Old Man Dio watched through moistened eyes and clapped his hands in glee.
If you like Metal, you'll love Dëthkløk.
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Summary: Waste of time! (LP Record Version, not CD) 2008-07-15
Comment: Alright so I'm a total audiophile, I try to buy all my records on vinyl because of the better quality vinyl provides, and I got excited when I saw that they were releasing The Dethalbum on vinyl, because that was my favorite album of 2007, and I was so excited when the UPS man handed it to me today.
But then I opened it and put it on the old turn table.
IT SOUNDS LIKE S***!
One, the quality is awful, it sounds like it's a bad LimeWire download. Honestly. Two, it's sped up. That's right. The entire album is sped up so they could fit it all on one disc, which isn't too noticeable except for the fact that the pitch is a little higher, only a select few will really notice it. A 16 track album on one disc, c'mon, Williams Street, you guys could do better than that! I think if they had stretched it to a Double Disc like it should've been, it would sound PERFECT, but they probably figured most Dethklok fans don't own a record player, and they'd be right about that, but seriously, at least give the die hards a decent sounding record!
I give this album two stars because it's a picture disc and it looks really cool, so it's a good novelty to have, just don't plan on listening to it any time soon because it's a waste of time.
EDIT: The Go Into The Water remix is just the regular version of Go Into The Water with an annoying constant double bass in the background, not worth it.
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