Metalocalypse (Season 1)

Metalocalypse Season I: The Metalocalypse has Begun
DVD Cover Art
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	20
Broadcast
Original channel	Adult Swim
Original run	August 6, 2006 (2006-08-06) – December 17, 2006 (2006-12-17)
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1	October 2, 2007 (2007-10-02)
Region 2	June 22, 2009 (2009-06-22)[1]
Region 4	December 5, 2007 (2007-12-05)[2]
Season chronology
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List of Metalocalypse episodes

The first season of the animated show Metalocalypse originally aired on Adult Swim from August 6, 2006 to December 17, 2006 with 20 episodes. The show follows virtual death metal band Dethklok. The majority of the music featured this season was released on the 2007 album, The Dethalbum.^[3][4][5]

Guests

This season featured several musicians as voice actors, such as Kirk Hammet and James Hetfield of Metallica, Michael Amott of Arch Enemy, Steve Smyth, Warrel Dane and Jeff Loomis of Nevermore, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse and King Diamond.

Special Features

Disc One

• Murderface's bass solo (extended scene)
• The Skwisgaar Skwigelf Advanced Fast Hand Finger Wizard Master Class Instructional Video
• Ravenwood learning from Skwisgaar Skwigelf Advanced Fast Hand Finger Wizard Master Class
• Thunderhorse — Skwisgaar's music video outtakes
• Nathan Explosion reading William Shakespeare's Hamlet (extended scene)
• Murderface plays "Wheelchair Bound" (extended scene)

Disc Two

Main menu

• 9 band interviews
• Mordhaus tour
• Untitled compilation music video (includes an unreleased song, Dethfam and Sewn Back Together Wrong)

Episodes menu

• Toki's codpiece ("Murdering Outside the Box" uncensored scene)
• Selatcia teaser
• Burzum's food menu
• Nathan's Groupies ("Girlfriendklok" uncensored scene)
• Pickles' "Scourge of Drugs"

Episodes

#	№	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Prod. code
1	1	"The Curse of Dethklok"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	August 6, 2006 (2006-08-06)	101
After their chef is severely mangled in a helicopter crash, the band has to figure out how to make their own food. They solve the problem by sewing the chef back together with very limited success (some parts don't quite fit or are backwards). Guest voices: James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica Songs included: "Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle" and "Hatredy"
2	2	"Dethwater"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	August 13, 2006 (2006-08-13)	102
The band records an album in the Mariana Trench in a nuclear submarine. The Tribunal blackmails the label-sent producer into spying on them. Dick Knubbler hears the band, and turns on the Tribunal to become the band's permanent producer. After nearly 5 months of recording, the album is finished. Dick ascends from the submarine in a submersible, he is attacked by a giant seahorse that was mutated by the submarine's radiation, forcing him to rush to the surface without depressurizing causing his eyes to burst out of their sockets. Songs included: "Thunderhorse" and "Murmaider"
3	3	"Birthdayface"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	August 20, 2006 (2006-08-20)	103
Murderface's birthday is approaching and the rest of the band can't figure out what to get him. So they throw him a party. They initially present him with the darkest, most brutal gift of all: nothing. After he storms out, the band gets him the car that John F. Kennedy was assassinated in, desecrated with various other brutal historic items (most notably, the theater chair that Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was assassinated, installed in place of the driver's seat) and enrolls him in a "Dethderby" to demolish other cars so he can literally "destroy United States history." Guest voices: James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica Songs included: "Birthday Dethday"
4	4	"Dethtroll"	Chris Prynoski	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	August 27, 2006 (2006-08-27)	104
In Finland the band accidentally awaken the lake troll Mustakrakish. The giant troll goes on a rampage, killing thousands, destroying entire cities, and disabling all electronics in Finland. The band decides to put the troll back to sleep solely so they can once again use e-mail and their DSL-equipped Dethphones, albeit by playing antique acoustic instruments shown to them by an old Finn at a bar. Their soporific lullaby works until Murderface's newly reactivated Dethphone rings. The troll, newly enraged, destroys their instruments. Murderface promptly loses reception and throws his barbed and bladed Dethphone down the Mustakrakish's throat, whereupon the troll gruesomely eviscerates itself in a desperate and frantic attempt to to get the Dethphone out by pulling its own entrails out through its mouth, killing itself. The episode ends with the band feasting on its corpse. Guest voices: James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica Songs included: "Awaken"
5	5	"Dethkomedy"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	September 3, 2006 (2006-09-03)	105
Dethklok experiment with stand-up comedy. Pickles remains traumatized by a heckler while the rest of the band learns that comedy is all about embracing the hate. Pickles eventually embraces his hate -- for the audience -- and once again performs standup. He successfully entertains the audience by throwing sand and blood on the front row, and by firing a rifle wildly. Guest voice: James Hetfield of Metallica Songs included: "Hatredy"
6	6	"Dethfam"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	September 10, 2006 (2006-09-10)	106
A journalist reunites the members of Dethklok with their families, driving the band insane as they must deal with their greedy, annoying, aggressive relatives. The band attempts to bribe and lie their families away. Finally, the parents and siblings decide to make a Dethklok family album, asserting that "there is nothing in this world more brutal and grotesque than raising children."
7	7	"Performance Klok"	Chris Prynoski	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	September 17, 2006 (2006-09-17)	107
The band seeks out a therapist to help them get along with each other. The therapist, who was previously in a band until he murdered them, encourages Dethklok to open up by rewarding them with shiny banana stickers. When he tries to nudge his way into Dethklok, they fire him, but not before buying a chest full of banana stickers, saying, "We have found out that you can just, you know, buy psychological validation" He tries to murder them with a pen, but falls through a window into a pit of wolves. Guest voice: Jeff Loomis of Nevermore
8	8	"Snakes n' Barrels"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)	108
Pickles reunites and tours with his previous band, Snakes N' Barrels, as the Tribunal plots to permanently erase Pickles' mind with a new drug they have created: Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake. But due to the amount of alcohol and drugs Pickles has taken in his career, he is immune. Snakes N' Barrels makes "the most brutal album ever" which consists of half an hour of the demented screams of the bands hallucinating members. Guest voices: Michael Amott of Arch Enemy, Steve Smyth and Warrel Dane of Nevermore
9	9	"Mordland"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01)	109
Mordhaus is opened for the annual "fan day." For this special occasion, Dethklok plays "Fansong" which describes their hate for their fans. The group is threatened with blackmail by the two brothers that operate Dethklok's biggest fan website. One brother is killed and the other imprisoned. Songs included: "Fansong"
10	10	"Fat Kid at the Detharmonic" "Fatklok"	Chris Prynoski	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	October 8, 2006 (2006-10-08)	110
The band begins doing as much charity as possible to write-off as much of the money they've earned over the year as they can, including adopting a son. The band's parenting consists of tying him outside, feeding him nothing but sugar, and not providing him with a bathroom, among other things. They eventually "release him back into the wild" on an island with malbehaved cats after the boy eats Murderface's Civil War shoes. As the Dethchopper flies into the sunset, the cats descend on him in an orgy of bloodshed. Songs included: "Dethharmonic"
11	11	"Skwisklok"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	October 15, 2006 (2006-10-15)	111
Skwisgaar hosts the Skwisgaar Skwigelf Advanced Hand Finger Wizard Master Class Pay Per View Event guitar workshop and the rest of Dethklok sign endorsement deals. His hands are encased in solid crystal oxygenating hand-acquariums as a precaution prior to the show. In an attempt to remove them, he lubricates his hands with barbecue sauce before licking them. He then realizes that the sauce contains cilantro which he is allergic to. His hands and tongue swell up immediately before the live show. Needless to say, his explanations are unintelligible (more so than usual) and his fingers are completely unable to perform. However, due to his overwhelming popularity, he is determined to "reinvent the instrument" and fans mimic his moves by stroking the guitar with stiff fingers. Guest voice: King Diamond.
12	12	"Murdering Outside the Box"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	October 22, 2006 (2006-10-22)	112
Dethklok's annual "Employee Conference Conference and Raffle" coincide with the revelation that someone is embezzling from their company. General Crozier takes advantage of the conference and sends an assassin to infiltrate the ranks of Dethklok's hooded roadies. The assassin fights his way onto a stage during a lottery, but trips and falls onto Murderface's diamond encrusted codpiece just before he manages to shoot Dethklok. The embezzler turns out to be the band itself, but they blame it on the assassin, who gets a viking funeral. Guest voice: King Diamond Songs included: "Briefcase Full of Guts"
13	13	"Go Forth and Die"	Chris Prynoski	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	October 29, 2006 (2006-10-29)	113
Nathan attempts to earn his GED after a nightmare where the rest of the band is killed by random things at the show, and Murderface is invited to appear on a celebrity spelling bee game-show. Nathan studies math and reading while Murderface attempts to convince the rest of the band that he's a great speller, despite his inability to spell. Nathan gets nervous before his test and so gets wasted on alcohol. He scores a perfect 0, answering no questions on the test. Murderface not surprisingly misspells the first word given to him as he started spelling before it was even read. He remains on stage spelling profanities. Guest voices: George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse, and King Diamond Songs included: "Go Forth and Die"
14	14	"Bluesklok"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	November 5, 2006 (2006-11-05)	114
After falling into a deep depression, Dethklok travels to Mississippi to learn about the blues. They negotiate with the devil for "blues fame" (distinct from their metal fame), showing great skill in reading music business legal contracts, in contrast to their overall general incompetence. They test their blues skills on an assembly of hippies. Their song summons a tornado, killing many. Guest voices: George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse, and King Diamond Songs included: "Murdertrain A Comin'"
15	15	"Religionklok"	Chris Prynoski	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	November 19, 2006 (2006-11-19)	115
Murderface searches for a religion after a near-death experience. He begins experimenting by sitting with his legs crossed, surrounded by candles, chanting, "Religion...religion..." Meanwhile, Dethklok's involvement in religion greatly disturbs the Tribunal due to the potentially catastrophic effects it could have. General Crozier recommends immediate action to demobilize Dethklok, but is silenced by Mr. Selatcia. Afterwards, Crozier and Cardinal Ravenwood meet to discuss Selatcia. They form a secret alliance for the upcoming "operation." Murderface then tries several different religions. He visits a Christian rock concert. He attends a mass at the Church of the Atheists before it is interrupted by Agnostic picketers. He also tries a Satanic mass where the preacher attempts to summon the four demons of the apocalypse. Murderface concludes that "all religions are a bunch of boring crap", and returns to a life of careless hedonism. After Dethklok leaves the Satanic mass, demonic hands smash through the ground of the Satanic church, and Cardinal Ravenwood is seen praying desperately before a cross.
16	16	"Dethkids"	Jon Schnepp	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	November 12, 2006 (2006-11-12)	116
Toki tries to compensate for his adorable charm by becoming overly brutal. A young dying girl wins the opportunity to meet him as a last wish, but he refuses to see her. The band's lawyer encourages him to watch a DVD the girl made where she sings of he desire to meet Toki. He finally decides to meet her, but when he reaches her, she has already died. The credits roll as Toki screams in horror. Guest voice: George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher
17	17	"Dethclown"	Chris Prynoski	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	November 26, 2006 (2006-11-26)	117
Toki befriends Dr. Rockso, the Rock 'n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine), to the dismay of the rest of the band, unaware that the Tribunal has commissioned him to gather information. The clown manages to capture some important documents, though these may have been placed by the band's lawyer, Ofdensen. Rather than chase him as he escapes, Ofdensen orders the Klokateers to follow him so they can see where he goes. Rockso returns the documents to General Crozier and Cardinal Ravenwood.
18	18	"Girlfriendklok"	Brendon Small	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	December 3, 2006 (2006-12-03)	118
Dethklok is asked to host the United States Pornography Awards, but Nathan's new controlling girlfriend puts a damper on the situation for the entire band: if he can't go, they can't go. The band abducts, ties up, and tortures Nathan in an attempt to convince him to dump his girlfriend. He concedes, but before he has the opportunity, she falls down several flights of stairs and is knocked into a coma. As she lay comatose, Nathan asks her, "please give me a sign if you don't want me to go to the pornography awards." Not surprisingly, she gives no sign, and Dethklok attends. Songs included: "Castratikron"
19	19	"Dethstars"	Tommy Blacha	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	December 10, 2006 (2006-12-10)	119
Dethklok enters the movie industry by starring in a metal film, "Blood Ocean." Unfortunately, the band can't act, and the film is an abomination. After walking out of their own premiere, Dethklok tries to get the producer to shut down the movie. He replies that because he wants a return on his investment, that he will push forward with the "500 million dollar shit sandwich, and you are all going to take a bite." As Dethklok leaves in their helicopter, it accidentally damages the oil platform the premiere was on, starting a fire which incinerates the audience, producer, and all copies of the film. Since the producer had previously written all the reviews for the film before it was even finished, Business News Weekly's front page reads, "World's Greatest Movie Destroyed!" Guest voice: Andy Richter Songs included: "Blood Ocean"
20	20	"The Metalocalypse Has Begun" "It Has Begun"	Jon Schnepp, Chris Prynoski	Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small	December 17, 2006 (2006-12-17)	120
As Dethklok prepares to play their new album for the very first time live, General Crozier and Cardinal Ravenwood break rank with the rest of the Tribunal and lead a full-scale assault on the band. They hire an assassin, whose brother was killed by Dethklok in episode "Murdering Outside the Box." The assassin corners Toki and Skwisgaar, but is confronted by Ofdensen stating, "That's my bread and butter you're fucking with." The two duel and Ofdensen wins, knocking the assassin into the sea, but not killing him. General Crozier and the Cardinal corner the other band members, and after a bloody battle with the Klockateers, prepare to kill them. However, Mr. Selatcia appears and uses magic to destroy the Cardinal's eyes and force his intestines out of his mouth. He then turns to Crozier saying, "You I need alive" and makes him fall asleep. The band approaches the dying Cardinal who utters the final words, "The Metalocalypse has begun..." Guest voice: George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher Songs included: "Go Into the Water"

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