Dethalbum II: The Official Blog Metal Review

There's really something to be said about the fact that Brendon Small's virtual band Dethklok had one of the mos anticipated metal albums of the year with Dethalbum II. The first Dethalbum had the best debut of a death metal album of all time. Debuting at #21 on the Billboard charts. But, this new album beat it and debuted at #15! Good job, Brendon!

This album kicks off with the explosive new single (video below), "Bloodlines" which, we've all heard before. It's a pretty good. It really marked a new point in Dethklok because it's the first Dethklok song we've heard with a high-pitched scream which is pretty great. My favorite song (at the moment) is "The Gears". I love everything about this song. It's so catchy and great. I love the riffs and the melody in the verses.

Songs like "Burn The Earth" and "Laser Cannon Deth Sentance" are what take Dethklok out of being just a joke band into being a full-blown death metal band. And "Black Fire Upon Us" is an epic song along the same lines as "Go Into The Water" from the first album.

I'm gonna skip a few songs to talk about the song that everyone skipped to upon listening to the album. This is of course "Murmaider II: The Water God". This song is almost better than the first one. I mean, the guitar riff during the part where he sings "SWIM ON!" is just so epic, you can't help but like it. Plus, you can't not love the story-line. I would like to be the Water God some day.

I've decided to keep this short and not break it down song-by-song like I normally would with an album review because, hey, it's DETHKLOK. Go buy the album or die.

(5 out of 5 goat heads)

Some Dethklok News

So, you are looking at the official cover art for the upcoming Dethalbum II! Am I the only one who's excited for this? The new Dethalbum comes out September 8th on William Street records. And it will include "Murmaider II." ... Could be awesome. I haven't heard anything from Dethklok that I haven't liked.

Moving on the the show. I would just like to say that, Metalocalypse is my favorite show on TV right now. I think Brendon Small is a real genious and knows how to make a good show about metal. That being said, I'm am very pleased to announce that the next season of episodes will be a half hour long! No more of this stupid 15-minute run time shit. And the new season is slated to appear sometime in November.

On to my final bit of Dethklok news.... A GAME!!!!! Read this;

Konami announced today that a video game based on the hit Adult Swim series Metalocalypse is currently in development for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®Network. Created by series co-creator Brendon Small and based on the top-rated Adult Swim animated series, the upcoming Metalocalypse: Dethgame will immerse players into the world of Dethklok, the world’s most brutal Norwegian heavy metal band.”

This is all sorts of awesome. According to MetalSucks.net you will be one of the klokateers and will have to protect the bad from rabid, mutant fans. This is gonna be a fun game, no doubt. But, it only available for download at the X-Box store, not for sale. I guess I have to buy an X-Box 360 now.