27 Facts About Dethklok

1.

Dethklok is a fictional melodic death metal band featured in the Adult Swim animated television series Metalocalypse.

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2.

Dethklok did not speak a word until he was five years old and in high school excelled only in frog dissection and football.

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3.

Dethklok is the lead songwriting force in Dethklok, and uses violent imagery or plot elements when writing and composing song material.

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4.

Dethklok does find his parents embarrassing as they are normal parents and not "brutal" as seen in "Dethfam".

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5.

Dethklok is the only member of the band who spends time with or likes his father, stating in the episode "Dethdad" he often drinks beer and goes hunting with his father regularly and would be very sad if his father died.

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6.

Dethklok is described as "a handsome guy who thinks he's the greatest thing in the world".

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7.

Dethklok is tall and thin with long blond hair, a studded belt with a skull buckle, and blue eyes.

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8.

Dethklok played a Gibson Explorer for the first three seasons, but switched to the Gibson "Thunderhorse" Explorer for the fourth.

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9.

Dethklok often carries around his guitars even when not playing.

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10.

Dethklok is often referred to as the fastest guitar player in the world.

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11.

Dethklok is responsible for the majority of the arrangement of Dethklok's songs, writing the guitar lines as well as Murderface's bass lines.

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12.

Dethklok typically played a Gibson Flying V, but has switched to the Brendon Small "Snow Falcon" V for the fourth season.

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13.

Dethklok has a distinct accent and often inappropriately pluralizes words, but refers to Pickles as "Pickle".

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14.

Dethklok is shown to be extremely physically fit, in stark contrast to the rest of his bandmates.

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15.

Dethklok has a boyish bedroom complete with action figures, stuffed animals, and wall posters, and a prominent hobby of his is building model planes.

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16.

Dethklok is a Type 2 diabetic and requires insulin shots.

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17.

Dethklok was raised in Tomahawk, Wisconsin and speaks with an Upper Midwestern accent.

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18.

Dethklok refers to himself as "very Irish American" and has long red hair, styled into dreadlocks and a comb-over skullet, and green eyes.

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19.

Dethklok is depicted as having an average build with a strong propensity for drugs and alcohol abuse stemming from feelings of resentment towards his family.

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20.

Dethklok comes off as the most socially-capable member of the band, able to grasp most concepts outside the scope of death metal that the other four cannot.

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21.

Dethklok has brown hair, green eyes, a heavy lateral lisp and a gap in his front teeth.

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22.

Dethklok has tattoos on the top and bottom parts of his abdomen, the top reading "Pobody's Nerfect", and the bottom saying "This Mess Is A Place".

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23.

Dethklok is sensitive about his weight and appearance, which his bandmates often obliviously exacerbate.

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24.

Magnus Hammersmith was the first rhythm guitarist of Dethklok, but was kicked out of the band very early for his violent behavior.

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25.

Dethklok toured with co-headliner Mastodon, High on Fire, and Converge during October and November 2009.

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26.

Dethklok toured North America, in support of Dethalbum III, with Machine Head, All That Remains and The Black Dahlia Murder during November and December 2012.

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27.

Dethklok received the award for best international band during the 2009 Revolver Golden God Awards.

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