An electrical malfunction at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium led to the evacuation of a Dethklok show yesterday night. The occurrence was apparently nothing overtly serious, and the evacuation of the event was more of a precautionary measure. The show has been rescheduled for June 9th, which bumped Fish (not Phish) to the Great American Music Hall. According to sources, Murder Face was really pissed.

As announced last Friday, the world’s most irresponsibly deadly animated metal band, Dethklok, will be hitting the road starting June 2nd to annihilate the masses in real time. This is of course exciting in and of itself. But in addition, the barbaric five piece has been busy sharpening their guitar headstocks and Flying V tail fins for decapitations/impalings on the continuation of their second season on [adult swim], which will premier Sunday, May 18th at the only time imaginable (midnight). This follows up a wildly successful start:

In fall 2007, a real-life version of Dethklok, led by co-creator Brendon Small, embarked on a national tour, playing at college campuses around the United States. The college tour heralded the release of the hugely successful album The Dethalbum. The album features songs written and performed by Small from the first season of Metalocalypse, and it debuted at #21 on the Billboard Top 200 as the highest-charting death metal album of all time. Dethklok will embark on its second nationwide tour this summer when Adult Swim Presents Metalocalype’s Dethklok kicks-off on June 2 and travels to 28 cities.

Last summer or something I tried to go down to UC Berkeley to see Dethklok of Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse perform a free show. We got there so early, there was no one online. That’s when we found out Berkeley is the best university ever, because it’s got a bar right there on campus. We ended up drinking a few pitchers of this strong, cloudy ale that completely demolished us, and by the time we stumbled out of the bar, the line was a mile long.

We waited all night, but didn’t get in. We also found out why Dethklok hates their fans so much, because a lot of the kids waiting in line were complete tools.

Now, Dethklok, the most brutal animated metal band on Earth, is ready to hit the road for reals. With actual tickets and everything.

The Dethklok tour will begin on June 2nd and run through early July. Tickets will range from $20 to $25, and Chimaira and Soilent Green will be in support. Full list of dates after the jump. (more…)

Remember a few years ago when Gorillaz embarked on that tour where they couldn’t show their faces because that would ruin their whole image-is-bullshit aesthetic? They pulled a giant, partially translucent screen across the stage and played behind it, while their cartoon counterparts galloped and mean-mugged and did whatever else their 2-D selves could. It turned out to be an interesting experiment with regard to what lengths concert-goers would reach to “see” live music.


Well, now we have Dethklok, who by all accounts could virtua-chop the heads off of every member of Gorillaz without breaking a blast beat. The biggest animated metal band of all time (Metalocalypse airs on Sundays on Adult Swim at 11:45 PM PST) will be co-headlining a tour of American universities with …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, beginning October 29th in New Mexico, and ending November 18th in Chicago. Trail of Dead kind of gets on some fantasy shit anyway, given the right breeze, so it’s shaping up to be a good match-up. I’m growing a handlebar mustache in anticipation…