It's shaping up to be an unbelievably heavy summer, as Dethklok have returned with details of two long-anticipated new releases.
The fictional melodic death metal band — who star in Adult Swim's animated series Metalocalypse, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha — will deliver Dethalbum IV, due out on August 22 via WaterTower Music.
The new LP follows 2012's Dethalbum III, and is previewed today by new song "Aortic Desecration," a pummelling return centred on the inevitability of death. You can follow along with a lyric video below.
While a tracklist for Deathalbum IV has yet to be revealed in full, the vinyl pre-order points to the inclusion of songs titled "Mutilation on a Saturday Night," "Poisoned by Food" and "Gardener of Vengeance."
Along with their latest Deathalbum, Dethklok will also release a soundtrack to forthcoming new film Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar, out digitally and on Blu-ray on August 21 with the soundtrack landing on August 25.
Army of the Doomstar is set to feature King Diamond, Thundercat, Kirk Hammett, Jon Hamm, Scott Ian and more, and according to a synopsis, finds a world counting on Dethklok's metal might to save them:
After the heroic rescue of Toki Wartooth, Dethklok frontman Nathan Explosion finds himself traumatized in a BRUTAL professional and romantic flat-spin all while he is tasked with fulfilling the prophecy and confronting the ultimate songwriting challenge: write the SONG OF SALVATION and save the planet. Can Nathan Explosion look beyond his brutally damaged ego to save his band, stop the Metalocalypse, and finally face the ultimate evil: Salacia?
As previously reported, Dethklok will kick off a co-headlining tour with Babymetal later this year, with Canadian shows set for Toronto and Vancouver.
Pre-order and pre-save Deathalbum IV.
The fictional melodic death metal band — who star in Adult Swim's animated series Metalocalypse, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha — will deliver Dethalbum IV, due out on August 22 via WaterTower Music.
The new LP follows 2012's Dethalbum III, and is previewed today by new song "Aortic Desecration," a pummelling return centred on the inevitability of death. You can follow along with a lyric video below.
While a tracklist for Deathalbum IV has yet to be revealed in full, the vinyl pre-order points to the inclusion of songs titled "Mutilation on a Saturday Night," "Poisoned by Food" and "Gardener of Vengeance."
Along with their latest Deathalbum, Dethklok will also release a soundtrack to forthcoming new film Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar, out digitally and on Blu-ray on August 21 with the soundtrack landing on August 25.
Army of the Doomstar is set to feature King Diamond, Thundercat, Kirk Hammett, Jon Hamm, Scott Ian and more, and according to a synopsis, finds a world counting on Dethklok's metal might to save them:
After the heroic rescue of Toki Wartooth, Dethklok frontman Nathan Explosion finds himself traumatized in a BRUTAL professional and romantic flat-spin all while he is tasked with fulfilling the prophecy and confronting the ultimate songwriting challenge: write the SONG OF SALVATION and save the planet. Can Nathan Explosion look beyond his brutally damaged ego to save his band, stop the Metalocalypse, and finally face the ultimate evil: Salacia?
As previously reported, Dethklok will kick off a co-headlining tour with Babymetal later this year, with Canadian shows set for Toronto and Vancouver.
Pre-order and pre-save Deathalbum IV.
