A recent show on Dethklok’s headlining tour was canceled due to a fire in the building. That’s very metal. But in prime Dethklok fashion – by the way, this is a cartoon death metal band we’re talking about here – the conflagration was caused not by errant pyrotechnics or sword-sparks, but supposedly by a spilled beer on the mixing board. Such is the way for the Adult Swim metalheads who have made the leap from crudely drawn 2-D animation on TV to crudely drawn animation on a really big video screen. Metalocalypse creator Brendon Small has corralled a group of real live musicians (including weird-rock guitar legend Mike Keneally) to accompany him behind that screen and bash out cuts like “Bloodtrocuted” and “Crush My Battle Opponent’s Balls.” While the idea of paying to watch a cartoon on a giant screen may seem ridiculous to some, we only have one thing to say: “Release the kittens!”
