The Dethalbum

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The Dethalbum
The Dethalbum cover
Studio album by Dethklok
Released September 25, 2007
Genre Death metal
Melodic death metal
Length 52:16
1:01:25 (Deluxe edition)
Label Williams Street
Producer Virtual:
Dick "Magic Ears" Knubbler
Actual:
Ulrich Wild
Brendon Small
Professional reviews
Deluxe edition cover
The deluxe edition cover of The Dethalbum.
The deluxe edition cover of The Dethalbum.

The Dethalbum is the debut album by the virtual band Dethklok from the television show Metalocalypse. It was released on September 25, 2007. The album features full-length songs from the television series, as well as previously unreleased tracks. Antonio Canobbio contributed the artwork for the record.[1]

The deluxe edition of the album includes an additional disc that features seven bonus tracks, the video for "Bloodrocuted", and the first Metalocalypse episode of the second season.

"Hatredcopter" was released previous to the album's release on the European edition of the Saw III Soundtrack.

The album debuted at #21 on the Billboard 200 chart making it the highest charting death metal album ever [2] with 33,740 copies sold in its first week,[3] The Dethalbum was also streamed 45,000 times when it went live on AOL Music during the week of its release. It has so far sold over 100,000 copies.

An earlier, shorter version of the song "Thunderhorse" is an extra track on Guitar Hero II.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Murmaider" – 3:24
  2. "Go into the Water" – 4:20
  3. "Awaken" – 3:37
  4. "Bloodrocuted" – 2:19
  5. "Go Forth and Die" – 4:22
  6. "Fansong" – 2:53
  7. "Better Metal Snake" – 3:27
  8. "The Lost Vikings" – 4:26
  9. "Thunderhorse" – 2:46
  10. "Briefcase Full of Guts" – 2:44
  11. "Birthday Dethday" – 2:48
  12. "Hatredcopter" – 2:56
  13. "Castratikron" – 2:57
  14. "Face Fisted" – 4:17
  15. "Dethharmonic"[4] – 4:31
  16. "Deththeme" – 0:36 (hidden track)
  • The reverse cover of The Dethalbum notes tracks 1 through 15 making the Deththeme a hidden track.

[edit] Deluxe edition bonus disc

  1. "Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle" – 1:15
  2. "Blood Ocean" – 2:50
  3. "Murdertrain a Comin'" – 3:33
  4. "Pickles Intro" – 0:34
  5. "Kill You" (Snakes n' Barrels cover) – 3:41
  6. "Hatredy" – 4:17
  7. "Dethklok Gets in Tune" – 3:27

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Virtual personnel

[edit] Actual personnel

[edit] Writing credits

Virtual writing credits:

  • All songs written by Dethklok, except "Kill You" by Pickles, Snizzy Snazz Bullets, Tony Thunderbottom and Sammy Twinskins (Also known as the fictional band, Snakes 'N Barrels)

Actual writing credits:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Antonio Canobbio
  2. ^ Review of the Dethalbum in Stylus magazine
  3. ^ Katie Hasty, "Rascal Flatts Races To No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, October 3, 2007.
  4. ^ Back cover of deluxe edition

[edit] External links

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