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DETHKLOK, an extreme metal band, is the most successful entertainment act on the planet and the seventh largest economy in the animated world of Adult Swim's "Metalocalypse.". Live, they are a multi-media powerhouse that showcases animation, comedy and brutality, excellently recreating the popular albums and animated visuals in a live atmosphere. Band members include musician and show co-creator Brendon Small and legendary drummer Gene Hoglan and more!
Dethklok puts on an amazing show! Mastodon wasn't quite a great fit for a co headliner with them, but it was still a great show. It was awesome to see so many different people out together to watch dethklok preform!
Unbelievable show. I am complete. I can finally begin to live
The show started with High on Fire, which wasn't so great in my opinion, but a good warm-up act to get you prepared for Converge. I hadn't heard them before, but I was definitely impressed by their sound and attitude. A fight broke out as soon as they started playing, and the singer told em that he would walk out if they didn't stop fighting (the guys were taken out by security and the show went on). Totally a cool dude (not a great singer in my opinion tho). Mastodon came up next, and they definitely impressed me. I had seen them before, but really didn't like them at all. This time seemed different, probably because they played their whole new album without a single break. I am definitely now going to start listening to Mastodon because of the great performance. Dethklok headlined, and it was everything I had hoped it would be. Great animation shows on the screen, great sound on all instruments/vocals, and a great set list. Overall, it was an AWESOME SHOW! Only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I couldn't mosh due to a preexisting injury, but the pits looked pretty sweet.
Most concerts I go to have one band that I am specifically interested in, with any other bands on the billing being either nice tack-ons or opportunities to arrive late. Rarely is there a billing where the openers are as big a deal to me as the headliners. This tour changed all that, with one of the most stacked playbills I've ever seen. All four of these bands are tops in their specific sub-genre of the overarching branch of heavy modern metal. High on Fire (stoner metal gods) and Converge (hardcore-inspired metal with loads of energy), while not usually arena-packing artists, could easily headline a club-tour for their own genre. Meanwhile, the headliners are Mastodon, one of the most innovative metal bands around, jumping between thrash, sludge, and prog through the course of their career; and Dethklok, which obviously needs no introduction as an amazing mix of metal parody and musically-excellent metal. All this for a ticket price less than $40 after convenience charge? That's an amazing deal in a world where most shows with a single artist of this level of talent and prestige would cost $40-60 alone.
This show was life changing and ridiculous...the most amazing audio/video experience I've ever had and I was stone cold sober...well, maybe two beers, but I digress. All should see it, all should pay homage...ALL HAIL BRENDON SMALLS!!!!!!!
if you are a fan of the show or even if you are curious i highly recommend it. brandon shreds guitar does some of the voices and vignettes from the show are hysterical. they even got gene hoglan to wail on drums! high on fire and converge were also good but unless you are on drugs or like the last two mastodon albums (or both) i would spend their set at the bar.