Metalocalypse: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Metalocalypse is an eleven-minute flash animated comedy airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The series follows the exploits of a fictitious half American/half Scandinavian death metal band known as Dethklok. The band and its members are huge the world over, but incredibly stupid - a death metal version of Spinal Tap. Watch as they leave a trail of destruction and mayhem in their wake with their ear-melting onslaught of metal!

Series details

• Title: Metalocalypse
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2006-08-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-08-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Adult Swim
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 928

Cast and credited roles

• Tommy Blacha — William Murderface
• Brendon Small — Nathan Explosion
• Brendon Small — Pickles
• Brendon Small — Skwisgaar Skwigelf
• Brendon Small — Additional Voices
• Tommy Blacha — Additional Voices
• Mark Hamill — Senator Stampingston
• Mark Hamill — Jean-Pierre
• Victor Brandt — General Krosier
• Tommy Blacha — Toki Wartooth

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-08-06; final listed air date 2006-12-17.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-09-23; final listed air date 2008-09-07.
• Season 3: premiered 2009-11-08; final listed air date 2010-10-24.
• Season 4: premiered 2012-04-30; final listed air date 2023-08-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Metalocalypse on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.