List of Metalocalypse episodes

This is a list of episodes for the animated television series Metalocalypse.

Season 1: 2006

Screenshot	Title	Airdate	Episode #
	"The Curse Of Dethklok"	August 6, 2006	1
	When Dethklok's chef is badly injured in an accident during a concert, Dethklok goes to a grocery store to try and make their own food. James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett guest star.
	"Dethwater"	August 13, 2006	2
	To make their next album more "metal", Dethklok records it underwater in a Russian nuclear submarine passing through the deepest, most brutal part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench. Meanwhile, the government sends an agent in to monitor Dethklok.
	"Happy Dethday"	August 20, 2006	3
	It's Murderface's birthday and the guys decide they had better get him a present. Murderface headbutts a Danish prince, and mercury does not make good cake frosting.
	"Dethtroll"	August 27, 2006	4
	The band plays a song which hasn't been heard in a thousand years that unintentionally awakens a deadly Finnish lake troll. Dethklok attempts to write the world's first death metal lullaby to return the beast back to its slumber, with "Grandpa's Guitars" (acoustic instruments).
	"Dethkomedy"	September 3, 2006	5
	Dethklok decides to do standup comedy in order to avoid burning out on being metal. Pickles remains traumatized by a heckler while the rest of the band learns that comedy is all about embracing the hate.
	"Dethfam"	September 10, 2006	6
	Uncomfortable and embarrassed, Dethklok painfully endures while their parents are in town for a visit. The guys are at first pissed and doubtful when their parents announce the release of their 'Parents of Dethklok' album, but are then impressed by the depth of their parents' anger. They also learn an important lesson: there's nothing more brutal in this world than raising children.
	"Performance Klok"	September 17, 2006	7
	Dethklok has a huge fight on stage, which prompts the record label to hire a performance coach to keep the band together. The band falls in love with therapy for all the wrong reasons.
	"Snakes 'n' Barrels"	September 26, 2006	8
	Pickles The Drummer decides to go on a reunion tour with his old band, Snakes and Barrels.
	"Mordland"	October 2, 2006	9
	No description available.
	"Fat Kid At The Detharmonic"	October 9, 2006	10
	No description available.

Trivia

"The Curse Of Dethklok"

• The first Dethklok fan being interviewed is the character "Goat" from the series Megas XLR and Downtown. He was voiced in the first episode by Metallica guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield. Goat has been said to make guest appearances in future episodes.
• The band is seen in a grocery store named after the Finnish metal band Finntroll.
• When they are in the supermarket, Nathan Explosion makes references to several Cannibal Corpse songs, such as "Every Bone Broken", "Rotted Body Landslide", and "Hammer Smashed Face".
• Toki Wartooth talks about the previous restaurant helicopter chef's brain being blown out and how it would make a good album cover. This is a reference to the suicide of Mayhem singer Per Yngve Ohlin, also known as Dead, who committed suicide with a shotgun blast to his head. It was later used as the cover for the bootleg Dawn of the Black Hearts
• The life support systems strewn about Dethklok's lair keeping the chef alive are a direct reference to the album cover of Voivod's "Killing Technology".
• In Toki's shopping cart there is, among other items (including tampons, thrown in by Skwisgaar), a box of cereal with Toki's likeness on it. The only word on the box is "metal"

"Dethwater"

• The music video at the beginning of the episode is a loose homage to the movie Excalibur.
• An Adult Swim bump, written in response to an email asking if the song 'Mermaider' was about mermaids that murdered or mermaids that were murdered, explained that 'Mermaider' "happens to be about homicidal mermaids that have murdered thousands of yellowtail tuna, and later tragically get murdered by a group of bi-polar octopi."
• The music producer Dick Knubbler, seems to be based on legendary, but troubled music producer, Phil Spector.

"Happy Dethday"

• On the Adult Swim Fix, this episode was billed as "Birthdayface".
• Goat makes a guest appearance as a member of the audience during the demolition derby.
• Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett provides the high-pitched voice of the Queen of Denmark.
• For a birthday present, Murderface receives a new car, complete with metal accessories. As the band is admiring it, Toki quotes, "Big fat tires and everything!", a reference to the Deep Purple song "Highway Star".
• When the Rock n' Roll clown is performing for Murderface, he makes a balloon replica of Bootsy Collins' famous space bass.
• The car given to Murderface was the Presidential limousine that John F. Kennedy was shot in. Aside from being souped up and "desecrated", as Nathan Explosion put it, the driver's seat was also replaced with the theater chair that Abraham Lincoln was shot in.

"Dethtroll"

• The Finnish troll could be seen as another reference to Finntroll.
• It is revealed that neither Toki nor Skwisgaar knows how to read music and that they usually resort to the "old music school trick" of playing random notes.
• There is also a reference made to the band Children of Bodom at the end of the episode, when the band's hometown of Espoo, Finland is seen on fire and in ruins. The lake from which said troll was summoned may also be a reference to Lake Bodom - the location of the murders from which the band derived its name.

"Dethkomedy"

• The hearing that opens the episode is a reference to the Judas Priest "Subliminal Suicide" trial of the 1980's in which alleged backwards-masked lyrics drove a youth to "try suicide," and to "do it, do it."
• During the sequence in which the band's comedic success is represented by a series of newspapers and magazine covers, a magazine called "Donkey Punch" is shown, referring to a sexual technique.
• The newspapers covering Dethklok were USA Mouth, Your Liberal Lip, and The New York Chronicle. These parodied USA Today, The New York Post, and The New York Times, respectively. In addition to those written about Dethklok, other articles included "Rich Idiot Still a Complete Moron at 57", "Is Rap Metal Finally Dead? Yes, It Is," and "Panda Power Twins Lose Big." Senator Stampington could also be seen on the The New York Chronicle.
• Pickles was featured on the cover of "Drumtastic."
• Murderface slamming the microphone into his own forehead is most likely a reference to GG Allin. During the final stages of GG's career, he would always cause bleeding with a microphone. Murderface also appears naked during the act, another constant in GG's live show. It is also possibly a reference to to Rammstein's singer Till Lindemann who is known for doing this until his head bleeds in concert. It was probably a reference to Lindemann, since GG Allin made mostly punk rock, whereas Rammstein more fits the heavy metal feel of the show.
• The shot where Skwisgaar is punched in the face by Toki in slow motion may reference the cover of the Pantera album Vulgar Display of Power.
• Part of their comedy teacher's notes on the chalkboard read "Tragedy + Time = Funny", a reference to one of Alan Alda's lines in the Woody Allen movie Crimes and Misdemeanors.
• The Brothers of Deception are a parody of the Smothers Brothers.
• Nathan's "twin" Kuato is a reference to the telepathic mutant rebel leader Kuato from the movie Total Recall.

"Dethfam"

• The titles of various stores shown throughout the episode reference several true black metal bands, including Burzum, Gorgoroth, and Marduk.
• Murderface says "I'd rather be sanded faceless than grow old and repugnant like that." This line is a reference to the Cannibal Corpse song, Sanded Faceless.
• During the closing credits, Murderface's grandfather says through his speech synthesizer "kill me", over and over again. This is a reference to a line from the film Johnny Got His Gun which was sampled in the video for the Metallica song "One".
• Murderface's grandfather's new wheelchair is similar to the one used by famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

"Performance Klok"

• The general concept of band therapy featured in this episode parodies Metallica and the movie Some Kind of Monster. This episode's title is of note as it is the first title without the word 'Deth' in it.
• The beginning of this episode takes place in Machaerus, Jordan. Machaerus is a fortress fifteen miles southeast of the mouth of the Jordan river, in the wild and desolate hills that overlook the Dead Sea from the east. Known today as Mukawir, this dramatic hilltop is the traditional site of the execution of John the Baptist.
• At the end of the episode, Pickles, Nathan, Toki, Murderface, and Skwisgaar's eyes glow red as they look out at the wolves that are devouring Twinkletits. This is a reference to the music video for the Rammstein song 'Du Riechst So Gut', in which the band members are werewolves and have glowing red eyes.

"Snakes 'n' Barrels"

• The name of the band, Snakes 'n' Barrels is a reference to Guns 'n' Roses. Also, the song they played towards the end of the episode sounds similar to "Perfect Crime" from the album Use Your Illusion I.