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The Dethalbum

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Recorded
  
Winter 2006–2007

Artist
  
Dethklok

Label
  
Williams Street Records

Length
  
52:23

Release date
  
25 September 2007

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Released
  
September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)

The Dethalbum (2007)
  
Adult Swim Presents ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead on Tour with Dethklok (2007)

Genres
  
Death metal, Melodic death metal

Producers
  
Ulrich Wild, Brendon Small

Similar
  
Dethklok albums, Melodic death metal albums

The Dethalbum is the debut album by virtual band Dethklok, from American animated sitcom Metalocalypse. It was released on September 25, 2007. The album features full length songs from the TV series, as well as previously unreleased tracks. Antonio Canobbio contributed the artwork for the record.

Contents

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. A vinyl LP was released with a bonus track in July 2008.

A tour band, using session metal musicians and headed by Brendon Small, was created to promote the album. Small also provided music videos that are remade specifically for concert performances, which were later released on a DVD included with the special edition of Dethalbum II.

Dethklok the dethalbum


Release and reception

The Dethalbum was released on September 25, 2007. The album was released both as a single CD and a two-disc deluxe edition. 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. In July 2008, Williams Street began selling a limited edition vinyl version of The Dethalbum on their online store. This version contains every song from the standard album, along with the "Gulf Danzig" remix of "Go into the Water."

The album debuted at number 21 on the Billboard 200 chart, with 33,740 copies sold in its first week. The Dethalbum was also streamed 45,000 times when it went live on AOL Music during the week of its release. The album was the highest charting death metal album in the history of the Billboard 200, before Dethalbum II overtook it.

A guitar transcription book of this album was released under Alfred Music Publishing, which included a DVD of Skwisgaar teaching the solo to "Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle" and Brendon Small teaching the "Deththeme". Nine tracks from this album are included in the Dethklok bass tab anthology.

Other appearances

"Hatredcopter" was released prior to the album's release on the European edition of the Saw III Soundtrack. An earlier, shorter version of the song "Thunderhorse" is featured on Guitar Hero II. The song "Murmaider" was used in the soundtrack for the video game Brütal Legend.

Track listing

All tracks written by Brendon Small, except where noted. Virtual writing credits attributed to Dethklok, except where noted.

  • The iTunes deluxe version includes all songs from The Dethalbum and the "Bloodrocuted" video, but only three of the seven bonus tracks: "Blood Ocean", "Murdertrain a Comin'", and "Hatredy".

    • Dethklok

  • Nathan Explosion – lead vocals, lyricist
  • Skwisgaar Skwigelf – guitar, backing vocals
  • Toki Wartooth – backing vocals
  • Pickles – drums, vocals on "Hatredcopter" and "Kill You"
  • William Murderface – bass

    • Production

  • Dick "Magic Ears" Knubbler – production, engineering, mixing
  • Charles Foster Offdensen – Legal council, management, CFO
  • All songs recorded at Mordhaus Studios, except "Murmaider" and "Go into the Water" that were recorded miles below the earth's surface in the Dethsub studio deep within the Mariana Trench, and "Better Metal Snake", "The Lost Vikings", and "Thunderhorse", AKA "The Viking Trilogy", recovered from sessions deleted by Nathan Explosion.

    • Actual personnel

  • Brendon Small – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, voice-over, production
  • Gene Hoglan – drums
  • Emilie Autumn – violins on "Dethharmonic"
  • Tommy Blacha – voice-over

    • Production

  • Ulrich Wild – production, engineering (at Bombshelter Studios in Los Angeles), mixing (at Noize in the Attic)
  • Raider – assistant mixing
  • Ryan Page – line production
  • Mike Gerlach – assistant engineering
  • Tom Baker – mastering (at Precision Mastering in Los Angeles)
  • Antonio Canobbio – album artwork

    • Songs

    1Murmaider3:24
    2Go Into the Water4:20
    3Awaken3:37

    References

    The Dethalbum Wikipedia
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