DETHKLOK Announce Tour Dates
October 16, 2007, 16 years ago
The live version of DETHKLOK (the animated act featured in Cartoon Network's Adult Swim program Metalocalypse) will hit the road later this month.
Featuring drummer Gene Hoglan (DARK ANGEL, DEATH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT), the touring version of Dethklok will support ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF OUR DEAD on their fall tour.
According to bassist Bryan Beller, "We’ll be playing along with a huge video screen, in an extended episode of the show. So, that’s what the tour will be. Kind of like GORILLAZ, INC., I suppose, but way cooler."
Dates include:
October
29 - University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM31 - University of Nevada - Las Vegas, NV
November
1 - University of California - Los Angeles, CA2 - University of California - Berkley, CA
5 - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
7 - University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
8 - University of South Dakota - Vermillian, SD
11 - University of Colorado - Boulder, CO
13 - Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, IL
15 - University of Oklahoma - Norman, OK
17 - University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS
18 - Northwestern University - Chicago, IL
The September 25th release of Metalocalypse: Dethklok’s The Dethalbum coincided with the start of Season 2 of Metalocalypse on Adult Swim and the release of Metalocalypse: Season 1 on DVD. The DVD, which hit streets on October 2nd, sold over 18,000 units in its first two days.
The brutal music video for Dethklok’s 'Bloodrocuted' will be hitting the tube October 22nd on Music Choice Video On Demand. Music Choice is the #1 On Demand network in the country, and their content has been viewed over 1 billion times.
Dethklok and Metalocalypse creators Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha will be guest DJs on Sirius’ Faction. The first-ever split Hostile Takeover show will air October 19 at 7 PM (EST), and features both the creators and the band spinning their favorite metal hits.
