Dethklok

Metal dudes who can laugh at themselves are a rare breed; for all the serious-face doom-and-gloom posturing, metal is a pretty nerdy genre, what with the evil imagery, the long hair, the silly-looking fonts—it’s about two steps away from a Magic: The Gathering meet-up. But that’s what makes Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse so cleverly tongue-in-cheek; Dethklok, the show’s cartoon band (fronted in person by co-creator/vocalist-guitarist Brendon Small), encapsulates everything that’s absurd about the genre, but with a lighthearted wit that comes off as pure fandom tribute.

Updated 09/30/2009