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Dethklok
Also Playing: Mastodon and Converge and High On Fire
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Fri Nov 13
6:30 pm,
Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge, and High On Fire at Austin Music Hall
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. Tourmates Mastodon, Converge, and High On Fire make up a fairly weighty bill on their own, each group an essential listen within their own varied metal subgenres.
Austin Music Hall 208 Nueces St, Austin, TX
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. Tourmates Mastodon, Converge, and High On Fire make up a fairly weighty bill on their own, each group an essential listen within their own varied metal subgenres.
Updated 11/03/2009
