#dethrelease

[dethkrypt]

⟡　mtl / klokblocked & dethrelease　×　lavona succuboso .

i'll show you what i want.

[fishklok]

Another redraw :)

[black-klok-youth-pastor]

[toomuchbloodinmyalcoholsystem]

You know, metalocalypse is wildly inconsistent with what the boys are capable of in a culinary sense. Sometimes they can't do a damn thing for themselves: Skwisgaar tries to make coffee with a goddamn toaster in episode one and none of them really know how to shop for groceries either; they're virtually helpless without a personal chef. Toki references burning Lunchables in the microwave in Dethrelease/Black Fire Upon Us as if that's a thing that happens regularly.

Other times they're fairly capable; Nathan knows how to use a microwave just fine in Fatherklok, and Toki makes chicken tenders for everyone, complete with greens for garnish and little country flags (so cute) in Diverityklok. Murderface claims in one episode (I can't for the life of me remember which one) that he makes sandwiches for everyone, apparently regularly. Skwisgaar makes sandwiches for everyone when they're on the Dethboat in Dethcarraldo.

Hell, in P.R. Pickles, Murderface references Pickles' "chocolate coconut macaroons" (although he also claims Pickles 'can't bake', implying they're awful, but I'd still say that's more than the others can do).

I just find it interesting. And possibly alarming that I can recall all that off the top of my head.

[sampersandman]

[MetalInsider] a couple of the times recently Brendon has talked about the themes of Masculinity. I may add on to this as I recall stuff, because there is actually depth to the stupid dick jokes throughout the show and the movie, it’s just happens that he’s explicitly acknowledged that more recently

where he’s basically talking about the scene where Nathan reconciles with the band and apologizes to Abigail, he’s literally reconnecting with them and consummating the relationship. But this theme is present in A LOT of the show, like I can’t stress enough how many times a dick joke doubles as some metaphor for their characterization. For instance, “Black Fire Upon Us” (the episode) has the alternate title “Dethrelease” because it followed Dethrecord, where they’ve finished it and now they’re trying to release the thing, But it’s also called Dethrelease because half of the episode is spent on the band (minus toki) trying to suck their own dicks. They’re interrupted by Toki being hurt and they talk to each other about how they’re not supposed to care about each other, go back to trying to suck themselves off (unsuccessfully) and throwing a release party (celebration of themselves) which gets cut short because mordhaus is attacked by the people who want revenge on Dethklok for how they’ve been hurt by the band’s selfishness. At that point they’re finally forced to be selfless but it’s too little too late and their manager is dead, and they can’t get their release. Going Downklok follows the same logic, with “going down” taking on 3 meanings. That scene in the movie becomes the final answer to it.

idk it’s just sad that there’s like 0 people around who actually want to talk about it because I’m pretty fascinated by the whole thing but I feel weird talking about this lol

especially for how long he’s been addressing it,

October 2009 November 2009

Like he reflected on it in that month’s time and came back with that answer haha, but it stuck. back to another recent interview;

I’ve considered it a lot and I think that with the movie there’s an overarching theme for all the characters where they have to confront their relationship with masculinity and what they consider femininity, in addition to what they literally call “gay” throughout the series (emotional investment and sincerity). In the show, their relationship with women and femininity is represented by their respective mothers. And in the movie, in order to finally mature, they have to embrace their “feminine sides” so to speak. Which is more or less the point of this line:

[notenuffbees]

I have many responsibilities in my personal and professional life, so naturally I used my valuable time to create this rating of every single one of Dick Knubbler's outfits. I know next to nothing about fashion, so naturally I'm the most qualified person to make this list. Bold fashion choices and wrong opinions under the cut. Let me know what you think!

"Pre-Accident" Outfit. Appears in Dethwater. What an iconic look to start the series with. Songgu Kwon's concept art that's available online has Knubbler in a traditional suit, so I wonder when they made the switch to this style jacket. It's a shame he never wore this exact outfit ever again. Maybe it doesn't go with his robotic eyes? Do you think Dick had to get a whole new wardrobe after his eyes exploded since he stopped being blue eyed? And what do you think happened to his collection of different shaded glasses? 9/10

"Award Show " Outfit. Appears in Dethwater. It's a suit. Boring. And it's just the same color scheme as the first outfit? Extra points for the bowtie and the pocket square. I just realized while making this list that he's not wearing shades in this outfit. 6/10

"Prison" Outfit. Appears in Dethwater If there was any justice in the Metalocalypse universe, Knubbler would have spent the rest of the series in this outfit in a jail cell. Not much else to say about this one. I like the red-rimmed glasses. 3/10

"Disco" Outfit. Appears in Dethwater.

Hideous. The bell bottoms, the clashing colors, the star patterns, whatever the hell kind of dance moves he's trying to pull off. Absolutely iconic. I would rank this outfit higher if it didn't physically hurt my eyes to look at it. 6/10

"Magazine" Outfit. Appears in Dethwater.

It's the same as the "Pre-Accident" Outfit, just with a green turtleneck. For some reason I don't like this outfit nearly as much. Maybe because the green matches the eyes? But aren't you supposed to match colors in fashion? I don't know. Again, I'm probably the last person in the world that should be judging clothes.

5/10

"Court" Outfit. Appears in Dethkomedy. Interesting color choices. This is why Knubbler's outfits are so great. You've got a basic suit-and-tie that becomes a fashion win/disaster with the lilac coat, black shirt, and pink striped tie. The stripes on the tie make it a little too busy for me though. 7/10

"The Knubbler" Outfit. Appears in Dethkids, Dethrecord, Dethrelease/Black Fire Upon Us, Dethhealth, Doublebookedklok. Step away from your phone/computer for a second. Close your eyes. Take a few breaths. Then picture Dick Knubbler. What outfit is he wearing? I bet you pictured him in this. If you didn't, well then it's what Murderface pictured him wearing in his gay crisis fantasy. So yeah. There's a reason this outfit is the one they put him in over three seasons. Knubbler wore this style jacket before and since these episodes, but the plum really makes this version of the outfit shine. Absolutely perfect. No notes. 10/10

"Recording on Water" Outfit. Appears in Dethvengeance, the cancelled Metalocalypse video game. Again, I love how Knubbler spices up a classic suit and tie with wild color choices. My personal preference for warm colors has me wishing the colors were a bit bolder than forest green and purple. But I gotta give love to any outfit with a pocket square. 7/10

"White Dethmas" Outfit. Appears in Dethmas, Fertilityklok, and in issue 3 of the Dethklok comic book. This one's great. It takes a brave man to wear an all white outfit, and he pulls it off. My only issue is that it's kind of weird that he also wore it to Toki's birthday party which, according to the calendar in Fertilityklok, is late summer or early autumn. I assume they made this Dethmas outfit all white to go with the snow/winter/Christmas theme, but apparently Dick will just wear it whenever. 8/10

"Christmas Special Host" Outfit. Appears in Dethmas. Perfectly average. Just a tuxedo. The red bowtie/pocket square with the green vest is a nice Christmas-y touch. Loses points for being so boring otherwise. 6/10

"Nativity" Outfit. Appears in Dethmas. I don't know if I've ever been able to watch this clip all the way through without having to pause due to the secondhand embarrassment. Sometimes I think about how there exists a 30 second clip of this man screaming in agony as the blood vessels in his face swell and his eyeballs eventually explode, but this is the clip that makes me cringe myself inside out. I can barely look at this outfit long enough to rank it. The necklace is pretty cool though, even if I can't tell what the charm is supposed to be. It kind of looks like Facebones? Or the old DeviantArt mascot? I don't know. Let's just get the hell away from this picture. 2/10

"Dealing with a Murderface Tantrum" Outfit. Appears in Dethsiduals The first of two suit-without-a-tie outfits. The purple and black go well together, and the pocket square makes another excellent appearance, although it pairs with the dress shirt this time rather than the ascot. Heh. Ascot. That's a funny word. 7/10

"Season 4" Outfit. Appears in Writersklok, Goingdownklok, Breakupklok. I'm disappointed that he had so few outfits in season 4. That sours my opinion on this suit a little. But I love that there are three completely different colors with this outfit. Someone teach me how color coordination is done so I can understand why this outfit works.

And we've got another pocket square paired with the ascot! So I get to think about the word "ascot" again! 8/10

"Flawless Disguise" Outfit. Appears in Writersklok. I love the running joke of a tracksuit and a baseball cap being the ultimate disguise in the Metalocalypse universe. Leave it to Knubbler to turn a tracksuit outfit into a capital L Look. I like that his baseball cap has a blue star on it like the pink shirt from the "Disco" Outfit, and that the suit itself is lavender like the "Court" Outfit. 8/10

"Clergy" Outfit. Appears in Army of the Doomstar Another boring outfit compared to what he wears for most of the series. I wonder why they picked green for the color. Because that was the color of his robot pupils for most of the series? Because it's the same color as the nuclear seahorse from Dethwater? Because it makes him look more like Yoda? I'll give bonus points to this outfit since he was probably free-balling under that thing. Or should I take away points for that? Honestly my least favorite part of these robes is that Dick didn't get to die in a zazzier outfit. Hopefully in the Metalocalypse universe, ghosts can pick what outfit they wear when they haunt the shit out of the band. 6/10 And that's that! Please tell me how wrong my ratings are and where you would rate them instead. I need fashion lessons!

[nathanexplosionbignaturals]

i think my FAVORITE favorites would have to be dethrecord/dethrelease, rehabklok doublebookedklok and dethcamp. unbeatable

[tuzinator]

Redraw my favorite scene from Dethrelease

[adultswim2021]

Metalocalypse #38: “Black Fire Upon Us” (a.k.a. “Dethrelease”) | September 8, 2008 - 12:00AM | S02E18

A double episode, and a season finale! This one is about Dethklok finally releasing their record and playing a concert in the clouds in a floating polyhedron. The various factions of Dethklok’s antagonists show up to the after-party in an attempt to compromise Dethklok once and for all. 

The FREAKING EPIC METER is off the FREAKING CHARTS here PEOPLE. This one feels great, in all honesty. Lotsa good funny scenes and dramatic brutality. On the funny side (hey, I should rename the blog to this maybe?? Adult Swim: on the funny side. I like it!) is Toki's descent into alcoholism and the band’s dysfunctional way of dealing with it, lengthy digressions where the band plans to master the art of sucking their own dicks, Murderface’s stint at taking fire safety seriously (Do you think Murderface gets the lamest subplots because he’s the funniest character? SOUND OFF in the youtube comments below), and a very funny scene where the members of Dethklok get distracted by doing funny voices they can do. 

The concert scene is genuinely impressive. I think that the animation on this show qualifies as “crappy”, but it manages to be good enough to be immersive, and a lot of it is fucking cool. The launch of the polyhedron (that transforms into a floating stage) has a lot of fetishistic Heavy-Metal Magazine style drawings, and I found myself really appreciating the design of the show.

This one has a lot of callbacks to previous episodes, but I maintain that almost none of it matters. The world of the show feels so rich in setting up the idea that Dethklok is the biggest entity in the world, and that naturally lends itself to conflict and having enemies. The concept is, at its heart, absurd, but the show sorta acts like it doesn’t know that. I think viewers who tune in on a story-arc episode of Metalocaylpse might feel like they’re missing something, but almost none of the humor relies on knowing deep lore. 

I thought the final blow-out of the episode was particularly cool and well-done, and it was affecting in the way a cool action sequence with weighty consequences should be. But as I watched I sorta had a self-conscious debate in my head over the nature of my enjoyment for the show. The ultimate joke of Dethklok being huge shitheads who don’t deserve their status (who would?) weighed on my mind while the serious, epic music played while the closing credits rolled. It’s part of the humor for sure, but sometimes the show is good at making you forget that it is. There’s nothing truly wrong about thinking “these are my guys and I want them to win on my show”, but there must be fans out there who for them that’s their predominant feeling they feel towards these characters. It’s interesting to think about, is all!

MAIL BAG

Kon! writes:

I was legitimately shocked that Robot Chicken portrayed the Revenge of the Nerds rape as being a bad thing. Genuinely much more progressive than I would have given 2008-Robot Chicken credit for.

Agreed! I can imagine an alternate sketch where the punchline is the Richard King lookin' guy approaches Darth Vader to sadly report "somebody got pussy by disguising as you" and Darth being like "WHAT! NOOOOOOOOOOO" and crushing his windpipe. My George Lucas said no.

booyakasha

(Richard Lewis voice) All I wanted was a Boo-Coo

[cloudchaser2000]

[waitingforseason5]

Foreshadowing throughout the series; Metalocalypse (S02E19-20) ‘Dethrelease aka. Black Fire Upon Us’ (2008): My Name Is Murder! You Burn To Duscht!

‘Ghost Viking ship is aflame

None of them given a name

Burn in their sarcophagi

This legacy leads towards the light.’

[gointothevvater]

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[fishklok]

Fish's 2021 Mtl Fic Roundup

I did this last year, so here we go

Total Words: 322,688

What Were We? (W3) (technically posted Dec 31 2020, but shhh)

“Magnus and Charles: before the band, before the prophecies, before the sacrifices.”

Magnus/Charles

Rating: E

Chapters: 34/57

Words: 202,801

Satus: Ongoing

A Hellish Vacation

Seth brings Amber along on his journey to gain fame and fortune.

Amber/Seth

Rating: T

Chapters: 1/1

Words: 2,548

Status: Complete

Workplace Benefits

Amber is a pop star, Melmord is her bodyguard. They bang in the back of a limo.

Amber/Melmord

Rating: E

Chapters: 1/1

Words: 4,781

Status: Complete

Riposte

During the events of Dethsources, Charles tries to figure out what Melmord's play is.

Charles/Melmord

Rating: E

Chapters: 3/3

Words: 7,271

Status: Complete

Just a Wish

Amber is brought to Mordhaus to visit a fan.

Amber/Melmord

Rating: T

Chapters: 1/1

Words: 2,898

Status: Complete

Reunion

Takes place after Dethrelease. Magnus learns what happened to Charles.

Charles/Magnus

Rating: M

Chapters: 2/2

Words: 7,150

Status: Complete

Managerial Monday

Charles and Melmord both believe that the other has it easier. After some Blues Devil magic, the two are forced to switch places until they appreciate each other's perspectives.

Melmord + Charles

Rating: M

Chapters: 4/?

Words: 29,492

Status: Ongoing

Oops All Smut

Just a place for all of my smut prompt fills from Tumblr.

Melmord/Seth/Amber, Charles/Blues Devil, Magnus/Charles

Rating: E

Chapters: 3/?

Words: 14,944

Status: Ongoing

Something Blue

Amber connects with her new brother-in-law during her wedding.

Amber/Seth, Amber + Pickles

Rating: T

Chapters: 1/1

Words: 2,212

Status: Complete

Encore

Magnus expected to die. Instead, he's given another chance.

Charles/Magnus

Rating: E

Chapters: 5/?

Words: 40,963

Status: Ongoing

XoXo, Amber

A collection of Amber's diary entries from before she gets tangled with Dethklok

Amber/Seth

Rating: M

Chapters: 1/?

Words: 1,990

Status: Ongoing

The Bridge

While the band is touring in his home state, Charles manages to find a quiet moment with Magnus.

Magnus/Charles

Rating: T

Chapters: 1/1

Words: 2,556

Status: Complete

Tarot Files

Metalocalypse oneshots, all inspired by randomly-drawn tarot cards.

Charles

Rating: T

Chapters: 1/78

Words: 2,484

Status: Ongoing

The Burdens We Carry

Charles and Magnus cross paths again during the events of The Doomstar Requiem

Magnus/Charles

Rating: M

Chapters: 1/?

Words: 598

Status: Ongoing

[black-klok-youth-pastor]

Actually another note about “Dethrelease”: Charles introduces the kid that wants to talk to Skwisgaar about guitar as the “label head’s son” which considering the next episode implies he’s either Damien Cornickelson’s son/Roy’s grandson or at some point Roy remarried and had another kid. Either one makes sense to me honestly.

[pikaflute]

rank the mtl season finales

1. Season 3 (Doublebookedklok) - CHARLES CENTRIC EPISODE. one of my favorite episodes of the whole show tied with Rehabklok because it focuses on Charles and his relationship with the boys. Also he gets mad so that's hot.

2. Season 4 (Church of Black Klok) - NICKLES CANON CONFIRMATION EPISODE. Need I say more. Also Charles says daddy and that cringe but kinda hot so 🙄

3. Season 2 (Dethrelease) - Point deduction because you know what happens. It is a, genuinely funny episode with the whole sucking your own d plot though. Idk how pickles pulled that off we love a flexible king.

4. Season 1 (The Metalocalypse Has Begun) - I don't remember much from the episode besides the scene with Charles. However it was hot so 🙄

[bemey]

Metalocalypse S2E19 - Dethrelease (2008)