“‘Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar’ Finds Camaraderie at the End of the World”

It’s hard to be a rock god, especially one with stubborn antisocial tendencies; with legions of frothing fans who would and actually do die on your behalf, in numbers large enough that they can’t possibly be good for business; with a molasses-speed learning curve; and the weight of humanity’s existence on your shoulders, because your bandmates can’t carry it with you (and even if they could, they might not). Brendon Small has played this tune on the world’s smallest electric violin for Dethklok, the stars of his Adult Swim series Metalocalypse, since 2006, when the show first aired. How to pity idiot kings who want for nothing and have everything on a scale that would make other gods jealous?” (Full review at Paste Magazine.)

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