Metalocalypse: Dethklok Live

So I saw Dethklok last night. It was great. Brendon Small's gang of musicians, including Gene Hoglan of Death, Strapping Young Lad, and Zimmer's Hole (among others) tore it up.

The opening bands were Soilent Green and Chimaira. Soilent Green is apparently a metalcore/grindcore act and as such all of their stuff sounds pretty much the same. Don't get me wrong, I love grindcore; but coupled with the unnecessarily loud sound, this band's performance wasn't really that enjoyable. Just bass, guitar, drums and vocals, so they really couldn't pull off much of an interesting show.

Chimaira was a bit more fun, but got a few laughs out of me for their lyrics. "I HATE EVERYONE!" "NO REASON LEFT TO LIVE!" I suppose it really helped them since it kind of tied in with the comedy aspect of the tour. They played well.

Dethklok's show was obviously the highlight. There was a whole video portion, as expected since the band doesn't actually exist. Many of the animations were more brutal and perverse than anything that was shown on television, and it made it that much more awesome. The best bits, to me, were Murmaider and Go Into the Water. Probably just because I knew them the best. To be honest I don't really listen to the album much, but the live show definitely made the music a lot more entertaining. Brendon Small did a few segments of talking in the voices from the show, which was great. He's one talented dude.