Ow....ow...
Okay, I typed up my review again for the concert. I think it's better than the first one I accidently deleted, but it's got a lot less profanity...so that makes me kinda sad. But I'll probably seem more intelligent now...

Last night at the Wiltern theater in LA was quite possibly the best day of my life. And up until Dethklok finally took the stage and the show’s theme started to play, I still couldn’t believe I was actually there.
Hours earlier I had been sitting at home, thinking about the events that would unfold that night, and I knew there was just no way I could really prepare myself for it. I was extremely happy about getting to see Dethklok live.
I made some shirt designs a few months back for my brother and I, and before we left for the concert, my dad called saying that they had finally been printed and that he was bringing them home. They came out so awesome! I wore my Pickles shirt and my brother wore his Toki shirt. We were the envy of a lot of people at the show. I was approached by a few people asking where I had found the shirts, and when I told them that I had made them, some people wanted to buy them from me.
I can’t argue with them, the shirts are kick-ass and I would want one too if I didn’t have one, but I’m not about to sell them.
That’s illegal.
Plus, only two were printed. And it was a pain in the ass just getting those.
And I like having something that no one else has that I also happened to make.
But anyway! On with the show!
The line had already wrapped around the building by the time my brother and I arrived. I had been to the venue before, and had had a closer spot in line at the last show I went to, and I was honestly worried about getting a good spot. But once we were inside and headed down to the floor where we were designated I walked right up to one of the best spots in the house (in my opinion).
The floor was, of course, standing room only. Which basically means my legs were killing me by the end of the night.
My brother and I were two levels above the floor where a huge mosh-pit would break out later in the show, and since we were above most of the moshes and in the center, we could see all of the musicians clearly without having to worry about getting kicked in the face.
There was a pretty big screen where I originally thought the videos for the songs would be played on above the stage, but they were actually projected onto an even bigger screen in the back.
What was on that screen was some advertisements and a fun thing that let you send text messages and let your messages appear for everyone to see. I totally took advantage of this and sent a bunch of Metalocalypse quotes, which is what most people did. Some of the messages that scrolled by were hilarious: “How many of ya’ll are free-ballin’ tonight?” and “Why did they have to cancel DATING PENELOPE?!”
Some random messages like, “Do a barrel roll!” Had the entire venue roaring with laughter.
Eventually, Soilent Green came on and sang a bunch of songs. I’m not exactly sure how many they sang, but when it’s dragging on and you find yourself yawning, you know that’s not a good performance. Who yawns at a metal concert? I wasn’t too impressed with them, but Chimaira, the second opening band, brought me back to life and had me head-banging like crazy. I was even screaming out lyrics and I’d never heard the songs before! Now that’s a killer performance.
The lead singer of Chimaira definitely had stage presence. The way he started straight into the audience like he was about to make the entire venue explode with his intimidating stare really made me feel like I was watching a professional. The rest of the band was also outstanding, and I’ll be sure to check out their album.
So after each opening band, the lights would come on and there would be a break with the screen and new messages would float by. And while I had been standing there with my brother, leaning over the miniature balcony we were lucky to have, I made a couple friends to my left, and one of them was kind enough to buy water bottles for us. He said, “Hey, we gotta get ready for the real show, right?” And man, was he right.
Just as I asked them, “So what do you guys want to hear the most tonight?” The Dethklok logo appeared on the projector. Everyone screamed, and then we all heard some familiar voices on the monitors. It was a conversation between Nathan, Skwisgaar and Pickles, from what I could tell. It was really hard to hear because everyone, including me, ignored the message and began chanting “DETH-KLOK! DETH-KLOK!” And then slowly Brendon and the others made their way out onto the stage.

Before they actually started playing songs, they played the show’s opening theme and fans cheered for their respected Dethklok boys as they appeared on-screen. We were then taken to the Tribunal, and it felt like watching any other episode of Metalocalypse. Just pures great! They discussed that Dethklok was touring and unveiled a plan to spread toxic gas during each of their shows, which would turn their fans into mutants. The man that usually introduces various experts to the tribunal asked how that would change the fans from what they already were, and there was dead silence until everyone started laughing. Yay! We’re mutants!
Selatcia gave the final word, saying that he approved of the plan, and the show began.
Between songs they had a few clips that moved the story along, and a look behind-the-scenes that they had played during the college tour. And also an intro to moshing by Dethklok’s brilliant scientists.
As the story behind the show progressed, the band ends up going off-stage for a while to find Murderface who randomly decided to leave while they were playing. They end up finding him in a bathroom and hilarity ensues. The band discusses how it’s perfectly fine to relieve yourself on-stage rather then going to the bathroom. I believe Toki said that he had gone to the bathroom in a drum or something before. It was kind of hard to understand every word they said because my ears were completely shot. All of them sounded high-pitch because of that, which just made it even funnier. Skwisgaar sounded like a chick. And then the band noticed that Murderface was taking a piss, sitting down. And he argued that, “It’s good for your knees!” And some other bullshit.
And then Ofdensen opened the door and told the boys that they needed to be back on stage. And Nathan told him, “Why? That show was last night. We already played.” Ofdensen told them, “No, it’s going on right now!” And the show continued.
After a few more songs, someone working for the tribunal, dressed as a Dethklok roadie, attempted to spread the toxic gas to turn the fans into mutants, but Toki just had to pee on electric wires at that exact moment and electrocuted the guy. Way to go, Toki!
And that was pretty much it, aside from the voice-overs Brendon did.



Here is the set-list from what I can remember: (The order may be wrong, but who gives a shit?)
Briefcase full of guts
Birthday Dethday
Bloodrocuted
AWAKEN
Dethharmonic
Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle
Go Forth and Die
Castratikron
Thunderhorse
Go Into The Water
Hatredcopter
Murmaider
Fansong

Briefcase full of guts:
I know this song was the opener, and it was awesome. The video looked a lot similar to the one that was shown, as did all other others, to the ones that were displayed during the college tour, but they had obviously been enhanced.
Birthday Dethday:
This song was fun to scream to. The video had a lot of clips from the episode it premiered in. And I remember there being a giant bronze statue of Murderface near the end of the song.
Bloodrocuted:
Another good song! I remember head-banging to this one like crazy.
Awaken:
I’m pretty sure this is the song that destroyed my neck and had me in pain the rest of the night. Screaming, “RISE!” without having to hold back your voice is so much fun. The video was very similar to the one from the college tour from what I could tell, but there were definitely some new clips in there.
Dethharmonic:
I was so glad they played this song. It kicks ass live, even though the violins weren’t played live. Pretty sure they played a recording. The video starts out with Nathan starring down at a paper, crying tears of blood as he sings and signs his name on a piece of paper. It then went on to play the introductory scene from Fatklok, and then showed scenes of Fatty ding dongs wearing an uncle sam type hat, standing in the middle of what looked like the arctic circle, and Nathan walking over to hand him the document. It ends with Nathan handing the envelope to Fatty who then explodes. Very nice.
Go Forth and Die:
The visuals for this song were among my top favorites of the night. It was also fun to sing, and the lyrics were displayed along with the other visuals so it was easy for pretty much anyone to just jump in and start shouting out the words. It started out with Nathan’s ghost hovering over a grave, and then the rest of the band slowly rose up, at first lifeless but then they came to life and started playing. There were some shots of students, all skeletons in their graduation gowns, walking into their graves. As the song came to a close, Dethklok went below their graves that they had been playing on and continued playing in hell.
Castratikron:
Another good one. A lot of clips from the scene where the song was played in girlfriendklok were projected on-screen. And it pretty much involved some random guy getting….y’know what’d by the she-devil representation of girlfriends.
Thunderhorse:
In the beginning of this one, Viking Nathan is informed that his queen has been kidnapped, so he rides in on his THUNDERHORSE and kills his fellow bandmates and..you know the rest if you’ve seen the episode it’s from. If you don’t then why are you reading this?
Go Into The Water:
This song live is just made of epic win. I’m sorry for the internet slang, but it really is. The harmonies in that song were just so fun to listen to. They must have been even better than what I heard because my ears were probably shot by this point. They played the opening from the show and showed a lot of Nathan’s teeth, and various underwater sea creatures. Go Into the Water. What more is there?
Hatredcopter:
Definitely my favorite song of the night, hands down. I’m not sure which part Brendon was singing into the mic, Pickles’ or Nathan’s. But it was probably Nathan’s. The visuals for this song were outstanding. I would buy a DVD just for the music video for this one song. Seeing Pickles and Nathan both singing with hate-filled expressions on their faces while wearing these totally awesome helicopter pilot helmets was simply amazing. I screamed damn near every word of that song as loud as I could. This song may have also helped to further damage my neck that night.
Murmaider:
Another one with excellent visuals to accompany an incredibly awesome song. This one was also really fun to scream to. The video that played during the song involved a lot of mermaids..and murder. As each weapon was introduced, the names appeared on screen and it showed a mermaid holding that same weapon. I think Brendon may have gotten a little confused during some of the lyrics. I think he may have said body bag twice on accident, but it was probably just my fucked up ears. Brendon never screws up! What am I talking about!? But seriously, it was one of the best songs of the night. While the mermaids were murdering each other, the members of Dethklok were in those tanks that they submerged Toki in in order to isolate him from the rest of the band while they recorded the song. When the chorus came on, it zoomed in on the band members as they all chanted, “MURDER! MURDER! MERMAID! MURDER!” I found myself laughing at one point because you can’t fit a drum kit in those things, and it showed Pickles just beating on the glass with his drumsticks as if that was actually working.
Fansong:
Before this song started, Brendon did a live conversation between Nathan, Skwisgaar and Pickles, commenting on their fans. It was so awesome getting to hear his voice change so easily between characters, let along live like that. He then asked everyone if they wanted “one fucking more song!” Of course everyone threw their hands up, and we all practically worshiped him as he started playing Fansong. The mosh-pits below where we were went absolutely insane. A few people were lifted off the ground and a kid I had met earlier in line later told me that one of his friends had been knocked down by one of the guys that had been crowd surfing.
So yeah, the crowd pretty much went crazy. There were no visuals, just the band and the fans.

After the last song played, Brendon pointed out each of the band members on stage and everyone cheered pretty equally for each of them. Brendon then said that he loved Los Angeles and good-night, and then it ended. And it felt like it had only been the beginning.

They didn’t play Face-Fisted, but I’m sure the mosh-pits would have gotten pretty violent if they had.
And I was also sad that there weren’t any songs from season 2. But I can’t really complain. The show was amazing, regardless.

So yeah, possibly the best night of my life. My legs and neck are still killing me, but it was all totally worth it. I left with a killer poster, a tour shirt with Face Bones on it, another shirt with the band, colored, with a dragon from Skwisgaar’s pay-per-view show on it, and a smile on my face.
I also noticed a black thong at the merchandise table, and in large, white letters it said “EXPLODE ME!” on the front. That was pretty funny…

THAT’S ALL!