The Grownup Swim heavy metallic comedy collection Metalocalypse is about to return in a giant approach, with Grownup Swim asserting on Tuesday {that a} new movie based mostly on the collection was coming, alongside a brand new album from the “band” and a nationwide tour.
The brand new movie, titled Metalocalypse: Military of the Doomstar, can be written and directed by collection creator Brendon Small. The movie will star Small, Tommy Blacha, Victor Brandt, Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, King Diamond, Mark Hamill, Kirk Hammett, Jon Hamm, Scott Ian, Amy Lee, Malcolm McDowell, Juliet Mills, Laraine Newman, Raya Yarbrough, and Livia Zita — a lot of whom are set to reprise their roles from the Grownup Swim collection.
In response to Grownup Swim’s announcement, the brand new movie will concentrate on Dethklok frontman Nathan Explosion as he “finds himself traumatized in a BRUTAL skilled and romantic flat-spin, all whereas he’s tasked with fulfilling the prophecy and confronting the last word songwriting problem to avoid wasting the planet. Can Nathan Explosion look past his brutally broken ego to avoid wasting his band, cease the Metalocalypse, and eventually face the last word evil: Salacia?”
Alongside the film, a companion soundtrack titled Dethalbum IV can be launched, with a nationwide tour additionally set to kick off on August 30, 2023, the place Small and a band will tour with Japanese kawaii metallic pioneers BABYMETAL for the “Babyklok Tour.”
“It’s very surreal having a lot new Metalocalypse & Dethklok this 12 months with the trifecta of the tour, film and album,” stated Small. “I’m so excited to get on the street with the highly effective BABYMETAL, and to have fun all of the laborious work that staff Metalocalypse and Dethklok put in over the past two years and past!”
Initially launched in 2006, Metalocalypse was one among Grownup Swim’s earlier authentic programming creations and ran for 4 seasons. The present featured the adventures of the larger-than-life metallic band Dethklok and their many wild adventures. The collection was largely praised by each critics and followers alike, and spawned an precise tour of the “band” within the late 2000s.
The dates for the Babyklok Tour are as follows:
Wed-Aug-30-23 Houston, TX 713 Music Corridor
Thu-Aug-31-23 Dallas, TX South Aspect Ballroom
Sat-Sep-02-23 Orlando, FL Orlando Amphitheater
Solar-Sep-03-23 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy
Tue-Sep-05-23 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Wed-Sep-06-23 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
Fri-Sep-08-23 Pittsburgh, PA UPMC Occasions Heart
Sat-Sep-09-23 Wallingford, CT Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Solar-Sep-10-23 Alton, VA Blue Ridge Rock Pageant
Tue-Sep-12-23 Philadelphia, PA The Mann Heart
Thu-Sep-14-23 Boston, MA MGM Music Corridor at Fenway
Fri-Sep-15-23 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
Solar-Sep-17-23 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
Mon-Sep-18-23 Toronto, ONT RBC Echo Seashore
Wed-Sep-20-23 Grand Rapids, MI GLC Dwell at 20 Monroe
Thu-Sep-21-23 Chicago, IL Byline Financial institution Aragon Ballroom
Sat-Sep-23-23 Louisville, KY Louder Than Life Pageant
Solar-Sep-24-23 Milwaukee, MN The Rave/Eagles Membership
Mon-Sep-25-23 Minneapolis, MN The Fillmore
Wed-Sep-27-23 St. Louis, MO Saint Louis Music Park
Thu-Sep-28-23 Omaha, NE Steelhouse Omaha
Sat-Sep-30-23 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
Solar-Oct-01-23 Salt Lake Metropolis, UT The Advanced
Tue-Oct-03-23 Vancouver, BC PNE Discussion board
Wed-Oct-04-23 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
Sat-Oct-07-23 Sacramento, CA Aftershock Pageant
Solar-Oct-08-23 Las Vegas, NV Pearl Theater at Palms On line casino Resort
Tue-Oct-10-23 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Monetary Theater
Wed-Oct-11-23 Los Angeles, CA YouTube Theater