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Friday Morning Metal – Brendon Small – Galaktikon II

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OMG MORE MUSIC FROM BRENDON SMALL! His Galaktikon II came out today, and it sounds like Dwayne from Home Movies joined Dethklok and convinced them to write a proper send up to Starboy & The Captain of Outer Space. I swear, Brendon Small could release an album of him farting on a snare drum, and it’d still be metal as hell.

Right out of the gate, the album sounds like a departure from the first, with vocals a lot more in line with Nathan Explosion than Brendon’s natural voice (Pickles). Some Days Are For Dying incorporates synth with the bombastic metal sound, and altogether it is a kickass space experience. They also want to magnetize the galaxy.

The album features some interesting time/rhythm shifts as well, primarily in The Agenda, definitely not something I remember happening in previous offerings, and a welcome addition. The first time I heard The Agenda, I was doing dishes, and it definitely pulled me out of the zone out that happens with such a heady chore.

Clocking in at 51 minutes, the album doesn’t overstay its welcome, which is nice when compared to some of the 75-80 minute “epics” that have come out in the past few years. It also means the songs are in the 3.5 to 5.5 minute range, a bit longer than BoingBoing‘s claim that a perfect song is 2:42, so there’s that. All in all it’s yet another kickass album from an incredibly talented musician.

And it wouldn’t be a proper Brendon Small Dethlaktikon type album without a song about an ocean.

Anyway, here it is, in its Spotify glory!

Friday Morning Metal – Brendon Small – My Name is Murder

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NEW GALAKTIKON! If you feel there’s a hole in your heart, deep as a well, and the only thing that can fill it is Dethklok, then you’re well aware Brendon Small’s Galaktikon fills that role pretty well. And he has a sequel album coming out soon! To give people a taste, My Name is Murder was released today. And now I want the whole album out. Like rights now.

The vocals aren’t quite as explosiony as Nathan Explosions, but the composition is all Brendon Small and very much Dethklokly. The guitar solo is noodly and awesome and kinda unnerving. I assume this is another rock opera concept album, and this song is when our hero meets the final boss and it seems all is lost. Or something.

I do hope he tours for this album, would be fun to hear it live. Or like Laser Zeppelin. Or General Inzanity by Zentipede!

Friday Morning Metal – Brendon Small Playing The Duel from Metalocalypse

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Brendon Small is a musical genie. Like for reals. From his work as Duane in Home Movies, to all of Dethklok, and also Galaktikon, you can hear what kind of guitar wizard he is. And now you get to see the Skwisgar half of “The Duel” from the Doomstar Reqiuem rock opera.

It’s fun to watch. It also is one of those things where, if you’re learning to guitar, you’ll see it and want to put all your gear in the freezer. If that Bill & Ted’s third movie ever goes into production, I hope they ask if he’ll score it, because I think it’d make it that much more awesome.

Anyway, enjoy!

Oh also the full version with both guitar parts and all the noodly goodness!

Friday Morning Metal – Queen – The Prophet’s Song

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Man Queen was a kickass band. The other day I saw an article on music radar of Brendon Small’s choices for the 10 greatest heavy metal songs of all time. I had not heard Queen’s Prophet’s Song, mostly because the only Queen albums I’ve heard are best ofs. And Don’t Stop Me Now in Shaun of the Dead.

This is a big and powerful sound and sounds like a total rock opera. From the folk intro to the layered vocal harmonies, Queen was phenomenal at creating atmosphere within a song.

Friday Morning Metal – Dethklok – Dethalbum III

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Greetings and salutations! Dethklok’s Dethalbum III came out Tuesday, so they get a Friday morning metal treatment. It’s a pretty great metal album, the solos sound like what Brendon Small put out in Galaktikon, his epic space rock opera.

I’ve listened to it a few times and it continues the progression that Dethalbum II took. You get the same guitarmonies and face melting guitar solos, crazy double kick for entire songs, and NATHAN EXPLOOOOOOSIONNNNNNN.

For being built around a cartoon poking fun at metalheads and taking a Spinal Tap-ish look at being “The biggest metals band in the knowns universe,” every Dethalbum stands on its own as a fantastic metal album.

Here’s Crush the Industry:

So the album is awesome and you should buy it on the Amazon. Dethalbum III

Friday Morning Metal – Dethklok – Go Into the Water

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Metalocalypse just finished up its fourth season, with one of the craziest finales yet. Can’t wait for season 5 to start up, even though it probably won’t be for another year and a half. Making cartoons sounds difficult. But Dethalbum III will come out and all will be right in the world for a time.

And to commemorate the band going into the water, here’s Go Into the Water.

Friday Morning Metal – Brendon Small – Dangertits

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Brendon Small’s Galaktikon is a concept space metal album, and totally awesome. And they even have a song called Dangertits which sounds like a track off a Dethklok album. It definitely sounds like the song that would start when you’re about to get into an epic space battle with Space Odin or something. Or a killer followup to “Crush My Battle Opponents’ Balls” which I still would love to hear a full version of.

Friday Morning Metal – Dethklok – Go Forth And Die

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Brendon Small is a phenomenal musician. From his work on Home Movies to the music of Dethklok, everything he’s made is just awesome. And it turns out he’s got an album coming out soon, Galaktikon. I’m pretty sure it will be awesome as hell. Anyway, here’s Dethklok’s “Go Forth And Die” which seems kinda fitting given all the Occupying going on and whatnot.