Dethklok's Global Metal Mayhem: 24-Date Tour

0:00On April 21st, Death Clock is hitting the road harder than ever, two decades after kicking off in the Metal Oculips cartoon. Brendan Small's melodic Death Metal Crew dropped death album 4 back in 2023, and they've already crushed 59 shows worldwide too. Hyped it up? That's way more than the 30-40 gigs they did for each of the first three albums, all across the US and Canada. These days, it's global domination. They hit Australia for the first time, rocked big European spots like Hellfest and Graspop, and now they're co-headlining the 24-date. Amon Cloak Tour with Amon Amarth. Jean Houghlin on drums keeps it tight, and they've got louder than life and aftershock festivals lined up later this year, hinting at even more dates. Fans are loving the live energy from what started as a virtual band. Back in 2007, Adult Swims set up just 12 college campus shows. Brendan says he wants everyone to see how much fun they have on stage, turning that animated

1:00vibe into real deal metal mayhem. Brendan's buzzing about future collapse too. He dreams of teaming with Macedon again, like their 2009 run, and he even hooked their guitarist Nick Johnson up with Macedon's brand, Daler over coffee years back. Plus, he popped up in Joe Satriani and Steve Vise video for Dancing, directed by Satriani Sun. Those guitar hero bonds run deep. Brendan grew up dreaming to their albums, and now they share bad movie nights. Death Cloak's proving metal cartoons can shred live forever. From the world of music, power by AI, this is Music News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.