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0 / 6 watchedRelease order: four seasons, the 2013 special, then the 2023 film. Six entries total.
- 1 Metalocalypse Season 1 20 episodes, August to December 2006. 11-minute format; Dethklok vs. the Tribunal setup.
- 2 Metalocalypse Season 2 19 episodes, September 2007 to September 2008. The band becomes the world's seventh-largest economy.
- 3 Metalocalypse Season 3 10 episodes, November 2009 to October 2010. 22-minute episodes; Dethklok fractures.
- 4 Metalocalypse Season 4 12 episodes, April to July 2012. Back to 11 minutes; the band breaks up as Salacia moves.
- 5 Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem Hour-long rock-opera special, October 27, 2013. Dethklok rescues Toki from the Revengencers.
- 6 Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar Direct-to-video finale, August 22, 2023. Dethklok must write the Song of Salvation. Released with Dethalbum IV.
About Metalocalypse
Adult Swim's Metalocalypse (2006-2012) follows Dethklok, the world's biggest and most inept death-metal band, across 61 episodes in four seasons. Seasons 1, 2 and 4 run 11 minutes per episode; season 3 doubles that. Creator Brendon Small writes the band's real music, released as the Dethalbums.
The story continues in the hour-long rock opera The Doomstar Requiem (October 27, 2013) and ends with the direct-to-video film Army of the Doomstar (August 22, 2023). Watch everything in release order. The film is the finale; nothing further had been announced.
Good to know
Season episode counts: 20, 19, 10, 12. The 2013 special aired on Adult Swim; the 2023 film went direct to Blu-ray and digital alongside Dethalbum IV. Small and Adult Swim describe the film as the series finale, and no follow-up had been announced as of September 2026.
