->Bragging rights the spoils in a war of tiny men\\
When the dust begins to settle, the fight begins again\\
Pettiness a virtue, the badge of piss and pride\\
What you have created, it's a thrash crime\\
Harvesting rewards from the hours used in spite\\
Tearing out the throat of a fool because it's right\\
Obfuscate the meaning and re-educate the swine\\
Opinion is invalid, it's a thrash crime
-->-- "Act of War"

->Over there in Norway, the churches all burn down\\
Let's go dress in goth clothes and get painted like a clown\\
Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long\\
Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog\\
\\
In league with the devil, talking Satan, skulls and hell\\
Making mommy mad, cause that's original\\
If you hate good music, then it can't hurt to go\\
Image-conscious assholes, black metal fashion show
-->--"Black Metal Sucks"

Lich King is a ThrashMetal band from Massachusetts that was founded in 2004 by vocalist Tom Martin (who may have also played some or all of the instruments for the first two albums; the real identities of the musicians on those albums are not given). Lich King are heavily influenced by Exodus, Vio-Lence, and Music/{{Slayer}} and are known for their humorous lyrics, HeavyMeta, and their very brash image and promotional techniques. The band finally found its feet in 2009-2010 with its third LP ''World Gone Dead'', which featured a full band lineup and massively improved production.

As of 2015, Tom Martin has officially left the band on a live basis, citing burnout and a need for a more stable source of income. He will most likely continue to work behind the scenes and may or may not also contribute to the songwriting process and provide vocals on the next studio release, but it's all up in the air.

Current lineup:

* Tom Martin - Songwriting (stopped doing vocals full-time in 2015 and eventually gave it up completely)
* Zach Smith - Vocals
* Brian Westbrook - Drums
* Joe Nickerson - Rhythm guitar
* Mike Dreher - Bass
* Nick Timney - Lead guitar

Former members:
* Kevin Taylor - Guitars
* Erick Herrera - Guitars
* Rob Pellegri - Lead guitar

Albums:

* 2007 - ''Necromantic Maelstrom'' - "Lich King", "Mascot War"
* 2008 - ''Toxic Zombie Onslaught'' - "Attack of the Wrath [[OverlyLongGag of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword]] [[SerialEscalation of the Blood of the Beast]]", "Black Metal Sucks"
* 2010 - ''World Gone Dead'' - "Act of War", "ED-209", "Behaver"
* 2012 - ''Born of the Bomb'' - "Combat Mosh", "Wage Slave", "We Came to Conquer"
* 2017 - ''The Omniclasm''

See ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' if you were looking for the "Wrath of the Lich King" expansion.
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!!Lich King show examples of:

* AlbumTitleDrop: All albums except ''Necromantic Maelstrom''.
* AscendedExtra: Nick Timney was a longtime live guitarist (as Rob Pellegri could not tour and could only play live very infrequently) before being inducted in full-time after Rob stepped down altogether.
* TheBandMinusTheFace: Probably. Tom isn't 100% gone, but he plays maybe two or three shows a year tops and is a songwriter first and foremost.
%% * BerserkButton: Don't mention to the band that the name is a reference to ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
* BigRockEnding: Lich King III, We Came To Conquer.
%% * [[BoastfulRap Boastful Thrash]]: Too many of their songs to list, most notably "Black Metal Sucks"
%% * BraggingThemeTune: The eponymous "Lich King" songs, one on each album.
* {{Chiptune}}: ''Super Retro Thrash'' is a compilation of various Lich King songs transposed to NES chiptunes.
* CoverVersion: "[[Music/ExodusBand Lesson in Violence]]", "[[{{Vio-Lence}} Bodies on Bodies]]", [[Music/{{Slayer}} "Aggressive Perfector"]], [[Music/{{Agent_Steel}} "Agents of Steel"]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: "Grindwheel" is about crushing a burglar to death under a millstone.
* DrumRollPlease: "All Hail".
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: The simply named "Intro" from ''World Gone Dead''
** Parodied with "Cheesy Metal Intro" from ''Toxic Zombie Onslaught''.
** If you exclude the CrowdChant, then "All Hail" from ''Born Of the Bomb'' as well.
* EpicRocking: Agnosticism and Lich King IV.
* FlameBait: "Black Metal Sucks". The band wouldn't have it any other way.
%% * HeavyMeta: '''And how!'''
* HeavyMithril: "A Storm of Swords", based on ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''
%% * {{Homage}}: "Webcomic/AxeCop". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLKFV8U8Z_Y And with gusto.]]
* TheHorde: ''World Gone Dead'', ''Toxic Zombie Onslaught'' and ''Necromantic Maelstrom'' album art, [[EverythingsBetterWithX featuring zombies!]]
%% * IconicSongRequest: A ton.
* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: For the cover art (and the self-titled songs), it's usually the [[{{Mascot}} The Lich King]] doing something involving a horde of fiends, or certain destruction.
* InNameOnly: More or less. Tom hasn't 100% left yet, but he's done on a live basis and may or may not also be done on a studio basis.
%% * KneelBeforeZod: Lich King III.
* {{Mascot}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Lich King]], featured prominently on the band's album covers.
* MetalHead: They are the self-proclaimed "Greatest Thrash Metal Band In The Universe".
%% * MetalScream: Classic Type 4. Can be a Type 1 sometimes.
%% * NiceGuy: Behaver.
%% ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=srnUxOE-WMk#t=265s And then you get a nicely placed]] PrecisionFStrike.
* OldShame: Tom (and the band as a whole, but especially Tom) ''hates'' ''Necromantic Maelstrom''; while they did rerecord two songs off that album for ''Do-Over'', they will not play anything from that album live ever again and would like to treat it as an embarrassing footnote. They're also not overly fond of ''Toxic Zombie Onslaught'', but that has more to do with the production; they still play material off of it live and don't outright despise it like the former.
* {{Parody}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hObSVeAzOqI CROSSOVER SONGS ARE TOO! DAMN! SHORT!!!]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: From "Waste":
-->HUMAN HISTORY DIDN'T NEED YOU! YOU AREN'T WANTED! AND! ARE! '''DISMIIIIIIIIIIIIISSED!'''
** See 'Parody'.
** '''ED! TWO! OH! NINE!'''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tEOnxvqJLik#t=237s "WE! ALL! SHALL! DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEE!!"]]
%% * RefugeInAudacity: Say what you want about their sense of humor, they have huge brass ones.
* ReligionRantSong: Agnosticism, Type 2. Surprisingly subverted as it makes no distinction as to whether science/religion is wrong, just that the end result is the same.
%% * SeriousBusiness: Lich King loves to make light of everyone's Serious Business.
* SequelSong: So far, anything after Lich King II
** Lich King III and IV seem to be a bit more refined, as they tie into each other.
* ShoutOut: "We Came To Conquer"
-->Hey, Gama Bomb\\
You didn't write this riff\\
so hey, Warbringer\\
Eat our Lich King dicks\\
Hey, Havok\\
We just put you to shame...
-->--''Song Breakdown''

-->...The Waste was a starter,\\
But we're the main course\\
Maybe other bands play\\
and maybe Manowar kills...
-->--''Final Pre-Chorus''
* StuffBlowingUp: ''Born Of The Bomb'' album cover.
* TakeThat: Black Metal Sucks, played for laughs in We Came To Conquer.
* TakeThatAudience: Fan Massacre, a song about how much the band hates their fans and how they will kill them, in typical sarcastic fashion. To wit:
-->"Our mascot himself is the hitman we call for the job
-->We gave him your addresses,
-->sent him to carve up you slobs
-->Your endless sycophantism we cannot forgive
-->You haven't bought enough merch
-->to allow you to live"
* TerribleArtist: Vocalist Tom Martin; averted! He's also a comic artist when not with Lich King.
** Who do you think created the album art for the third and fourth Lich King album? [[note]]For proof, this is a [[http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150786366039171.427513.19192564170&type=3 step by step of the creation of the album art for ''Born Of the Bomb'']].[[/note]]
** AND was responsible for the creation of the [[Main/BondedByBlood Bonded By Blood]] logo?
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=32URQlY_ub8#t=39s "Hey, guess what, BITCH, we're back, let's get down to business!"]]
%% * ThisLoserIsYou: Waste and Act of War.
* TitleOnlyChorus: Agnosticism, Toxic Zombie Onslaught.
%% * WeAllDieSomeday: In The End, Devastation.
* WorkingClassHero: Inverted with Wage Slave; in that everyone is only spending money, in debt, and unable to do a thing.
%% * YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: What was that thing [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder The King]] is looking at on the fourth album cover?
%% ** Judging by [[http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/lichking/bornofthebomb.html#10 the lyrics]], it's possibly another lich created by nuclear war.
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