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* BerserkButton: Don't mention to the band that the name is a reference to ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

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* [[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.

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* HeavyMeta: '''And how!'''

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%% * HeavyMeta: '''And how!'''



* {{Homage}}: "Webcomic/AxeCop". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLKFV8U8Z_Y And with gusto.]]

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%% * {{Homage}}: "Webcomic/AxeCop". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLKFV8U8Z_Y And with gusto.]]



* IconicSongRequest: A ton.

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* KneelBeforeZod: Lich King III.

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* 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.

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%% * 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.



* RefugeInAudacity: Say what you want about their sense of humor, they have huge brass ones.

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%% * RefugeInAudacity: Say what you want about their sense of humor, they have huge brass ones.



* SeriousBusiness: Lich King loves to make light of everyone's Serious Business.

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%% * SeriousBusiness: Lich King loves to make light of everyone's Serious Business.



* ThisLoserIsYou: Waste and Act of War.

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%% * ThisLoserIsYou: Waste and Act of War.



* WeAllDieSomeday: In The End, Devastation.

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%% * WeAllDieSomeday: In The End, Devastation.



* 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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%% * 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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* 2008 - ''Toxic Zombie Onslaught'' - "[[LongTitle 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"

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* 2008 - ''Toxic Zombie Onslaught'' - "[[LongTitle Attack "Attack of the Wrath]] Wrath [[OverlyLongGag of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword]] [[SerialEscalation of the Blood of the Beast]]", "Black Metal Sucks"
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* AbsenteeActor: Tom Martin as of 2015. He is still the main songwriter and will do live vocals once in a blue moon (mostly just RPM Fest appearances and the rare local one-off), but his days of touring with the band are done and he acts almost exclusively from behind the scenes.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally an 8, like most Thrash. Can go as low as 7 (Agnosticism, Grindwheel), or as high as 9 (Toxic Zombie Onslaught).

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* Tom Martin - Vocals (studio and rare live appearances, has not toured since 2015)

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* Tom Martin - Vocals (studio Songwriting (stopped doing vocals full-time in 2015 and rare live appearances, has not toured since 2015)eventually gave it up completely)
* Zach Smith - Vocals



* AbsenteeActor: Tom Martin as of 2015. He is (probably) going to keep doing studio vocals and playing a role in the band's creative direction, and he also still does scattered shows (primarily local one-offs and RPM Fest appearances), but his days of touring with the band are done and he may eventually bow out completely.

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* AbsenteeActor: Tom Martin as of 2015. He is (probably) going to keep doing studio still the main songwriter and will do live vocals and playing a role once in the band's creative direction, and he also still does scattered shows (primarily local one-offs and a blue moon (mostly just RPM Fest appearances), appearances and the rare local one-off), but his days of touring with the band are done and he may eventually bow out completely.acts almost exclusively from behind the scenes.



* TheBandMinusTheFace: Probably. Tom isn't 100% gone, but his days of live performances are done and he may or may not be stepping down from studio contributions as well.

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* TheBandMinusTheFace: Probably. Tom isn't 100% gone, but his days of live performances are done he plays maybe two or three shows a year tops and he may or may not be stepping down from studio contributions as well.is a songwriter first and foremost.

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* Tom Martin - Vocals (for the time being, may or may not leave completely)

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* Tom Martin - Vocals (for the time being, may or may (studio and rare live appearances, has not leave completely)toured since 2015)


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* AbsenteeActor: Tom Martin as of 2015. He is (probably) going to keep doing studio vocals and playing a role in the band's creative direction, and he also still does scattered shows (primarily local one-offs and RPM Fest appearances), but his days of touring with the band are done and he may eventually bow out completely.
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* HeavyMithril: "A Storm of Swords", based on ''ASongOfIceAndFire''

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* HeavyMithril: "A Storm of Swords", based on ''ASongOfIceAndFire''''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''
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* 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.
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* 2017 - ''The Omniclasm''
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* PromotedFanboy: Timney.
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* ArtistDisillusionment: Tom's reason for leaving in a nutshell. Lich King started out as a hobby and turned into something far bigger than he was comfortable with, and he eventually decided to call it a day on his end as a result.



* OneOfUs: Tom Martin has written songs about ''Franchise/RoboCop'', ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', and ''Webcomic/AxeCop'', and Joe Nickerson wears a ''{{Thundercats}}'' T-shirt in the ''World Gone Dead'' band photo.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatVoice: Patrick Lind of Morbid Saint fame appears on Lich King IV, doing trade off vocals with Martin.
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* 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.

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* Rob Pellegri - Lead guitar



* Nick Timney - Lead guitar (live)

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* Nick Timney - Lead guitar (live)
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* Rob Pellegri - Lead guitar
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See ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' if you were looking for the "Wrath of the Lich King" expansion.

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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.



* Tom Martin - Vocals

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* Tom Martin - VocalsVocals (for the time being, may or may not leave completely)



* Nick Timney - Bass

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* Mike Dreher - Bass
* Nick Timney - Bass
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* ArtistDisillusionment: Tom's reason for leaving in a nutshell. Lich King started out as a hobby and turned into something far bigger than he was comfortable with, and he eventually decided to call it a day on his end as a result.
* TheBandMinusTheFace: Probably. Tom isn't 100% gone, but his days of live performances are done and he may or may not be stepping down from studio contributions as well.


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* 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.

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* BerserkButton: Don't mention to the band that the name is a reference to {{World Of Warcraft}}.
** It's actually a reference to {{Dungeons And Dragons}}.

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* BerserkButton: Don't mention to the band that the name is a reference to {{World Of Warcraft}}.
** It's actually a reference to {{Dungeons And Dragons}}.
''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
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* PromotedFanboy: Timney.
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* CoverVersion: "[[Music/{{Exodus}} Lesson in Violence]]", "[[{{Vio-Lence}} Bodies on Bodies]]", [[Music/{{Slayer}} "Aggressive Perfector"]], [[Music/{{Agent_Steel}} "Agents of Steel"]]

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* CoverVersion: "[[Music/{{Exodus}} "[[Music/ExodusBand Lesson in Violence]]", "[[{{Vio-Lence}} Bodies on Bodies]]", [[Music/{{Slayer}} "Aggressive Perfector"]], [[Music/{{Agent_Steel}} "Agents of Steel"]]
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* Rob Pellegri - Guitars
* Joe Nickerson - Bass/Guitars

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* Rob Pellegri - Guitars
Lead guitar
* Joe Nickerson - Bass/Guitars
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* Nick Timney - Bass
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-->--"Act of War"

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-->--"Act -->-- "Act of War"



* OneOfUs: Tom Martin has written songs about ''Film/{{Robocop}}'', ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', and ''Webcomic/AxeCop'', and Joe Nickerson wears a ''{{Thundercats}}'' T-shirt in the ''World Gone Dead'' band photo.

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* OneOfUs: Tom Martin has written songs about ''Film/{{Robocop}}'', ''Franchise/RoboCop'', ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', and ''Webcomic/AxeCop'', and Joe Nickerson wears a ''{{Thundercats}}'' T-shirt in the ''World Gone Dead'' band photo.
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* 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.



* TerribleArtist: Vocalist Tom Martin; inverted! He's also comic artist when not with Lich King.

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* TerribleArtist: Vocalist Tom Martin; inverted! averted! He's also a comic artist when not with Lich King.



* TitleOnlyChorus: Agnosticism.

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* TitleOnlyChorus: Agnosticism.Agnosticism, Toxic Zombie Onslaught.
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** 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]

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** Who do you think created the album art for the third and fourth Lich King album? [note]For [[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][[/note]]
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** Who do you think created the album art for the third and fourth Lich King album? 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'']].

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** Who do you think created the album art for the third and fourth Lich King album? For [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]
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: Compound Words; "Lich" and "King".

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* BerserkButton: Don't mention to the band that the name is a reference to {{World Of Warcraft}}.
** It's actually a reference to {{Dungeons And Dragons}}.



* BlackSheepHit: "Black Metal Sucks" was just goofy album filler before it aroused an InternetBackdraft of epic proportions and instantly multiplied Lich King's recognition several times, much to the band's delight.



* CoverVersion: "[[Music/{{Exodus}} Another Lesson in Violence]]", "[[{{Vio-Lence}} Bodies on Bodies]]", [[Music/{{Slayer}} "Aggressive Perfector"]], [[Music/{{Agent_Steel}} "Agents of Steel"]]

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* CoverVersion: "[[Music/{{Exodus}} Another Lesson in Violence]]", "[[{{Vio-Lence}} Bodies on Bodies]]", [[Music/{{Slayer}} "Aggressive Perfector"]], [[Music/{{Agent_Steel}} "Agents of Steel"]]

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