Fanfic / Life After Dethklok

Life After Dethklok is a crossover between Hazbin Hotel and Metalocalypse by WriteAnon. It can be accessed on Fanfiction Dot Net here, Archive of Our Own here, and Spacebattles there.

Through some odd coincidence, the Dethklok gang end up in hell after they get involved in a ritual involving a Belarusian Five-Headed Pit Viper. Now, they have to find a way out of the place while also helping Charlie Magne, daughter of the Devil himself and owner of the Hazbin Hotel, promote her redemption initiative to the masses of Hell.

This fic displays examples of:

• Abhorrent Admirer: William Murderface, despite not being given a demon form, is repulsive as ever. He attempts to seduce Vaggie with his usual charm, which she vigorously rebuffs.
• Achievements in Ignorance: Grand Duke Sallos attacks the concert with thirty legions of demonic soldiers, only to be defeated by concert security and Dethklok's Doomstar powers. The kicker? Dethklok didn't even notice, mistaking a defeated Sallos for a Loony Fan when he falls on the stage.
  Murderface: Who's thish douchebag?
• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever:
  • Grand Duke Sallos transforms his crocodilian steed into a gigantic monster with his demonic magic during his invasion of the Dethklok concert.
  • Mustakrakish is summoned by Dethklok during their charity concert via their song "Awaken" and immediately gets to work fighting against the previously mentioned crocodile monster.
• Big Brother Instinct: Nathan towards Toki, naturally, when he effortlessly trounces Alastor for trying to intimidate him. Dethklok collectively begins to feel this way towards Charlie, sincerely wishing to help her in her fulfill her dream. Even Murderface.
  Nathan: Listen, because I’m only going to say this once: no hitting on Charlie. We gotta stay focused on being ‘good’ or whatever if we’re gonna get outta this sh*riff*hole, and I will not have you torpedo this operation with your gross, pervy bullsh*riff*. Also, it’s just… wrong.
  Murderface: I know! I don’t wanna get in her pantsh! It’d be like–like… it’d be like f*riff*in’ shomeone’sh mom!
  Skwissgar Gods forbids.
  Murderface: No, no, look… I can’t exshplain it. It’sh like, I wanna shee her happy, and have her like me and think I’m cool but I don’t wanna shleep with her!
  Skwisgaar: ...Yous amsn’t making sense, Moidaface.
  Toki': I gets it! You wants her to be happies without wantin’ nothings in returns. Thinks abouts it: what would you do if you saws Charlie sads?
  Beat
  Skwissgar: (visibly disturbed) I don’ts likes this new emoshkuns.
  Nathan: This Hell f*riff*ing sucks…
• Broken Pedestal: Dethklok are sorely disappointed to find out that Hell isn't as metal as they thought it to be and decide to find a way out of the place just to spare themselves the embarassment.
• Censored for Comedy: In true Metalocalypse fashion, every swearword to come out of the mouths of every character is covered up with a pinch harmonic sound effect, which shows up as *riff* for the offensive parts of their obscenities.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • Murderface manages to gross out most of the Hazbin Hotel residents with his bass solo thanks to the fact that he basically played the bass with his own penis.
  • Dethklok becomes protective and affectionate towards Charlie over time, showing genuine concern when she opens for Dethklok at the concert in front of their violently critical audience. Luckily, as sweet and carefree as Charlie is, she's still the Princess of Hell and rocks their fans' socks off.
• Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Dropped nearly word-for-word by Nathan after he and the rest of Dethklok reveal to each other that they all had sex with Angel Dust while they were in Hell.
• Loudness War: In-Universe example; Nathan and Pickles point out to Charlie that while she's not a bad singer, her sound mixing is kinda out there, not to mention that the latter half of "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow" was chock-full of audio clutter.
• Hidden Depths: Sure, Dethklok may be a group of lunkheads who have no idea on how to live a normal life, but they do demonstrate that they're not complete morons with their knowledge of music production and removing stains from clothing.
• In the Style of: The fic is written in the style of a typical episode of Metalocalypse, except set within the Hell of Hazbin Hotel.
• Nice Girl: Charlie, as in canon, is still the sweet and optimistic cinnamon roll that we all know and love, best shown when she genuinely compliments Dethklok's musical talent and suggests more constructive hobbies to them out of pure kindness.
• Sdrawkcab Speech: Murderface ends up speaking in reverse after he sticks a fridge magnet onto his face thanks to the odd effects it has with his metal skullplate.
• The Power of Rock: Dethklok invoke the power of the Doomstar and Heavy Metal to fend off Grand Duke Sallos' attack on their concert, managing to defeat the Grand Duke of Hell with their combined efforts.
• This Cannot Be!: Sallos is incredulous that he, the Grand Duke of Hell, was defeated by people who, by all accounts, were supposedly nobodies by Hell's standards after Dethklok manage to repel his attack on their concert with the power of the Doomstar.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: After the end of Dethklok's concert in Hell, Charlie tells them that they they can be brutal and still be good people by using their music to unite people before the band returns to the world of the living.
• Zerg Rush: The Klokateers swarm Duke Sallos' forces with reckless abandon when the Grand Duke's forces invade the Dethklok concert, rushing their demonic foes with such fervor that Captain Gallia is briefly horrified that they're so willing to die if it means taking their enemies down with them.

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