We might be getting some news related to the movie soon because some marketing for Metalocalypse randomly kicked off this week.
A few days ago, Adult Swim started accepting entries for a Thunderhorse cover fan tribute video
. Including a video explaining the rules
from none other than Facebones.
Dethklok has also started appearing in a few festival lineups. So far are Blue Ridge Rock Festival, Aftershock, and Louder Than Life. These festivals take place in September and October, so assuming they are to play new material at these shows, we can speculate the movie might come out a bit before then. Maybe a tour too, only time will tell.
An official Tiktok account
has also popped up, so far nothing on it besides lineups for the festivals they were announced for.
Thought it would be noteworthy to share given that this could be warming us up for more interesting announcements to come.
Reindeer in the direction of reindeerNew Metalocalypse Movie, Soundtrack, Album & Tour With BABYMETAL
Metalocalypse: The Army of the Doomstar is still on track be released this year, and we're getting a soundtrack and a Dethalbum IV!
But of course the major announcement this morning is a co headlining tour with BABYMETAL called Babyklok.
"It's very surreal having so much new Metalocalypse & Dethklok this year with the trifecta of the tour, movie and album," said Metalocalypse mastermind Brendon Small. "I'm so excited to get on the road with the powerful Babymetal, and to celebrate all the hard work that team Metalocalypse and Dethklok put in over the last two years and beyond!"
What could Brendon mean by "and beyond"? I honestly was under the impression that the franchise would end with the film. But of course I wouldn't mind if that were the case!
Reindeer in the direction of reindeerHe's saying that while the actual projects were greenlit and announced two years ago, the ideas and thoughts had been kicking around prior to then. He said "last two years and beyond", so he's going backwards, not forwards.
The sad, REAL American dichotomyApparently the show is one of several animated shows being taken off of the HBO Max (soon to be just "Max") streaming platform.
Edited by wanderlustwarrior on May 22nd 2023 at 10:19:45 AM
The sad, REAL American dichotomyAdult Swim has the entire series for free on their website/app. Previously required a cable login, but they removed that wall due to the Max removal.
I do imagine it's a temporary removal given that the film is coming; things on streaming leave and return all the time. Maybe it's all part of the marketing to put the show in more headlines, but it's just as likely to me, if not more, that it's Warner being morons.
Reindeer in the direction of reindeerFans have recently discovered that searching "Army of the Doomstar" in Google yields a poster
from, I guess, Google's film database?
Fans are unsure whether or not the poster is legitimate, but I will say reverse searching it comes up with nothing. If it were fanmade, surely it would pull up someone's Deviantart or Twitter where someone originally posted it. It's pretty legitimate looking to me. Even if it does end up being fake, the poster is still badass.
Reindeer in the direction of reindeerStill no hard release date for the movie yet, but pre-orders for physical copies of it start July 7th!
We ams almost theres!!!
Not only that but a complete collection box set
is coming out too on August 15th. I have no confirmation on this but I've also heard it will include Doomstar Requiem, thankfully, which despite being probably the post plot important episode of the series, only released to home video in Australia prior.
So today I was looking up Army of the Doomstar on Blu-ray again searching for crumbs and I found something interesting.
The website for Archambault
, a big name music and media retail chain in Quebec (whose website is the largest French-language retailer website in North America, by the way) claims a release date of August 22nd.
New single from Dethalbum IV out too!
How are we feeling about the trailer? Interesting to hear Knubbler and see a brief appearance of Rockzo. Also the Magnus appearance??? I assumed it was a flashback, but some people are speculating he could still be alive though I personally don't think so.
I also saw it pointed out that Murderface is wearing long sleeves to cover the prick in his arm...
Reindeer in the direction of reindeerAdult Swim has been uploading clips from the movie these last few days onto youtube:
Nathan Explosion Breaks Up With His Fans
The clips are vague enough that they don't give away much but are still intriguing, which I like.
Reindeer in the direction of reindeer

Aqua Teen did get cancelled in 2015, though. It's one of my seven, even though I hadn't been watching regularly at that point.
Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Dec 14th 2022 at 12:43:20 PM
The sad, REAL American dichotomy