Dethklok - The Dethalbum DKXX: Dethmastered (Remixed & Remastered) [2LP Red]

Dethklok's debut gets a full overhaul on The Dethalbum DKXX: Dethmastered, a remixed and remastered edition pressed on red vinyl across two LPs.

Dethklok began as the fictional death metal band at the heart of Metalocalypse, the animated series created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, but the music was always real and always heavy. Small wrote the songs and co-produced the original album with Ulrich Wild, and when it landed in 2007 it entered the Billboard 200 at number 21, the highest-charting death metal album ever at the time. Not bad for a cartoon.

This new mix revisits those riffs with fresh ears while keeping every bit of the absurdity intact. "Murmaider" still opens with a full-speed charge, "Awaken" leans into pure, theatrical menace, and "Thunderhorse" remains the most gloriously ridiculous, gloriously catchy headbanger in the catalogue. "Bloodrocuted" proves the band could build a chugging, tightly wound metal song around the silliest premise imaginable and still make it hit hard.

It is a love letter to fans who quoted the show and stayed for the music, and a sharp reminder of how good these songs really were. Red vinyl feels right for it: loud, a little gory and impossible to take entirely seriously.