<P> The first official Dethklok album was released on September 25, 2007, entitled The Dethalbum . The album debuted at number 21 on Billboard Magazine's Top 200 list . The band released Dethalbum II on September 29, 2009, and toured with Mastodon, High on Fire and Converge . The band's third album, Dethalbum III, was released on October 16, 2012 . The soundtrack to the special episode, Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem was released on October 29, 2013 . </P> <P> A real band was set up in order to perform the band's music in live shows . Both bands were created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha . The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon Small, with others needed for live concerts and albums . Brendon Small is set to release his second solo album, Brendon Small's Galaktikon II, which is considered to serve as "a new Dethklok album", due to Adult Swim holding the rights to the band name . </P> <P> In the Metalocalypse series, Dethklok is depicted as an extremely popular and successful death metal band . The band's fan base includes billions of metal fanatics, who frequently endanger themselves to watch the band perform live . With their widespread commercial success and lucrative sponsorship contracts, Dethklok is ranked as the world's seventh largest economy by the end of the second season . </P> <P> The members of Dethklok are often portrayed as incompetent at almost everything not related to their profession . The band struggles to perform everyday tasks, including shopping for groceries, preparing food, and maintaining proper social relationships . They are often assisted by their manager and lawyer, Charles Foster Offdensen, who frequently attempts to prevent the band from making poor decisions . The band's actions and uncanny misfortune have caught the attention of an Illuminati - style council, known as The Tribunal . The Tribunal is portrayed as Dethklok's antagonist throughout the series, and secretly monitors their actions in almost every episode . They describe Dethklok as the "world's greatest cultural force". The leader of The Tribunal (Mr. Salacia), however, frequently instructs the other members to allow Dethklok to do as they will . </P>

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