The keyword is more than a file name left over from a 2013 download. It is a portal into an audacious moment in animation history – a time when Brendon Small convinced a network to fund a death metal opera about a kidnapped rhythm guitarist, featuring guest vocals from Jack Black and Mark Hamill, with lyrics about “brutal harmony” and “cosmic frost.”
The plot picks up immediately after the Season 4 finale, "Church of the Black Klok." Toki Wartooth and Abigail Remeltindrinc have been kidnapped by the rival band Snake 'n' Barrels and the villainous Magnus Hammersmith. The members of Dethklok—Nathan Explosion, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Murderface, and Pickles—must overcome their own narcissism and fear to embark on a rescue mission. Metalocalypse.S05E00.The.Doomstar.Requiem.A.Klo...
The special is exactly 45 minutes long (or approximately one hour with commercials) and is written almost entirely in sung-through, pseudo-operatic style. Unlike standard musical episodes (e.g., South Park or The Simpsons ), The Doomstar Requiem contains minimal spoken dialogue. Every line advances the plot musically. The keyword is more than a file name