Fictional band members Nathan Explosion • Voiced by:
Brendon Small Nathan Explosion is the frontman, lead vocalist and "
lyrical visionary" of Dethklok. Portrayed as a tall and stocky guy with long black hair, black nails, and green eyes, Nathan speaks with a
death growl even when not singing; he admits in one episode that he knows his lyrics are largely incomprehensible. He did not speak a word until he was five years old and in high school excelled only in frog dissection and football. According to his dating profile, Nathan describes his ethnicity as "White/Native American". He was raised in
New Port Richey, Florida. He is the lead songwriting force in Dethklok, and uses violent imagery or plot elements when writing and composing song material. Nathan is slightly more sensible than the rest of the band, and a great deal more emotionally stable, though he is still incompetent at most things in life such as the use of a grocery store or reading a cooking recipe. Despite this, he does seem to have some knowledge in specific areas, such as negotiating a contract, extensive knowledge of rock culture, and a proficiency in French. He attempts to get his GED in "Go Forth And Die", and only fails in part due to the band's influence, and in "Fatherklok" tells Murderface not to interfere with Skwisgaar's father issues. Nathan sometimes acts in a parental manner towards Toki, and in the first episode insisted that the band never drink before a show (notwithstanding the fact they had all been drinking all day). In the episode "Fatherklok", it was revealed that Nathan enjoys an excellent relationship with his father. He does, however, find his parents embarrassing as they are normal parents and not "brutal" as seen in "Dethfam". A brief montage shows Nathan and his father fishing, racing go-karts, and playing
Scrabble. He is the only member of the band who spends time with or likes his father, stating in the episode "Dethdad" he often drinks beer and goes hunting with his father regularly and would be very sad if his father died. Small described Nathan as a "
quarterback", in part to his contribution to his high school football team, and based his character's appearance and performance style on current
Cannibal Corpse vocalist
George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher.
Skwisgaar Skwigelf • Voiced by:
Brendon Small Skwisgaar Skwigelf is Dethklok's lead guitarist. He is described as "a handsome guy who thinks and knows he's the greatest thing in the world". Show creator Brendon Small compares Skwisgaar's attitude and technical playing style to
Yngwie Malmsteen. Pickles is the former front-man of a group called Snakes 'n' Barrels, providing the vocals and performing as the lead guitarist. Brendon Small used the voice of Pickles on
The Dethalbum to sing the chorus of the song "Hatredcopter", as well as the entirety of "Kill You", a song by Snakes N' Barrels "covered" by Dethklok, which serves as a bonus track. Describing the character, Small said, "I thought the drummer should be able to do a bunch of stuff, like
Roger Taylor in
Queen. Even though it's not based on his personality, it's what he can do in the band and what parts of the songs he does contribute to."
William Murderface • Voiced by:
Tommy Blacha William Murderface is Dethklok's bassist, who plays a
Gibson Thunderbird Studio 5-string. He has brown hair, green eyes, a heavy
lateral lisp and a
gap in his front teeth. He has tattoos on the top and bottom parts of his abdomen, the top reading "Pobody's Nerfect", and the bottom saying "This Mess Is A Place". When he was a baby, Murderface's deranged and mentally unstable father killed his Murderface's with a chainsaw before turning it upon himself in front of Murderface in a grisly
murder-suicide (Murderface believes this happened because he was ugly). This left Murderface to be raised by his grandparents. Murderface is "a self-hating bass player who's always trying to act like he's more important than he is", in part because his bass playing is usually mixed out completely. He is sensitive about his weight and appearance, which his bandmates often obliviously exacerbate. Additionally, he is generally disliked by the opposite sex to the point that even female Klokateers, who are absolutely devoted to Dethklok, reject his advances. Murderface's voice was originally achieved by Tommy Blacha putting paper towels inside his mouth when voicing the character, but he later refined his technique to forgo the paper towels.
Magnus Hammersmith • Voiced by:
Marc Maron (speaking) and
Brendon Small (singing) Magnus Hammersmith was the first rhythm guitarist of Dethklok, but was kicked out of the band very early for his violent behavior. He returns to antagonize and threaten the band several times.
Real-life band members Studio members: •
Brendon Small – guitars, lead vocals, bass, keyboards (2006–present) •
Gene Hoglan – drums (2007–present)
Live members: •
Brendon Small – guitars, lead vocals (2007–present) •
Gene Hoglan – drums (2007–present) •
Bryan Beller – bass, backing vocals (2007–present; studio member since 2012) • Pete Griffin – bass, backing vocals (2012, 2019–present) •
Nili Brosh – guitars (2019–present)
Former members: •
Mike Keneally – guitars, backing vocals (2007–2016) ==Touring history==