Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
Poster
Directed byBrendon Small
Screenplay byBrendon Small
Story by
Based onMetalocalypse
by Brendon Small
Tommy Blacha
Produced byLaura Allen
Starring
Edited byThomas Berkley
Music byBrendon Small
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Home Entertainment
Release date
  • August 22, 2023 (2023-08-22)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar is a 2023 American direct-to-video adult animated fantasy film based on the Adult Swim animated series Metalocalypse. The film is written and directed by series co-creator Brendon Small and is a direct sequel to the 2013 special, Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem. The film was released on August 22, 2023, alongside Dethklok's fourth studio album, Dethalbum IV.[1][2] The film was dedicated to longtime series director, Jon Schnepp, who died in 2018 before production began.

The film is the third of Adult Swim's line of straight-to-video movies after Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm and The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, and was released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

The film picks up after the events of the Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem special, with Dethklok tasked to write the "song of salvation" in order to save the planet from impending doom,[3] and serves as the finale to the Metalocalypse series.

  1. ^ DiVita, Joe (April 11, 2023). "New 'Metalocalypse' Movie to Come Out This Year, Starring Kirk Hammett, Amy Lee + More". Loudwire. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  2. ^ "First Trailer for New 'Metalocalypse' Movie is Here, So is the Brutal New Dethklok Song 'Aortic Desecration'". Loudwire. June 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Alex Billington (June 25, 2023). "Trailer for R-Rated Animation 'Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar'". First Showing.