Metalocaplyse’s DETHKLOK characters, and their real-life counterparts

Quite easily the best show ever created, Adult Swim’s Metalocaplyse closes it’s first season (click to watch the season finale of Metalocaplyse) with more needless gore and death! Just what the fans wanted! Never heard of the TV show Metalocaplyse? Maybe it’s time you did!!! You can watch it for free on Adult Swim FIX, or checkout some Metalocalypse clips on Youtube. There is no official release date for the first season DVD yet.

The membsers of Dethklock, the fake death metal band that this show is based on, bare a striking resemblance to some real-life metal heads. Although the producers have never officially acknowledged the character’s affinity, many fans have speculated their archetypes. I hunted around Google Images to find some pictures of their alleged real-life counterparts so I could see just how similar they are. Take a yander at what I found & photoshopped together:

Please note, this is an early sketch of the characters done by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, in which Pickles the Drummer has a much stronger resemblence to Devin Townsend than he does in the production version of Metalocaplyse

Text for the visually impaired:
Toki Wartooth (guitars) = Fredrik Thordendal (of Meshuggah)
Pickles the Drummer (drums) = Devin Townsend (of Devin Townsend Band, Strapping Young Lad)
Nathan Explosion (vocals) = George “CorpseGrinder” Fisher (of Cannibal Corpse)
William Murderface (bass) = Geezer Butler (of Black Sabbath)
Skwisgaar Skwigelf (lead guitar) = Alexei Laiho (of Children of Bodom)