Brendon Small - Galaktikon II: Become the Storm (2017)

Many metal fans were saddened to see the demise of the animated series Metalocalypse that aired for several years on Adult Swim. The show featured the exploits of the band Dethklok, who released four albums. In the aftermath, Brendon Small, creator and mastermind behind the project, recorded an album as Galaktikon back in 2012 with the same lineup as the Dethklok albums (Small on vocals/guitar, drummer Gene Hoglan and bassist Bryan Beller). Ten years after the first Dethklok album and five years after Galaktikon’s debut, Small and company return with Galaktikon II: Become the Storm. It’s a concept album, and Small co-produced it with Ulrich Wild, who also worked on the Dethklok records. “This record is a combination of all the sounds I’ve been making throughout my creative life,” says Small. “It’s as heavy as I want it to be and melodic as I want it to be – it’s the bigger, darker record I wanted to hear. And what a way to celebrate my 10-year anniversary of making metal with Gene, Bryan and Ulrich, some of the best in the industry. I’m excited to have it live inside listeners’ heads and let their imaginations take over!”

TRACKLIST

1 Some Days Are for Dying
2 Icarus Six Sixty Six
3 The Agenda
4 The Ocean Galaktik
5 My Name Is Murder
6 Become the Storm
7 Nightmare
8 Could This Be the End
9 To Kill a God
10 Exitus
11 Rebuilding a Planet