METALOCALYPSE DVD F*CKS UP THE “DETHTHEME” LYRICS

The first season of Metalocalypse comes out on DVD today, and while I fume over the fact that there’s no audio commentary from the show’s creators (some kinda-sorta-funny faux Dethklok interviews are the discs’ sole special feature), chew on this: when watching the cartoon’s opening with the subtitles on (don’t ask me why I was watching with the subtitles on, just go with it), I couldn’t help but notice that the relatively simple lyrics to the “Deththeme” – “Ticking for the Dethklok/Ticking for the Dethklok/I’m ticking for the Dethklok” – have been incorrectly identified as “I’ll teach you how to rock.”

A serious fuck up? Laziness on the part of whomever was supposed to approve these things? A practical joke by some intern who had to type in all the subtitles? We’ll try and get to the bottom of this controversy with some of our ace investigative reporting. Stay tuned for more.

-AR