Season III: The Dead Man

"Filled with over sixty billion gallons of raw, unrefined extras leaked from a tube deep within the ocean"

- Back of the season 3 DVD

The third season of the animated show Metalocalypse originally aired on Adult Swim from November 8, 2009 to October 24, 2010 with 10 episodes. The show follows virtual death metal band Dethklok. This season featured a 21-minute runtime (30 with commercials).

Guests
This season featured guest voice actors from musicians such as Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Slash, Scott Ian of Anthrax, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Ace Frehley, Matt Pike of High on Fire, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Brann Dailor, Brent Hinds, and Troy Sanders of Mastodon.

Special features

 * Disc One
 * General Crozier/Falconback teaser
 * Whack-a-Clown ("Dethzazz" extended scene)


 * Disc Two
 * Dimmu Burger Drive Thru
 * "Places" with FaceBones
 * House Cleaning ("Renovationklok" extended scene)
 * Furniture ("Renovationklok" deleted scene)
 * Immortal Records ("Renovationklok" extended scene)
 * Klokateer Recruitment Videos 1–4
 * Escort Services ("Fertilityklok" extended scene)
 * Drunk ("DethHealth" extended scene)
 * Snacks ("Renovationklok" extended scene)
 * Two Swedish Dads Extended Cut ("Fatherklok" extended scene)
 * Murderface dance sequence
 * Tribunal janitor
 * Offdensen palling around

Music videos:
 * Blu-ray Exclusives
 * Nathan Reading Shakespeare's "Othello"
 * Bloodlines
 * Dethsupport
 * The Gears
 * Burn the Earth
 * Black Fire Upon Us

Production
Every episode of this season was 21 minutes long, as opposed to the 11 minute episodes from season one and two. Show creator Brendon Small wanted to use this extra air time to focus on character development and giving several main characters an episode dedicated to them. This was also the first season to be released on Blu-ray.

Comedian Brian Posehn helped write an episode this season; he would later go on to become a main writer for season four.

This was the first Metalocalypse home media release to be uncensored.