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The ’Klok Strikes IV

IN THE UNLIKELY event that two of the world’s greatest fictional bands — the extreme heavy metal outfit Dethklok and the hip-hop virtual group Gorillaz — should ever mix it up in a parking lot brawl, Dethklok’s main man Brendon Small is confident that his fearsome five piece would prevail. “Gorillaz don’t stand a chance,” he says with a laugh. “My initial description of Dethklok was, ‘They smell bad and they can hurt you.’ I like Gorillaz a lot, but I don’t think they have anything on Dethklok in the crazy department.”

Considering a more implausible hypothetical matchup, this one between Dethklok and perhaps history’s most-famous fictional band — the straight-laced, ear candy-dispensing Archies — Small also gives his metal bruisers the advantage over Riverdale’s finest. “It might not even be a fair fight,” he says. “Dethklok have a lot of

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