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Go Into the Water comes from Dethklok, the animated death metal band at the center of Metalocalypse, the Adult Swim series created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha that premiered in 2006. The full song appeared on The Dethalbum, the band's 2007 debut record collecting music from the show, and its lyrics darkly command the listener to enter the water and never return. Clips of the track circulate among metal fans and meme editors as shorthand for cartoonish heaviness, and its short, chant-like hook makes it ideal for quick reaction edits.
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A clip of 'Go Into the Water' by Dethklok, the fictional metal band from Adult Swim's Metalocalypse. Fans use it for gaming edits, metal memes and hype moments.
This is an eight-second slice of 'Go Into the Water,' the crushing Dethklok track from Adult Swim's Metalocalypse. Guttural growled vocals ride over down-tuned, churning guitars and pounding double-kick drums, with the repeated command to go into the water delivered like a drowning order. It sounds massive, bleak and oddly catchy, the cartoon brutality the fictional band is famous for. Dropped into an edit, it lands like a depth charge: everything suddenly feels heavier, darker and more dramatic, turning an ordinary fail or dive into a full metal apocalypse.
