Cool Metal Documentary

[$heriff Tom]

I had heard a good deal about this, and I have decided I will run tape on this bastard tonight, for later viewing. Here's your happy recap, along with repeat showtimes for all ya'll that have VH1-Classic.

Thanks blabbermouth.net, your definitive source for metal news!


Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", a brand-new documentary offering a guided tour through heavy metal's storied but largely ignored history, is one of eight new high-end feature-length programs that is included in VH1's documentary series "VH1 Rock Docs". Each of the documentaries will reveal an untold story in the history of rock and hip-hop music, combining never-before-seen footage with a unique and unconventional narrative approach. The documentaries will tell some of the most unique stories of artists and music from a wide range of genres, styles, and musical perspectives.

"Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" air times on VH1 Classic:

Friday, September 8 at 8:00 p.m. EST
Friday, September 8 at 11:00 p.m. EST
Saturday, September 9 at 5:00 p.m. EST
Sunday, September 10 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Making its television premiere on VH1 Classic, "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" follows 30-year old anthropologist Sam Dunn, who has decided to study the plight of a different culture, one he has been a part of since he was a 12-year old: the culture of heavy metal. Sam sets out on a global journey to find out why this music has been consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned and yet is loved so passionately by its millions of fans. Along the way, Sam explores metals' obsession with some of life's most provocative subjects — sexuality, religion, violence and death — and discovers some things about the culture that even he can't defend. Shot on location in the U.K., Germany, Norway, Canada and the U.S., this documentary is the first of its kind. It is both a defense of a long-misunderstood art form and a window for the outsider into the spectacle that is heavy metal.

You can watch the trailer, find more information about the release and read the directors' blog at www.metalhistory.com.

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I've got to go check if Cablevision of Hudson County -- probably a worse cable system than what inmates in penal facilities have access to -- has VH1 Classic. This is a must-watch.

What was the name of the documentary about metal that came out about 10 years ago? Something about The Declline of Western Civilization?

[$heriff Tom]

I think you nailed it.

VH-1 Classic has done a pretty good job with metal fare. Lots of concert footage from bands like Priest and Sabbath, and shows like the "Top 100 Metal Moments", documentaries on bands like Pantera, and things like the shows mentioned above in documentary fashion, and Metallica's "Some Kind Of Monster."

[baldvinny]

i watched the first 45 minutes of this yesterday. its pretty cool, though not really anything "new" to learn (the flowchart is pretty impreesive tho)

[$heriff Tom]

Big week for this kind of stuff...

The Discovery Channel probes the dark side of death metal in a one-hour documentary aptly titled "Death Metal Music", which is scheduled to air tonight (Thursday the 14th) at 10 p.m. (with a repeat airing at 2:00 a.m. tomorrow) (see schedule at this location).

The film, which was produced by the BBC and which aired in the U.K. last November under the title "Death Metal Murders", investigates the possible links between death metal and a series of gruesome crimes from California to Italy. With exclusive access, the film tells the inside story of a violent satanic cult in Milan. Interviewed for the documentary were several musicians, including Glen Benton of DEICIDE, Necrobutcher of Norwegian black metal band MAYHEM, and self-confessed Swedish Satanists DISSECTION.

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Necrobutcher was one of the names I was considering for my cat.

[Chris]

Any of you ever see The Decline Of Western Civilization II?

It's the metal version sequel of the classic Penelope Spheris punk rock documentary The Decline Of Western Civilization. I haven't seen it in years, but from what I can remember, Lemmy and Blackie Lawless are in it.