Monday, May 1st, 2006
Metal: A Headbangers Journey
The makers of ‘Glastonbury: The Movie’ should take note - this is what a music documentary should be like. This one was interesting, entertaining, had structure, but most of all had a point! The film was made by a 30-year-old anthropologist (who luckily explained what this meant - it’s someone who studies human cultures) who is also a big metal fan. He travels the world meeting fans as well as heroes such as Bruce Dickinson, Alice Cooper and Ronnie James Dio, trying to find out why metal is constantly being stereotyped by the general public. He explores the range of different sub-genres (Black Metal, Death Metal, Shock Rock, Extreme Metal to name but a few) as well as the roots of the music itself, going all the way back to the classical days of Wagner and Mozart. Seriously.
A must for any metal fan, whatever sub-genre, for the (obviously) brilliant soundtrack if nothing else!
[tags]film,movie,heavy metal,rock,headbanger[/tags]
