Documentaries

Documentaries

Get ready to explore the gritty, no-holds-barred world of metal through the lens of some of the most captivating and badass documentaries around. From tales of legendary bands to deep dives into the origins of the genre, we've got everything you need to satisfy your hunger for metal knowledge.

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Documentaries
  • Kreator: Hate & Hope

    Movie

    To their fans worldwide, they are gods, but their music seems possessed by the devil—more aggressive, faster, and more uncompromising than others. The German band KREATOR has long since reached the pinnacle of the thrash metal scene. The film KREATOR – HATE & HOPE tells the forty-year history of ...

  • The Art Of Destruction

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    The Art of Destruction Destruction is one of the oldest and still most active German thrash metal bands. Founded in 1982 in Weil am Rhein in southern Baden, the band is one of the “Big Four” of German thrash metal together with Kreator, Sodom and Tankard and is one of the spearheads of the genre ...

  • Total Thrash: The Teutonic Story

    Movie + 4 extras

    The documentary delves into the social and cultural world of the German youth in the 80s and shows a generation that wanted to break out of the existing structures, be different and stand out.

    Be part of the breathtaking journey through 40 years of german thrash metal and see bands like Kreator...

  • Get Thrashed! The Story Of Thrash Metal

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    Featuring the biggest bands in heavy metal music, Get Thrashed! covers the origins, cultural impact, and musical influence of Thrash Metal. Told first-hand by the members of bands like Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, as well as using raw, original show footage. Along the way we witness the drugs...

  • Get Thrashed: Around The World

    Movie

    Get Thrashed: Around The World
    90+ minutes of bonus content (not available on original release!)

  • Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story

    Movie

    In the early 1980's, a small group of dedicated Bay Area headbangers shunned the hard rock of MTV and Hollywood hairspray bands in favor of a more dangerous brand of metal that became known as thrash! Director Adam Dubin captures the rocking early days featuring interviews with Metallica, Megadet...

  • Death Angel - A Thrashumentary (Full)

    Not every band can rise up to be musical legends, but every once in a while a group is able to exceed all expectations and define the boundaries of a genre. Among one of the youngest bands ever to storm the metal world, Death Angel have come to be known as one of the most influential bands to eme...

  • Harley Flanagan: Wired For Chaos

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    Harley Flanagan is a Punk Rock/Hardcore legend, known as the father of New York City Hardcore and the founder of the pioneering band Cro-Mags. From his harsh childhood on the burnt-out Lower East Side, Harley burst onto the Punk scene in 1979 at age 11 as drummer for his aunt's band, The Stimulat...

  • Anvil! The Story Of Anvil

    Movie

    A documentary that follows the heavy metal band Anvil, who influenced some of the biggest names in rock only to fall into relative obscurity. The band reflects on failure and friendship as they record a new album and embark on a worldwide tour.

  • Bay Area Godfathers

    The riveting insider story of the Bay Area metal scene that gave rise to many mavericks of metal today. Featuring in-depth interviews with Bay Area metal icons and pivotal players - musicians, managers, journalists and label execs. MetalRock Films takes you on a transcendental journey into heavy ...

  • Septic Flesh - The Great Mass Documentary

    More than just a making off. This is a full blow on Documentary with in depth interviews and more.

    The documentary was a bonus DVD that came with the special edition of The Great Mass album.

  • Chaostar - Anomimata

    Documentary about the making of Anomima - by Chaostar, a classical project by Christos Antoniou from Septicflesh.

    Anomima (2013) is a critically acclaimed album by Chaostar, the neoclassical/operatic side-project of Septicflesh guitarist Christos Antoniou. It features a blend of Byzantine music,...

  • This Was My Life

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    This Was My Life: Nick Menza's Metal Memories with Megadeth and Beyond explores the life, music, and enduring legacy of Nick Menza, the legendary drummer best known for his work with the thrash metal band Megadeth. Through touching personal anecdotes and rare footage, the documentary celebrates N...

  • Bay Area Godfathers part 2

    Part two of Bay Area Godfathers continues where Part 1 left off, continuing the sensational story of the Bay Area metal scene that gave rise to many mavericks of metal today. Featuring in-depth interviews and outlandish stories from Bay Area metal icons including musicians, DJs, journalists and l...

  • Metal Massacre, The Story Behind The Legendary Album

    Movie

    Packed with all-star interviews, rare photos, the film tells the story of the groundbreaking 1982 Metal Massacre vinyl compilation-a sonic celebration of the burgeoning Los Angeles Metal scene, which helped launch the careers of iconic acts Metallica and Ratt, and ultimately led to the birth of t...

  • God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (Subtitles)

    Ozzy Osbournes’ four-decade track record as a culturally relevant musical artist is unprecedented, but his personal struggles have been shrouded in myth and secrecy. In some ways, Ozzy’s fame has been predicated on his prodigious drug and alcohol intake, his musical accomplishments overshadowed b...

  • Scream For Me Sarajevo

    Scream For Me Sarajevo is the story of the most unlikely of rock concerts, performed by Bruce Dickinson and his band Skunkworks in 1994, in the midst of the Siege of Sarajevo. This is a film about extraordinary people defying the horrors of war, and the musicians who risked their lives to play a ...

  • Death Reigns

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    In the first and only documentary about the underground metal scene in the American Bible belt, radio hosts Raven Moonla and Zach Moonshine organize a grassroots heavy metal festival while building a community of outsiders and confronting threats from far right religious activists who plot to shu...

  • Rodrigo Y Gabriela

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    Rodrigo y Gabriela are a Mexican acoustic guitar duo whose music is influenced by a number of genres including nuevo flamenco, rock, and heavy metal. The duo's recordings consist largely of instrumental duets on the flamenco guitar.

  • Death - Death By Metal

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    Here comes DEATH's probing and pulsing rock doc, DEATH BY METAL, pulling back the palm fronds of DEATH's origins in Altamonte Springs, Florida, and latching a narrative hook into the headstrong Chuck Schuldiner juggernaut for fifteen gratifying if sometimes frustrating years. As the baby steps be...

  • Brian Slagel - An Exclusive interview for Thunderflix

    With the excitement of adding Metal Blade Records to Thunderflix, we decided to do a bad ass interview, with great footage on top of the conversation we had with the one and only Brian Slagel.

  • Growling Mountains

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    In Nepal, the metal scene is thriving. From its beginning at the end of the 90s, where only a few bands existed, the scene has spread to around forty active bands. The film meets five of them and actors of that underground movement. A generation of Nepalese who wants to get emancipated from tradi...

  • Cream

    Movie

    Cream, the world's first 'supergroup stunned the pop world when it burst on the Swinging Sixties. This fully authorized feature Documentary (only one of its kind) tells their full and authentic story.

  • The Story Of Chris Holmes Mean Man

    Movie

    The story of an iconic guitar player who has lived a life of extreme highs and lows.

    After losing the publishing rights of his own songs and combatting dangerous addictions, the legendary W.A.S.P. guitarist is shown starting over from scratch while living at his mother-in-law’s in Cannes, Franc...