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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MovieTruth To Power
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Millions fill stadiums across the world for the sound of Serj Tankian, the Grammy-winning lead singer of System Of A Down. With exclusive interviews, adventures, and original footage personally filmed by Serj, TRUTH TO POWER allows audiences backstage access to an international rock star whose ...
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Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Virtually unknown to mainstream audiences for 2 decades Heavy Metal Parking Lot was a VHS bootleg favorite among musicians, movie stars and cult-video fanatics worldwide. This film is a pristine digital-video transfer of the original uncut 16-minute documentary.
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Adam The Apostate / Nergal The Heretic
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From his humble beginnings in Cold-war Poland to global fame, striving for musical excellence throughout the ignominies of life-threatening illness and dubious legal battles, Adam Nergal Darski has many faces.
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MovieUntil The Light Takes Us
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Until The Light Takes Us tells the story of black metal. Part music scene and part cultural uprising, black metal rose to worldwide notoriety in the mid-nineties when a rash of suicides, murders, and church burnings accompanied the explosive artistic growth and output of a music scene that would ...
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Movie1985 Indestructible
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This documentary examines the metal band Forcer, anxious to do whatever it takes to succeed in the music business. The story follows the band as they are featured at huge outdoor Maryland parties drawing the attention of local authorities.
Eventually they commandeered a rental truck and headed ...
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Tension 25 Years Underground
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Tension: 25 Years Underground chronicles the band's rise in popularity and how, even through several line-up changes, they stuck to their guns and refused to bow to the demands of record companies.
The film leaves you wondering what would have happened to Tension if they had 'sold out' and made...
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DEADGUY: KILLING MUSIC
This authorized documentary chronicles the chaotic and short-lived career of the band Deadguy and their influential hardcore album "Fixation on a Coworker". Featuring new interviews, never before seen footage, unearthed recordings and more.
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TODAY IS THE DAY - LIVE IN JAPAN
Take a psychotic trip down memory lane with Today Is The Day front man Steve Austin as he recalls hanging with Slayer, Joey Jordison of Slipknot and BEAST FEAST, the legendary Japanese metal festival. Featuring backstage footage and remastered live set.
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MovieMusic Blood And Spirit
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A biographical portrait of Erik "E" Danielsson from the controversial black metal act Watain. Who is the man behind the corpse paint? What does religion, magic and black metal mean to him? Blood, fire and death!
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Death - Death By Metal (Español)
La velocidad y la ferocidad ardientes de Death solo fueron igualadas por la inquebrantable determinación de Chuck de realizar la interpretación más rompedora del Heavy Metal. Entrevistas exclusivas cuentan, por primera vez en una película, la historia de Chuck Schuldiner y su legado a través de l...
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MovieCold Void
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A short arthouse documentary about mental illness as seen through the eyes of Niklas Kvarforth of Shining. Cold Void is a personal portrayal of the man behind headlines of suicide, drugs and self-destruction. Addiction, bipolar disorder, passion and schizophrenia.
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1 itemHeavy Metal Parking Lot
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Virtually unknown to mainstream audiences for 2 decades Heavy Metal Parking Lot was a VHS bootleg favorite among musicians, movie stars and cult-video fanatics worldwide. This film is a pristine digital-video transfer of the original uncut 16-minute documentary, plus over 2 hours of exclusive con...
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Rat Skates: Born In The Basement
This engaging documentary about the birth of Overkill and the Thrash scene is told by Overkill's founding drummer RAT SKATES. In 1980, the East Coast of North America experienced a massive culture clash of Punk, Disco, Stoner Music, New Wave and Heavy Metal. Frustrated by this Suburban identity c...
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Kiss Loves You
Ten years in the making, KISS Loves You is a film that began back in 1994 when the band KISS was at a career low and KISS fans around the world were starting tribute bands, uniting at unofficial KISS Conventions and growing increasingly more nostalgic for the 70's era classic KISS line-up. The ze...
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Metallica - Phantom Puppets
The film contains many never-seen-before interviews of Metal icons METALLICA, exploring the true lives of these larger-than-life heroes. The footage reveals how the biggest phenomena in the Metal world has managed to keep their feet fixed firmy on the ground regardless of all the massive media at...
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Inside Metal: The LA Metal Scene Explodes
Inside Metal is a documentary series dedicated to Heavy Metal music and its diverse array of styles and genres. LA Metal Scene Explodes is the second, two-volume title in the Inside Metal series. Featuring in-depth interviews with metal icons such as Lars Ulrich, Stephen Pearcy, Mike Inez, Carlos...
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Inside Metal: The LA Metal Scene Explodes II
Inside Metal is a riveting documentary series dedicated to Heavy Metal music and its diverse array of musical styles and genres. LA Metal Scene Explodes is the second, two-volume title in the Inside Metal documentary film series which begins where the critically acclaimed debut movie, Pioneers of...
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Inside Metal: The Rise Of L.A. Thrash Metal
The San Francisco Bay Area has long been named as the epicenter for Thrash Metal and LA is invariably considered the Hair-Metal capitol. The fact is, LA is the birthplace of 3 out of the "Big 4" (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth) as well as the breeding ground for many of speed/thrash/ bands. Featurin...
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Inside Metal: The Rise Of L.A. Thrash Metal 2
LA is the birthplace of 3 out of the "Big 4" (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth) Thrash bands as well as the breeding ground for many of speed/thrash/ bands. So why is it that L.A. thrash metal has taken a backseat to NorCal Bay Area bands' This is one of many topics that are revealed in Part Two of th...
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Black Metal Satanica
BLACK METAL SATANICA is an in-depth documentary capturing the dark, mystical and evil history of the Black Metal genre. Based on Scandinavian Viking lore, Black Metal borrows from ancient Viking melodies, lyrics and mythology dating back to the 11th century. The new wave of Black Metal heroes giv...
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2 itemsMetal Retardation Volume 4
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Bands get interviewed in a pull-your-pants-down style, which shows the personality of the band rather than sales points of the latest album. Enjoy watching the verbal torture of Cannibal Corpse, My Dying Bride, Septic Flesh, Sanctuary, Leaves' Eyes, Finntroll, Esoteric, and more.
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Pagan Metal A Documentary
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Pagan/Folk Metal has been growing in popularity, and has overthrown Black Metal in Europe. These bands have tested the American shores and have played sold-out shows. The time has come to explore this invasion. This is the first documentary about Pagan/Folk Metal that has ever been made, and it f...
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Pirates Of The Airwaves - The WSOU Story
WSOU 89.5 FM Seton Hall University's Pirate Radio has broadcasted for 65+ years & 25 of those years with a Metal format! We love a great underdog story, and the history of WSOU flows through that very vein. Legends such as Slayer's Tom Araya, Killswitch Engage, Overkill's Bobby Blitz, Neil Fallon...
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Music Blood And Spirit
A biographical portrait of Erik "E" Danielsson from the controversial black metal act Watain. Who is the man behind the corpse paint? What does religion, magic and black metal mean to him? Blood, fire and death!
