All right, saw it. It left me feeling the same way as "Headbanger's Journey." You watch it. You enjoy the interviews. But at the end, you think, "What was the point of that?" In Headbanger's Journey he tried to find why metal is such a social stigma. I think he barely even talked about it, talking more about the Parental Advisory label and church burnings, the former of which wasn't exclusively related to metal. And outside of the metal community and probably Norway, most people don't seem to know about the church burnings in Norway.
This one had even less direction. I guess it was to discuss the evolution of black metal. It had an okay start, but never really hit any landmark points. It never discussed its affect on society or society's reaction in great detail. It only went over a few bands in detail. It mostly just name dropped throughout. It ends with saying "Black metal is exciting to continue to follow because it has a future." Wow. Deep. Too bad it didn't describe its past or present too well.
These documentaries seem to lack proper insight. They don't truly discuss how it fits into society. The guy who did the first one is supposed to be an anthropologist. I'm sure he filmed tons and had plenty more things to say, but he didn't really answer his own question with his film. This black metal one was the same way. It discussed the history of black metal by talking about Black Widow, Venom, Emperor, and Mayhem then name dropping like 50 other bands, often in lists.
I dunno. Just not wowed. Something's missing.
