Reasons why I did not like the first one (this isn't even a rant, it's just a brief summary)
Too much focus on glam metal
Too much focus on modern metal
Not enough focus on the first wave of black metal. It was cool that they talked about Venom, but how come they only showed a picture of Mercyful Fate? That band was every bit, if not more influential than the mighty Venom. WHat about Bathory, Celtic Frost/Hellhammer, Tormentor, even Sodom!
Not enough focus on the black metal scene. A 30 second interview with a wasted Necrobutcher does not count as a Mayhem interview. Why not try to get Necrobutcher at a time when he's sober? WHy not interview Hellhammer? Why not interview Maniac? If he interviewed Attila, he could have done Tormentor and Mayhem at one shot!
I can understand interviewing Gorgoroth, but Gaahl from Gorgoroth? I could have told you what that nutcase would have answered. The guy is clinically insane, how could any journalist interview someone like that and use him as a representative of black metal? Why not interview King Ov Hell or Infernus? Why not spend more time with the Enslaved and Emperor guys? What about Darkthrone? If he interviewed Fenriz or Nocturno Culto, I don't even remember it.
Black metal is also not "Wagner meets thrash meets punk". Black metal was originally structured after punk, folk and techno (yes, Euronymous structured a lot of Mayhem's old songs after techno music). The classical influence was incorporated later on. Even if you look at Dimmu Borgir, they started out playing folk black metal, not Wagnerish black metal. Same thing with Emperor. Garm called Ulver's Bergtatt as their attempt at classical black metal, but that was very folk influenced as well.
If traditional second wave black metal was based on any classical composer, it was Grieg, which is very different.
Oh yeah, don't put Cradle Of Filth on the list of black metal.
Where was the focus on death metal? That was like such a short focus before they went to this metalcore shit. Why not talk about Death? What about other influential death and tech death metal bands?
That documentary gave very vague information that anyone with any kind of metal knowledge what so ever could have easily told you. Instead, it just furthers the stereotypes that are associated with metal.
But if for the second one he is really going to do Melechesh and Orphaned Land, I will check it out.
, this is very odd. are they trying to make their movie a big joke ?
