Metal Evolution
Metal Evolution is a documentary series about the development of musical genres heavy metal from the year 2011. Was produced the series by Canadian company Banger Films for the music channel VH1, was directed by Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, who are also responsible for the screenplay. In a total of eleven 45 -minute episodes of the history of Heavy Metal is the late 1960s, traced from its origins to the present.
Background
The idea and concept are based on the "Metal Evolution Tree ", Dunn and McFadyen within the project Metal - A Headbanger's Journey had developed. The two filmmakers had the music channel VH1 Classic a show in which they have already conducted interviews with personalities from the Rock and Metal. When she spoke to the transmitter through other projects, the idea for a documentary series about the Heavy Metal was born. VH1 was enthusiastic about the idea, and so originated eleven independent films about the different development phases and subgenres of heavy metal. Will moderate the films of Sam Dunn and there are excerpts from concerts of metal bands as well as interviews with famous musicians shown, label owners and music journalists. The English Air Date was from November 2011 at the Canadian music channel Much More as well as the American VH1 Classic, the German language from November 2012 at iM1. The series was nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards 2013 in the category of Best Documentary. In March 2012, the series was released on DVD. 2012 announced Banger on film, wanting under the title The Lost Episode turn a twelfth part of the documentation that deals with the Extreme Metal. As part of a fundraising campaign around 40,000 U.S. dollars were collected to be used for the completion of this episode in the course of 2013.
Reviews
Although the Ox- Fanzine praises the idea, but criticized the absence of the extreme varieties of Heavy Metal like Death Metal or Black Metal. So be it, the creators have failed satisfactorily implement the concept and it remains a " stale aftertaste ":
" My concept to explain the development of metal music with historical pedigrees, but they could not implement completely satisfactory. "Metal Evolution" shows the origins, growth and crises of the genre from the sixties to today through interviews, archival footage and Dunn's comments sometimes intense, sometimes only anreißend, but the decision to devote several sub-genres depending on a sequence primary, tearing holes in the story. "
Similar criticism it sees the anvil Mag, the series will be focusing too much on the well-known bands and musicians such as Slayer, Metallica and Iron Maiden, while almost completely neglecting the Underground. But the magazine sees Metal Evolution positive overall:
" For real insider there is not much ground breaking to discover new things, but if one looks at the documentary, you get infinitely more pleasure to hang up the old records. "