Monday, July 17, 2006

Heavy Metal- A Headbanger's Journey!!!!!

I just watched this documentary made by Sam Dunn who is a die-hard metal fan and also happens to be an anthropologist. So he set out on a journey to explore the history of hard metal and to defend it against accusations of provoking voilence, nudity and suicides. His journey is not only unique but also a thought provoking one.
He explores metal right from the start when "Black Sabbath" first played the devil's tritone to the modern monsters of satanist rock. And his entire journey is not just a single sided perspective(in spite of my firm belief that anthropologists are biggest fact twisters!), but it allows one to see flip side as well through which a non-die-hard fan can explore. One can learn to appreciate a die hard rocker's perspective. He can explore new horizons that redefine masculinity and also help himself dispel the inbuilt reservations regarding the satanist or devil's music.
He explores some of the most controversial bands like twisted sister and the black metal bands of Norway.(who have even gone to the extent of burning churches!). He even differentiates the halloween bands like Venom from the different genre of satanic ones and traces their genealogy and inspirations behind them.
This documentary surely is capable of turning even non-believers to die hard heavy metal fans.

Biggest quality of heavy metal is that(as one metal fan in the documentary says),"It's a music that doesn't judges me, doesn't criticizes me. It's just always there for me!".
Heavy metal empowers. So I guess that it's time for getting more empowered and here I go searching for more heavy metal records....!

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