Canadian philanthropist turned film-maker Sam Dunn (pictured below) is at it again with METAL EVOLUTION, the TV show.
A series of mini documentaries charting "metal" and it's evolution through time. He's covered a lot of bases already good on 'im, starting with "pre metal" and going through to NWOBHM, US metal, UK metal and (yuck) glam rock. Latest episode (for me to see so far) is all about THRASH - pretty much the best episode yet, possibly just because it's all about the shit I love!
Gary Holt wearing a Might Boosh t-shirt was worth it alone! Why is he suddenly the voice of Exodus? Must be his "star" moment with Slayer. I never appreciated Exodus much back in the day, which is why right now I am obtaining their back catalogue just to start again.
Very interesting to see how many bands that in my youth I considered the very apex of underground and alternative were actually just in fact about as major label as you could get, I mean all this became very obvious later in life when Metallica knocked out "Smell The Glove", Lars Ulrich sits there defending it, Testament and Exodus sit there and say "ooo it was wonderful" only Slayer's Dave Lombardo stands up to say "I threw that fucking album down the stairs".
"Slayer! Urrrrrrrrrrrrgh!"
Dave, a mate of mine took a fire-axe and smashed it up, you pussy. Slayer were kind of the only band that didn't wuss out during that whole time when Metallica turned into U2 and so therefore every other band had to follow suit or get dropped, and of course when every single thrash fan bar none in the world deiced that the genre was no any good and then suddenly grunge popped up. Slayer. Urrghhhh!
Mind you, I've said it before - Metallica's "Smell The Glove" album, a lot of people were bashing the ballad. C'mon, think about it, their two albums previous had ballads on them....the ballad was not the sell out point, a lot of "heavy" bands were whacking in ballads here and there, god knows why, it was the only thing the CD was ever good for "SKIP!".
Even Testament had made a ballad! This was from '89, two years before Metallica went there.
There was a Youtube comment on this video "What do Jews and metalheads have in common? They both like the Old Testament better"...lolz.
But...Chuck Billy as a sex object? Should see him now, looks like his face is shrinking.
Good little program anyway, we also got a visit over to Sweden to chat with Tompa about At The Gates and so on, he comes up with the great vision of that they really wanted to take what was there on the early thrash albums and transpose that. Blimey Tompa! You'll get thrown out of Sweden if you start parading that sort of free thought and ingenuity round these parts! Sit down, shut up, fit in. If you want to like metal you can only like the government approved ones, you know that.
Then Sam Dunn chats to IN FLAMES. Why?
Mind you, he does go a bit into the newer thrash bands coming out, most of which bore the shit out if me, they totally lack the anger and energy, it's just riffs and production, give me Acid Reign any day. But then you've got Lamb Of God who are totally ok in my books - one of them is even sporting an AMEBIX t-shirt, good man!
Anyway, next up is the episodes "Grunge" and "Nu Metal" but I am hoping that there will be some grindcore or death metal episodes too!
Watch episodes of METAL EVOLUTION by going here:
