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Episodes (12)

Pre-Metal
S01E01 · Pre-Metal

Nov 11, 2011

Tracing the origins of metal is a phantasmagoric odyssey that traverses cities and countries, oceans and continents. From Memphis' Sun Studio to The Kinks in England.

Early Metal US
S01E02 · Early Metal US

Nov 19, 2011

Darker, heavier music in the sounds of Steppenwolf and Blue Cheer. Followed by the inspired and inspiring sound of Kiss and Aerosmith. Van Halen begins a decade's worth of dominance for the uniquely party hardy metal of America.

Early Metal UK
S01E03 · Early Metal UK

Dec 03, 2011

Pouncing on the power of heavy metal, bands such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Trapeze and Slade were crafting their own loud sounds in response to the bleak industrial environment of Britain's Midlands.

New Wave of British Heavy Metal
S01E04 · New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Dec 10, 2011

Heavy metal was now boldly out of the closet, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Saxon, Raven and Def Leppard seethed out of the gates with fast, technical, uncompromising metal music, building a fanatical, energized movement.

Glam Metal
S01E05 · Glam Metal

Dec 17, 2011

Purveyors of glam such as Bon Jovi, Cinderella and Quiet Riot will divulge their side of the story, revealing the attitudes, influences and decisions which guided them during those days of rampant excess on L.A.'s sunset strip.

Thrash
S01E06 · Thrash

Dec 31, 2011

Next in the evolution of Metal comes a virulent strain called thrash, with the likes of Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax wreaking vengeance on hook and melody through a rhythmic discipline executed at breakneck tempos topped by harshly barked vocals.

Grunge
S01E07 · Grunge

Jan 07, 2012

While grunge was enjoying its meteoric rise, replacing the MTV face of Metal that was glam with its own brand of telegenic, easy to digest "rebellion," diehards within the Metal community struggled to adjust.

Nu Metal
S01E08 · Nu Metal

Jan 14, 2012

Sam Dunn chronicles the rise and fall of nu metal; starting with pivotal acts Rage Against The Machine, Faith No More and Tool and continuing to pioneering nu metal artists like Korn and Deftones.

Shock Rock
S01E09 · Shock Rock

Jan 21, 2012

Starting with the ringmaster of mayhem himself, Alice Cooper, we visit a world of guillotines and gallows, electrocutions and sorcery. We'll then learn how NYC's Kiss dethroned Cooper by taking spectacle one giant leap forward.

Power Metal
S01E10 · Power Metal

Jan 28, 2012

Sam runs into his old friend Ronnie James Dio, who guides him into the fantastical world of power metal, where masculine tales of heroism and epic battles, dragon-slaying and sorcery, burn into the the imaginations of young men.

Progressive Metal
S01E11 · Progressive Metal

Feb 04, 2012

A genre that takes root with the likes of Rush in the '70s, Queensryche and Fates Warning in the '80s, and Dream Theater in the '90s. Since then, the genre has exploded with creativity, spawning mind-bending, genre-defying acts.

Extreme Metal
S01E12 · Extreme Metal

Mar 07, 2014

The episode is about the most radical subgenres of metal: death metal, black metal, doom metal). The episode take a chance to discover the roots of the extreme metal and the connections to other metal genres.

About

Metal Evolution Season 1 (2011) is released on Nov 11, 2011. Watch Metal Evolution online - the English Documentary TV series from Canada. Metal Evolution is directed by Sam Dunn,Scot McFadyen and created by Felipe Belalcazar with Sam Dunn and Slash. Metal Evolution is available online on Apple TV and Amazon Video.

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Эволюция метала, Metal Evolution(English), Hårdrockens historia, Metal Evolution, ADN du métal(French)

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Canada

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Banger Films

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