Banger Films Official Blog

Fantastic news from Banger Films HQ in Toronto. The much anticipated documentary mini series Metal Evolution has been extended by 3 episodes after some very positive early reception. This brings the total series to 11 episodes which I’m sure will stretch into more as they begin to screen later next year. Along the current batch of genres getting a closer look will be episodes covering Early Metal US (Come on DEATH/MASSACRE!!), Early Metal UK and Progressive Metal.

Vh1 Classic picked up the documentary series following the success of the Iron Maiden and Rush documentary’s which established Banger Films as the goto group for high quality, engaging and uniquely positioned Heavy Metal film making.

There is very little press making it’s way to our pages but this should change as we flip to the new year and we start hearing more of the post production efforts of the editing team. Sam, Scot, Martin and the entire travelling film crew have been scouring the globe capturing new footage for the series. It is like pulling teeth trying to extract any juicy details from the crew so hold your breath, this will be epic!!  :)

As we know Metal Evolution is a Banger Films mini series which focus’s on the Heavy Metal Family tree which was featured in the documentary Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey and was also included in the Soundtrack Linear notes. Each episode will feature new footage and interviews based on one of these Genre’s. Along with styles such as Early Metal, Glam Metal, Shock Rock, Power Metal and Thrash Metal, three new episodes have been just announced (here) which will cover Early Metal UK, Early Metal US and Progressive Metal.

Peace Out

New York City – May 23, 2006

We traveled to NYC for our North American DVD release. It was great to finally see our DVD hit the shelves, especially because we put so much work in to the special features section. We are eager to hear what fans think of the extra Norwegian black metal doc, the interactive heavy metal family tree, and the extended interviews. We worked hard to put a disc together that could piece together the most discerning, die-hard-metaller.

The highlight of the trip was hanging with Mark Morton and Chris Adler of Lamb of God, who participated in a DVD signing session with us. They have always been very supportive of the film and have been helping us spread the word. Fans will obviously have different opinions of Lamb of God and their rise to (relative) popularity, but you can’t deny that they have worked their asses off and are exposing a whole new generation of kids to good old fashioned thrash metal (with a dash of Pantera, of course). Chris even played me a few advance tracks from the new album, “Sacrament”. Sounded great, folks; you’re in for a treat…