MetaFilter posts tagged with heavymetal

Italian metal band Fratello Metallo's lead singer is a Capuchin friar

homelystar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:12:04 -0800

Br. Cesare Bonizzi, "the heavy metal friar"(watch out for the volume on that last link), says he was inspired by the energy of Metallica and that he is not trying to convert anyone to Christianity, but rather to "convert [listeners] to life" and get them to live their lives "full stop."

'Danger Of Death'

fearfulsymmetry — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:46:36 -0800

In Bed With Chris Needham (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) A BBC video-diary documentary from 1991 depicting the trails and tribulations of a teenage metal fan as he tries to knock his band, Manslaughter, into shape for its first gig, with many digressions into his philosophy of life along the way. Some NSFW swearing. In-depth review. Recent long interview with Chris Needham. The Official Chris Needham Website.

LOLMusicFans

empath — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:22:41 -0800

Heavy Metal Parking Lot, 1986 -- Raver Bathroom, 2001.

If you don't like metal, you are not my friend

auralcoral — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:14:08 -0800

New England's best metal site has now gone national.

Thrash out!

Life Is Sketch Comedy and God and the Bible

boost ventilator — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:29:23 -0800

Mr. Show skits that became reality . (Warning: mature language)

M is for Metal. Thats good enough for me.

jason's_planet — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:31:27 -0800

Cookie Monster’s Heavy Metal Groove. (T-N-T! I’M DY-NO-MITE!)

Heavy Metal Skeletons in the Closet

jonp72 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:21:25 -0800

This cheesy 1979 promo film from the group, Blackjack, offers a glimpse into the hard rock past of balladeer Michael Bolton, which also includes a co-writing credit for a Top 40 hit by Kiss. Similarly, Bill Joel disavows the days when he posed in medieval armor next to slabs of raw beef on the cover of the self-titled album by Joel's heavy metal duo, Attila, although Julian Cope is a fan of the album and its Deep Purplish vibes (check out Holy Moses and Wonder Woman). To round out the trifecta, we have Tori Amos who got marketed as the metal-chick frontwoman of Y Kant Tori Read (check out the video for The Big Picture). On the other hand, metalheads have the opposite problem of hiding their pop past. Examples include the industrial metal band Ministry's early days as a new wave synth act and Tommy Iommi's brief tenure as a member of Jethro Tull before becoming lead guitarist of Black Sabbath. Meanwhile, Bon Scott, the late lead singer of AC/DC, is probably spinning in his grave over the YouTube footage of him as an Australian teen idol and a bearded hippie with a recorder.

Heavy Metal Good Triumphs Over Animatronic Evil

Kattullus — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:55:27 -0800

Epic battle between John Mikl Thor and animatronic Satan! This is from Rock n' Roll Nightmare (a movie so good it has fans) starring "Legendary Rock Warrior" John Mikl Thor (previously of MetaFilter). WFMU's Beware of the Blog has more information on John Mikl Thor and many clips from the movie as well as a clip of Thor performing on The Mike Douglas Show in 1976 [qt].

Black Metal? Norway? Yes Way!

jonp72 — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:24:54 -0800

Satan Rides the Media is a documentary about the Norwegian black metal scene and the notorious Varg Vikernes, founder of the one-man band, Burzum. In 1993, Vikernes was convicted for a series of church burnings and the murder of Øystein Aarseth a.k.a. Euronymous of the band Mayhem. Varg's crimes inspired both copycat arsons and the book Lords of Chaos, which led one book reviewer to make the claim that neoconservatism is totally black metal. But if that doesn't quench your thirst for demoniac documentaries, you can always check out the grindhouse flick Satanis, Anton Lavey in a kiddie promo clip to sell Satanism, and Geraldo Exploring Satan's Underground (Parts 1 and 2).

Godlike

unSane — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:36:06 -0800

Thor. More Thor. Yet more Thor. More and more Thor. Thor Store. Thor of yore.