The documentary about globalization of Norwegian Black metal that tells a story of four musicians playing the obscure and extreme sub-genre of metal originating from the cold and dark Norway. While all the stories are interesting and tell their own sides of modern black metal, the film does not really go deeper into delving into the subject matter and leaves it to the viewer. Technically the film is not very interesting as it follows a basic TV/journalistic documentary formula. The length is not really justified, though there are some really interesting scenes in the film among some dull and repetitive moments. There are more entertaining looks into the music genre in the film world but if you are interested in the globalization aspect, this could be of interest.
2 Reviews
Great story. Bad storytelling.
BandSAboutMovies22 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Hector draws pentagrams and is from Colombia. Sina is from Iran, where even liking black metal, not to mention being in a band, could get him jailed or worse. Kaiadas is a member of the Greek parliament as part of the Golden Dawn party, which has praised Nazis and takes a hard right stance (this is glossed over in the film). What draws them together is a metal festival in Norway and their love of where black metal was twenty years ago.
While the movie begins with a really interesting scene of a guy explaining to kids what blackpackers are - black metal fans who come to see places they've only listened to or read about - the rest of the film is pretty basic, sad to say.
The only scene that I really enjoyed was when the mayor of the town introduced the festival in the most friendly and least metal way possible. Decades ago, churches burned and people lived in fear, but today, black metal is commodified tourism, loved by the manchildren in this film. Only Sina comes off as someone who uses metal as an escape from a truly horrifying life.
While the movie begins with a really interesting scene of a guy explaining to kids what blackpackers are - black metal fans who come to see places they've only listened to or read about - the rest of the film is pretty basic, sad to say.
The only scene that I really enjoyed was when the mayor of the town introduced the festival in the most friendly and least metal way possible. Decades ago, churches burned and people lived in fear, but today, black metal is commodified tourism, loved by the manchildren in this film. Only Sina comes off as someone who uses metal as an escape from a truly horrifying life.
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