All Episodes of Heavy: The Story of Metal

Season 1

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  Welcome to my Nightmare

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/22/2006

  "Welcome To My Nightmare" traces metal's roots in the late-60's in the bombed-out industrial town of Birmingham England to the spectacular rise of Kiss and "glam metal" in the early 70's.

  Director: Michael John Warren

  Writer: Tom Coppola, Matt Maranz, Mike Stivala, Eliza Kurtz

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  British Steel

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/23/2006

  "British Steel" examines metal's growing pains during the 70's when both high-brow rock critics and punk rock threatened its very existence. By decade's end, bands such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Def Leppard gave birth to what became known as "The New Wave of British Heavy Metal."

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  Looks that Kill

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/24/2006

  "Looks That Kill" sees metal thrive in, of all places, sunny California. Quiet Riot, Motley Crue - it's the world of metal on the sunset strip. And, keeping everyone's Jacuzzi-soaked ego in check, a little film called Spinal Tap emerges.

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  Seek and Destroy

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/25/2006

  "Seek and Destroy". takes a walk on the dark side: Guns N' Roses, Metallica, thrash, Nu metal (Korn, Limp Bizkit), and how the music and images of Marilyn Manson became associated with the Columbine massacre.

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