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All Episodes of Heavy: The Story of Metal

Heavy: The Story of Metal is a four-part documentary special that aired on VH1 in 2006. The series focuses on the origins, subgenres, and the bands...
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Season 1

  • Welcome to my Nightmare
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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: Matt Maranz, Eliza Kurtz, Tom Coppola, Mike Stivala

  • British Steel
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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."

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Looks that Kill
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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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Seek and Destroy
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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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown