Name: Metal Evolution
Released: 2011-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Sam Dunn

Available on Prime Video

METAL EVOLUTION is the most comprehensive series ever made on the history of heavy metal and hard rock. The series is based on the groundbreaking and much-debated “Heavy Metal Family Tree” – a chart that details the lineage of heavy metal – from Early Metal, Shock Rock and Thrash to Progressive Metal, Grunge and Nu Metal.

Documentary · 2011 · 44 min

Starring Sam Dunn

Director Sam Dunn , Scot McFadyen

EPISODE 1

Pre-Metal

Tracing the origins of metal is a phantasmagoric odyssey that traverses cities and countries, oceans and continents. From Memphis' Sun Studio to The Kinks in England.

41 min · 11 Nov 2011
EPISODE 2

Early Metal Part 1: US Division

Darker, heavier music; Steppenwolf; Blue Cheer; Kiss; Aerosmith; Van Halen.

41 min · 19 Nov 2011
EPISODE 3

Early Metal Part 2: UK Division

The power of heavy metal; bands include Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Trapeze and Slade; the bleak industrial environment of Britain's midlands inspires music.

41 min · 3 Dec 2011
EPISODE 4

New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Saxon, Raven and Def Leppard produce uncompromising metal music.

41 min · 10 Dec 2011
EPISODE 5

Glam Metal

Glam Metal's androgynous roots, looking back to early Greek myth right up to David Bowie and T. Rex.

40 min · 17 Dec 2011
EPISODE 6

Thrash

The thrash movement; Judas Priest; Accept; Motorhead; Metallica; Anthrax.

42 min · 31 Dec 2011

Sam Dunn

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Sam Dunn

Director
Scot McFadyen

Director
Sam Dunn

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Scot McFadyen

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Ralph Chapman

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