Metal Lords

In METAL LORDS, awkward Kevin (Jaeden Martell) and intense Hunter (Adrian Greensmith) are teen best friends trying to start a metal band in time for their school's Battle of the Bands. But not just any metal band, a (in Hunter's words) "post-death doom metal" band called "Skullf--ker." Hunter shreds on guitar and has even written a song called "Machinery of Torment," but Kevin's drumming experience doesn't go much beyond what he knows from playing snare drum in the marching band. They also don't have a bass player, and the bullies in school give them a hard time. No matter, because Hunter has fixed ideas on the true meaning of "metal," and uses all of these experiences as teachable moments to school Kevin on the finer points of the music and lifestyle. Things change as Kevin befriends and then later dates Emily (Isis Hainsworth), a gifted cellist, and when Hunter rejects Kevin's idea to bring Emily into the group outright, his behavior grows increasingly erratic, straining his friendship with Kevin and causing his womanizing single father (Brett Gelman) to take drastic measures. As their world seems to be crashing around them, these three must find a way to settle their differences and find a way to emerge victorious in the Battle of the Bands.