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Disappointed. History of Thrash? More like an Encyclopedia!

posted 16 years ago by metal_inquisitor666
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Am I the only one who is disappointed?

No question it was a great watch but where is the history of Thrash Metal?
All they do is talk about well-known bands, I would have hoped to hear of some stuff not everybody has heard. Also, what does this has to do with history?
I expected them to talk about Diamond Head, Mercyful Fate, Venom, Motorhead, Judas Priest, etc. and how the genre started and got influenced by those.

Don't get me wrong, it was fun but....this is an encyclopedia of bands on DVD, you don't get any historical facts or anything.

PS: i have about 30 mins of the specials left to watch and so far they have not talked about Blind Illusion, to me the first supergroup of Thrash and an important band.

PSS: Thanks for mostly ignoring Europe, all they did is talk for 2 mins about Kreator and Sodom with a short Celtic Frost mention. I could have gotten more info on any band online by just googling for 2 mins. Also, where is Canada? There is just a brief mention. Canada IMO had better bands than the New York Scene.

The Vio-Lence DVD was more of a Thrash Metal history than this DVD.

Just get it if you are looking for an encyclopedia on Thrash and are too lazy to read.

Thrash die-hards like me will enjoy this but really, been there done that! We could have all lived witout this

[–] jeansebastienproulx 16 years ago

Blind Illusion, the 1st super group of trash? hmmm, I have a tape called The Sane Asylum, if I remember right, and I was not too impressed by it...But I haven't listen to it in many years...I remember Les Claypool and Larry Lalonde are on it (Lalonde being an ex-Possessed member and they are both Primus members). Please metal inquisitor 666, can you tell a little bit more about BI? What year they started, how many albums, tour, etc...If you don't mind. Cheers!

[–] metal_inquisitor666 16 years ago

by Super group I dont mean a band with a status like Slayer or Metallica but a band that had famous members. Blind Illusion had Possessed, Heathen, Primus members and probably even more bands. So the fact that this band had already members from established bands makes them a "super group". The sane Asylum is their only album (sadly) and even though you might not have liked it, it is an underground classic that used to sell on ebay for lots of $. Since the album has been rereleased the prices went down though. The Sane Asylum was praised for being a different approach to Thrash Metal, that might be why you might not have enjoyed it that much. It was pretty technical with weird structures, jazz elements etc. Remember, nowadays you might think differently but this album came out in 87 i believe and the band had been around since 78 or so. this was years before Dream Theatre, Cynic and other bands that took Metal to another level of technical perfection.

I hope I was able to clear up. As for the touring activities of BI, i have no clue. I know they played a few gigs but I guess that was basically it as most members were busy with their number 1 bands. A second album was going to be recorded, a demo of it floats around but it never got released. Recently the band reunited and plans of a second album have been confirmed but I havent heard any news from the band in 2 years, so I guess they faded again

[–] jeansebastienproulx 15 years ago

Thanx buddy. I will listen to it soon...Maybe I have an other opinion about it.

[–] LosMagandos76 15 years ago

I actually thought the 90 minutes of extras was better than the documentary !!! Way better bands !!!

"If the milk turns out to be sour, I ain't the kinda pussy to drink it." -Mr Rory Breaker

[–] Kredom 15 years ago

I was very disappointed too. Not only just because it didn't have enough history, but also because pretty much 80% of it was musicians sitting there and telling what bands they like. And why the hell was that Slipknot dude in it? I know they probably are influences by some tharsh metal bands, but they had more than enough naterial to skip it. There are tons of other musicians and bands/genres that are influces by Slayer and Metallica so it just showed how American this documentary was and focused way too much on newer American metal styles like Lamb of God.

[–] legnadibrom 15 years ago

yeah, what the funk was that idiot from slipknot doing providing more commentary than anyone else?
no one gives a freak what he has to say about thrash

http://www.last.fm/music/Disuse

[–] Silent_Bob01 15 years ago

Well, first of all, I don't think that Corey Taylor was on-camera the most of all the contributors.

Secondly, even though I have absolutely no interest in Slipknot, I thought Taylor was very well-spoken and showed a great amount of passion for thrash metal.

That's not a bad thing.

[–] metal_inquisitor666 15 years ago

Hearing Corey say how he loves Overkill's Horrorscope is not interesting to me. His band has nothing to do with Overkill, he does not have anything to do with the oldschool Thrash metal scene, he was not around back then (in bands etc i know he was alive, duh)...

My point is and always ahs been, I do not care to ehar how much he lieks Overkill. Overkill has a strong fanbase, they could have at least picked some guy that ahd something to do with Overkill, like Johnny Z who discovered them.

I was expecting to hear funny anecdotes liek why Bobby Gustafson tried to copy James Hetfield (see the Hello from the Gutter vid) or how and why Kerry King played/left Megadeth. Whatever happened to John Cyriis from Agent Steel who is rumored to live somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle cos he believes in Aliens....

I wanted stuff I did not already know. I certainly dont give a freak who loves which bands or albums.

Useless DVD!

All the trailers on the site before the release shwoed bands talking about the early days...like Death Angel on how they were influenced by early Megadeth, Testament on the day Cliff Burton died, Kirk talking on the places to gig at, etc

they threw away all the interesting info to fill the documentary with persons that are famous right now only to sell it to a bigger crowd. Old school fans would have bought it anyway and now cos of Corey all the kiddies will pick it up to.

I certainly will never again care to pick anything up released by those "serious journalists"

This gave me as much insight as going through the Thanklists of albums....thats what i used to do back in the day to find out which bands listen to what...or to just look at the shirts they wore

[–] !!!deleted!!! (12526472) 7 years ago

I guess Lamb of God, Godsmack and Slipknot are in there coz they were vogue in 2006 and maybe the makers thought it would help engage younger viewers? It's good to let everyone have some say, to get some diverse perspectives from different generations, but I agree in a historical thing like this the majority of screen time should be for the guys that were actually there at the beginning or before!

Also, it should be renamed to "The Story Of AMERICAN Thrash Metal". I realise that 1.5 hours will never be enough time to fit in every band that deserves a mention, that would require a whole series, but making out it is THE history of Thrash without giving enough credit to foreign bands is a bit egotistical.

I don't wanna complain too much though....documentary makers are never gonna be able to please everyone and this had plenty of interesting interviews, and information for someone who isn't an expert already.

[–] ShadowHades 14 years ago

I was kinda disappointed... They just focused on the big 4, I mean the big 4 are okay, But I there are others that are even better imo. And there was 1 tiny mention of Destruction I was liek WTF... While wearing an Infernal Overkill T shirt

Also was pissed that slipknot was even mentioned, I mean its slipknot they are *beep* terrible.
They tryed to reach a wider audience with the more famous bands but that doesnt make a good doc.

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[–] Staticxman51 14 years ago

This documentary has serious good intentions. It's not perfect by any means with the lack of Destruction, Voivod, Annihilator, or any interview footage of Billy Millano. What it lacks, it makes up with the archival footage and photos, not to mention some of the memorbilia. I believe if they had more time or money, they probably would've had a helluva movie. I think if they would've skipped on all the interviews with awful new metal bands and would've focused on more interviews with the new wave of thrashers like Merciless Death, Fueled By Fire, Dekapitator, and my personal favorite Toxic Holocaust (which wouldn't be hard as it consists solely of Joel Grind) it would've been better.

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[–] Screen_O_Genic 8 years ago

OP: It's a good doc but it has its flaws. The roots of Thrash were not touched on. And why wasn't Testament given a special feature?

In terms of the genre's history, Metal Evolution did a better job.

After all... tomorrow is another day.