One of the most recent rockumentaries detailing historical moments in rock and roll is titled ‘Come On Feel The Noize: The Story Of How Rock Became Metal’. While it is possible to search for free documentaries on Youtube, recovery professionally crafted documentaries that go beyond mere ‘behind the scenes’ coverage is a completely different ball game. This specific documentary omits that ‘behind the scenes’ coverage and focuses on what I believe to be the gold standard of music Heavy Metal.
This piece which is oriented around heavy metal was developed by Cleopatra Studios and produced by Jörg Sonntag and is 90 minutes long. For some reason, I just feel like this production took a different approach in comparison to other music films I watched over the years. In comparison to other metal documentaries, this one focuses on the era’s first origins and as such, is more thorough. I am close to the heavy metal era, so this has a lot of benefits.
At that time, the decade suited many as the standard for how rock and roll should sound like, yet like every other era, it did come to an end. People started shifting their attention towards different styles. Some comments are worth mentioning: the majority of these ‘metal years’ documentaries often tend to encapsulate a handful of token music acts while neglecting to surpass such a limited scope in order to provide a genuine glimpse and understanding of what the environment was. I am of course referring to bands such as: Mötley Crüe, Poison, Van Halen, Ratt, and sometimes Quiet Riot. Now for us true metal fans, those bands were really just a portion of what they might call the L.A. metal scene or its latter used term ‘hair metal’ rather than the complete picture of musical talents.
The director’s foreign status might be the reason why this documentary covers various genres, regions, and historical contexts, rather than just a handful of the usual groups. This approach is quite refreshing. The film introduces how the next generation of music actors gets shaped, the main theme of the documentary. T.Rexx, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple and later Led Zeppelin are discussed as influential pillars into this new age. Further, it explores the particular underground genre, the punk genre, and more importantly, blues. In addition, the film aims to capture the attitude the musicians had during this era, thus further expanding on the topic.
These nuances achieved a clearer and bulkier (and most of the times nicer) sound that formed the heavy metal paradigm of these years. To the region, there were further impacts coming from Britain, Sweden, Asia, and other continents that also supported this attitude (even though in their different forms). The words, death metal, dark metal and speed metal will come later intensifying the already existing level of metal. The style was somewhat more hardcore, and the bands’ approach was slightly different. It was clear they would be categorized under this whole umbrella of “heavy metal bands”. The review takes one through the steps that “heavy metal” was coined and identifies the elements that formed it.
Come On Feel The Noize: The Story Of How Rock Became Metal describes this shift in culture, and the shift of Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, and Poison along with the entire generation of music acts that were to emerge. It was interesting to watch the entire chronicle as it covered various historical events. Aside from well constructed and great interviews, there was also 90 minutes of vast musical drama that was documented. From historical overviews, the documentary manages to get in depth elements. Interviews with lead metal legends such as Ozzy, Dee Snider, and Biff were managed to be captured as well.
The deep research and the effort that was put into this specific area impressed me greatly. There is defiantly a great deal of information here, but it is clear that coverage over every famous metal group of this decade is not possible. I personally liked the more profound look into foreign metal that is commonly overlooked, like Motorhead, Saxon, and Iron Maiden. The document even touches base upon the Satanic metal genre with a short segment on the band ‘Ghost’.
Overall, there is a great deal of content here and plenty to appreciate over the 90 minute time period. “Come On Feel The Noize: The Story Of How Rock Became Metal” is a definite must buy and a must watch again. As a fan, an audience member, and a contributor in that metal scene, I thoroughly appreciated the effort placed in putting this presentation together.
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