Full disclosure: I work at the Coolidge and was asked to spread the word about this movie

That said, THIS RULES! For two midnights, May 12th and 13th, we'll be playing a new documentary called Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. Our programming director asked me to check the movie out last week to see if I thought It was A. Good and B. worth promoting. Luckily its both. The film goes into the history of metal and spends time detailing the sub genres, the dress, satanism, Christianity, gender issues, stereotypes, etc. The best parts are the interviews who feature members of Sabbath, Mayhem, Slayer, Motorhead, Dio, Lamb of God, Cannibal Corpse, Enslaved, Arch Enemy, Alice Cooper, Gorgoroth, Rob Zombie, Mostly Crue, Rush, Iron Maiden, and more..

Anyway, this shit rules and you've been warned.

Here's the official Coolidge statement:

METAL: A HEADBANGER'S JOURNEY

From early pioneers like Black Sabbath, Steppenwolf, Alice Cooper, and Rush; to the 80s hair-metal of Motley Crue, Dio, and Twisted Sister; to speed demons like Slayer, Motorhead, Iron Maiden and Cannibal Corpse; to today's nu-metal of Rob Zombie and Slipknot; and even into the underground black metal of Norway, METAL: A HEADBANGER'S JOURNEY is just that. This trip through the history and culture of heavy metal music is complied by Sam Dunn, an academic and anthropologist - and lifelong metal fan. His mission: to figure out why metal music is consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned, even while the tribe that loves it stubbornly holds its ground – spreading the word, keeping the faith, and adopting styles and attitudes that go way beyond the music. To find the truth, Dunn talks to a who's who of musical greats, and travels to heavy metal landmarks as far flung as L.A.’s Sunset Strip, the dirty streets of Birmingham, and the dark forests of Norway.