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Metal Evolution Episode...

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Lana

We’ve just uploaded all the Metal Evolution episode teasers to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/BangerFilmsInc/videos Check them out, spread them around!

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Metal Evolution International...

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Lana

We get daily requests for information on international broadcasting. While it’s hard to reach every corner of the globe, we’re trying to get to as many places as quick as we can. Below, is some info on confirmed broadcasts that…

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Sam Talks Metal Evolution with...

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Lana

Wired.com, Dec 30, 2011 – Sam Dunn and Scot McFayden are to heavy metal documentaries what Spielberg and Scorsese are to quality drama. Except these two work together. The Banger Films duo, who made the award-winning docs Iron Maiden: Flight 666 and Rush:…

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Watch Episodes of Metal...

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Lana

So we’ve been getting tonnes of requests for places to watch Metal Evolution online…so here you go! In USA, go to iTunes or the VH1 Classic Metal Evolution Site. In Canada, go to Much More. Episode Airdates: Episode  101 - Pre…

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Metal Evolution – Eps 7...

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Lana

On April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain pressed a shotgun to his head and pulled the trigger extinguishing the life of one of rock’s most enigmatic but tortured geniuses and symbolically ending the storybook reign of grunge. In Episode 7 of…

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The Onion AV Club Interview...

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Lana

Sam took some time to speak to The Onion‘s AV Club Toronto about Banger’s filmography and the perils and pleasures of making Metal Evolution. You can read the interview here!  

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Metal Evolution – Eps 6...

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Lana

How could metal go so horribly wrong? These were the bitter thoughts of scruffy outsiders Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine, Gary Holt and Scott Ian, cursing as the glorious clang of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal echoed across America,…

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Metal Evolution – Eps 5...

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Lana

**Update. Song list added after video! Purveyors of glam such as Motely Crue’s Vince Neil and Michael Anthony of Van Halen, will divulge their side of the story, revealing the attitudes, influences and decisions which guided them during those heady…

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Sam Dunn on Brazil’s...

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Lana

Sam took some time to speak on the phone with the guys from Brazil’s Wiki Metal about how he started Banger Films with Scot McFadyen and the company’s new TV series, Metal Evolution.  The interview is in English and translated in…

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Metal Evolution – Eps 4...

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Lana

**Update, song list and archive links added below! The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal marks no less than the establishment of hard rock’s very first heavymetal army. Loud ‘n’ proud of it, this jean-jacketed legion of headbanging air guitarists…

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