Murder Music: Black Metal (2007)

The main themes of Murder Music are: the musical origins of black metal, from Birmingham, UK hard rock group Black Sabbath to Newcastle extreme metal pioneers Venom; the anti-Christian sentiment of its practitioners; the controversies surrounding the criminal acts (arson and murder) of the early Norwegian scene; and the paradox of a Christian form of black metal, represented by Scandinavian band Frosthardr. The 64-minute documentary eschews much of the tabloid sensationalism that shrouded the genre in the early to mid-'90s, focusing instead on the music itself, an element thus far overlooked by the mainstream media.

Released Dec. 25, 2007 64 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.three-actors, tmdb.sensationalism, tmdb.black-metal, mdblist.imdb-tv-movie, imdb.black-metal, aspectratio.1-66-1

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English