Get Thrashed

This documentary exists for a singular reason: to ignore the contribution thrash, or skater music like DRI and COC, made to the rising speed metal movement which was contemporaneous to it. It tries to equate hairy heavy metal with the beginnings of several other genres, focused on the partying and social aspect, and generally features a dumbing-down of the genre to sell it to YouTube zombies who like Slipknot. Especially if you like this music, avoid this documentary unless you are a moron.

Solid oral history of thrash metal and some related subgenres like hardcore and crossover. History covers the early days of Metallica, the rise of the Big Four and their respective metal scenes in the US, thrash around the world, the dark ages of nu metal, and the current resurgence of metal worldwide. Great for metalheads, not so great for anyone else.

I can't be objective about this movie. I mean the movie itself must be way below 88/100, but I grew up on this shit. I remember when I first heard South of heaven, that was it for me. I fucking love thrash metal.

Most of this documentary's explication -- and probably most of its value -- is aimed towards the younger set who are getting into it through the revival bands like Municipal Waste and Bonded By Blood and whatever else. Those of us who know this stuff already are left listening to people like Corey Taylor gush about how fucking awesome Anthrax was, man.