Heavy: The Story of Metal

Contents:

Part One

This part of the documentary talks about the beginning of heavy metal music and how the term came about. It also documents punk rock's threat to heavy metal's popularity.

Part Two

This part focuses on the rise of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, the Soundhouse in London, and the beginning of the L.A. scene with Van Halen. It also talks about Ronnie James Dio's influence on the birth of the "devil horns" and metal's leather fashion brought on by Rob Halford.

Part Three

Part Three focuses mostly on the glam metal movement of the 80s, the use of keyboards in metal, the "power ballad", and the decline of the genre. It also talks about the P.M.R.C hearings, the 1984 film This is Spinal Tap, and the 1988 "rockumentary" The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years.

Part Four

This part talks about the emergence of the underground sound of thrash metal in the 80's and the popularity of Guns N Roses. It also talks about the popularity rise in rap rock, nu metal, Marilyn Manson, and Ozzfest.