METAL EVOLUTION: Sam Dunn (Banger Films) Talks About "The Lost Episode On Extreme Metal" & Why VH1 Classic Didn't Fund It!

Due to an overwhelming demand from Metal fans worldwide, Grammy-nominated and Juno award-winning Banger Films is setting out to raise funds to make what has become known as "The Lost Episode" a reality. 'Metal Evolution: Extreme Metal' "The Lost Episode" covers co-director Sam Dunn's favorite genres: Death Metal, Black Metal and Grindcore, and he is reaching out to Metal fans to help make it happen! 

"Hundreds of fans have emailed us demanding, pleading, that we do this episode," says Banger Films co-founder Sam Dunn. "So in response we're launching an IndieGoGo campaign to raise funding within the Metal community to finance the episode. The goal is to raise $175,000 in 90 days!" The campaign kicked off Friday, September 14th. Details of the campaign, including cool donor gifts at various contribution levels can be found here: http://www.indiegogo.com/ExtremeMetal

We recently spoke with Dunn about "The Lost Episode". He thoroughly explained to us why Banger Films feels the need to produce this episode and all the steps involved in creating such a massive aggressive TV episode. He also explains why VH1 Classic didn't fund this particular episode. He also revealed to us some badass projects that they have coming up! Check it out, support Banger Films, and spread the word!



Related links:
http://www.indiegogo.com/ExtremeMetal

Watch the 11 episodes of Metal Evolution here:   
In Canada: http://www.muchmore.ca/metal-evolution/
In USA: http://www.vh1.com/shows/metal_evolution/series.jhtml

BANGER FILMS (The Creators Of 'METAL EVOLUTION') Call To Arms To The Metal Family!

Due to an overwhelming demand from Metal fans worldwide, Grammy-nominated and Juno award-winning Banger Films is setting out to raise funds to make what has become known as "The Lost Episode" a reality. 'Metal Evolution: Extreme Metal' "The Lost Episode" covers co-director Sam Dunn's favorite genres: Death Metal, Black Metal and Grindcore, and he is reaching out to metal fans to help make it happen! 

"Hundreds of fans have emailed us demanding, pleading, that we do this episode," says Banger Films co-founder Sam Dunn. "So in response we're launching an IndieGoGo campaign to raise funding within the Metal community to finance the episode. The goal is to raise $175,000 in 90 days!" The campaign kicked off Friday, September 14th. Details of the campaign, including cool donor gifts at various contribution levels can be found here: http://www.indiegogo.com/ExtremeMetal

Originally broadcast on VH1 Classic (USA) and Much More Music (Canada), Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn's series Metal Evolution presented 11 episodes based on their "Heavy Metal Family Tree" originally shown in their groundbreaking documentary, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. Host and metalhead-turned-anthropologist Sam Dunn crisscrossed the globe exploring the vast history of Heavy Metal across its 40+ year history, covering everything from the Pre-History of Metal and Shock Rock to Grunge and Thrash Metal. But one very important episode was left out: Extreme Metal. Perceived to be perhaps too niche or "extreme" to attract enough audience interest, the episode did not see the light of day, ironic considering it is Heavy Metal's most vibrant and fastest growing genre.

"For many fans, including myself, extreme metal is massively important. It continues to push metal forward, both sonically and aesthetically," says Sam. Alex Webster, co-founder/bass player of death metal legends Cannibal Corpse, agrees: "There's really no way that you could tell the complete story of heavy metal without including a chapter that covers extreme metal. And given their knowledge, experience, and passion for the genre of heavy metal, I think that Banger Films are the most qualified people to do it!"

Contributors' support will send Sam on a global journey from San Francisco and Tampa to the United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden to investigate the history, myths and intricacies of extreme metal.  Sam will unravel the lineage between Extreme Metal's divergent branches - Death Metal, Grindcore and Black Metal - and meet with the sub-genre's most influential sonic architects, including members of Death, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Napalm Death, Entombed, Emperor, Dimmu Borgir, Opeth, Enslaved and many more. The result will be an unforgettable portrait of metal's most iconoclastic sub-genre.


Metal Evolution - The Lost Episode: Extreme Metal from Banger Films on Vimeo.

Related links:
http://www.indiegogo.com/ExtremeMetal

Watch the 11 episodes of Metal Evolution here:   
In Canada: http://www.muchmore.ca/metal-evolution/
In USA: http://www.vh1.com/shows/metal_evolution/series.jhtml

Educate Yourself & Watch "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" Right Now!

"Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", is a film starring Sam Dunn (the creator of "Metal Evolution" and itdiscusses the traits and originators of some of Metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Nu Metal, Glam Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, and Death Metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular Metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of Heavy Metal culture. Notable segments include Dunn taking a trip to the Wacken Open Air festival, an interview with Dee Snider providing an analysis of the PMRC attack on Heavy Metal music, and an interview with several Norwegian Black Metal bands.

Watch the entire film right here:



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BangerFilms.com

'Metal Evolution' To Premiere This Friday On VH1 Classic - Trailer Available!

VH1 Classic has proclaimed 11-11-11 as "National Metal Day" and will be celebrated with a slew of exclusive Metal programming, including three major Metal premieres: "Behind The Music Remastered" at 9PM ET/PT, the exclusive debut of Banger Films groundbreaking documentary series, "Metal Evolution" at 10PM ET/PT and the ninth season premiere of a VH1 Classic original "That Metal Show" at 11PM ET/PT.

The premiere episode of "Metal Evolution" will focus on Pre-Metal, the earliest sounds of metal that can be heard in the music of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Jimi Hendrix. Subsequent episodes of the series will explore genres ranging from British Heavy Metal to Glam Metal to Thrash Metal, and artists from Iron Maiden to KISS to Metallica and more. New episodes of "Metal Evolution" will premiere every Saturday night at 10 p.m. ET/PT on VH1 Classic. This is what Sam Dunn (the producer of "Metal Evolution") had to say about this new series.

"When we did 'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey', we knew we weren't going to be able to cover all of the different styles, subgenres and history of the metal scene in a 90-minute film. That was the inspiration behind using a family tree in the documentary to help show that side of things. That film was more an exploration of the culture and controversy around Heavy Metal. It wasn't meant to be a history lesson about the music... Soon after our first documentary came out, we had people telling us that they wished we had made it eight hours long. [Laughs] So the idea behind this series was to bring people 11 one-hour episodes where we focus on one subject each time. Part of the inspiration to even do this new series was all of those hardcore Metal fans that have a passion for the music, its history, and an obsession with categorizing everything to help understand it all. We hope this series feeds that curiosity."

Metal Evolution Teaser - 50s (VH1) from Banger Films on Vimeo.

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VH1 Classic
Banger Films