Product Details

• Actors: Venom, David Vincent, Cradle of Filth, Satyricon, Jasmin St. Claire
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mvd Visual
• DVD Release Date: October 9, 2007
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000TV4Q32
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,290 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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THIS IS BLACK METAL - DVD Movie

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT Black Metal., July 23, 2008

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Amy "circleofdestruction.net" (outer space) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is Black Metal (DVD)

A lot of documentaries have annoyed me but none so much as this one. I only rented it, thankfully, but it was so wrong that I wanted to deface the DVD by writing in the word "NOT" between "this is" and "Black Metal" on the DVD.

"If it's not black metal, what is it, then?" You might ask. Well, it's mostly this very clueless chick being ditzy and asking inane questions of bands that mostly shouldn't be on this DVD. It actually starts out with a cheesy black mass reenactment thing with some nude woman and blood and skulls and a rooster presumably being sacrificed before the opening credits start and it shows the video for Celtic Frost's "A Dying God Coming into Human Flesh."

After the video it's followed by an interview with the members of Celtic Frost. I understand that they are a BM influence and can accept their being here, but I was kind of bored by the whole thing. Also, the video was stupid.

After that is a Venom interview, which is mostly Cronos rambling on and on in the way he tends to do in interviews. This woman doing the interviews is incredibly annoying. Then way too much footage of Cradle of Filth fans. Newsflash: Morbid Angel is also not BM. This DVD sucks, it's mostly bad music videos interspersed with interviews with bands that are not Black Metal.

Also, I laughed hard at the product description: "Bow to this, the blackest of all black metal DVDs!" False.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Where's the Black Metal?, July 18, 2008

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Gradient Vector Field (MA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is Black Metal (DVD)

For a DVD proclaiming tons of Black Metal... this is certainly missing a major portion of it! When has Cradle of Filth ever been Black Metal? The strongest claim could be their first album, but they quickly began to deviate from that kind of a style. So how they are a force in Black Metal is well beyond me...

Morbid Angel? Wait what? Are you kidding me?? I've been listening to Black Metal for a very long time now and this band has NEVER been Black Metal. Not even "Altars of Madness" could ever be confused for a Black Metal release. I can't believe someone would produce this and try and cash in on the name of "Black Metal".

Borknagar? Maybe the first album... but with the onset of "The Olden Domain" they weren't exactly "pure" Black Metal. They delved a lot further into Viking Metal a la Enslaved. Celtic Frost? Yeah, I know they influenced Black Metal bands, but I would say their Hellhammer work has a much better case. I just can't believe someone would buy this an think they were getting "Black Metal". More like nonsense... don't support this diary of misinformation if you want to hear real Black Metal!

3.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Black Metal for what it's worth..., January 11, 2011

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Metallic Media "Tim" (IL, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: This Is Black Metal (DVD)

A "mainstream" overview of Black Metal hosted by Jasmin St. Clair. While she may not be hard on the eyes she definitely doesn't know ALL there is to know about Black Metal yet. I think her heart is in the right place though so I give her props for that. The interviews on here are not bad & the videos are all professional & very well done, almost as if you were watching videos on channels like VH1 (if they ever played anything "good", ha ha). Anyway, the "kulter than thou" Black Metal crowd will NOT enjoy this at all, as all of the bands featured on here are probably "sell-outs" in their opinion, but for someone just getting into the Black Metal scene it's a pretty good introduction.