The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
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Sombre, kinetic, measured documentary / music, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.
How every film is hand-scored →An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..
Our read · The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded documentary · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.
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