Metal: A Headbanger's Journey vs Not On the Heep: The Heavy Metal Saga of Lee Kerslake
Not On the Heep: The Heavy Metal Saga of Lee Kerslake has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Metal: A Headbanger's Journey). Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 34m. Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is the older of the two (2005 against 2023). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Not On the Heep: The Heavy Metal Saga of Lee Kerslake| Metal: A Headbanger's Journey | Not On the Heep: The Heavy Metal Saga of Lee Kerslake | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Jessica Joy Wise, Sam Dunn | Tayla Tracey Goodman |
| Main cast | Alice Cooper, Sam Dunn, Chris Adler, Tom Araya, Gavin Baddeley | Eric Singer, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Lee Kerslake, Mick Box |
Synopsis
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
The film discusses 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.
Not On the Heep: The Heavy Metal Saga of Lee Kerslake
At Heavy Metal’s dawn, the sun rose to the beat of Lee Kerslake’s powerhouse drumming. Through a career of 50 years and 60 million albums sold, he became a legend. Now he must face the end of his days. He reconnects with lifelong pals from Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne, Def Leppard, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden, and performs one last time with the band he created, Uriah Heep.
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