2. The Northman / Progressive Black Metal / Enslaved

2. The Northman / Progressive Black Metal / Enslaved

You can’t escape your fate. In this episode, we add Robert Eggers’ 2022 film The Northman to the heavy metal cinema canon. This mythological legend is a tale of vengeance and destiny that fully commits to its internal moral universe. Questions? Want to suggest a film? Reach out at heavyasfilm@gmail.com [heavyasfilm@gmail.com]  Subscribe for essays and bonus content on Substack at heavyasfilm.substack.com [http://heavyasfilm.substack.com] or on Patreon at patreon.com/heavyasfilm [http://patreon.com/heavyasfilm]  Follow Heavy as Film on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/HeavyAsFilm [http://letterboxd.com/HeavyAsFilm] and on Instagram at instagram.com/heavyasfilm [http://instagram.com/heavyasfilm]

1. Videodrome / Deathgrind / Cattle Decapitation

In this episode, Videodrome becomes the first official entry in the heavy metal cinema canon. This Cronenberg body horror stages a battle for control of the flesh, perception, and reality itself. It is truly a masterpiece of heavy metal cinema. Questions? Want to suggest a film? Reach out at heavyasfilm@gmail.com [heavyasfilm@gmail.com]  Subscribe for essays and bonus content on Substack at heavyasfilm.substack.com [http://heavyasfilm.substack.com] or on Patreon at patreon.com/heavyasfilm [http://patreon.com/heavyasfilm] Follow Heavy as Film on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/HeavyAsFilm [https://letterboxd.com/HeavyAsFilm/] and on Instagram at instagram.com/heavyasfilm [https://www.instagram.com/heavyasfilm]

0. A Critical Framework for Defining the Metal Mode

Heavy metal is more than just music. It’s a way of structuring art.   In Episode 0, I introduce the critical framework behind Heavy as Film: a cross-medium functional and structural definition of heavy metal as a mode of art that applies to both cinema and music. I discuss defining metal by what it does and how it’s structured to do this, metal versus heaviness, the real role of aesthetics in metal, and establish the foundational principles that will be used to build the heavy metal cinema canon throughout the series.   Questions? Want to suggest a film? Reach out at heavyasfilm@gmail.com [heavyasfilm@gmail.com]  Subscribe for essays and bonus content on Substack at heavyasfilm.substack.com [http://heavyasfilm.substack.com] or on Patreon at patreon.com/heavyasfilm [http://patreon.com/heavyasfilm]