The History Of Metal And Horror is a documentary which explores the evolution of both heavy metal and horror and how the two genres have merged over time. A new promo video for the upcoming documentary can be see below.

 

 

This documentary contains:

- An exploration into the evolution of both heavy metal and horror.
- Commentary from horror icons, explaining how their films have influenced both genres.
- Commentary from heavy metal artists about their greatest fears, favorite horror films, past and current influences, involvement in horror films, horror themed looks, music videos, and stage performances, and much more.
- Commentary from both horror icons and metal artists about why heavy metal and horror work well together.
- An exploration into the world of horror conventions which often contain a large heavy metal element.
- A wraparound story starring a well-known horror star which ties each segment together.

An IndieGoGo fundraising campaign has been launched to assist in the completion of this film, which features numerous metal luminaries including:

Ace Von Johnson (Faster Pussycat)
Alice Cooper
Johannes Michael Gustaf Eckerström  and Tim Öhrstrom (Avatar)
Brian Slagel (Metal Blade Records)
Charlie Benante (Anthrax)
Chris Jericho (Fozzy)
Corey Taylor (Slipknot/Stone Sour)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Dick Warlock (Halloween II)
Doug Bradley (Hellraiser)
Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein (Misfits)
Dukey Flyswatter (Haunted Garage)
Gunnar Hansen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Jeordie White, aka Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson)
Joe Moe (Mad Monster)
John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie)
John Russo (Night of the Living Dead)
Jonathan Davis (Korn)
Jose Mangin (Sirius/XM)
Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy)
Phil Anselmo (Down, Pantera)
Ron Chaney (Chaney Ent.)
Sid Haig (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects)
Tom Savini (From Dusk Til Dawn)
Wednesday 13 (Murderdolls)

Visit MetalHorror.com for further details.

(Illustration by Brian Allen)