Most of the people who come up with those documentaries are the same people in the 80's who thought just because a band had long hair & loud distorted guitars they were metal. So W T F E

As far as Sabbath jumping on a band wagon that just makes me laugh. Blue Cheer & Iron Butterfly at the most were heavy blues rock or hippie rock. If you would like to go technical & talk about the instrumentation differences between most rock & metal I have no problem with that. Because as far as how bass,guitar, & drum are played together as a unit or also time signature there are big differences.

In your face rock n roll, YES. Metal, NO!
Also NOT metal:
Night Ranger (lol)
Warrent
Poison
Def Leppard
and most of the vids on Metal Mania are NOT metal either.
Slayer, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest,Metallica, Anthrax. These are metal bands!

thank u some one understands that Zeppelin is not metal

I might get into a heated discussion, but here are the following bands who are "not" metal...

Led Zepplin
Kiss
AC/DC
Van Halen
Bon Jovi

Although some will say that these bands are metal, but in reality, they're not, they are just hard rock bands.There is a difference between hard rock and metal, where as metal is loud, fast and heavy.I'm 41 years old and I have never considered Zepplin to be a metal band and any group(case in point with Zepplin) that does bluegrass songs on their albums is certainly not metal.

the real bands of creating heavy metal is Iron Butterfly and Blue Cheer but hardly anyone knows who they are so they dont mention them they mention bands like Black Sabbath who jumped on the band wagon a little to late.

The so called stuff that you call HEAVY METAL music is not your LIMP Bizkit need to eat them. Your old dogs today are still out there showing you how the Big Boys Do IT! Kiss is still rated number 1! So, understand this that are the old rock 'N'roll dogs still have what the new ones don't got besides just waving a middle finger is Talent!

As far as HEAVY METAL the ones that put the "M" in that word are the classic ones!Kiss,Alice Cooper,Led Zepplin,AC/DC, need I say more!

Ok, I can see where you would be upset that they leave it with saying that metal has developed into Limp Bizkit. Limp is not metal in anyway, shape or form. I'm also sure that there were TONS of bands they would have loved to feature but didnt have time too. Although, I agree that they at least could have been mentioned. (It's been awhile since Ive seen this documentary, but I could have sworn they at least MENTIONED Slayer.)

But, to try and say that the old school bands, such as Judas Priest, shouldn't be covered is ridiculous. You would not have any of the bands you love if Black Sabbath and Judas Priest didn't exsist. Quite simply, I doubt metal would even exist today without Priest. The took the darkness and the strength of Sabbath and sped it up and added more guitars, so on and so on. They were a VERY necessary step in the evolution of metal.

Also, keep in mind, that even the artists and metal gods they interviewed for this and other documentaries have very different opinions on what is metal. Even the fans. My favorite band of all time is Led Zepplin....are they metal? Absolutely not. They are hard rock. Did they "influence" metal? Yes, more then you might believe. Every bit of "new" music you hear is based on a merrid of influences, some unexpected.

Hey VH1 classic......here are some good ideas please bring back eddie trunk!!!

And fire the person who picks out the videos for metal mania,i quit watching metal mania because i was sick hearing glam rock all the time,you should all try digging some old school head bangers ball episodes from 87 to 90 and play some more thrash metal from that era,i am 31 years old and i am having listen to the same thing over and over each week!!!!

For god sakes please change up your programing before i cancel my digital cable.

I started listening to metal like Priest and Maiden. Some of the hair bands also. I can hardly watch "Metal Mania" as most of it is the hair bands. I'm so glad someone mentioned today's bands. When I picked up Sam Dunn's "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", it was the last stuff I had heard about was Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park. I was bored and continued listening to old cd's and old ones I didn't buy originally. Nevermore, Arch Enemy, 3 Inches of Blood, Trivium, Warbringer(newer band) and many others put out high quality metal. If you're looking for new stuff, just type in "heavy metal" in your browser also. I went from having a Dream Theater CD to many cd's old and new. The new Exodus albums are phemonenal and it's interesting hearing the infulences of musicians I grew up on. I can't headbang as hard but my steering wheel can take a beating. METAL RULES!!!!!!
One other thing, check bands out and see if you like them. I use online metal magazines as guidelines. Some I agree with, some I don't. With MP3 players, you can pick and choose. But if you really like a song, buy the album. It keeps metal alive and the musicians fed. They aren't getting rich doing this kind of music.

Emo stands for EMOTIONAL Music!!! Limp Bizkit is nothing close to emo, bands that are whiny are emo....Bands like My Chemical Romance...are Emo..

Neither Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park are emo nor metal. They're rock mixed with hip hop and rap. Besides, Limp Bizkit became famous in the 90's, way before most kids knew was emo.

those last 2 bands are not and never will be heavy metal its just a bunch of gay emo crap there wannabe heavy metal

Linkin Park is nothing more than a yuppie emo band who strayed too far from their origins. Limp Bizkit is a mainstream group who wouldn't be missed if their jet crashed. Anthrax is metal, not some punk /wrists group.

Some day!!!! I don't even mind if I don't learn the language...lol But I will, before I'm a gramma, but oh well if so I'll take my grandkids....lol