Saturday, August 29, 2009

METAL AT THE MOVIES PART 10: SLOW SOUTHERN STEEL (DOCUMENTARY)


As I've said, where there is a bible belt, metal counters, as the South region in the bible belt of the USA has risen again with some of the best bands in U.S. extreme metal. SLOW SOUTHERN STEEL is a new documentary on the Southern (USA) extreme metal scene with comprehensive interviews with PEPPER KEENEN (CORROSION OF CONFORMITY) WITHERED, ZOROASTER, PHIL ANSELMO (DOWN, SUPERJOINT RITUAL) and many others in the southern USA regional scene. Get GOATWHORE on this documentary.


FROM SLOW SOUTHERN STEEL (DOCUMENTARY):  Coming in 2010: One of the most comprehensive southern metal documentaries in history! Appropriately dubbed "Slow Southern Steel", the 80-plus-minute film is executive-produced by Karim Khan (I'm Better Than Everyone Records) and directed by RWAKE vocalist CT and David Lipke with the additional and integral assistance of George Hancock, Alix Petrovich and BEER WOLF guitarist Christian Sweeney (who will be releasing a paperback version of the production) among many others.

"Slow Southern Steel" peers into the world of true southern metal/doom through live footage and personal interviews; CT's devout commitment/knowledge/love of the topic at hand bringing the movie to life in a way few first-time directors can. Said CT about the laborious undertaking: "I knew there were things I could get out of these bands that other film makers could not." Added Khan, "There's just something very appealing to me about taking unyielding heavy songs and adding a strong southern element to them."

At press time, the film was still being shot and thus far, featured bands will include (in alphabetical order):

A HANGING
ASG
BARON GROD
BEATEN BACK TO PURE
BEER WOLF
BLACK SKIES
BLACK TUSK
BLACKBLOOD DIVISION
BLOOD OF THE SUN
COLLAPSAR
COLOSSUS
COUGH
DARK CASTLE
DEADBIRD
DEAD-I-ON
DIXIE WITCH
DOOMSAYER
EYEHATEGOD
FLESH PARADE
HAARP
HAWG JAW
HOD
HOPE AND SUICIDE
HOSTILE APOSTLE
HOUSE OF LIGHTNING
IN THE LURCH
JUCIFER
KETEA
KHANN
KYLESA
MALA SUERTE
MUSIC HATES YOU
PARASYTIC
QUEEN BEAST
ROYAL THUNDER
RWAKE
SEAHAG
SEAWITCH
SOURVEIN
SPEEDEALER
SPICKLE
SUPLECS
SUBRIG DESTROYER
THE DEVIL AND THE SEA
THE DUMPS
THE ROLLER
THE UNBEHELD
VESSEL OF THE DIVINE
WEEDEATER
WITHERED
ZOROASTER

"Slow Southern Steel" will make its debut at the renowned Little Rock Film Festival in May of 2010 where many of the bands featured will be in attendance (stay tuned for further details). Additional festival previews will follow.

The DVD edition is slated to be released in 2011 via fast-growing, vinyl-only (and now DVD) Chicago imprint I'm Better Than Everyone Records.

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-