OUT OF THE BLACK

A documentary about true Black metal in America as compared to the European scene.
A detailed examination of the musical and social origins of Black metal. How Black metal
was influenced by American Death metal, and Thrash, and European Thrash.
We also concentrated on the opinions of those outside of the Black metal scene.
We interviewed some of the godfathers of Death metal and Thrash to get their opinion.

The film was released for free under the auspices of U.S. Copyright law pertaining to Fair Use for educational purposes.

The Film will Include Interviews With:

Bands and individuals - USA and Scandinavia

(Cannibal Corpse) - George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, Alex Webster, Paul Mazurkiewicz
(Crimson Moonlight) - Simon "Pilgrim Beastarius" Rosén
(Domgård) - Grim Vindkall
(Svarttjern) - HansFurste
(Strigoi Vii) - VPR MRBRZR – Nekross
(Nightbringer) – Alcameth, Ophis
Dr. Thomas Bossius - Phd Black metal
Dr. Brain Kirkmeyer (Miami of Ohio University)
(Dynasty of Darkness) - Morbid
(Inchained) – Will Shackleford
Chris Lee
(Eyes of Noctum) - Weston Cage, Jessie,
(Metal Attack Radio) - Angela “Skullcrusher” Davis
Members of Vesterian

Extra Comments:
The (Kult ov Azazel) - Julian Hollowell interview was one of the best interviews of the entire film but not one single second of that interview made it to the final cut. That's the way the ball bounces when dealing with the flow of a story, the flow is ALWAYS more important than the visual or even the substance of the art. We will make a separate release of the (Kult ov Azazel) - Julian Hollowell interview sometime in 2014.

Crew:
Artistic Director: Stefan Rydehed
Concept By: Stefan Rydehed and William Shackleford
L.A. Footage: Morbid
Executive Producer: William Shackleford


NEWS

Blabbermouth - CANNIBAL CORPSE, EXODUS, DEICIDE Members Interviewed For 'Out Of The Black' Documentary - July. 2011

Fear Net - Metal Documentary Emerges 'Out of the Black' - July. 2011

The Gauntlet - Inchained coming out of hiatus for Christian Black metal release and Documentary - March. 2011

Metal Underground - Death Of Desire To Appear In Metal Documentary "Out Of The Black" July. 2010

The Gauntlet - Inchained to appear in Black metal documentary, will release Christian Black/Death metal album - July. 2010

Blabbermouth - Filming To Begin On New Black Metal Documentary In Cincinnati - Feb. 2010

Blabbermouth - Kentucky Political Blogger To Produce Documentary About Black Metal - Dec. 2009