The band that made Satanists AND church ladies lose their minds simultaneously.
This full-length documentary chronicles the 30-year history of the 'Christian Metal' band, Bloodgood, who was targeted not only by a mainstream music industry that found their blatant use of faith-based lyrics unfitting with heavy metal, but also by religious extremists who believed their music was the work of the devil - confronted by death threats, picketers and protests throughout their career.
Production
Incredible archival footage of 80s metal culture and church protests.
Writing
Surprisingly nuanced take on being hated by both sides.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bloodgood emerged during the 1980s 'Satanic Panic,' when Tipper Gore's PMRC targeted metal bands—making a Christian metal group persecuted by both secular and religious authorities a uniquely twisted irony of the era.
The band's theatrical live shows featured a guillotine execution of lead singer Les Carlsen, complete with fake blood—staging their own martyrdom decades before similar imagery became mainstream in metal.
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