Metal Lords is a teen musical comedy arriving on Netflix which is like School Of Rock but with a thrash metal twist. It's from the Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and DB Weiss, and tells the story of three high school misfits who try to start a heavy metal band.
Following the success of their epic fantasy drama Game Of Thrones, Benioff and Weiss found themselves in huge demand. Then in 2019, the pair signed a $200m deal with Netflix for a number of upcoming projects, with Metal Lords their first one-off film for the streaming service.
Here’s everything you need to know about the hilarious coming-of-age movie Metal Lords…
Metal Lords release date
Metal Lords will be released worldwide on Netflix on Friday 8 April, just in time for the Easter holidays.
Metal Lords plot
Metal Lords follows teenagers Hunter (Adrian Greensmith) and Kevin (Jaeden Martell) as they struggle to fit in at their US high school. While their classmates are listening to Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, Hunter and Kevin and rocking out to heavy metal classics by Black Sabbath and Anthrax.
Music also provides an outlet for Hunter to vent his rage against bullies at school and his disinterested dad. "When you’re 15 years old, you feel confused and not all that powerful," says Weiss, who also wrote the script. "Metal is almost like an armour Hunter wears to keep people away."
Together, the boys form a group to take part in a Battle of the Bands contest, recruiting talented cellist Emily (Isis Hainsworth) as bass player. Can they convince their fellow students that metal is cool?
Metal Lords cast — who’s starring
In Metal Lords, newcomer Adrian Greensmith stars as Hunter, who suffers from a dysfunctional family life but hides his emotions behind his one true passion, heavy metal. Meanwhile, Jaeden Martell (Defending Jacob) plays Hunter’s best mate Kevin, a marching band drummer who Hunter persuades to become a metal drummer instead! Completing the trio is Isis Hainsworth (Emma) as shy Emily, who plays the cello and is the only real musician in the band. But her relationship with Kevin ends up causing conflict with Hunter. Take a look at the main three actors in the tweet below.
🎸Rock on, METAL LORDS. 🎸Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth & Adrian Greensmith will star in D. B. Weiss’s comedy about two kids who start a heavy metal band—in a school where exactly two kids care about heavy metal.Directed by Peter Sollett, the film will play Netflix in 2021. pic.twitter.com/QSYqLgIFHRFebruary 25, 2021
Is there a Metal Lords trailer?
Yes, a full trailer for Metal Lords has been released by Netflix and is shows the one-off film is just as wild as we thought it would be! Take a look at all the high school fun below...
Metal Lords soundtrack
The coming-of-age comedy Metal Lords features a soundtrack selected by Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, who worked as executive music producer on the project.
"Metal Lords is a story of kids trying to get their first band together and having a dream, but perhaps not having the technical ability or the artistic vision to make that dream real — or do they?" says Morello.
The New York-born guitarist says he completely identified with the storyline. "I grew up in a small, cloistered, conservative suburb where my musical tastes ran against the grain of almost everybody else in school and certainly all of the teachers, so this is something I can very much relate to," he explains. "For so many kids who are locked in these suburban hells, the key to getting out is an electric guitar or drums. Music shows a way to transcend this stifled daily existence, to try to be something better, be something more authentic than what’s handed to you by your surroundings."
