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“デス・メタルの父”と呼ばれたチャック・シュルディナーと、彼のバンド「DEATH」に焦点をあてたドキュメンタリー。 ヘヴィ・メタルのサブジャンルであるスラッシュ・メタルから派生し、さらなるスピードとデス・ボイスにより異形の進化を遂げたデス・メタル。1983年にフロリダで結成され、バンド名がそのままジャンル名にもなった「DEATH」を率いたチャック・シュルディナーは、ヘヴィ・メタルの内包する激しさを極限まで煮詰めたようなパブリックイメージとは裏腹に、驚くほど繊細で音楽に誠実だった。理想の音を追求するためにメンバー交代を繰り返し、いつしかバンドは彼のソロプロジェクトのようになっていく。その完璧主義は時に非情とも言われたが、それこそが妥協なき音楽的進化を可能とする原動力でもあった。 本作では、テープ・トレードを通じて音楽を分かち合った青春時代から、バンド結成と幾度ものメンバー交代、音楽性の絶えざる進化を経て、やがて病魔との闘いの末に34歳の若さでこの世を去るまでを追い、時に孤独になりながらも自分の信じる音楽を貫き続けた彼の生きざまを、ともに音楽を作った仲間たちの証言を通して描き出す。

A documentary focusing on Chuck Schuldiner, known as the "Father of Death Metal," and his band DEATH. Death metal evolved as an aberrant offshoot of thrash metal, itself a subgenre of heavy metal, pushing further speed and adding death vocals. Chuck Schuldiner, who led DEATH—formed in Florida in 1983, a band whose name became the name of the genre itself—was, contrary to the aggressive public image of heavy metal pushed to its extreme, surprisingly delicate and sincere about music. In pursuit of his ideal sound, he repeatedly changed members until the band eventually became something like his solo project. His perfectionism was sometimes called ruthless, but it was also the driving force behind his uncompromising musical evolution. The film traces his life from his youth sharing music through tape trading, through the band's formation and numerous lineup changes, and his constant musical evolution, to his eventual battle with illness and death at the young age of 34, depicting through the testimony of those who made music with him how he stayed true to the music he believed in, even when he was sometimes lonely.

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