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About this documentary: Heavy: The Story of Metal is a four part documentary special that aired on VH1. It focuses on the origins, subgenres, and the bands of heavy metal music, paying close attention to influential bands like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden, who helped to define heavy metal in its early years. Other bands on the program include Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Kiss, AC/DC, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, M�tley Cr�e, Metallica, and Marilyn Manson. The show is broken down into four parts. Each part focuses on different eras of the genre. 

Part One: Welcome to My Nightmare:
This part of the documentary talks about the beginning of heavy metal music and how the term came about. It also documents punk rock's threat to heavy metal's popularity.

Part Two: British Steel:
This part focuses on the rise of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, the Soundhouse in London, and the beginning of the L.A. scene with Van Halen. It also talks about Ronnie James Dio's influence on the birth of the "devil horns" and metal's leather fashion brought on by Rob Halford.

Part Three: Looks That Kill:
Part Three focuses mostly on the glam metal movement of the 80s, the use of keyboards in metal, the "power ballad", and the decline of the genre. It also talks about the P.M.R.C hearings, the 1984 film This is Spinal Tap, and the 1988 "rockumentary" The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years.

Part Four: Seek & Destroy:
This part talks about the emergence of the underground sound of thrash metal in the 80's and the popularity of Guns N Roses. It also talks about the popularity rise in rap rock, nu metal, Marilyn Manson, and Ozzfest.