Chronicling the later years of black metal, Blackhearts explores a world of those trying to uphold the spirit of a world that has passed them but which they find more relevant than what surrounds them, appearing both chronically lost and less mechanical and oblivious than the world around them.
Like most documentaries, this film features lots of talking and people walking, driving, and flying between different destinations. Ostensibly it focuses on From the Vastland, an Iranian black metal band, Naer Mataron from Greece, and Luciferian from Colombia as each struggles to get to a black metal festival in Norway.
When you see the festival, one thing stands out: this is an older audience. Metal feels stuck in the early 90s because it hit something eternal, and no one can move on, but newer...