When they say rock never dies, it's probably because rock music is associated with youth and teenagers. The loud, heavy guitar riffs, intense drum sounds and emotional vocals resonate with adolescents fuelled by hormones, rebelliousness and teen angst. The same goes within the world of cinema, where we see the combination of rock music and teen movies pop up every five or 10 years to appeal to the young generation, from Rock'n'Roll High School (1979), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Detroit Rock City (1999) and School Of Rock (2003), to name a few.
Netflix original Metal Lords is another addition to the list of teen rock band movies. It's about two high school misfits who decide to form a metal band and win the school's battle of the bands. Metal Lords is directed by Peter Sollett and written by D.B. Weiss. Despite the movie having a good cast, a classic heavy metal soundtrack, and even featuring the same creator as HBO's Game Of Thrones, Metal Lords feels nothing more than a generic teen film featuring a plot that is hardly memorable.
