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The movie Sound of Metal, starring actor and rapper Riz Ahmed, tells the story of a drummer whose sudden hearing loss changes more than just his career. A man whose life revolves around music faces a ...

For a movie about a heavy metal drummer, Sound of Metal revels in the silence. Blackgammon’s music is a punishing hiss that pummels fans with distorted guitars, growling vocals and double-kick drums.

What does the world feel like to someone with hearing loss? And what does it sound like? On Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal, supervising sound editor Nicolas Becker sought to answer these questions.

Praised for its immersive approach to mapping out a drummer’s confrontation with hearing loss, writer-director Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal,” now contending for six Academy Awards, features a ...

It took many stops and starts for Marder to make his celebrated debut. The story of that process is a journey unto itself. Darius Marder’s feature debut, “Sound of Metal,” is the riveting story of a ...

Inspired by horror movies and dark themes, legendary bands created a theatrically dark genre, Metal. Linda Diaz and Joey Hays chat with members of the legendary bands Gwar and Impaler to uncover how ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Darius Marder’s sensational drama Sound of Metal didn’t win Best Picture (Nomadland) at the 2021 Academy Awards, but the critically-acclaimed film did capture Oscar gold, ...

Riz Ahmed's latest film, Sound of Metal, depicts a heavy-metal musician who starts losing his sense of hearing. Although it certainly feels like a "based on a true story" kind of movie, it's actually ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...