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Supreme Court rules on carbon tax, Petition regarding Alberta’s coal mining expansion, Fourth COVID-19 variant in Montreal

March 25 2021 //

Hadassah Alencar

 

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Supreme Court rules Ottawa’s carbon tax constitutional

The Supreme court decided Ottawa can hammer down a carbon tax on the provinces. 

Even though Conservatives couldn’t agree on this, the court said the climate crisis is a real and serious threat.

Ottawa has already prepared a minimum carbon pricing outline that’s ready for the provinces. 

If the provinces refuse to tack on those fees, Ottawa can do it for them.

Canadians can expect to pay these fees along with industrial companies.

Petition to have Ottawa intervene in Alberta’s coal mining plans

In other news, over 18,000 Canadians are urging Ottawa to intervene on Alberta’s plans to expand coal mines.

The popular petition was on the parliamentary website for almost a month, and was launched in collaboration with Indigenous water protectors.

They’re asking that Alberta consult with First Nations regarding coal mining projects, due to the severe environmental impacts coal mines have on the land. 

Fourth COVID-19 variant in Montreal

Montreal has a fourth variant of COVID-19 which was first recorded in Nigeria.

Only two Montrealers are known to have contracted this variant so far.

The city has identified a total of 704 known cases of COVID-19 variants.

 

Metal My Movie: Notions of Metal Sound through sound design in Sound of Metal

March 24 2021 //
Content Warning: Mentions of drug addiction, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts 
 
In this final Metal My Movie segment for the month of March I have decided to focus on one of the year’s best films. Leading the Oscar race with 6 nominations, Sound of Metal (directed by Darius Marder) is a film my cinephile friends and I have been waiting to see since its preproduction days under the original title Metalhead. The film’s concept of a heavy metal drummer learning to cope with losing his hearing due to his eardrum being ruptured stemmed from Metalhead director Derek Cianfrance. That version starred the members of two-piece American sludge metal band Jucifer, but unfortunately the project fell through. However, the same concept would come to be known as Sound of Metal, albeit without an actual metal band. Riz Ahmed stars as Ruben, the drummer in a heavy metal punk band that is losing his hearing. Cianfrance is still given writing and executive producer credits on the film alongside Marder. If we look at the character of Ruben and the sound design of the film, we may not get the obvious answer to what metal sounds like, but we do get notions of it through the distinction of the sound of metal found in the sound design to heighten our experience with Ruben through his hearing loss.
 
Ruben is a drummer for the duo metal band Blackgammon alongside lead singer and girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cook). They live their life on the road in an RV, driving to the next gig but never living fully in the moment. Something is not right when Ruben discovers that he has issues with his hearing and is referred to getting a hearing test by a pharmacist. The test results show that Ruben can only make out 20-30 percent of what he hears, and it is recommended that he stay away from loud noises. Rather than taking the advice and stepping away from his life of performing, Ruben looks to take advantage of a quick fix solution by getting a cochlear implant. To get the money for the surgery, Ruben continues to risk his ears to the exposure of the loud noise of performing. The sound design in this chapter focuses both on what the experience is like at a loud concert and what it is like being a drummer close to loud equipment. It does so while placing the audience into Ruben’s shoes as his condition worsens with the sound design mimicking the incoherent nature of losing the noise around you. 
 
When Lou learns of Ruben’s condition, she expresses concern for his safety and sobriety as she fears he may relapse into his drug addiction. They contact his sponsor Hector, who finds a Deaf-led support group for Deaf people who are recovering addicts. Joe (Paul Raci) tells Ruben that the group is not about a quick fix, a usual tactic of Ruben's, but rather about learning how to live with his new reality. At first reluctantly engaging with the community by working with Deaf children in a classroom, he also begins learning American Sign Language and participates in a form of therapy that requires getting up early and being alone with his thoughts. Joe tells him to write in a journal when the silence becomes too uncomfortable and he has trouble sitting still. These scenes showcase Ahmed’s ability to convey pain and anguish in Ruben’s writing and verbal reactions, including the character screaming out of frustration while in therapy. The sound design in this section focuses more on characters being comfortable with profound moments of silence and living in silence. There is one good scene in this chapter where Ruben is with one of the students on a metallic slide outside of school and the student makes a rhythm on the slide, which Ruben repeats. This represents a shift from the booming nature he once only heard on the drums, to him feeling it too.
 
As much as he integrated himself with the support group, Ruben still wants his old life back and feels that the cochlear implant will be the quickest solution. After informing Joe that he has had the surgery, Ruben is asked to leave the group as his decision to get the cochlear goes against their philosophy of not viewing Deafness as a problem to fix. When he activates the implant, he is reintroduced to greater access to sound. Instead of being comforted by this, he finds it slightly jarring and unfamiliar. He takes a plane to Belgium to see Lou and tries his best to interact with others but faces difficulty adjusting to sounds heard with the cochlear implant. The final scene in the film - a coda, if you will - shows Ruben by himself on the busy streets of Europe with people rushing by him as a church bell rings loudly. He removes his cochlear, finally realizing that it is alright to be with himself and appreciate the silence around him as opposed to the loudness of his previous life. A great use of sound design in this chapter from any film that I can remember is when we are quite literally in Ruben’s shoes when his implant gets switched on. The sound can be described as tinny or canny, whereas Ruben describes it as a distorted, jarring high-pitched sound. This is what most of this chapter sounds like when we bounce from the movie’s audio to Ruben’s audio, making this a great innovative use of sound design and character reflection.
 
Rather than diving in into a clear consensus on what metal sounds like, we get the idea through the character of Ruben through sound design moments in the film Sound of Metal. For this reason alone, it is not only a cinematic achievement in my view when it comes to sound design for a film putting you in the shoes of a character, but it is also truly deserving of this final Metal My Movie segment for Metal March. 
 
Got a movie you want to see featured on Metal My Movie next March? Send over your suggestions to atmovies@cjlo.com. A big thank you to the magazine team behind the scenes with your help editing and publishing these segments. 
 
Remi hosts At The Movies with regular Co-Host Danny every Tuesday morning from 8-9 AM only on CJLO 1690 AM. 

Before They Were Heavy: Surprising Starts in Metal Music

March 22 2021 //

A lot of legendary hard rock and heavy metal performers had their start in decidedly un-heavy bands. Especially for musicians who came of age when The Beatles rose to fame, boppin' in a '60s boy band was a surprisingly common first taste of musical fame. Here are a few heavy icons who had surprisingly easy-listening starts... and a couple of easy-listening icons who started off surprisingly loud!

Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister

Lemmy, like many rockers of his era, namechecked The Beatles and Little Richard as his earliest influences. Though there are no shades of the speedfreak gravelpit sound he'd helm for 40 years, in 1966 he was slinging his bass for The Rockin' Vickers on this toe tapper, "Dandy":

Ronnie James Dio

Before he became a heavy metal Dio (Italian for "god"), Ronnie James Padavona had more in common with another Italian American crooner, Dion, singing sweet songs with his group. Initially known as The Vegas Kings, then Ronnie and the Rumblers, and eventually Ronnie and the Red Caps, you'll get a cavity from their 1961 track, "An Angel is Missing":

Bon Scott

The original, and still mourned, lead singer of AC/DC seemed surprised by the screaming girls as he provided backup harmonies on this cover of "Build Me Up Buttercup" performed by his Perth, Australia boy band The Valentines in 1969:

Alice Cooper

Before he was Alice, teenaged Vincent Furnier once competed in his high school talent show as a member of The Earwigs, a Beatles parody band. That band eventually became The Spiders, a respectable garage rock outfit, as evidenced on this 1966 track called "Don't Blow Your Mind":

Iggy Pop

Speaking of talent shows, this punk progenitor got his start drumming in a garage rock band created for that same purpose. The Iguanas had a mild amount of fame in Iggy's home state of Michigan, but he soon went on to much heavier things. Check out his 1965 cover of Bo Diddley's "Mona" here:

Trent Reznor

Though you can hear the faintest shades of what was to come, there's something disconcerting about seeing Trent Reznor's mid-80s New Romantic hairdo bounce in time to his early band. Leaning into that trendy synthpop sound, this is a 1985 TV report on Exotic Birds:

Billy Joel

Before becoming your granddad's favourite, the Piano Man was in a proggy psych metal duo called Attila. Things were peachy until Joel ran away with his collaborator's wife, but we still have this 1970 self-titled record to remind us of what could have been:

Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton wasn't always makeout music for the adult contemporary set. In fact, he used to be a hard rock singer, and opened for Ozzy on tour. Here he is, hair in full effect, on "Everybody's Crazy" from 1985, before his sound took a different direction:

Have any other secret heavy metal starts to share, or any other non-metal "before they were famous" tidbits you know about? Share with @CJLO1690AM on Facebook or Twitter!

At The Movies Race to the Oscars (Audio) Review: Promising Young Woman

March 22 2021 //

The following film being reviewed deals with mature subject matter like sexual assault and viewer discretion is strongly advised before viewing.

ASIAN LIVES MATTER, ANTI LOCKDOWN PROTEST, LEGAULT CALLS NEW FIRST NATIONS TABLE A ‘BIG STEP FORWARD’

March 21 2021 //

Reporter: Shanellie Marie

Stories: Luca Caruso Moro 

 

 

ASIAN LIVES MATTER

People gathered in downtown Montreal Sunday to call attention to what many have called 

a rise in anti-Asian racism since the beginning of the pandemic.

After the march, a vigil was held for the eight people who were killed in massage parlours in the Atlanta area on March 16.

Most of the victims were Asian women.

The man allegedly responsible for the shootings has been charged with right counts of murder.

 

ANTI LOCKDOWN PROTEST

The day before, hundreds of protests took place around the world against COVID-19 lockdown measures.

In Montreal, hundreds marched downtown against the curfew and other health restrictions.

While it’s legal for people to gather to protest, attendants are still supposed to maintain distancing when possible and wear a mask.

Montreal police handed out 52 tickets to people violating health measures, for approximately 1,550 dollars each.

 

LEGAULT CALLS NEW FIRST NATIONS TABLE A ‘BIG STEP FORWARD’

Finally, Indigenous leaders in Quebec and the provincial government announced a new plan to address the needs of First Nations and Inuit communities Sunday.

They say chiefs from communities across the province will establish priority topics 

to be looked at over several meetings, which started this weekend.

Several others have been planned, including one on economic recovery in the fall.

In a Sunday press release, the premier said he believed, quote, “we are taking a big step forward.”

 

 

Metal My Movie: Guardians of The Galaxy

March 17 2021 //
A group of misfit criminals come together to save the world alongside an awesome soundtrack that rocks. If this sounds like an awesome Metal My Movie segment, you are correct. It is also the premise of Marvel Studio’s Guardians of The Galaxy, directed by James Gunn. Unlike the classic Marvel heroes archetype, the Guardians are seen more as the anti-heroes that must put aside their differences and personalities to save the universe. As well it’s the first time that the music not only revolved around the score by Tyler Bates, but most notably a soundtrack jam-packed with rock tunes and nostalgia. If we look at these two aspects of the film, Guardians Of The Galaxy is the ultimate Marvel Metal My Movie (with apologies to Iron Man).
 
 
All of the members of the Guardians bring their own baggage and criminal past to the ragtag team of misfits. There is Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) or you may know him by his other name, Star-Lord, who is part of a team of ravagers led by Yondu (Michael Rooker). After stealing an orb belonging to the villainous Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace), Ronan puts out a bounty on Star Lord and sends his assassin Gamora (Zoe Saldana) after the orb. After trying to sell the orb which no one will buy, a fight ensues between Star Lord and Gamora for control of the orb. This draws out a bounty hunter team of an cybernetic modified racoon called Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and his partner, a tree with a limited vocabulary called Groot (Vin Diesel). They all get arrested for their actions and while in jail meet up with Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista) who always speaks his mind as he does not understand sarcasm, nor does he trust Gamora due to her association with the villain Thanos (Josh Brolin). With the team in place they break out of prison in order to sell the orb. However, they finally learn about the true nature of the orb, leading to a test of their moral authority as a group of misfit criminals that must now work together in order to save the galaxy. 
 
Unlike the simple scores that Marvel films are known for, Guardians of The Galaxy relies on a mixtape soundtrack as well as the score from Tyler Bates. Motown classics, rock tunes and some punk tunes including The Runaways "Cherry Bomb" (the heaviest rock song the film has to offer) are also featured. It also takes some daring lighthearted choices when dealing with the villainous Ronan as Star Lord challenges him to a dance off to" O-o-h Child" by Five Stairsteps. Maybe it’s the analogy that the soundtrack helps connect Star Lord to his time on earth, but as my friend pointed out, if you look at the track list in order it’s a summary of the entire film. Aside from a Quentin Tarantino film, this is the most metal analogy that I can find for a film making full use of a soundtrack, and the last thing I would come to expect from a Marvel or even a superhero film. 
 
Is Guardians of The Galaxy a fun and at times candy-coated super hero film about a not so super hero group of criminals that team up to save the world? The answer would be yes. In the same way that DC has played with the same notions with their anti-heroes but given them an edgier feel that doesn't always work out quite the same way when it comes to the storyline, Marvel has handled moralizing complex superheroes by giving them always the more character complex storylines. Later on their heroes turned out to be more moralizing complexities giving human realism like in Logan (2017) or even Deadpool (2016). However, before grappling with their complexities, the Guardians of the Galaxy were the original band of Marvel misfit characters that will always be there to save the day and grow to learn how to work alongside one another for the greater good of the galaxy, not their own self-interest. 
 
Next week, the final installment of Metal My Movie will be Sound of Metal from director Darious Marder. Got a movie you feel should get the Metal My Movie treatment? E-mail us atmovies@cjlo.com to let us know. 
 
 
Remi hosts At The Movies alongside regular co-host Danny every Tuesday morning from 8-9 AM only on CJLO 1690 AM. 

A message from CJLO 1690AM Management and the CBSC on the CSU Elections

March 15 2021 //

CJLO 1690AM is proud to support Concordia students during this uncertain time through volunteer opportunities, diverse programming, paid positions, and podcast funding. We believe that Brick by Brick, led by Eduardo Malorni, is the right team to lead the Concordia Student Union through this unprecedented period of change. It is clear that Eduardo, S Shivaane, Malcolm, Hannah, Faye, Camina, Aria, and Harrison are best-equipped to help students navigate the upcoming school year. As a media organization, we prioritize open communication, transparency, and accountability. We are happy to see Brick by Brick lay out plans for direct and ongoing dialogue with the Concordia student community

In 2020, we have initiated two projects with the Concordia Student Union, alongside Eduardo, as Student Life Coordinator. First, we worked with the CSU executive on developing a podcast series about the latest news and issues affecting the Concordia undergraduate student community. This podcast is called The Yellow Curtain and is available on CJLO’s SoundCloud account. Second, we worked with the CSU to create a Podcast Development Fund available to undergraduate students looking to go above and beyond with a special audio project pertaining to Concordia students. We are proud to work with Eduardo on these projects and we hope they continue into next year and beyond. 

As a fee-levy group, we understand how important it is to serve students and give them a meaningful, enriching campus experience, and how instrumental the CSU is to fostering and nurturing that experience alongside groups like ours. We would like to continue serving students and expand on our growth in 2020, with a student-focused CSU as our partner, so that we can continue to report on the news, deliver content, and curate music that students need and expect during this time.

If you are a Concordia undergraduate student, please show your support for Brick by Brick on March 16 to 19. 

 

Sincerely,
 

CJLO 1690AM Management
Concordia Student Broadcasting Corporation

 

Back to a Nü Future: A Small Primer on Metalcore

March 15 2021 //

If you know me, it’s not really a surprise to see me write about my favorite subgenre of metal. If you don't know me, my name is JP and I love everything that is melodic and heavy at the same time, I live to die in a mosh pit during a sick breakdown and I’m really passionate about metalcore - what can i say?

I have both a little history lesson and some food-for-thought today, since this is something that has been on my mind since the beginning of this pandemic. Some bands I follow released a few songs that reminded me a lot of early Slipknot or early Linkin Park, both being a big part of what was called nu metal at the time. And I thought there were some interesting links that could be drawn from this. 

Let us start with a little information session before anything else to make sure you can follow along;

Nu metal is a subgenre of alternative metal. Really, it’s mostly a melting pot for bands who were too influenced by either hip hop, funk, rap and electronic music to be categorized in any other metal subgenre. It became immensely popular in the middle of the 1990s before dying down before 2010. Albums like Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory (2000), Slipknot’s self-titled (1999) and sophomore release Iowa (2001), System Of A Down’s Toxicity (2001), Papa Roach’s Infest (2000), Korn’s Follow the Leader (1998), Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other (1999) and the Rage Against the Machine self-titled (1992) were game-changers, defining the musical taste and expressing the anger and frustration of a couple of generations of young adults and teens.

Metalcore was officially born in the early 1990s from the fusion of hardcore punk and extreme metal, as some hardcore punk bands started adding more melody to their sound, having other bands jokingly calling them metallic hardcore. The subgenre is mostly known for substituting solos with slow and intense breakdowns, which are usually accompanied by crowd choreography we call mosh pits. The genre gained a lot of popularity in the early 2000s, with the Warped Tour launching the career of so many bands when it was at the peak of its popularity. Records like As I Lay Dying’s Shadows Are Security (2005), August Burns Red’s Constellations (2009), Killswitch Engage’s As Daylight Dies (2006), Hatebreed’s Perseverance (2002), Architects’ Lost Forever // Lost Together (2014), Bring Me The Horizon’s Suicide Season (2008) and Parkway Drive’s Horizons (2007) are some of the albums that both define and influenced the subgenre.

With the background laid out, now we can jump to the small history lesson. By the early 2000s, the subgenre of nu metal was running out of steam, for 3 different main reasons. Reason #1 was that, while the genre still sold well, the material released at the start of the new millennium was poorly received by critics, sometimes being judged weaker in comparison to records previously produced. Reason #2 was the Hollywood-like drama that occurred between bands and even bandmates, making the genre more about the relations between its people instead of the music. Reason #3 is that the imagery and the nu metal style was cringy and, like a new fashion trend in high school, it died down after people got older and cringed at some old pictures of themselves. Those 3 main reasons caused the bands to change their sound and to move to more specific genres or to go for a more commercial outlook. Meanwhile, fans turned to metalcore as a rising star in the metal realm, as it was as heavy and melodic as what nu metal could offer without any style change (pre-emocore, please). So rap and guitar solos turned into long heavy breakdowns, as the genres evolved.

We now fast forward in time to the present day, where I listen to anything on Spotify and I keep noticing metalcore bands using rap parts, more noticeable computer-fabricated melodies, and even going as far as collaborating with DJs. I know how this sounds and no, I am not attacking your music taste, everyone can listen to anything they want. It's more about “Why? Why do it now, 20-ish years later?” Especially after considering the three main causes of nu metal’s fall written in this article, the mystery behind the sudden resurgence of these rap and electronic parts was bugging me.

Why would suddenly I Prevail decide to invite rapper Joyner Lucas to sing in another version of "DOA" that originally didn’t have a rap part? Why would bands like Bad Omens and Point North suddenly decide to do a collaboration with DJs like ILLENIUM, Excision and Kayzo? Why would Bring Me The Horizon decide to use computer-generated melodies as the main parts of half the songs on POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR (2020)?

This makes more sense when you look at the artists as real people who, like everyone, are influenced by their music tastes. Nu metal has been on this planet for 30 years and was only at its peak for 5 years. And if you understand capitalism, the more in demand nu metal concerts, merch, and records were, the more widespread it became, as the subgenre was once the most popular metal genre on Earth. So every member of those modern bands were probably heavily influenced by Linkin Park, by Slipknot or by Rage Against the Machine. And when you are fond of a sound or a song, you almost always go back to it, no matter what. It is called nostalgia. So it would make perfect sense for these sounds to come back into more recent music, especially after influencing so many future musicians back then. 

But why now? That one is easier to answer. With everything that happened in 2020 and the panic, stress, anger and sadness that it caused, a negative state of mind was inevitable. There are many ways to cope with these emotions, and those options are limited when your local government confines you to an enclosed space. People are constantly being fed with new information causing a lot of uncertainty. For a lot of people, it required going back to something familiar to find some sort of comfort, which was nu metal in this precise case.

I am no elitist of the metal genre. Since I’m the ‘Core Guy, I would be, by default, a poser. On occasion, I will caricature the metal elitist persona as a joke to my friends, telling them that they needed to listen to either Norwegian black metal or BABYMETAL to truly be considered a real metalhead. I never mean it, as I believe everyone should listen to what makes their hearts dance the way they want. I personally like those nu metal-influenced metalcore songs that I mentioned earlier, as I am one of those people that was really influenced by nu metal, with both Linkin Park and Slipknot being early discoveries of mine during the beginnings of my metalhead journey. 

I will conclude this essay by listing fiven nu-metalcore songs that you should check out.

  1. I Prevail - Hurricane

  2. While She Sleeps - SLEEPS SOCIETY

  3. Afterlife - Wasting Time

  4. Bring Me The Horizon - Teardrops

  5. Kayzo, Bad Omen - Suffocate

JP co-hosts The Iron Club, your weekly guide to the dark and mysterious realm of underground metal, which airs every Sunday from 9:00 - 11:00PM.

 

Thousands protest Quebec’s lockdown, Firefighters urge caution while at home, New vaccine shows high efficacy after phase three testing

March 14 2021 //

Reporter: Shanellie Marie

Stories: Luca Caruso Moro

 

 

Thousands protest Quebec’s lockdown

Thousands marched the streets of Montreal on Saturday to protest the province’s pandemic measures.

Marchers began their route near McGill.

Several people were handed tickets by Montreal police for not wearing masks.

 

Firefighters urge caution while at home

In other news…

People are staying home now more than ever to stay safe from the coronavirus, but that has created a new problem for Montrealers.

The city’s fire department says to check your fire alarms.

It turns out there were a lot of fires last year, hundreds more than the year before.

Officials blame the extra time spent at home.

 

New vaccine shows high efficacy after phase three testing

Finally…

A phase 3 trial has found high efficacy rates for the Novavax coronavirus vaccine.

Following late-stage trials in the UK, the Novavax vaccine has shown to be 96 per cent effective against mild to moderate symptoms of the original strain of the virus.

It was also reportedly effective against the British and South African variants.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signed a preliminary deal with Novavax to manufacture the vaccine in Montreal.

The facility is under construction, but according to a February CTV News report, the rollout isn’t expected until fall at the earliest.

 

 

Metal My Movie: Donnie Darko

March 10 2021 //
 
Donnie Darko, the cult classic film from director Richard Kelly, is currently celebrating its 20-year anniversary. What might have been seen as the mythos about the American Suburb being a great place to live gets subverted into a supernatural gothic tale complete with a Nostradamus plot set in the 80’s. The soundtrack has more of a rock somber mood, as Michael Andrews provides the somber score and isn’t afraid to punch up a scene with some synth loops to give the film its atmosphere.
 
Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is not your average teenager, more of a social outcast for the most part who has an imaginary friend by the name of Frank, a monstrous rabbit. While sleepwalking outside of his house one night, Frank tells Donnie that the world is ending on October 31st, 1988 - exactly 28 days away. Donnie returns home to find that a jet engine crashed into his room while he was gone. Over the next few days as his visions of Frank become more predominant, Frank uses Donnie as a vessel for destruction and Donnie himself grapples with the realities of space and time to see if he can put a stop in any way to the ending of the world. Donnie knows that there are some good people in the world including his family, friends, teachers (Drew Barrymore and Noah Wyle) and his girlfriend Gretchen (Jena Malone). Even though we see the first outcome happen I feel that director Richard Kelly wanted an alternate ending.  Without spoiling the ending, let’s just say that protagonist Donnie lives up to the role by doing something that would qualify as the most metal heroic act of any film.  
 
Michael Andrews composed the score for the film, which is at times a more somber Brian Eno type score. However, for the scenes with Frank meeting with Donnie or when Donnie starts acting out, Andrews uses synthesizers to give the film an uneasy feeling. As for the soundtrack, we get right into the decade of the film with "The Killing Moon" from Echo and the Bunny Man, which may be a slight nod to Frank. Rather than having a metallic sounding song from Tears for Fears, it’s more of the 80’s pop/rock track "Head Over Heels" as Donnie gets to school. At a Halloween party some more classics are played, including Joy Division’s "Love Will Tear Us Apart". The metallic sound of the Tears for Fears classic "Mad World" closes out the film. Singer Gary Jules takes on a somber approach which perfectly aligns with a poignant character reflection moment and revives the song for a new generation. 
 
In the same way that Sam Mendes subverted the mythos of the American suburb in American Beauty, Richard Kelly subverts the mythos through the genre of a supernatural gothic tale with Donnie Darko. Through the subversion of the mythos, the metal self heroic act finale from the main protagonist, its indie rock 80’s soundtrack and the score from Michael Andrews, Donnie Darko is the ultimate cult classic film celebrating a 20 year anniversary, and is truly deserving of the Metal My Movie treatment. If nothing else, it’s definitely worth a revisit for Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance as the title protagonist. 
 
Next week, Guardians of the Galaxy from director James Gunn gets the Metal My Movie Treatment. Got a movie you feel should get the Metal My Movie treatment? E-mail us atmovies@cjlo.com to let us know. 
 
Remi and Danny host At The Movies, which can be heard every Tuesday morning from 8:00 - 9:00AM. Tune in for discussions about movies, soundtracks, and iconic film scores. At The Movies also covers film festivals that are located in Montreal.

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