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“The documentary Into the Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal is set to debut on Hulu on Sept. 22.”
More than 50 years after heavy metal first took shape, Hulu is revisiting the genre’s history in a new documentary series.
Into the Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal is an eight-part docuseries debuting on the platform Sept. 22, with PEOPLE offering an exclusive first look at the trailer.
The preview opens with Nikan “Siyanor” Khosravi of Confess recalling, “The first time that I heard metal music, it was very cathartic,” followed by Pantera’s Rex Brown describing the style as “something special.”
Executive producers Jason Eisener and Evan Husney explained their vision in a statement to PEOPLE: “Metal is often reduced to clichés, but we wanted to challenge that narrow view and show its true breadth. The genre is incredibly multifaceted — both musically and stylistically — and we set out to reflect that diversity in the bands we chose to highlight.”
The trailer then spotlights footage of some of heavy metal’s most influential performers before cutting to Sharon Osbourne. Reflecting on her late husband Ozzy Osbourne’s rise to fame with Black Sabbath in the late 1960s, she remarked during a June interview: “You don’t know how ugly this business can be.”
Each installment of the docuseries explores a different chapter in heavy metal’s history, spotlighting both its celebrated icons and its more controversial figures. The premiere episode centers on Randy Rhoads, Ozzy Osbourne’s close friend and bandmate.
“Randy was a gift from God. He brought out the very best in Ozzy,” says Sharon Osbourne, 72, reflecting on the guitarist, who tragically died in a 1982 plane crash.
The episode also includes archival footage of Ozzy, who passed away on July 22, 2025, at age 76, just weeks after appearing on stage in a throne during Black Sabbath’s farewell show. Speaking about Rhoads, Ozzy recalls: “He was the first guy that came into my life and gave me hope.”
Rhoads’ story is one of several tragedies featured in the series, which also revisits the backlash metal faced during its peak and the violence often tied to the scene. Upcoming episodes examine the lawsuit filed against Judas Priest after two men died by suicide, the case of NME’s Kurt Struebing, who killed his mother, and the 2004 onstage murder of Dimebag Darrell.
Still, executive producers Jason Eisener and Evan Husney stress that the project aims to push back against stereotypes. “The fear mongering around heavy metal painted it as a moral threat to youth and society, which too often overshadowed the humanity, resilience, and depth of the artists,” they explained. “We wanted to highlight the other side of that story and give these musicians the recognition they deserve.”
Sharon Osbourne sums it up in the closing moments of the trailer: “Music is something that doesn’t die. After we’ve gone, it will live on.”
