'American Satan' Review: Lead Singer Of Black Veil Brides Takes The Lead In This Passionate Love-Letter To Rock 'N' Roll!


🌟 American Satan 🌟 Review 🌟 8.5/10 🌟

For anyone who watches American Satan you should know that writer and director Ash Avildsen is the founder of Sumerian Films and Sumerian Records. Avildsen’s label is packed with progressive metal, metalcore and deathcore bands. And American Satan is definetly a passionate love-letter to the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.

The movie follows a young band, The Relentless, made of UK and U.S. musicians who head to L.A. to chase their dreams of being massive. As they try to find fame, a mysterious stranger interjects himself into their lives and offers a Faustian deal. Fame and success follow, but not without consequence.

American Satan is more than just a surface-level look at celebrity, drugs and sex. It’s a deep film that poses not-so-easily-answerable questions. How far would you go to get what you want? Would you sign a deal with the devil? Do you have free will? How much will this cost you? While the movie doesn’t answer all these questions directly, it poses some compelling answers and explanations with wit, some rather great acting and just enough satire to not feel like a parody.

What makes it such a joy to watch is the acting. The cast is stacked with veterans such as Malcolm McDowell (Halloween,2007), Mark Boone Junior (Son's Of Anarchy, Momento), John Bradley (Game Of Thrones, loved him so much he was great) and Denise Richards (Wild Things, Starship Troopers). There’s also a cameo by John G. Avildsen, who passed away last year and WWE star Goldberg which was a treat!

The veterans are joined by Andy Biersack who is the lead vocalist for Black Veil Brides and plays the movie’s lead, Johnny Faust. He plays the flawed character to a T. Another fresh actress is Jesse Sullivan who plays bassist Lilly Mayflower. Both Sullivan and Biersack have some serious acting chops while having just a handful of acting credits under their belt I'll tell you that for nothing now!

You can’t have a movie about rock ‘n’ roll and not talk about the music, it is packed with references and killer sounds. The original score is by Jonathan Davis of Korn while featuring music from Deftones, The Pretty Reckless and much, much more. There’s even an American Satan soundtrack featuring the music of The Relentless which is quite cool.

American Satan could have quickly fallen into the cheese, but the combination of an outstanding, intricate story paired with stellar acting makes the movie a must-see for rock fans and movie fans alike.

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