Last Days Here

Back From The Abyss: A True Life Musical Biography That Is Both Effective And Strangely Affecting
Honestly, I haven't given the heavy metal band Pentagram much thought over the last several decades. Lead singer Bobby Liebling seemed ill-equipped to translate the cult appeal of the band into mainstream success due to personal demons and drugs, but still the legacy of their music endures. I wanted to see "Last Days Here" when I heard the reviewer for the Wall Street Journal brand it a heavy metal "Grey Gardens." If you're not familiar with this classic documentary, it details the eccentric relations of Jackie Kennedy who ended their days in squalor and solitude and yet remained a pair you wanted to root for. It is alternately hysterical, sad, disturbing, and oddly sweet. "Last Days Here" does capture a similar mix of emotions as it catches up with Liebling in his later days. The story may not be quite as unorthodox, though, because Liebling's journey is still defined by an on-going battle with drug addiction. But even at his worst and most detached, there's something about...

Getting his soul back... piece by piece...
"Last Days Here" shows the seemingly-hopeless life of a hardcore drug addict through the life of doom metal legend Bobby Liebling of Pentagram. Being a massive fan of Pentagram, I had heard about Bobby Liebling's troubles and I knew that the band had been through a lot of members, but this movie REALLY opened my eyes. It was heartbreaking to see him looking so gaunt, disheveled, and, frankly, like a homeless person who happened to be crashed in someone's basement. This was Bobby Liebling, the singer of one of my favorite doom metal bands!

God, Satan, Krishna, or whomever, bless "Pellet" for befriending Bobby and sticking with him through so much in order to help him get his soul back. When Pentagram actually finally takes the stage, it is like a revival!

The real story here is not about one of the greatest doom metal bands ever, drug addiction, or a band that failed to make it big. In the end, this is a story about a man who is in pain and desperately needs...

Worth Buying
I only heard of Pentagram before seeing this. This is a great documentary. I think it's better than the Anvil or Lemmy documentaries. This has a lot of action, and is very real. There's about 35 minutes of extras.

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