NOLA: Life, Death and Heavy Blues from the Bayou

TMDB score: 8.0/10

A seven-part series examining the people and the culture that helped foster bands like Down, Eyehategod, Crowbar, Acid Bath, Goatwhore and many others. The documentary features in-depth interviews discussing the bands, catastrophe, drugs, suicide, murder, and records that helped shape the New Orleans sound known the world over.

Selected season 1, episode 1.