The new documentary “Heavy Healing” will be released digitally next month

The new documentary “Heavy Healing” by MVD Entertainment Group, which aims to shed light on the therapeutic benefits of aggressive music, will be released digitally on September 22, 2026, as per Blabbermouth. Heavy metal, hardcore punk, and similar fans have long been informed by their parents, schools, and religious leaders that these genres are “not music,” but rather noise. Each has been described as aggressive, chaotic, and harmful to young people’s bodily and emotional well-being. However, many people who have been impacted by a wide range of debilitating ailments have grown to depend on heavy musicians to help them get through the worst of circumstances, including serious illness, serious medical concerns, and mental health issues.

You will hear directly and honestly from artists, fans, and industry types in “Heavy Healing”—remarkable people who have relied on (or even become) “controversial” music makers to inspire and be inspired during the arduous process of recovering from conditions like cancer, anxiety and depression, strokes, heart attacks, cerebral palsy, blood diseases, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS, to name a few. Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage), Lou Koller (Sick Of It All), Jaret Reddick (Bowling For Soup), Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Eddie “Sutton” Pomponio (Leeway), Jesse Malin (Heart Attack, D-Generation), Michael Alago (former A&R executive, Metallica, White Zombie), Michael “Kaves” McLeer (Lordz Of Brooklyn), Jimmy G. Drescher (Murphy’s Law), Brian “Mitts” Daniels (ex-Madball), Adam Blake (H2O), and Michael Hazel (24-7 SPY).

I’ve survived several severe, life-altering medical ordeals. When you strip away the doctors and family and friends’ support, it’s the music that gets you through it all. In my case, I specifically leaned on SUICIDAL TENDENCIES’ ‘You can’t Bring Me Down’. ‘Heavy Healing’ gives a voice to those who have relied on heavy, aggressive music to recover from any number of things — medical, emotional or both. – Seth Abrams, filmmaker