In the Days of Iron and Steel pays tribute to the bands that launched Pittsburgh’s heavy metal scene, including one of the first all-female acts in the genre.
Before heavy metal became a mainstream genre, local TV station WPXI gave it the derisive — albeit, kind of rad — label of “gutter music.” This is according to a clip from a televised 1988 roundtable with local figures and musicians on the “controversial” topic. The clip features winkingly in In the Days of Iron and Steel: The Story of Pittsburgh Heavy Metal, a new documentary by Dusty Hanna and Joshua Rievel…