Watch documentary on the life of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Documentary focusing on the life of Cliff Burton produced and narrated by his sister Connie launches online

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A new documentary about late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton has been released online.

It’s titled The Salvation Kingdom and it’s narrated by Burton’s sister Connie. Watch the full 90-minute film below.

The documentary focuses on various topics including Cliff’s childhood, his hobbies, his musical influences and is interspersed with archive footage and photographs. The film also features interviews with musicians who have been influenced by the bassist.

The documentary title is taken from a line in Metallica track To Live Is To Die, which was written as a tribute to Burton and featured on the …And Justice For All album in 1988 – two years after the bassist was killed in a tour bus crash in Sweden at the age of 24.

In August last year, Burton’s father Ray revealed that he donates royalties he receives from his son’s work in the band to a scholarship programme to help young musicians.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.