Netflix is now airing a compelling documentary that will captivate any subscriber intrigued by tumultuous events in music history.

The latest instalment in the streaming giant's series of exposes revealing disastrous concert failures focuses on a catastrophic gig in 2021.

Featuring accounts from guests, staff and paramedics, prepare yourself for a distressing journey as Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy delves into one of the most discussed festival catastrophes of the 2020s.

After cancelling the show in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of fans flocked to the Six Flags AstroWorld theme park in Houston to see Travis Scott and other hip-hop stars perform the next year.

However, the event concluded in disaster when a crowd crush occurred on 5th November during a sold out show with 50,000 people present. Eight people lost their lives, with two later succumbing to fatal injuries, reports .

Hundreds more suffered severe injuries, including 11 guests who went into cardiac arrest.

The Houston Chronicle highlights the family of Madison Dubiski, a 23-year-old killed in the crush, who established the Pink Bows Foundation to prevent further tragedies.

They describe the event as "harrowing", continuing to depict the horrific scenes shown in the documentary: "Hectic footage taken from social media shows desperate faces, and the audio frequently changes to sound like it is underwater.

"In the background, the pyrotechnics of Scott's spirited performance more accurately resemble a hurricane someone is rapping over."

Ready Steady Cut also cautions viewers to prepare themselves for distressing footage, stating: "It's a film about a horrifying tragedy that succeeds in being effectively horrifying.

"There are stretches here, enhanced with first-hand testimony, that play out so similarly to a horror movie that the effect is striking.

"If you've never imagined yourself being crushed to death in a mosh pit - and, frankly, why would you have? - then proceed with caution. Even the film's key art has a nattily disorienting quality to it."

The Guardian also points out how the film differs from the previous entry in the Trainwreck series, which focused on Woodstock '99.

"One key difference is that concertgoers now have mobile phones," they noted.

"And the frequently horrifying footage takes viewers right into the heart of the crush that claimed 10 lives.

"The story of the aftermath is bleak, too: as survivors tried to deal with the shock while coaxing some accountability from the people who failed them."

Netflix's latest documentary is certainly not for the faint-hearted but it's a must-watch for anyone who wants to learn more about one of the most shocking music moments of the decade.

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy is available to stream on Netflix.