Global Metal (2008)

  • NR
  • 06/20/2008 (US)
  • Documentary, Music
  • 1h 33m

Overview

In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most maligned musical genre - heavy metal - has impacted the world's cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Sam Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world's emerging extreme music scenes; from Indonesian death metal to Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal. GLOBAL METAL reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren't just absorbing metal from the West - they're transforming it - creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.

Sam Dunn

Director, Writer

Cast

Sam Dunn's headshot

Sam Dunn

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Rafael Bittencourt's headshot

Rafael Bittencourt

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Bruce Dickinson's headshot

Bruce Dickinson

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Adrian Smith's headshot

Adrian Smith

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Dave Murray's headshot

Dave Murray

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Max Cavalera's headshot

Max Cavalera

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Tom Araya's headshot

Tom Araya

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Kerry King's headshot

Kerry King

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