Global Metal (2008)

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 ... See full summary »

Directors:

Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen

Writers:

Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen

Stars:

Tom Araya, Ken Ayugai, Rafael Bittencourt

Cast

Credited cast:
Tom Araya	...	Himself
Ken Ayugai	...	Himself
Rafael Bittencourt	...	Himself
Max Cavalera	...	Himself
Prabhu Deva	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bruce Dickinson	...	Himself
Sam Dunn	...	Himself
Marty Friedman	...	Himself
Iron Maiden	...	Themselves
Kerry King	...	Himself
Lamb of God	...	Themselves
Metallica	...	Themselves
Dave Murray	...	Himself
Scorpions	...	Themselves
Sepultura	...	Themselves

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

heavy metal

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Taglines:

It will rock your world.

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Genres:

Documentary | Music

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 2008 (Canada)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Banger Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (anamorphic)

Did You Know?

Quotes

Max Cavalera: Fans connect to third-world lyrics, because these are their lyrics. When I'm singing about inner self, growing up in these fucked up streets and shit, the Indonesian fans reading some of those lyrics, they feel connected to it.

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Connections

Follows Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)

User Reviews

Global Metal is awesome both visually and by content

Global Metal is lifetime head-banger Sam Dunn's second document of heavy metal music. This time we concentrate on metal as global phenomenon. We travel with Sam Dunn from China to Japan, Israel, Iran, Indonesia etc, which countries doesn't seem so metal in front. This document tells about morality, message and controversial of especially on religious countries.

Sam Dunn did it again. Global Metal is awesome both visually and by content. The document is build in fantastic way, and it tells more tales of the most powerful genre, metal-/heavy music. For most metal fans it comes by surprise that heavy metal can be found such unexpected countries like India for instance. The document proves that anthropologist-metal head Dunn knows what he's doing.

That's of the praise. Global Metal was good, but it had some disappointments as well. I would have liked to more countries, like Thailand, and Taiwan (where black metal bands like Anthelion and Crionics come from), and more darker genres - because it's more rule than exception that there is always soft genres like nu metal, heavy metal, power metal and death metal in these documents. Black metal is often totally ignored. Global Metal was also kind of short by length.

But I was quite pleased, because they did show some dark metal genres, and also a traditional Japanese genre-phenomenon Visual Kei. The document was very interesting and full of content. Sam Dunn is great because it's easy to hop in, it almost feels like I'm on the gigs myself instead just watching the screen. This document is highly recommended for every metal fans and people interested in metal out there.