Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)

Directed by

Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn

Genre

music documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 170 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An anthropologist and lifelong heavy metal fan travels the world to explore the music's history, culture, and controversies. He interviews musicians and fans to understand why the genre is so beloved and divisive.

exploratoryinsightfulenthusiasticinformativepersonalgenre-lovingglobetrottinganalytic

What happens

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is a 2005 documentary film directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise. The film follows 31-year-old Dunn, a Canadian anthropologist, who has been a heavy metal fan since the age of 12. Dunn sets out across the world to uncover the various opinions on heavy metal music, including its origins, culture, controversy, and the reasons it is loved by so many people. The film made its debut at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released as a two-disc special edition DVD in the US on 19 September 2006. A follow-up to the film titled Global Metal premiered at the Bergen International Film Festival on 17 October 2007, and saw limited release in theatres in June 2008. Dunn has also elaborated upon his "Heavy Metal Family Tree" in the VH1 series Metal Evolution, which focuses on one subgenre per episode. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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