Global Metal
2008•1h 33m•7.3•Released
DocumentaryMusic
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.
Director
Sam Dunn
Writer
Sam Dunn
Languages
Hindi, Indonesian, Hebrew
Studio
Banger Productions
Cast
Sam Dunn
Himself
Rafael Bittencourt
Himself
Bruce Dickinson
Himself
Adrian Smith
Himself
Dave Murray
Himself
Max Cavalera
Himself
Tom Araya
Himself
Kerry King
Himself
Lars Ulrich
Himself
Mark "Barney" Greenway
Himself
Marty Friedman
Himself
YOSHIKI
Himself
Mirai Kawashima
Himself
Prashant Shaw
Himself
Nolan Lewis
Himself
Production
Company
Banger Productions
Producer
Scot McFadyen
Producer
Sam Dunn
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