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Global Metal

7 Countries. 3 Continents. 1 Tribe.

2008·93 min·Released
Studio: Banger Productions
7.3TMDb
7.9IMDb
Theatrical Jun 20, 2008
Nexus ms10027TMDb 16919IMDb tt1249171

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.

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interviewheavy metalmusic festivalanthropologycult music bandmusic documentarymusic cultureobservational documentaryoriginsmetal bandmetal musicmetal singer

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