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 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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 2008-06-20
- Runtime:
- 93 min
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music
- Director:
- Sam Dunn
- Top cast:
- Sam Dunn, Rafael Bittencourt, Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, Max Cavalera
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 7.3/10 from 76 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.9/10