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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.

  • Documentary
  • Music

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Sam DunnSam DunnHimself
  • Photo of Rafael BittencourtRafael BittencourtHimself
  • Photo of Bruce DickinsonBruce DickinsonHimself
  • Photo of Adrian SmithAdrian SmithHimself
  • Photo of Dave MurrayDave MurrayHimself
  • Photo of Max CavaleraMax CavaleraHimself
  • Photo of Tom ArayaTom ArayaHimself
  • Photo of Kerry KingKerry KingHimself
  • Photo of Lars UlrichLars UlrichHimself
  • Photo of Mark "Barney" GreenwayMark "Barney" GreenwayHimself

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