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.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Where do you stand?
Answer first; then see how everyone, and your circle, split.
“Is Global Metal too earnest?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
“Would a little humor have helped?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
“Is it fair to its subject?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
Cast
- Sam DunnHimself
- Rafael BittencourtHimself
- Bruce DickinsonHimself
- Adrian SmithHimself
- Dave MurrayHimself
- Max CavaleraHimself
- Tom ArayaHimself
- Kerry KingHimself
- Lars UlrichHimself
- Mark "Barney" GreenwayHimself
Crew
- Sam DunnDirector
- Sam DunnWriter
- Christopher DonaldsonEditor
- Lisa GrootenboerEditor
- Scot McFadyenProducer
- Sam DunnProducer
Where to watch
Checking availability…
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
Brexit: The Uncivil War 201974% alikeBoth classical in form, contemporary, grave.
State of Play 200972% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons 201972% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, grave.
MARS: Inside SpaceX 201872% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, classical in form.
Clear and Present Danger 199472% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, contemporary.
Hitting the Apex 201571% alikeBoth earnest, contemporary, classical in form; this one is more overwhelming.
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds 202571% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, classical in form.
Both earnest, classical in form, contemporary.
Television · Both contemporary, earnest, classical in form.
ReGenesis 200473% alikeTelevision · Both contemporary, classical in form, earnest.
Often watched with
Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Tastebuds
