Released:
2008-06-20

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.

Director:
Sam Dunn

Runtime:
1h 33min

Genre:
Documentary, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Sam Dunn
  as
  Himself
• 
  Rafael Bittencourt
  as
  Himself
• 
  Bruce Dickinson
  as
  Himself
• 
  Adrian Smith
  as
  Himself
• 
  Dave Murray
  as
  Himself