Global Metal
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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Countries
Canada
Ratings
TMDB users
7.3/10
76 votes
Rating consensus
73/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~73/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Sam Dunn
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Rafael Bittencourt
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Bruce Dickinson
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Adrian Smith
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Dave Murray
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Max Cavalera
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Tom Araya
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Kerry King
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Lars Ulrich
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Mark "Barney" Greenway
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Marty Friedman
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Global Metal (2008)
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