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Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
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The story of a 30-year old scientist who pursues to study a distinctive culture, one he has been ever a part: the culture of heavy metal. He has a trip to discover the reason why this music is loved by a lot of people. He realizes that metals' obsession with controversial issues: sexuality, religion, violence and death.
The story of a 30-year old scientist who pursues to study a distinctive culture, one he has been ever a part: the culture of heavy metal. He has a trip to discover the reason why this music is loved by a lot of people. He realizes that metals' obsession with controversial issues: sexuality, religion, violence and death.
Actors:
Michel Langevin,
Pamela Des Barres,
Kim McAuliffe,
Gaahl,
Gavin Baddeley,
Sam Guitor,
Robert Ezrin,
John Kay,
Dee Snider,
Malcolm Dome,
Angela Gossow,
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Michel Langevin
Pamela Des Barres
9 September 1948, Reseda, California, USA
Kim McAuliffe
Gaahl
7 August 1975, Norway
Gavin Baddeley
Sam Guitor
Robert Ezrin
John Kay
12 April 1944, Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany [now Sovetsk, Russia]
Dee Snider
15 March 1955, Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA
Malcolm Dome
Angela Gossow
5 November 1974, Germany
Genre:
Musical, Documentary
Director:
Scot McFadyen ,
Sam Dunn
Scot McFadyen
Sam Dunn
Country:
United States
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April 21, 2006
The movie is woefully short on concert footage, which could have shown us the power of metal instead of just telling us.
New York Post
April 21, 2006
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Brings on a variety of eloquent voices from both the fanbase and the gods of metal themselves.
April 21, 2006
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November 10, 2006
The success of Dunn's film in support of heavy metal music might be the result of not offering the audience too much music
May 12, 2006
The metal scene emerges throughout the documentary as the recruitment center of an army of misfits, where the outcasts of the world can seek each other out based on their love of the angsty, eardrum-destroying tunes their parents warned them about.
April 13, 2006
Full of splendid social and psychological insights.
May 06, 2006
A documentary that preaches to the converted if ever there was one, but Dunn's enthusiasm for the subject and the range of pretension and humour of his interviewees makes for fun viewing.
April 14, 2006
A lightweight fanboy valentine for ostensibly heavyweight music.
May 06, 2006
Enjoyable whether you're a fan of the music or not.
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Interviews with metal practitioners such as Tony Iommi, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie and Dee Snider, journalists and academic types paint a compelling portrait of a vibrant society of outsiders.