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Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
StarringSam Dunn
Distributed bySeville Pictures
Warner Home Video
Release date
2005
Running time
96 min.
LanguageEnglish

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is a 2005 documentary directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise. The film follows 31-year-old Sam Dunn, a Canadian anthropologist, who has been a heavy metal fan since the age of 12. He sets out across the world to uncover the various opinions on heavy metal music, including its origins, culture, controversy, and reasons it is loved by so many people. The film made its debut at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released as a two-disc special edition DVD in the US on September 19, 2006.

A follow-up to the film titled Global Metal premiered at the Bergen International Film Festival on October 17th 2007, and saw limited release in theatres in June 2008. [1]

Tagline:

  • The film that will take you into the heart of the beast

Contents

The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture. Notable segments include Dunn taking a trip to the Wacken Open Air festival, an interview with Dee Snider providing an analysis of the PMRC attack on heavy metal music, and an interview with several Norwegian black metal bands, many of which whom support Satanism and openly discuss the burning of Norwegian churches.


Interviews

The most insightful information given in the film comes from candid interviews with popular artists from metal's past and present. Notable interviews come from:

Artist Band Birthplace
Angela Gossow Arch Enemy Germany Cologne, Germany
Tom Morello Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave United States New York City, New York
Ronnie James Dio Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio United States Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Tony Iommi Black Sabbath United Kingdom Aston, England
Alice Cooper Alice Cooper United States Detroit, Michigan
George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher Cannibal Corpse United States Buffalo, New York
Alex Webster Cannibal Corpse United States Buffalo, New York
Ihsahn Emperor Norway Notodden, Norway
Samoth Emperor Norway Tromso, Norway
Grutle Kjellson Enslaved Norway Rogaland, Norway
Kim McAuliffe Girlschool United Kingdom London, England
Jackie Chambers Girlschool United Kingdom London, England
Gaahl Gorgoroth, Trelldom Norway Espedal, Norway
Jørn Tunsberg Hades Almighty Norway Norway
Bruce Dickinson Samson, Iron Maiden United Kingdom Worksop, England
Mercedes Lander Kittie Canada London, Ontario
Morgan Lander Kittie Canada London, Ontario
Munky Korn United States Rosedale, California
Randy Blythe Lamb of God United States Richmond, Virginia
Mark Morton Lamb of God United States Richmond, Virginia
Blasphemer Mayhem Norway Norway
Necrobutcher Mayhem Norway Norway
Vince Neil Mötley Crüe United States Los Angeles, California
Lemmy Hawkwind, Motörhead United Kingdom Stoke-on-Trent, England
Geddy Lee Rush Canada Willowdale, Ontario
Tom Araya Slayer Chile Viña del Mar, Chile
Kerry King Slayer United States Los Angeles, California
Joey Jordison Slipknot, Murderdolls United States Des Moines, Iowa
Corey Taylor Slipknot, Stone Sour United States Des Moines, Iowa
John Kay Steppenwolf Germany Tilsit, East Prussia
Dee Snider Twisted Sister, Desperado, Dee Snider United States Massapequa, New York
Snake Voivod Canada Jonquière, Quebec
Piggy Voivod Canada Jonquière, Quebec
Doro Pesch Warlock, Doro Germany Düsseldorf, Germany
Rob Zombie White Zombie, Rob Zombie United States Haverhill, Massachusetts

In a tragic coincidence, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour died a month before the movie was released. Girlschool guitarist Kelly Johnson (not appearing in the movie, but referenced by Lemmy) passed away in 2007.

Non-musicians

Soundtrack

"Definitive metal family tree"

The chart from the film documents Dunn's view on the progression of various subgenres of metal that have spawned over time, while also attempting to list the prime examples of bands that fall into each category. Below is a typed version of that chart, which can be found on the second disc of the film's special edition DVD package.

The film's flow chart of metal genres

- Jimi Hendrix - Cream - Blue Cheer - Led Zeppelin - Black Sabbath - MC5 - Mountain - Deep Purple - The Stooges

- Thin Lizzy - Blue Öyster Cult - Aerosmith - AC/DC - Ted Nugent

- Arthur Brown - Alice Cooper - New York Dolls - Kiss - Ozzy Osbourne - W.A.S.P.

- The Ramones - The Damned - The Sex Pistols - The Clash - The Dead Boys

- Scorpions - Judas Priest - Rainbow - Accept - Manowar - Dio - Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Helloween - Blind Guardian - HammerFall - Primal Fear

- Motörhead - Saxon - Iron Maiden - Angel Witch - Girlschool - Tygers of Pan Tang - Diamond Head

- Uriah Heep - Rush - Queensrÿche - Savatage - Fates Warning - Voivod - Dream Theater - Meshuggah - Symphony X - Evergrey

- Slade - Sweet - Hanoi Rocks - Mötley Crüe - Twisted Sister - Poison - Cinderella - Skid Row

- Quiet Riot - Van Halen - Whitesnake - Def Leppard - Europe - Dokken - Lita Ford - Ratt - Guns N' Roses - Winger - Warrant - Doro - The Darkness

- Witchfinder General - Trouble - Candlemass - Kyuss - Today is the Day - Cathedral

- Bad Brains - Agnostic Front - D.O.A. - Exploited - Black Flag - The Misfits - GBH - Dead Kennedys - Minor Threat

- Metallica - Slayer - Anthrax - Megadeth - Testament - Exodus - Overkill - Kreator - Destruction - Sodom - Sepultura - Nuclear Assault - Death Angel - Pantera - Children of Bodom

- Venom - Mercyful Fate - Bathory - Celtic Frost

- Mayhem - Gorgoroth - Darkthrone - Emperor - Immortal - Satyricon - Enslaved - Dimmu Borgir - Cradle Of Filth (UK)

- Napalm Death - Carcass - Repulsion - Brutal Truth - Cephalic Carnage

- Possessed - Death - Morbid Angel - Obituary - Deicide - Cannibal Corpse - Immolation - Autopsy - Nile - Dying Fetus

- Grave - Entombed - At the Gates - Dismember - Arch Enemy - Soilwork - In Flames - Dark Tranquility - The Haunted

- Corrosion of Conformity - Suicidal Tendencies - Dirty Rotten Imbeciles - Machine Head - Stormtroopers of Death - Hatebreed - The Dillinger Escape Plan

- Nirvana - Pearl Jam - Alice in Chains - Soundgarden - Stone Temple Pilots - Green River - Mother Love Bone - The Melvins - Mudhoney

- Paradise Lost - Tiamat - Therion - Type O Negative - My Dying Bride - Anathema - Theatre Of Tragedy - Opeth

- Ministry - White Zombie - Godflesh - Nine Inch Nails - Fear Factory - Marilyn Manson - Static-X

- Faith No More - Living Colour - Rage Against the Machine - Tool - Prong - Jane's Addiction - The Smashing Pumpkins

- Biohazard - KoЯn - Slipknot - Limp Bizkit - Godsmack - Coal Chamber - Disturbed - Kittie - System of a Down

- Shadows Fall - Lamb of God - God Forbid - Darkest Hour - Chimaira - Killswitch Engage - Unearth

References

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