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Heavy Metal Documentary "Metal: The Headbanger's Journey" To Premiere In March

posted Feb 25, 2006 at 4:59 PM by darkstar.  (11 Comments)

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Sam Dunn is a 30-year old anthropologist. He's also a lifelong metal fan. After years of studying diverse cultures Sam turns his academic eye a little closer to home and embarks on an epic journey into the heart of heavy metal. His mission: to try and figure out why metal music is consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned, even while the tribe that loves it stubbornly holds its ground - spreading the word, keeping the faith, and adopting the styles and attitudes that go way beyond the music.

Sam visits heavy metal landmarks as far flung as L.A.'s Sunset Strip, the dirty streets of Birmingham and the dark forests of Norway. Along the way, the two sides of Sam Dunn - curious anthropologist and rabid fan - collide, as Sam explores metal's obsession with sexuality, religion, violence and death, meets his heroes and discovers some things about the culture that even he can't defend. Part social document, part celebration of a misunderstood art form, this documentary is the first of its kind: a chance for metal fans to speak out and a window into a culture that's far more complex than it appears.

The film stars Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Arch Enemy, Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Geddy Lee (Rush), Vince Neil (Motley Crue), Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead) and others.

The film is written and directed by Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen and is distributed by Seville Pictures.

The film opened in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Quebec City yesterday (Feb. 24) and will open in the U.S., UK, Germany, Australia, Scandinavia, Brazil, Japan, Poland and Belgium in early March.

For more information, visit www.metalhistory.com.

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11 Comments on "Heavy Metal Documentary To Premiere In March"

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1. BodomFan writes:

sounds interesting

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2. kevin writes:

nice, this sounds great man, Joey and Corey will feature in this movie....

# Mar 3, 2006 @ 9:04 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. brandedcfh420 writes:

well, at least it is from the side of the FAN, not some ignorant, stupid journalist who doesnt know the music to begin with....

# Mar 6, 2006 @ 8:48 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Teppic writes:

Niiice

# Mar 7, 2006 @ 8:59 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. DIE BY THE SWORD writes:

Great to see death metal like this getting the recognition it deserves!

# Mar 7, 2006 @ 9:56 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. M0uRnInG_StAr writes:

Cory is a no talent hack whos voice cracks often when they play .... and from what i read death metal

is'nt getting much recognition ... i mean the only death metal band named is Arch enemy who is

molodic death metal ... i love melodic death metal but that does'nt take away from the fact that it's not

straight up death metal.

And what's with rage against the machine ... i love em but their not metal .... their rapcore.

# Mar 13, 2006 @ 8:03 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. BLACKDOG writes:

Hopefully this won't be another half hearted effort along the lines of what we normally get from VH1.

# Mar 13, 2006 @ 11:15 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. daddycool01 writes:

f*** genres i hate this death metal, melodic death metal, rapcore bullsh**, its all heavy !!!, there are many stupid f***ing genres that wont get mentioned or represented in this film but it wont matter. I know many metal heads who dig many different types of heavy music and there is no cultural difference between them, cause they all appreciate one thing, heavy tunes,.

# Mar 14, 2006 @ 6:01 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. ASKA writes:

thats not the point, he said that "Great to see death metal like this getting the recognition it deserves!" and yes, Arch enemy is the only one that could be counted as death metal. and how the f*** is Rage Against The Machine heavy?

# Mar 21, 2006 @ 4:38 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. psythe writes:

Rage aren't heavy, true. Rage are friggin' awesome, also true. Rage probly ad a hand in developing some of today's metal genres by influence - i'd say that's somewhat true as well. Rage's typical messages carried in their music are quite similar to those conveyed by many metal artists, hell, there's no denying that. all said, i think it's fair that RATM get a mention, don't you?

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11. darkstar writes:

To post 6, there are many other bands featured in the movie that weren't named up there, like Cannibal Corpse, Lamb of God, etc. The movie website has a list of the cast members.

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