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Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
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.
26 April 1975, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
4 February 1948, Detroit, Michigan, USA
6 January 1982, London, Ontario, Canada
24 December 1945, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
8 December 1973, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
1975, Notodden, Norway
6 June 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 July 1969, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
8 February 1961, Hollywood, California, USA
15 March 1955, Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA
5 June 1972, Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA
3 June 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 July 1953, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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 21, 2006
It'll make you want to dig out your Whitesnake T-shirt. It might even convince Tipper Gore that heavy metal thunder is all in good fun.October 20, 2007
Brings on a variety of eloquent voices from both the fanbase and the gods of metal themselves.April 21, 2006
A film that manages to be intelligent without being boring, making it one of the better music documentaries in recent memory.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 musicMay 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 14, 2006
A lightweight fanboy valentine for ostensibly heavyweight music.May 06, 2006
Enjoyable whether you're a fan of the music or not.April 13, 2006
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.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.April 13, 2006
Full of splendid social and psychological insights.