Movie
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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Checked Sep 2, 2026
Global Metal opened in theaters June 20, 2008. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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More about Global Metal
Cast
Sam DunnHimself
Rafael BittencourtHimself
Bruce DickinsonHimself
Adrian SmithHimself
Dave MurrayHimself
Max CavaleraHimself
Tom ArayaHimself
Kerry KingHimselfCredits
- Directed by
- Sam Dunn
- Written by
- Sam Dunn
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
- Banger Productions