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Overview

User Rating:
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Writers:
Sam Dunn (writer)
Scot McFadyen (writer)
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Release Date:
21 June 2006 (USA) more
Plot:
Sam Dunn is a 30-year old anthropologist who wrote his graduate thesis on the plight of Guatemalan refugees... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Is This the Most Metal Movie Ever Made?
 (From Cinematical. 9 June 2009, 4:02 PM, PDT)

Weekly Poll Results: Best Rock Doc
 (From FilmJunk. 22 April 2009, 10:41 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Covers the metal underground well but misses a few things more (48 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Chris Adler ... Himself
Tom Araya ... Himself
Gavin Baddeley ... Himself
Blasphemer ... Himself
Randy Blythe ... Himself

Alice Cooper ... Himself
Pamela Des Barres ... Herself
Bruce Dickinson ... Himself
Ronnie James Dio ... Himself
Malcolm Dome ... Himself
Sam Dunn ... Himself
Robert Ezrin ... Himself
George Fisher ... Himself
Gaahl ... Himself
Donna Gaines ... Herself
Al Gore ... Himself (archive footage)
Tipper Gore ... Herself (archive footage)
Angela Gossow ... Herself
Ernest F. Hollings ... Himself (archive footage)
Ihsahn ... Himself
Tony Iommi ... Himself
Joey Jordison ... Himself
John Kay ... Himself
Kerry King ... Himself
Chuck Klosterman ... Himself
Mercedes Lander ... Herself
Morgan Lander ... Herself
Geddy Lee ... Himself
Lemmy ... Himself
Tom Morello ... Himself
Necrobutcher ... Himself
Vince Neil ... Himself
Doro Pesch ... Herself
Samoth ... Himself
James 'Munky' Shaffer ... Himself
Brian Slagel ... Himself
Dee Snider ... Himself
Corey Taylor ... Himself
Eddie Trunk ... Himself
Robert Walser ... Himself
Alex Webster ... Himself

Rob Zombie ... Himself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Metal - Uma Jornada pelo Mundo do Heavy Metal (Brazil) [pt]
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (Finland) [fi]
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, violent images, some nudity and sexual content.
Runtime:
USA:96 min | Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Canada:96 min | Australia:98 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The 21 year sentence in Norway is called "life sentence", so the life sentence in Norway is 21 years. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Dunn also mentions the "Filthy 15", a list of artists with lyrics considered obscene in one of a number of ways. Sam mentions that, of the 15, 8 are metal bands- he has miscounted. Upon reviewing the list, Danish black metal band Mercyful Fate make the list but bump the count to 9 bands. They are also not highlighted like the other metal bands sharing spots on the list. more
Quotes:
Rob Zombie: Nobody wants to be the weird kid, you just end up being the weird kid. You don't know how you ended up getting there. more
Movie Connections:
References This Is Spinal Tap (1984) more
Soundtrack:
Laid To Rest more

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Covers the metal underground well but misses a few things, 30 May 2006
7/10
Author: glados from Maine, USA

As a passionate metalhead I was excited to watch a movie on the subject. It has some cool interviews and the documentary tries to map the metal's evolution from the hard rock beginnings in the 60s to the multitude of subgenres today. It does well with heavy and thrash metal but when it comes to the extremes, it barely touches the surface of styles like the norwegian black metal, and omits important styles such as doom metal, or black metal with folk roots, or "alternative" projects that combine five types of male & female vocals with black metal guitars, heavy metal riffing, flutes, violins, techno/trance rhytms and ambient landscapes all in one song... Metal undeground is very complex and the variety is immense - so it is understandable that fitting all this into 90 minutes borders with the impossible. Yet it is obvious that the author is more knowledgeable about heavy metal than the recent developments in the most extreme realms ever known to the music world. Overall, quite enjoyable!

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