It should be required by every Metalhead, headbanger, wearer of black shirts and devil’s horn flasher to watch two documentaries by Sam Dunn, the Canadian anthropologist and metalhead since 12 & Scot McFayden (follow them on Twitter). After his first doc ‘Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey’ got an enormous response from Metalheads around the world, Sam followed up with Global Metal.
Trailer for Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey.
Sam and Scot are not the type to rest. They’re living beyond their childhood fantasy and making docs on some of rock and metal’s greatest.
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
…and their most recent work ‘Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage’ for which they won the audience award at Tribeca Film Fest 2010. Interview with the filmmakers here.
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That first one, Metal: A HeadBanger’s Journey, actually looks really sweet. I’m a metalhead myself, but my roots are in classic rock since I started in a classic rock band when I was 15.
I’m glad that that documentary appears to cover such a wide range of “metal” since no one can agree on what the genre actually stands for anymore. haha Nice post!
I have only seen the Maiden one myself but have been meaning to see a Headbangers Journey.
I would also recommend, “Anvil, The story of Anvil” to anyone. Great documentary even if you are not a rocker.