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It’s a fascinating documentary that manages to not make it all about the man telling the story even at the risk of veering off from the aforementioned “headbanger’s journey,” instead choosing to let everyone else do the talking. It feels like a metal-oriented version of “American Hardcore,” which is one of my favorite music documentaries.
Jun 21, 2006 · With Tom Araya, Gavin Baddeley, Blasphemer, Randy Blythe. An examination of the heavy metal music subculture that tries to explain why, despite the longevity and popularity of the genre, fans are marginalized and ridiculed for their passion.
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- Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
- 2006-06-21
No. When we originally made the family tree for Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey we split black metal into two eras: “Early Black Metal” and “Norwegian Black Metal.” We included Cradle in the Norwegian section simply because we needed to include them in the tree, but didn’t have a better section to place them!
Filmmaker and anthropologist Sam Dunn investigates the origins and subculture surrounding heavy metal, tracing the genre's roots from 1970s post-industrial England to its 1980s pop crossover to its...
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- Sam Dunn, Scot Mcfadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
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An anthropological study of Heavy Metal? Is this for real? Believe it man, it's true, and it's pretty darn good at that. Metal - A Headbanger's Journey is a labor of love for director/ producer Sam Dunn; anthropologist, academia, metalhead.
Mar 13, 2006 · He’s a real thrashing, stage-diving, facemelting Whiplash Man, and “Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey” is a must-see for wrathchilds, earth dogs, rivetheads, and other purveyors of sonic decapitation.
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Dec 30, 2011 · The filmmaking duo behind Metal: A Headbanger's Journey and Iron Maiden: Flight 666 crank VH1 Classic up to 11 with a deep dive into the mosh pit of history.
