Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)

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The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture.

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

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Sam Dunn
Sam Dunn as Self Age 52 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sam Dunn is a Canadian anthropologist and film-maker whose work focuses on the culture of heavy metal. Together with Scot McFadyen, Dunn owns Toronto-based production company Banger Films, Inc. Descr...
Chris Adler
Chris Adler as Self Age 53 · Washington, D.C. Christopher Adler is an American drummer..
Tom Araya
Tom Araya as Self Age 64 · Viña del Mar, Chile Tomás “Tom” Enrique Araya Día is a Chilean-American musician. He is best known as the bassist and singer of the thrash metal band Slayer..
Randy Blythe
Randy Blythe as Self Age 55 · Richmond, Virginia, USA David Randall "Randy" Blythe is the vocalist of American heavy metal band Lamb of God and side-project band Halo of Locusts. He is known as D. Randall Blythe on Lamb of God's albums.
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper as Self Age 78 · Detroit, Michigan, USA Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than five decades. With a stage show that sometimes included a g...
Pamela Des Barres
Pamela Des Barres as Self Age 77 · Reseda, California, USA Pamela Des Barres is an actress and writer, but is most famous as a rock 'n roll groupie, starting in the late 1960's on Hollywood's Sunset Strip, the heart of rock 'n roll in Los Angeles. Pamela had...
Director Sam Dunn
Cast Sam Dunn, Chris Adler, Tom Araya, Gavin Baddeley, Blasphemer, Randy Blythe, Alice Cooper, Pamela Des Barres, Bruce Dickinson, Ronnie James Dio

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