''Global Metal'' is a 2007 documentary film directed by Scot McFadyen and Canadian anthropologist

Sam Dunn Sam Dunn (born 20 March 1974) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, musician, and anthropologist, best known for his series of documentaries on heavy metal music. He co-owns Toronto-based production company Banger Films with Scot McFadyen. Du ...

. It is a follow-up to their successful 2005 documentary, '' Metal: A Headbanger's Journey''. The film's international premiere took place at the

Bergen International Film Festival The Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) is a film festival held annually in October in Bergen, Norway since 2000, and is the largest film festival in the nation in number of films. The festival celebrated its 20th edition in 2019, featuring ...

on 17 October 2007. ''Global Metal'' aims to show the impact of globalization on the heavy metal underground as well as how different people from different cultures are transforming heavy metal music.

Interviews

As in ''Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'', most of the information in the film comes in the form of interviews:

Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil

Non musicians * Claudia Azevedo,

University of Rio de Janeiro The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro or University of Brazil (UFRJ; pt, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro or ') is a public research university located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest federal university in the ...

* Eric de Haas, Rock Hard Brazil * Toninho, Sepultura fan club

Tokyo, Japan

Non musicians * Masa Itoh, Rock City TV * Katsuya Minamida,

Kobe University , also known in the Kansai region as , is a leading Japanese national university located in the city of Kobe, in Hyōgo. It was established in 1949, but the academic origins of Kobe University trace back to the establishment of Kobe Higher Comme ...

Mumbai and Bangalore, India

Non musicians * Atul Sharma, MetalIndia.net

Beijing, China

Non musicians * Wang Xiao, 666 Rock Shop owner * Yang Yu, ''

Painkiller An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic (American English), analgaesic (British English), pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve relief from pain (that is, analgesia or pain management). It i ...

'' * Zhang Feng, MIDI School principal

Jakarta, Indonesia

Non musicians * Wendi Putranto, ''Rolling Stone'' Indonesia * Jason Tedjasukmana, ''

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, ...

'' Indonesia * Franki Raden, professor, York University, Toronto, Canada * Rudi Iman, fan

Jerusalem, Israel

Non musicians * Yishai Sweartz, Raven Music * Maor Appelbaum, producer/engineer

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Non musicians * Armin, fan - Iran * Abed, fan – Lebanon * Omar Abdula Aziz Mohammed Khan Abdula, fan – Dubai

Songs in the movie

* "Fight Fire With Fire" - Metallica * "Overkill" -

Motörhead Motörhead () were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by Lemmy (lead vocals, bass), Larry Wallis (guitar) and Lucas Fox (drums). Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precu ...

* "Vou Festejar" - Hipnose * "Coisinha Do Pai" - Hipnose * "Rock You Like A Hurricane" -

Scorpions Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...

* "2 Minutes To Midnight" -

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...

* "Beneath The Remains" -

Sepultura Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thra ...

* "Mass Hypnosis" -

* "Roots Bloody Roots" -

* "Kaiowas" -

* "Walk With Me In Hell" - Lamb of God * "War Ensemble" - Slayer * "Highway Star" - Deep Purple * "Rock And Roll All Nite" -

Kiss A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sexual attraction, ...

* "Elixir" -

Marty Friedman Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 unti ...

* "Death Panda Death" -

and

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with ...

* "Danger Zone That I Want To Eat And Lick" - Sex Machineguns * "X" -

X Japan was a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi. Starting as a predominantly power/speed metal band with heavy symphonic elements, they later gravitated towards a progressive soun ...

* "Art of Life" -

* "Me Devil" - Sigh * "Banno Ki Saheli" -

Jatin–Lalit Jatin–Lalit are an Indian film music director duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his brother Lalit Pandit. They have written the widely popular scores for films such as '' Yaara Dildara'', '' Khiladi'', ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'', ''Kabhi Ha ...

Sandesh Shandilya Sandesh Shandilya is an Indian film composer, musician, and singer, working in Bollywood, most known for his work in films like ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham'' (2001), '' Chameli'', ''Road'', ''Uff Kya Jadoo Mohabbat Hai and Socha Na Tha''. Hi ...

and

Aadesh Shrivastava Aadesh Shrivastava (4 September 1964 – 5 September 2015) was a music composer and singer of Indian music. Initially, he had worked as a drummer to music composers including R. D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan before working independently as a music d ...

. * "Golden Memories" * "Kalluri Vaanil" -

Prabhu Deva Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada language films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed a ...

* "Apocalyptic Dawn" - Demonic Resurrection * "Boiled Unwound Filatured" - Bhayanak Maut * "Legend" - Spring & Autumn * "Ritual Day" - Ritual Day * "Epic" -

Tang Dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdom ...

* "Mo/Monster" - Voodookungfu * "Damage Inc." - Metallica * "Inner Self" -

* "Creeping Death" - Metallica * "Parade Luka" - Siksakubur * "Jihad Soldiers" - Tengkorak * "Akselerasi Maksimum" - Seringai * "El Meod Na'ala" -

Orphaned Land Orphaned Land is an Israeli heavy metal band, formed in 1991 under the name Resurrection (changing their name in 1992 to the current name), that combines Israeli Jewish, Mizrahi, and other West Asian influences. They are considered the pioneer ...

* "Morbid Shadow" - Arallu * "Act of War/Act of Terror" - Salem * "Angel of Death" - Slayer * "Ornaments of Gold" -

* "Daramad" * "Egyptian Festival" * "Raining Blood" (Slayer cover) - SDS * "Raining Blood" - Slayer * "Cloud Connected" - In Flames * "Fear of the Dark" (live in Bangalore, India) -

* "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (live in Bangalore, India) - Iron MaidenEnd credits of the film

Soundtrack

There was a soundtrack released on 24 July featuring music from various metal bands all around the world, including bands from

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, China, India,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

and Japan

Disc 1

# "Inner Self" -

(Brazil) # "Walk with Me in Hell" - Lamb of God (United States) # "Ladders to Sumeria" - Melechesh (Israel/Netherlands) # "X" (Live) -

(Japan) # "Ornaments of Gold" -

(Israel) # "Crystal Skull" (Live At the Dubai Desert Rock Festival)-

Mastodon A mastodon ( 'breast' + 'tooth') is any proboscidean belonging to the extinct genus ''Mammut'' (family Mammutidae). Mastodons inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of th ...

(United States) # "Havenless" - Enslaved (Norway) # "Me-Devil" - Sigh (Japan) # "Cloud Connected" - (Live At the Dubai Desert Rock Festival) - In Flames (Sweden)

Disc 2

"Indigenous Laceration" - Chthonic (Taiwan)
"Salvation Suicide" - Angra (Brazil)
"Jaktens Tid" -
Finntroll Finntroll is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki that combines elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on ''Visor om slutet''. Finntroll's original singer, ...
(Finland)
"From The Sky" - Gojira (France)
"Epic" - 唐朝
Tang Dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdom ...
(China)
"Jihad Soldier" - Tengkorak (Indonesia)
"Baptized" - Arthimoth (Iran)
"Wings Of Time" -
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(
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)
"Apocalyptic Dawn" - Demonic Resurrection (India)

References

External links

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