Heavy Metal Documentary To Hit Theaters Next Month

[Wyvern]

Seville Pictures has announced that "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", directed by Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen and Jessica Joy Wise, will be released on February 24 across Canada.

The documentary follows Sam Dunn, a professional anthropologist, long-time heavy metal fan and practitioner through his own band, as he searches for the source of the mythology surrounding this music maligned and cursed by some, but adored by millions worldwide who cling to it like the cross itself. Over the course of his worldwide trek, he examines metal's obsession with some of life's most provocative subjects — sex, religion, violence and death — and discovers some things about the culture that even he can't defend.

Featuring legends such as Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, IRON MAIDEN's Bruce Dickinson, BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi, TWISTED SISTER's Dee Snider, Geddy Lee from RUSH and a host of newer, more extreme spokesmen, "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" is a fast-paced blast through the genre's origins, through doom and thrash, through the saccharine hair metal phase, through the notorious black metal blight of the late '90s, right up until the metalcore revolution shaking the music industry's foundations today. Metal is louder, faster, more intrusive and more insidiously invasive today than its ever been, and "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" tells us why, for once, from the point of view of a true metalhead, an insider who lives it, breathes it, and nails the complex tale dead-on. Casual fan or ardent student of metal's million permutations, this documentary will inform relentlessly.

You can watch the trailer, find more information about the release and read the directors' blog at www.metalhistory.com.

The documentary received excellent reviews at its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and at the Stockholm International Film Festival, the Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, the Bergen International Film Festival and the Copenhagen International Film Festival. It will soon be screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

"Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" is the first in-depth movie ever made on this subject.

The film is distributed in Canada by Seville Pictures. Seville International is handling international sales and has sold to it Warner in the USA, Momentum in the United Kingdom, Constantin Film in Germany, Amuse Soft Entertainment in Japan, Future Film in Scandinavia, Paradiso in Benelux and Dendy Films in Australia.

I hope it comes here, otherwise I'll have to wait for the DVD.

 

[OfManAndMetal]

didnt they do something like this a while ago? i remember it had gene simmons, dee snider, bret michaels, and others who i cant remember i think it was in the early 90's

 

[Dän]

lets hope that there is actually some real metal in this thing - not just madien and that crap

 

[rokk]

didnt they do something like this a while ago? i remember it had gene simmons, dee snider, bret michaels, and others who i cant remember i think it was in the early 90's

Doesn't ring any bells for me...

 

[Death Animal]

Looks good by the trailer. Must see.

 

[Wheezer]

Isn't this the movie that USMC was interviewed for? It sounds like it anyway:

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201994&highlight=usmc

Maybe not but how many movies about metal could there be in production at one time?

 

[Wheezer]

didnt they do something like this a while ago? i remember it had gene simmons, dee snider, bret michaels, and others who i cant remember i think it was in the early 90's

Decline and Fall of Western Civilization Part II, The Metal Years?

 

[carnut]

If they start of with "legends as Rob Zombie" I suddenly loose interest....

 

[Wyvern]

Isn't this the movie that USMC was interviewed for? It sounds like it anyway:

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201994&highlight=usmc

Maybe not but how many movies about metal could there be in production at one time?

You're right! Marine told about this a while ago.

 

[Orklord]

Cool, I really would like to see this one.

 

[Greeno]

If they start of with "legends as Rob Zombie" I suddenly loose interest....

I was thining the same thing while reading the post. I will most likely check it out but I'm not as excited about it as when USMC first told us about it. The way he talked it was going to be about the old scene... throw in death/black and mallcore and I zone out.

 

[kittybeast]

showing in Cananda, will look for it in some of the idependant film theaters in L.A. if not.....netflix!

 

[Walter_Langkowski]

lets hope that there is actually some real metal in this thing - not just madien and that crap

First of all, it's MAIDEN.

Second, since when is MAIDEN not real Metal? Granted, I see that is King Diamond in your avatar and that's cool, but give me a break.

 

[OfManAndMetal]

Decline and Fall of Western Civilization Part II, The Metal Years?

sounds familiar... that might be it?

 

[SavaMaidenRay]

First of all, it's MAIDEN.

Second, since when is MAIDEN not real Metal? Granted, I see that is King Diamond in your avatar and that's cool, but give me a break.

Maiden is more Metal than the dildo your boyfriend uses on himself while you're on the street corner.

Yea man...don't bash the maiden, they were one of the original NWOFBM bands

 

[Dän]

First of all, it's MAIDEN.

Second, since when is MAIDEN not real Metal? Granted, I see that is King Diamond in your avatar and that's cool, but give me a break.

Maiden is more Metal than the dildo your boyfriend uses on himself while you're on the street corner.

Man, you can get ur point across without being such an asshole. anyways, Id prefer to see a documentary about some heavier bands than maiden, i think it would be cool to see how this whole metal scene developed and the bands that were respnsible for it. Sure maiden played a part in that but i have had enough of them, im sick of people sayng they are real metal, there is no real metal; yes they are one of the forefathers of classic metal along wih other bands like metallica

 

[Dän]

I cut my previose post short...
to continue, if your talkin real metal - Zeplin is where it started, thats were the term heavy metal came from coz a journo who wrote about the bands live gig described it as heavy metal falling from the sky

 

[Wheezer]

sounds familiar... that might be it?

That's the only one I know of. That's not saying much though.

The most memorable part is a very drunk Chris Holmes floating in a pool saying all kinds of stupid stuff. His mother was there to help correct things he says.

 

[OfManAndMetal]

That's the only one I know of. That's not saying much though.

The most memorable part is a very drunk Chris Holmes floating in a pool saying all kinds of stupid stuff. His mother was there to help correct things he says.

ya i also remember gene simmons in some store and just pickin' up woman like its nothin'


(by "pickin' up women" i mean there gonna hav sex, for those of you with virgin minds)

 

[Dän]

ya i also remember gene simmons in some store and just pickin' up woman like its nothin'


(by "pickin' up women" i mean there gonna hav sex, for those of you with virgin minds)

Thanks for clearing that up