''Global Metal'' is a 2007 documentary film directed by

Scot McFadyen Scot McFadyen is a Canadian film director, producer and music supervisor whose work focuses on the subculture of heavy metal. He co-owns Toronto-based production company Banger Films with Sam Dunn. Films Metal: A Headbanger's Journey McFady ...

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. Dunn ...

. 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. It is one of the biggest film festivals in Norway and among the most important documentary film festivals in the Nordic coun ...

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 (, UFRJ) is a public research university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest federal university in the country and is one of the Brazilian centers of excellence in teaching and research. Brazil's ...

* 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 public research university located in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The university was established in 1949, but the academic origins of Kobe University trace back to the establishment of Kobe Higher Commercia ...

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, antalgic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management. Analgesics are conceptually distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily reduce, and in s ...

'' * Zhang Feng, MIDI School principal

Jakarta, Indonesia

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

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

'' 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 Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...

* "Overkill" -

Motörhead Motörhead () were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. Kilmister was the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band a ...

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

Scorpions Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the Order (biology), order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by a pair of Chela (organ), grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward cur ...

* "2 Minutes To Midnight" -

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris (musician), Steve Harris. Although fluid in the early years of the band, the line-up for most ...

* "Beneath The Remains" -

Sepultura Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band formed in Belo Horizonte in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera.Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. They were a major force in the groove metal, thrash met ...

* "Mass Hypnosis" -

* "Roots Bloody Roots" -

* "Kaiowas" -

* "Walk With Me In Hell" -

Lamb of God Lamb of God (; , ) is a Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/John#1:29, John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, " ...

* "War Ensemble" -

Slayer Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style made them ...

* "Highway Star" -

Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical style has varied throughout their career. Originally for ...

* "Rock And Roll All Nite" -

Kiss A kiss is the touching or pressing of one's lips against another person, animal or object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely; depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sex ...

* "Elixir" -

Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until 1989, as well ...

* "Death Panda Death" -

and

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...

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

X Japan is a Japanese Rock music, rock band from Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki (musician), Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi (musician), Toshi. Starting as a predominantly power metal, power/speed metal band with ...

* "Art of Life" -

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

Jatin–Lalit Jatin–Lalit is a renowned Indian music director duo consisting of brothers Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit. They are celebrated for their contribution to Bollywood music during the 1990s and early 2000s. The duo is known for their melodious com ...

Sandesh Shandilya Sandesh Shandilya is an Indian film composer, musician, and singer who worked in Hind-language films. Having composed for over 20 film soundtracks, Shandilya is known for his compositions in '' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' (2001), ''Chameli'' ...

and

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

. * "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 language, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu language films also appeared in few Kannada and Malayal ...

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

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

* "Mo/Monster" - Voodookungfu * "Damage Inc." -

* "Inner Self" -

* "Creeping Death" -

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

Orphaned Land Orphaned Land is an Israeli Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in 1991. They combine Mizrahi music, Mizrahi and Maghrebi Jews, Maghrebi Jewish, Arabic music, Arabic, Music of Turkey, Turkish, and other Middle Eastern music, Middle Easter ...

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

* "Ornaments of Gold" -

* "Daramad" * "Egyptian Festival" * "Raining Blood" (Slayer cover) - SDS * "Raining Blood" -

* "Cloud Connected" -

In Flames In Flames is a Swedish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990 out of the Swedish death metal, Swedish death metal scene. Their lineup has changed several times, with vocalist Anders Frid ...

* "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, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

, China, India,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and Japan

Disc 1

# "Inner Self" -

(Brazil) # "Walk with Me in Hell" -

(United States) # "Ladders to Sumeria" -

Melechesh Melechesh is an ethnically Assyrian black metal band that originated in Jerusalem and is currently based in Amsterdam. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord Curse were adde ...

(Israel/Netherlands) # "X" (Live) -

(Japan) # "Ornaments of Gold" -

(Israel) # "Crystal Skull" (Live At the

Dubai Desert Rock Festival The Dubai Desert Rock Festival was an event celebrating various styles of rock and metal music on one stage in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Originally a one-day festival, it was expanded to two days in 2007 and 2008, before its eventual cancella ...

Mastodon A mastodon, from Ancient Greek μαστός (''mastós''), meaning "breast", and ὀδούς (''odoús'') "tooth", is a member of the genus ''Mammut'' (German for 'mammoth'), which was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to ...

(United States) # "Havenless" - Enslaved (Norway) # "Me-Devil" - Sigh (Japan) # "Cloud Connected" - (Live At the

) -

(Sweden)

Disc 2

"Indigenous Laceration" -
Chthonic In Greek mythology, deities referred to as chthonic () or chthonian () were gods or spirits who inhabited the underworld or existed in or under the earth, and were typically associated with death or fertility. The terms "chthonic" and "chthonian" ...
(Taiwan)
"Salvation Suicide" - Angra (Brazil)
"Jaktens Tid" -
Finntroll Finntroll is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. They combine elements of black metal and death metal with a type of Finnish folk music called humppa. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" ...
(Finland)
"From The Sky" -
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(France)
"Epic" - 唐朝
Tang Dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...
(China)
"Jihad Soldier" - Tengkorak (Indonesia)
"Baptized" - Arthimoth (Iran)
"Wings Of Time" -
Týr (; Old Norse: , ) is a god in Germanic mythology and member of the . In Norse mythology, which provides most of the surviving narratives about gods among the Germanic peoples, sacrifices his right hand to the monstrous wolf , who bites it off ...
(
Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...
)
"Apocalyptic Dawn" - Demonic Resurrection (India)

References

External links

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