Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 91m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Canada, United States of America
- Director: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
- Stars: Sam Dunn, Chris Adler, Tom Araya, Gavin Baddeley, Blasphemer
- keywords: heavy metal, music festival, anthropology, woman director
- Production_studio: Banger Productions, Seville Pictures, 235 Films, Chum Television
- The Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is featured in the top rankings of 2005
- #7 in Top Documentary Movies of 2005
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.
