Global Metal is a 2008 documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 directed by Scot McFadyen

Scot McFadyen

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

 and Canadian anthropologist Sam Dunn

Sam Dunn

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.-Metal: A Headbanger's Journey:...

. It is a followup to their successful 2005 documentary, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is a 2005 documentary directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise. The film follows 31-year-old Dunn, a Canadian anthropologist, who has been a heavy metal fan since the age of 12...

. The film's international premiere took place at the Bergen International Film Festival

Bergen International Film Festival

The Bergen International Film Festival 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 11th edition of the festival in 2010 featured 150 films in the program, a new record...

 on October 17th 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

Artist	Band	Nationality
Rafael Bittencourt Rafael Bittencourt Rafael Bittencourt is a Brazilian guitarist, composer and co-founder of the band Angra.-Biography:With a very broad formation, Bittencourt studied with the best guitar teachers in Brazil and other countries...	Angra Angra (band) Angra is a Brazilian metal band from São Paulo, Brazil known for its symphonic interludes, highly technical instrumental playing and Brazilian regional elements.- Biography :...	Brazil
Carlos "Vandal" Lopes	Dorsal Atlântica	Brazil
Adrian Smith Adrian Smith Adrian Frederick "H" Smith is an English musician and one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. He is also one of the band's regular songwriters and, along with bassist Steve Harris, performs backing vocals on some songs.-Biography:While at school, Smith purchased his first...	Iron Maiden Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...	United Kingdom
Dave Murray Dave Murray (musician) David Michael Murray is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as one of the earliest members of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden.-Biography:...	Iron Maiden	United Kingdom
Max Cavalera Max Cavalera Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the heavy metal band Sepultura, before forming Soulfly in the late 1990s...	Sepultura Sepultura Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura... , Soulfly Soulfly Soulfly is a heavy metal band formed in 1997 based in Phoenix, Arizona. The original lyrical content revolved around spirituality and religious themes, with later albums encompassing other themes including war, violence, aggression, hatred and anger. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max... , Cavalera Conspiracy Cavalera Conspiracy Cavalera Conspiracy is a Brazilian heavy metal band founded by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera , along with American guitarist and bassist Marc Rizzo and Johny Chow. The band originally formed in 2007 as Inflikted but changed its name for legal reasons...	Brazil

Non musicians

• Claudia Azevedo, University of Rio de Janeiro
• Eric de Haas, Rock Hard Brazil
• Toninho, Sepultura fan club

Tokyo, Japan

Artist	Band	Nationality
Tom Araya Tom Araya Tom Araya is a Chilean musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist of the American thrash metal band Slayer...	Slayer Slayer Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...	Chile / USA
Kerry King Kerry King Kerry King is an American lead and rhythm guitarist. He is best known as the lead guitarist and cofounder of American thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and has been a member ever since...	Slayer Slayer Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...	USA
Lars Ulrich Lars Ulrich Lars Ulrich is a Danish drummer, and one of the founding members of the American thrash metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family. A tennis player in his youth, Ulrich moved to Los Angeles, California at age sixteen to pursue his training; though rather...	Metallica Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...	Denmark / USA
Marty Friedman	Megadeth Megadeth Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two... , Cacophony Cacophony (band) Cacophony was an American Speed metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker. Cacophony is often recognized for its technically challenging, neo-classical metal and speed metal elements, as well as featuring two shred guitarists...	USA
Yoshiki Hayashi	X Japan X Japan is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...	Japan
Mirai Kawashima	Sigh Sigh (band) is a Japanese extreme metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1990. They are credited as being one of the first Japanese black metal bands, when the majority of black metal in early 1990s came from Scandinavia. They gradually shifted from a more traditional black/thrash metal sound, to a more...	Japan

Non musicians

• Masa Itoh, Rock City TV
• Katsuya Minamida, Kobe University

Mumbai and Bangalore, India

Artist	Band	Nationality
Sahil Makhija (Demonstealer)	Demonic Resurrection Demonic Resurrection Demonic Resurrection is a melodic blackened death metal band from Mumbai, India formed in the year 2000. Demonic Resurrection's current line-up consists of Sahil "The Demonstealer" Makhija on vocals and rhythm guitars, Daniel Rego on lead guitars, Husain Bandukwala on bass, Virendra "Viru" Kaith on...	India
Prashant Shah	Exhumation	India
Nolan Lewis	Kryptos Kryptos (band) Kryptos is a heavy metal band from Bangalore, India, formed in 1998 by Nolan Lewis and Ganesh K . Since their inception, the band has released two albums. The first album Spiral Ascent released in 2004 did exceedingly well and made an impact in the underground...	India
Anant Dwivedi	Prakalp	India
Vincent Pereira	Prakalp	India
Sai Prabhakaran	Souled Out	India
Bruce Dickinson Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, airline pilot, fencer, broadcaster, author, screenwriter, actor and marketing director, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden....	Iron Maiden Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...	United Kingdom

Non musicians

• Atul Sharma, MetalIndia.net

Beijing, China

Artist	Band	Nationality
Kaiser Kuo Kaiser Kuo Kaiser Kuo is a Chinese American freelance writer and rock musician living in Beijing. He is a former member of the rock band Tang Dynasty and has further enlivened contemporary Chinese music culture with the formation of another ethnically-oriented heavy metal rock group, Spring and Autumn...	Spring and Autumn, ex-Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty (band) Tang Dynasty is a Chinese ethnic-art rock and prog-metal band that is often credited as being the first heavy metal band in China.-Biography:...	USA
Nong Yong	Ritual Day	China

Non musicians

• Wang Xiao, 666 Rock Shop clerk
• Yang Yu, Painkiller Magazine
  Painkiller Magazine
  Painkiller Magazine is China's first heavy music magazine and a legally registered enterprise for print media productions by Chinese State Authority....
  
  
• Zhang Feng, MIDI School Principal

Jakarta, Indonesia

Artist	Band	Nationality
Barney Greenway	Napalm Death Napalm Death Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...	United Kingdom
Max Cavalera Max Cavalera Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the heavy metal band Sepultura, before forming Soulfly in the late 1990s...	Sepultura Sepultura Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura... , Soulfly Soulfly Soulfly is a heavy metal band formed in 1997 based in Phoenix, Arizona. The original lyrical content revolved around spirituality and religious themes, with later albums encompassing other themes including war, violence, aggression, hatred and anger. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max... , Cavalera Conspiracy Cavalera Conspiracy Cavalera Conspiracy is a Brazilian heavy metal band founded by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera , along with American guitarist and bassist Marc Rizzo and Johny Chow. The band originally formed in 2007 as Inflikted but changed its name for legal reasons...	Brazil
Lars Ulrich Lars Ulrich Lars Ulrich is a Danish drummer, and one of the founding members of the American thrash metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family. A tennis player in his youth, Ulrich moved to Los Angeles, California at age sixteen to pursue his training; though rather...	Metallica Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...	Denmark / United States of America
Andre Tiranda	Siksakubur Siksakubur Siksakubur is a brutal death metal band from Indonesia. They are one of Indonesia's most popular metal bands.-Additional notes:Their guitarist Andre Tiranda was interviewed by Sam Dunn in his documentary Global Metal.-Current line-up:...	Indonesia
Arian 13	Seringai	Indonesia
Ombat Nasution	Tengkorak Tengkorak Tengkorak is an Indonesian death metal band from Jakarta. They are also considered to be Indonesia's most popular metal band.-Additional notes:...	Indonesia
Tashea Delaney	Pain Killer	Indonesia

Non musicians

• Wendi Putranto, Rolling Stone Indonesia
• Jason Tedjasukmana, Time Magazine Indonesia
• Franki Raden, Professor, York University, Toronto, Canada
• Rudi Iman, Fan

Jerusalem, Israel

Artist	Band	Nationality
Kobi Farhi	Orphaned Land Orphaned Land Orphaned Land is an Israeli progressive metal band, formed in 1991, that combines Death/doom, Jewish and Arabic influences.- History :In 1992, the band changed its name from the original Resurrection to Orphaned Land....	Israel
Eran Segal	Whorecore	Israel
”Evil” Haim	Whorecore	Israel
Butchered	Arallu Arallu Arallu is an Israeli extreme metal band. As one of the members of the Jerusalem extreme metal scene, Arallu has "thrived off the seeming contradiction of its location within a 'holy' city."-Biography:...	Israel
Nir Nakav	Salem	Israel
Yotam “Defiler” Avni	Abed	Israel

Non musicians

• Yishai Sweartz, Raven Music
• Maor Appelbaum, Producer/Engineer

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Artist	Band	Nationality
Ali	Kahtmayan	Iran
Maher	Crimson	Saudi Arabia
Ahmid	Crimson	Saudi Arabia
Al-Sharif	Hate Suffocation	Egypt
Barney Ribeiro	Nervecell	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
• "Vou Festejar" - Hipnose
• "Coisinha Do Pai" - Hipnose
• "Rock You Like A Hurricane" - Scorpions
• "2 Minutes To Midnight" - Iron Maiden
• "Beneath The Remains" - Sepultura
• "Mass Hypnosis" - Sepultura
• "Roots Bloody Roots" - Sepultura
• "Kaiowas" - Sepultura
• "Walk With Me In Hell" - Lamb of God
• "War Ensemble" - Slayer
• "Highway Star" - Deep Purple
• "Rock And Roll All Nite" - KISS
• "Elixir" - Marty Friedman
• "Death Panda Death" - Marty Friedman and AKB 48
• "Danger Zone That I Want To Eat And Lick" - Sex Machineguns
• "X" - X Japan
• "Art of Life" - X Japan
• "Me Devil" - Sigh
• "Golden Memories"
• "Kalluri Vaamil" - Prabhu Deva
• "Apocalyptic Dawn" - Demonic Resurrection
• "Boiled Unwound Filatured" - Bhayanak Maut
• "Dil Main Baji Gitar"
• "Legend" - Spring & Autumn
• "Ritual Day" - Ritual Day
• "Epic" - Tang Dynasty
• "Mo/Monster" - Voodookungfu
• "Damage Inc." - Metallica
• "Inner Self" - Sepultura
• "Creeping Death" - Metallica
• "Parade Luka" - Siksakubur
• "Jihad Soldiers" - Tengkorak
• "Akselerasi Maksimum" - Seringal
• "El Meod Na'ala" - Orphaned Land
• "Morbid Shadow" - Arallu
• "Act of War/Act of Terror" - Salem
• "Angel of Death" - Slayer
• "Ornaments of Gold" - Orphaned Land
• "Daramad"
• "Egyptian Festival"
• "Raining Blood" (Slayer cover) - SDS
• "Raining Blood" - Slayer
• "Cloud Connected" - In Flames
• "Fear of the Dark" (live in Bangalore, India) - Iron Maiden
• "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (live in Bangalore, India) - Iron Maiden

Soundtrack

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

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, China, India, Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 and Japan

Disc 1

1. "Inner Self" - Sepultura
   Sepultura
   Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
   
    (Brazil])
2. "Walk with Me in Hell" - Lamb of God
   Lamb of God (band)
   Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1994, the group consists of vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler...
   
    (United States)
3. "Ladders to Sumeria" - Melechesh
   Melechesh
   Melechesh is a Assyrian-Armenian black metal band that originated in Jerusalem. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord Curse were added to the line-up...
   
    (Israel/Netherlands)
4. "X" (Live) - X Japan
   X Japan
   is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...
   
    (Japan)
5. "Ornaments of Gold" - Orphaned Land
   Orphaned Land
   Orphaned Land is an Israeli progressive metal band, formed in 1991, that combines Death/doom, Jewish and Arabic influences.- History :In 1992, the band changed its name from the original Resurrection to Orphaned Land....
   
    (Israel)
6. "Crystal Skull" (Live At the Dubai Desert Rock Festival
   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. At the time, it was the only festival of its kind in the Middle East. As well as live music, extreme sports were also featured as crowd attractions...
   
   )- Mastodon
   Mastodon (band)
   Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. The band is composed of bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor...
   
    (United States)
7. "Havenless" - Enslaved
   Enslaved (band)
   Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...
   
    (Norway)
8. "Me-Devil" - Sigh
   Sigh (band)
   is a Japanese extreme metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1990. They are credited as being one of the first Japanese black metal bands, when the majority of black metal in early 1990s came from Scandinavia. They gradually shifted from a more traditional black/thrash metal sound, to a more...
   
    (Japan)
9. "Cloud Connected" - (Live At the Dubai Desert Rock Festival
   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. At the time, it was the only festival of its kind in the Middle East. As well as live music, extreme sports were also featured as crowd attractions...
   
   ) - In Flames
   In Flames
   In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...
   
    (Sweden)

Disc 2

10. "Indigenous Laceration" - Chthonic
    Chthonic (band)
    Chthonic is a Taiwanese metal band, formed in 1995 in Taipei. The group incorporates influences from traditional Taiwanese music including the classical Asian instrument erhu...
    
     (Taiwan)


11. "Salvation Suicide" - Angra
    Angra (band)
    Angra is a Brazilian metal band from São Paulo, Brazil known for its symphonic interludes, highly technical instrumental playing and Brazilian regional elements.- Biography :...
    
     (Brazil)


12. "Jaktens Tid" - Finntroll
    Finntroll
    Finntroll is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine 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...
    
     (Finland)


13. "From The Sky" - Gojira
    Gojira (band)
    Gojira is a heavy metal band formed in 1996 in Bayonne, France. The band was known as Godzilla until 2001. Gojira is composed of Joe Duplantier on vocals and guitar, his brother Mario Duplantier on drums, Christian Andreu on guitar and Jean-Michel Labadie on bass...
    
     (France)


14. "Epic" - 唐朝 Tang Dynasty
    Tang Dynasty (band)
    Tang Dynasty is a Chinese ethnic-art rock and prog-metal band that is often credited as being the first heavy metal band in China.-Biography:...
    
     (China)


15. "Jihad Soldier" - Tengkorak (Indonesia)


16. "Baptized" - Arthimoth (Iran)


17. "Wings Of Time" - Týr
    Týr (band)
    Týr, , is a folk metal band from the Faroe Islands. Their subject matter revolves almost entirely around old Nordic lore, mythology, and history, taking their name from a Norse god of war. They signed a worldwide deal with Austria's Napalm Records in early 2006, while signed to the Faroese record...
    
     (Faroe Islands
    Faroe Islands
    The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
    
    )


18. "Apocalyptic Dawn" - Demonic Resurrection (India)

External links

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