GLOBAL METAL

Global Metal sets out to discover how the West’s most maligned musical genre, heavy metal, has affected cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Sam Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world’s emerging extreme music scenes from Indonesian death metal to Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal. Global Metal reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren’t just absorbing metal from the West, they’re transforming it, creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.

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Scot McFadyen
Director

Scot McFadyen studied writing at the University of Victoria and got his start in film as soundtrack producer on such film and television projects as Ginger Snaps, Siblings, Queer As Folk, Picture Claire and the cult hit Fubar. His first feature documentary as director, writer and producer, Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005 and was nominated for Gemini awards for best direction and best writing in a documentary. Global Metal is Scot McFadyen’s second feature film.

Sam Dunn
Director

After completing his master’s degree in anthropology at York University, in Toronto. Dunn made his film debut as director/writer/producer of Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey. With Scot McFadyen, Dunn was nominated for Gemini awards for best direction and best writing in a documentary. Global Metal is his second feature film.