Sign In / Sign Up

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Release date: 2005-09-14
Rating: 7.597
Votes: 160
Genres: Documentary, Music
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.

Reviews

No reviews for this movie.

Movie Recommendation

  • Nine Dead
    Nine Dead
    2010-03-09
    Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?
    More...
  • A Band Called Death
    A Band Called Death
    2013-06-27
    Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them.
    More...
  • The Bus
    The Bus
    1974-01-10
    A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away.
    More...
  • Just, Melvin: Just Evil
    Just, Melvin: Just Evil
    2000-01-20
    A documentary about a man who molested generations of his children and stepchildren.
    More...
  • The Miracle
    The Miracle
    2009-10-09
    The film is based on real events that took place in Samara in 1956 and known as the "Standing Zoe." During the holiday girl, without waiting her betrothed, removes the icon from the wall and Nicholas begins to dance with her, but suddenly freezes in place. This state continues for many months. Residents of the provincial town are frightened by this extraordinary event, which is cluttered with rumors and speculation. To try to understand the situation, there goes metropolitan newspaper journalist ...
    More...
  • Hachiko
    Hachiko
    1987-08-01
    The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
    More...
  • Starter for 10
    Starter for 10
    2006-09-13
    In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
    More...
  • The Den
    The Den
    2013-12-12
    A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
    More...
  • Metalhead
    Metalhead
    2013-10-11
    A young girl in 1990s Iceland is caught between the life that took her brother and her own inability to strike out on her own. In her grief, she finds solace in metal and dreams of making her own music.
    More...
  • The Mission
    The Mission
    1986-09-06
    When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
    More...
  • Definitely, Maybe
    Definitely, Maybe
    2008-02-08
    When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
    More...
  • Serenity
    Serenity
    2005-09-25
    When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But... the greatest danger of all may be on their ship.
    More...
  • The Cloverfield Paradox
    The Cloverfield Paradox
    2018-02-04
    Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
    More...
  • Donnie Brasco
    Donnie Brasco
    1997-02-27
    An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
    More...
  • [REC]
    [REC]
    2007-11-23
    A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
    More...
  • Evil Dead
    Evil Dead
    2013-04-05
    Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.
    More...
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
    A Nightmare on Elm Street
    1984-11-09
    Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
    More...
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    2014-08-07
    When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.
    More...
  • Happy Death Day
    Happy Death Day
    2017-10-12
    Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.
    More...
  • Saw
    Saw
    2004-10-01
    Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.
    More...

Similar Movies