Global Metal

In “Global Metal,” directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn embark on a quest to uncover the influence of heavy metal, a genre often criticized in the West, on cultures outside of Europe and North America. The documentary follows metal enthusiast and anthropologist Sam Dunn as he embarks on an exhilarating journey across Asia, South America, and the Middle East. During his travels, he delves into the underground extreme music scenes, encountering everything from Indonesian death metal to Chinese black metal and Iranian thrash metal. “Global Metal” unveils a global community of metal enthusiasts who are not merely adopting Western metal but are reshaping it, forging a novel form of cultural expression in societies marked by conflict, corruption, and rampant consumerism.