After his brilliant first documentary movie “Metal: A headbanger Journey”, the anthropologist Sam Dunn made a second one “Global Metal”, I had the opportunity to see both movies in the previous months.
For sure, this talented headbanger made a fantastic work in both movies, I don’t know how he managed to interview all those Rock/Metal legends in person (Dickinson, Iommi, Dee Snider, Ronnie James Dio, Alice Cooper, Necrobutcher...) (too many die hard Heavy Metal fans would never have the chance to see them all playing live, not mentioning speaking to them in a private conversation), how the movie was financed in order to visit all those countries, attend all those metal gigs around the world.
The First movie, speaks about the origin of rock and consequently metal, and he traced the origin in African tribes music, classic music, jazz music… etc.
he interviewed a lot of bands and fans all from Europe and USA, he did not cross the frontiers of the 1^st world.
For the second movie, he is going beyond the 1^st world border except Japan and Israel ( I did not know where to sort Israel; but I will not like any problems from them, I have enough of my own:)); he went to Brazil, India, China, Indonesia, and U.A.E.
He searched for the local underground bands in those countries, he showed all the problems they faced and still facing till today, their ideas, their passion for heavy music.
This time he concentrates on the metal fans and local bands more than the well known bands.
He interviewed fans from Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., China, and Indonesia.
He introduced how the local bands merged their music legacy with the Heavy Metal and that a new wave of headbanger is rising.
Of course globalization affects Heavy metal as same as it affects Trance music, Rap, Hip-Hop, R&B, all kind of music, you will find Hip-Hop with Indian flavor, a lot of Egyptian Rap bands are playing their music now.
But still the rock got this taste of rebel, passion, and eagerness for something you may not even know what it is, but you know deep inside that you are eager to do it.
Dunn showed that religion will not affect you passion for rock, and I witnessed this point when i went to Maiden concert, he spoke to Muslims, Jewish and christian people and all were sharing the same music.
I liked "Global Metal" because he spoke to fans just like me, sharing same ideology, and same passion as mine.
Finally, Global Metal is just as good as the Headbanger Journey.
It is a must see for everyone from our tribe. \m/