http://www.metalhistory.com/

Plot Synopsis: Sam Dunn is a 30-year old anthropologist who wrote his graduate thesis on the plight of Guatemalan refugees. Recenly he has decided to study the plight of a different culture, one he has been a part of since he was a 12-year old: the culture of heavy metal. Sam sets out on a global journey to find out why this music has been consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned and yet is loved so passionately by its millions of fans. Along the way, Sam explores metals' obsession with some of life's most provacative subjects - sexuality, religion, violence and death - and discovers some things about the culture that even he can't defend. Shot on location in the UK, Germany, Norway, Canada and the US, this documentary is the first of its kind. It is both a defense of a long-misunderstood art form and a window for the outsider into the spectacle that is heavy metal.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...onCode=dvdtalk

Might be interesting

I'm definitely getting it. Heard from a few sources that it was really good.

I pre ordered mine. When it was released I was desperatly looking for a theatre that played it, luckily its not too long for the DVD. \m/

I just finished watching the movie. Its really good, but I'm not sure if I need to own it.

My copy came in the other day, I really liked this movie. I thought it could have been a little longer, but I'm glad it didn't just re-hash the same old stuff on the same bands the VH1 documentaries cover. The extras are pretty cool, the extra section on the director returning to Norway to go a little more into the death metal there was a good idea.

I'm excited about showing it to my metalhead boyfriend, I'm curious what an 'insider' will think. I like metal but it's not my main thing, but the whole subculture fascinates me and I love the idea of this documentary. I thought it was funny that I got my BA in sociocultural anthropology and covered that half of the director, and the life-long love of metal my boyfriend has covers the other half. Hopefully will make for interesting re-watching...

Got it from Netflix last week. Was pretty good. Second disc was good to.

I may pick it up eventually when it gets a price reduction. I'm curious to see what's on the second disk.