Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Warner Home Video | Release Date: April 14, 2006

8.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Ratings

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EricC.Mar 1, 2009

While watching, I was very entertained. It's a well shot and edited documentary, a very hard thing to do. But the film ignores the more influential and modern branches of metal in favor of the most popular (and, let's be honest, While watching, I was very entertained. It's a well shot and edited documentary, a very hard thing to do. But the film ignores the more influential and modern branches of metal in favor of the most popular (and, let's be honest, shallow) bands that Dunn worshiped as a teen. And I was disappointed to realize that I had just sat through an hour and a half long documentary to have preached to me the simple and obvious message that metal is just a way for outsiders to feel accepted, which is kind of offensive to those of us that believe there are metal and hardcore bands out there who are genuine artists. Oh yeah, and he doesn't touch upon metals recent acceptance by the indie crowd. Over all, the movie left me feeling empty and did not leave me with any substantial new knowledge (I'm supposed to care that that hobbit guy invented the devil horns?).… Expand

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MichaelJun 4, 2006

Fun, but dull -- it suggests alot of interesting questions that it categorically ignores. Issues of musical structure (beyond the use of blues scales), the effect of band transitions from underground to mass-market, etc., are ignored for Fun, but dull -- it suggests alot of interesting questions that it categorically ignores. Issues of musical structure (beyond the use of blues scales), the effect of band transitions from underground to mass-market, etc., are ignored for fanboy hero worship and pandering to self-satirical academics. If you want to be taken seriously, then choose a real thesis, and follow it through.… Expand

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