Global Metal Music : An Exploration of the Global Impression of a Musical Genre
Posted by Kay Stanford Jr Kastum at 2:10 AMHeavy metal fans Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn wanted to show how the globalization of heavy metal has impacted the music scene in countries that haven't always welcomed heavy metal music, including those who live outside of the US.
In "Global Metal ", Dunn and McFadyen show not just how heavy metal music has entered these countries, but also depicts how metal heads all over the world are turning the Western-based musical genre into something that is uniquely their own, as opposed to just forming cover bands or replicating the sounds heard in the US.
As depicted in the film, heavy metal artists here have taken the musical genre to a whole new level, making it their own and drawing fans in their home country and beyond.
Through his work, Dunn, a self-professed heavy metal music fan, wanted to show the global impact that that heavy metal music has made, in both how it has affected the music scene and the political arguments that the genre has created.
The film not only shows how heavy metal music has entered these countries, but also depicts how not all musicians are international "metal heads" who are just ripping off Westernized heavy metal music for their fans.
Instead, they are transforming it into a new form of music that is all their own and that is truly specific to their country and their culture.
Through their travels and research, McFadyen and Dunn explored the full effect of heavy metal on countries that have their own share of political strife and corruption, illustrating the difficulty that some of the musicians featured have faced in making their music public in a world that has hasn't always agreed with the perceived negative messages of heavy metal music.
The film shows the impact of globalization on the musical genre, along with exploring the extreme's of heavy metal - from Iranian thrash metal to Indonesian death metal.
In "Global Metal ", Dunn and McFadyen show not just how heavy metal music has entered these countries, but also depicts how metal heads all over the world are turning the Western-based musical genre into something that is uniquely their own, as opposed to just forming cover bands or replicating the sounds heard in the US.
As depicted in the film, heavy metal artists here have taken the musical genre to a whole new level, making it their own and drawing fans in their home country and beyond.
Through his work, Dunn, a self-professed heavy metal music fan, wanted to show the global impact that that heavy metal music has made, in both how it has affected the music scene and the political arguments that the genre has created.
The film not only shows how heavy metal music has entered these countries, but also depicts how not all musicians are international "metal heads" who are just ripping off Westernized heavy metal music for their fans.
Instead, they are transforming it into a new form of music that is all their own and that is truly specific to their country and their culture.
Through their travels and research, McFadyen and Dunn explored the full effect of heavy metal on countries that have their own share of political strife and corruption, illustrating the difficulty that some of the musicians featured have faced in making their music public in a world that has hasn't always agreed with the perceived negative messages of heavy metal music.
The film shows the impact of globalization on the musical genre, along with exploring the extreme's of heavy metal - from Iranian thrash metal to Indonesian death metal.