Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey adalah film dokumenter tahun 2005 oleh Sam Dunn, seorang antropolog yang pergi ke banyak negara untuk menyelidiki asal mula musik heavy metal dan mengapa genre ini disukai banyak orang. Film ini ditayangkan dalam Festival Film Internasional Toronto 2005, dan diterbitkan sebagai DVD pada 19 September 2006.

Tagline:
 The film that will take you into the heart of the beast

Wawancara 
Dunn mewawancarai berbagai tokoh musik heavy metal:
 Bruce Dickinson dari Iron Maiden
 Tony Iommi dari Black Sabbath
 Ronnie James Dio
 Geddy Lee dari Rush
 Tom Araya dan Kerry King dari Slayer
 Corey Taylor dan Joey Jordison dari Slipknot
 Lemmy Kilmister dari Motörhead
 Dee Snider dari Twisted Sister
 Alice Cooper
 Rob Zombie
 Necrobutcher dan Blasphemer dari Mayhem
 Angela Gossow dari Arch Enemy
 Randy Blythe dan Mark Morton dari Lamb of God
 Jorn Tunsberg dari Hades Almighty
 Gaahl dari Gorgoroth
 Morgan Lander dan Mercedes Lander dari Kittie
 Munky dari KoЯn
 Tom Morello dari Rage Against the Machine

Musik film 
 Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills dan Number of the Beast
 Accept - Balls to the Wall
 Dio - Heaven and Hell
 Lamb of God - Laid to Rest
 Rush - Working Man
 Motörhead - Ace of Spades
 Motörhead - Killed by Death
 Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
 Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
 Venom - Bloodlust
 Slayer - Disciple
 Enslaved - Havenless
 Arch Enemy - Silent Wars
 Slipknot - (SIC)
 Children of Bodom - Needled 24/7
 Cannibal Corpse - Decency Defied
 Emperor - Inno A Satana (Live)
 Metallica - Master of Puppets

"Definitive Metal Family Tree" 

Bagan berikut ini menjelaskan pandangan Dunn tentang perkembangan berbagai subgenre metal, dan mencoba mendaftar grup musik yang mewakili setiap kategori.

 Early metal (1966 - 1971)
- Cream
- Jimi Hendrix
- Blue Cheer
- Deep Purple
- Led Zeppelin
- MC5
- Mountain
- The Stooges
- Black Sabbath

 Original hard rock (1974 - 1979)
- Thin Lizzy
- Blue Öyster Cult
- Aerosmith
- AC/DC
- Ted Nugent

 Shock rock (1968 - 1983)
- Arthur Brown
- Alice Cooper
- New York Dolls
- KISS
- Ozzy Osbourne
- W.A.S.P.

 Early punk (1976 - 1979)
- The Ramones
- The Damned
- The Sex Pistols
- The Clash
- The Dead Boys

 Power metal (1976 - sekarang)
- Scorpions
- Judas Priest
- Rainbow
- Accept
- Manowar
- Dio
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen
- Helloween
- Blind Guardian
- HammerFall
- Primal Fear

 New Wave of British Heavy Metal (1979 - 1983)
- Motörhead
- Saxon
- Iron Maiden
- Angel Witch
- Girlschool
- Tygers of Pan Tang
- Diamond Head

 Progressive metal (1970 - sekarang)
- Uriah Heep
- Rush
- Queensrÿche
- Savatage
- Fates Warning
- Voivod
- Dream Theater
- Meshuggah
- Symphony X
- Evergrey

 Glam metal (1973 - 1990)
- Slade
- Sweet
- Hanoi Rocks
- Mötley Crüe
- Twisted Sister
- Poison
- Cinderella
- Skid Row

 Pop metal (1978 - sekarang)
- Quiet Riot
- Van Halen
- Whitesnake
- Def Leppard
- Europe
- Dokken
- Lita Ford
- Ratt
- Guns N' Roses
- Winger
- Warrant
- Doro
- The Darkness

 Stoner metal (1982 - sekarang)
- Witchfinder General
- Trouble
- Candlemass
- Kyuss
- Today is the Day
- Cathedral

 Original hardcore (1980 - 1986)
- Agnostic Front
- D.O.A.
- Exploited
- Black Flag
- Bad Brains
- The Misfits
- GBH
- Dead Kennedys
- Minor Threat

 Thrash metal (1983 - sekarang)
- Metallica
- Slayer
- Anthrax
- Megadeth
- Exodus
- Overkill
- Kreator
- Destruction
- Testament
- Sepultura
- Nuclear Assault
- Death Angel
- Pantera

 First wave of black metal (1981 - 1986)
- Venom
- Mercyful Fate
- Bathory
- Celtic Frost

 Norwegian black metal (1990 - sekarang)
- Mayhem
- Gorgoroth
- Darkthrone
- Emperor
- Satyricon
- Enslaved
- Dimmu Borgir
- Cradle Of Filth (UK)

 Grindcore (1987 - sekarang)
- Napalm Death
- Carcass
- Repulsion
- Brutal Truth
- Cephalic Carnage

 Death metal (1985 - sekarang)
- Possessed
- Sodom
- Death
- Morbid Angel
- Obituary
- Deicide
- Cannibal Corpse
- Immolation
- Autopsy
- Nile

 Swedish death metal (1990 - sekarang)
- Grave
- Entombed
- At the Gates
- Dismember
- Arch Enemy
- Soilwork
- In Flames
- Dark Tranquility
- The Haunted

 Metalcore (1985 - sekarang)
- Corrosion of Conformity
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
- Machine Head
- Stormtroopers of Death
- Hatebreed
- The Dillinger Escape Plan

 Grunge (1988 - 1993)
- Green River
- The Melvins
- Soundgarden
- Mudhoney
- Nirvana
- Alice In Chains
- Mother Love Bone
- Pearl Jam
- Stone Temple Pilots

 Goth metal (1990 - sekarang)
- Paradise Lost
- Tiamat
- Therion
- Type O Negative
- My Dying Bride
- Anathema
- Theatre Of Tragedy
- Opeth

 Industrial metal (1988 - sekarang)
- Ministry
- White Zombie
- Godflesh
- Nine Inch Nails
- Fear Factory
- Marilyn Manson
- Static-X

 Hard alternative (1989 - sekarang)
- Faith No More
- Jane's Addiction
- Prong
- Living Colour
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Tool
- Rage Against The Machine

 Nu-metal (1994 - sekarang)
- Biohazard
- KoЯn
- Slipknot
- Limp Bizkit
- Godsmack
- Coal Chamber
- Disturbed
- Kittie
- System of a Down

 New Wave of American Metal (2000 - sekarang)
- Shadows Fall
- Lamb of God
- Darkest Hour
- Chimaira
- Killswitch Engage
- Unearth
- God Forbid

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Film Amerika Serikat tahun 2005