Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)
ThumbScore
👍 78%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 82%
(RT: 90%, MC: 73) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Sam Dunn as Self
Chris Adler as Self
Tom Araya as Self
Gavin Baddeley as Self
Blasphemer as Self
Randy Blythe as Self
Alice Cooper as Self
Pamela Des Barres as Self
Is Metal: A Headbanger's Journey good?
Most people think so. 78% audience score, estimated from 179 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 82%.
Overview
The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture. Wikipedia ↗
