Metal: A Headbanger's Journey vs Nelson Cavaquinho

Nelson Cavaquinho has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.6/10 for Metal: A Headbanger's Journey). Nelson Cavaquinho is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 31m. Nelson Cavaquinho is the older of the two (1969 against 2005). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Metal: A Headbanger's JourneyNelson Cavaquinho
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 8.8/10
Year20051969
Length1h 31m15m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
CountryCanadaBrazil
DirectorJessica Joy Wise, Sam DunnLeon Hirszman
Main castAlice Cooper, Sam Dunn, Chris Adler, Tom Araya, Gavin BaddeleyNelson Cavaquinho

Synopsis

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

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.

Nelson Cavaquinho

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.

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