Metal: A Headbanger's Journey vs Tommy

Tommy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.6/10 for Metal: A Headbanger's Journey). Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is the older of the two (2005 against 2010). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 8.3/10
Year20052010
Length1h 31m–
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
CountryCanada–
DirectorJessica Joy Wise, Sam DunnSami Saif
Main castAlice Cooper, Sam Dunn, Chris Adler, Tom Araya, Gavin BaddeleyOle Bredahl, Søren Bundgaard, Dario Campeotto, Niels Hastrup, Keld Heick

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.

Tommy

Tommy Seebach Mortensen; or just Tommy Seebach to the whole nation; were born in Copenhagen in 1949 and passed away far too early in 2003. "Tommy" received four stars out of six by Politiken,[6] Berlingske Tidende[7] and Ekstra Bladet;[8] B.T. awarded it six stars out of six.[9] Dagbladet Information described it as "... a story of an artist who became a victim of the musical genre which he himself had helped innovate, and who, instead of…

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