This Film is a careful look at the continuing story of Metal, in the words of the people that make it, live it, breathe it and keep it vital. The Bands, the Fans, the Producers, the Industry and the Journalists. What makes it tick, why nothing else can lay a hand on it for power, emotion and longevity, why it's misinterpreted, why it doesn't care, how it continues to upset the social institutions, how it influences the media, the optimistic, and the way it has forced it's iconography and culture deep into an unsuspecting and unwilling mainstream. Metal is a documentary that looks at what made Metal, how it grew and how it has gone beyond fashion, misunderstanding, mockery and ignorance. Metal is a journey into the psyche of the genre, the sounds, the sights and the smells. While not underestimating its cultural significance, its financial power or its ground-breaking creativity, it's a film that shows the humour and intelligence as well as the excitement and the primitive power. Metal is a film that will inform and entertain the inexperienced. If you know nothing about it by the time the credits roll, love it or loath it you'll understand how, why and what it does. For the hardcore Metal fans this will become a standard, it will strengthen and reaffirm their loyalty. Metal features interviews and archive from some of the most influential and respected musicians of the genre as well as commentators and fans.