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Promised Land of Heavy Metal

Promised Land of Heavy Metal

2008•1h 30m•7.5/10
DocumentaryMusic

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Promised Land of Heavy Metal is a documentary about the history and philosophy of Heavy Metal and how it became such a big deal in a small country called Finland.

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Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kimmo Kuusniemi

Self - Pioneer of Finnish Heavy Metal / Film Producer

Ville Valo

Self - HIM

Tony Kakko

Tony Kakko

Self - Sonata Arctica

Mr. Lordi

Mr. Lordi

Self

Marco Hietala

Marco Hietala

Self - Nightwish / Tarot

Jeffrey Walker

Jeffrey Walker

Self - Carcass

Silenoz

Silenoz

Self - Dimmu Borgir

Kuisma Aalto

Self

Mike D'Antonio

Self

Klaus Flaming

Self - Radio Rock DJ

Tom Gardiner

Self - Hateform

Tarja Halonen

Self - President of Finland

Sami Hassinen

Self

Alex Hellid

Self - Entombed

Hanzi Herrmann

Self

Titus Hjelm

Self - Doctor of Theology

Antti Hyyrynen

Self - Stam1na

Howard Jones

Self

Juho Juntunen

Self - Tattoo You

Samuel Jylhä

Self - Hevy Metal Promoter

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