Promised Land of Heavy Metal

Kimmo Kuusniemi:
Promised Land of Heavy Metal (UK 2008)
90 min. – HD – English

Promised Land of Heavy Metal is a documentary about the history and philosophy of heavy metal and what happened to make it such a big thing in a small country called Finland?

The film tells the story of Finnish heavy metal, from the early days to the present success stories, by interviewing musicians, experts and events organizers. Why is metal music a religion for so many? Is there any links to satanism? What made metal mainstream in Finland? What is the future of metal music?

The narration by Kimmo Kuusniemi from Sarcofagus, the forefather of Finnish metal and a documentary film maker.

www.promisedlandofmetal.com