Promised Land Of Heavy Metal, the documentary movie about heavy metal becoming a nationwide phenomenon in Finland, will be released this Friday, November 11th. The DVD will also be released with a CD.

According to a press release: “Promised Land of Heavy Metal is an HD TV feature documentary film about the history and philosophy of heavy metal and how it became such a big deal in a small country called Finland.

We tell the story of Finnish metal, from its early ‘underground’ days to the present success stories, by interviewing famous - and infamous - musicians, experts and event’s organizers, a psychiatrist, a priest and a doctor of theology. Can metal survive when it becomes mainstream and Eurovision and pop idol competitions are won by metal? Metal has even entered the Finnish Lutheran church that organizes metal masses.

The film includes all the big stars of Finnish metal (HIM, LORDI, SONATA ARCTICA, NIGHTWISH...) many international celebrities (ENTOMBED SWEDEN, DIMMU BORGIR NORWAY, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE USA, CARCASS UK...) and finally Madam President of Finland, TARJA HALONEN.

The film takes us - literally - from the graveyard to the Finnish President's palace!”

DVD details:

Feature Run Time: 90 min.

Extras Run Time: 167 min.

Screen: 16:9 - Colour: PAL

Sound: Stereo

Language: English

Optional Subtitles: German, English, Finnish, Spanish

Regional Code: 2 + 4

Movie directed by Tanja Katinka Karttunen

Produced by: Kimmo Kuusniemi

Tracklisting for bonus CD:

SARCOFAGUS – ‘Hintrik´s Funeral March’

SARCOFAGUS – ‘Insane Rebels’

KIMMO KUUSNIEMI BAND –‘Truth Of 1000 Mega Watt’s (Tuhannen Megawatin Totuus)

TAROT – ‘Wings Of Darkness’

O.S.S.Y. – ‘Helsinki’

HORNA – ‘Black Metal Sodomy’

MOKOMA – ‘Pahaa Verta’

KORPIKLAANI – ‘Wooden Pints’

WINTERSUN – ‘Beyond The Dark Sun’

TIMO RAUTIAINEN & TRIO NISKALAUKAUS – ‘Hartes Land’

STAM1NA – ‘Kadonneet Kolme Sanaa’

ENOCHIAN CRESCENT – ‘Thousand Shadows’

BEFORE THE DAWN – ‘Deadsong’

CORRUPTION INC – ‘Absolution’

NIGHTWISH – ‘The Islander’

GHOST BRIGADE –‘Into The Black Light

GLORIA MORTI – ‘Awakening Of A Discordant Machine’

BLACK SUN AEON – ‘River’

SPIRITUS MORTIS – ‘Dead, Dying Or Alive’

AMORPHIS – ‘You I Need’

To order the DVD visit this location.