
Promised Land of Heavy Metal
2008, Finnish. Directed by Tanja Karttunen.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Finnish
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Tanja KarttunenDirector
- Kimmo KuusniemiSelf - Pioneer of Finnish Heavy Metal / Film Producer
- Ville ValoSelf - HIM
- Tony KakkoSelf - Sonata Arctica
- Mr. LordiSelf
- Marco HietalaSelf - Nightwish / Tarot
- Jeffrey WalkerSelf - Carcass
- SilenozSelf - Dimmu Borgir
- Kuisma AaltoSelf
- Mike D'AntonioSelf
- Klaus FlamingSelf - Radio Rock DJ
- Tom GardinerSelf - Hateform
- Tarja HalonenSelf - President of Finland
Details
- Released
- 15 November 2008
- Country
- Finland, United Kingdom
- Written by
- Tanja Karttunen
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Promised Land of Heavy Metal runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Promised Land of Heavy Metal isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 November 2008. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Promised Land of Heavy Metal?
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Who directed Promised Land of Heavy Metal?
Promised Land of Heavy Metal (2008) was directed by Tanja Karttunen and stars Kimmo Kuusniemi, Ville Valo, Tony Kakko.