About this episode

Brian Slagel discusses Metallica's instrumental 'Orion' with filmmaker Sam Dunn, along with insights on other metal bands and films.

Metallica - "Orion" released March 3,1986 from the album "Master of Puppets" Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel talks to filmmaker Sam Dunn about Metallica's epic instrumental, "Orion". They also discuss Slayer, Iron Maiden and some of the films he's made through his company Banger Films. Jay Ruston also discusses the production on "Orion" and author Martin Popoff provides his usual combination of facts, information and opinon. Check out the unedited video version of the Sam Dunn interview on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/KOS5wo4aDug Brian Slagel is on social media @BrianSlagel Sam Dunn's Banger Films is on social media @BangerFilms Jay Ruston is on social media @JayRuston Martin Popoff's website is MartinPopoff.com Follow 100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal on social media @100MetalSongs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Brian Slagel

Guest: Sam Dunn

Topics covered

• Metallica
• instrumental music
• heavy metal history
• music production
• film making
• music analysis

Keywords

• Metallica
• Orion
• heavy metal
• Sam Dunn
• music production
• Banger Films
• Jay Ruston
• Martin Popoff

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Metallica, Banger Films, Metal Blade Records, 100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal

Books & works: Orion, Master of Puppets

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