The paradox at the heart of metal studies

Over the last two days, I had the wonderful opportunity of taking part in the inspiring Hardwired VII conference at […]

On the history of the ‘metal ear’ and methodological ‘distant listening’

Currently, I am in a phase of revising some older texts on metal cultural history. During these revisions I realized […]

Currently, I am putting final touches on the manuscript of my book on European metal cultural history.1 In this stage […]

In the recent stage of gaining clearer contours as an independent field, metals studies scholars have demanded more theoretical self-reflection […]

A gap in research In 1980, Judas Priest released their classic heavy metal anthem ‘Breaking the Law’ on the British […]

Next week will see the 2019 edition of the black metal theory symposium in Ljubljana on 18 and 19 April. […]

The field we are working in is commonly referred to as metal studies or metal music studies. I prefer the […]

When Bruce Dickinsion released his first solo album Tattoed Millionaire in 1990, he could not know that today every good […]

Recently, the Ukranian black and doom metal group 1914 issued their new long-player The Blind Leading the Blind. According to […]

Recently, Polish black/death metallers Behemoth released their new album ‘I Loved You at Your Darkest’,1 which is the follow-up to […]