1914, ‘The Blind Leading the Blind’: How to represent history in (extreme) metal?
Recently, the Ukranian black and doom metal group 1914 issued their new long-player The Blind Leading the Blind. According to […]
What makes a classic? A short reflection
Recently, Polish black/death metallers Behemoth released their new album ‘I Loved You at Your Darkest’,1 which is the follow-up to […]
Between transgressive gender constructions and hypermasculinity: the recent balancing of gender in Scandinavian Extreme Metal music.
In this post,1 I want to examine recent Scandinavian Extreme Metal music as a discourse, where gender balancing acts became […]
“Why does that guy research heavy metal?” – A short note on metal studies’ acceptance and self-representation within academic discourse
I just returned from an intriguing conference on Mediterranean Europe(s): Images and Ideas of Europe from the Mediterranean Shores in […]
A subtle gesture of irony? On sonic knowledge and the cultural history of the (mis-)uses of country music in metal culture.
The topic of a recent metal studies conference was ‘going to the country’, being focussed more precisely in the title’s […]
‘Multilingual metal’: does metal have an own cultural-historical language?
Doubtless, metal music studies with its accelerating sequence of scholarly events, also its intensification of publication streams, is an emerging […]
Homo ludens metallicus? On Huizinga, the historian’s gaze and sonic knowledge in Metal Music Studies
Dutch historian Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) was one of the pioneers of modern and postmodern cultural history. His narratives, overflowing with […]
Scientific Concert Review: Batushka, Schammasch, Trepaneringsritualen
This blogpost has a rather peculiar title – what is a “scientific concert review”? Isn’t a review a genre of […]