“The end complete?”: finishing the empirical phase
The picture above shows part of the table of contents of the catalogue for the exposition “Palette” by the Austrian […]
“Aren’t you the guy doing this metal studies interview stuff?”: On distance and self-reflection
In my recent post, I wrote about oral history as a the method of choice to decode the Styrian metal […]
Still “breaking the law…”: An update
It’s been quite a while since I posted something on my research project on Styrian metal scene. Since then, the […]
Heavy Metal historicism? Some reflections on history, primary sources, and methodology
Ten days ago, I gave an online lecture on history’s disciplinary position in the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field of Metal […]
The Styrian metal scene in 2021: ‘Pandemism’ and localism
Copyright of the elements of the title image: cover artwork ‘Thrashing Death Squad’ EP © MDD/Black Sunset Records 2021; branding […]
Metal scenes: Multi-role agents and scene ethics
In the last few days, I had quite some intense exchanges with crucial agents in the Styrian metal scene, which […]
Covid19, metal studies, and oral history research: A methodological rant
In my last blog post, I attempted to describe the thoroughly digitalized research environment I discovered in our project on […]
The digital metal historian
Since about 2000, digitalization has become the major transforming force of our social world. Today, using social media – Facebook, […]
What lies ahead in 2021: Empirical fieldwork
For my project on the metal scene in Graz and Styria since 1980, I am currently finalizing the framework for […]
“I, the mask”: A concert under the conditions of the ‘Covid19’ pandemic
Last Saturday, for the first time since March 2020, I attended a metal show at Explosiv youth centre in Graz, […]