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 […]
Interdisciplinarity, crossover, black metal theory: a single cultural history
Next week will see the 2019 edition of the black metal theory symposium in Ljubljana on 18 and 19 April. […]
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 […]
“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 […]
‘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 […]
A culture contested: is (or was) Metal a ‘youth culture’ and/or ‘subculture’?
Usually, Metal is referred to as a discourse of popular culture for and/or of young people, called a ‘youth culture’ […]
Gender in Black Metal: a cultural-historical note on Myrkur’s new album ‘Mareridt’
Myrkur is a one-woman Black Metal project from Denmark. It is the brainchild of songwriter/pianist/guitarist/singer Amalie Bruun. Bruun started out […]
Tau Cross’ second album ‘Pillar Of Fire’: contemporary history of the world in 2017 as hybrid Metal music
In June 2015, I published a reflection on multinational ‘supergroup’ Tau Cross’ (with members of Voivod and Amebix) eponymous first […]
Black: notes on the transcending cultural history of a colour in Metal music (and beyond)
In my last post I dealt with the role of Foucauldian thought in the cultural history of Metal music. I […]
Getting naive in Metal Music Studies: can (Metal) music change the world?
In my last post, I reflected upon cultural-historical tendencies and processes in the year of 2016. I tried to elaborate […]