“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, […]
Last Saturday, for the first time since March 2020, I attended a metal show at Explosiv youth centre in Graz, […]
In my last post, I wrote that in our research project on the Styrian metal scene we now progress from […]
Our project on metal and law at the University of Graz is advancing. We are even a bit ahead of […]
Original source: cover picture of Iron Maiden, ‘Sanctuary’, (c) EMI 1980. Obviously, the title of this new blog post, which […]
This week, I started working in the research project ‘Norm-Related Sonic Knowledge in Heavy Metal Culture: A Case Study of the […]
Female emancipation in metal – too late? In 1979, Motörhead released the song ‘Too Late Too Late’ as a b-side […]
I ended my last post on the paradox at the heart of metal studies with the suggestion that cultural history, […]
Over the last two days, I had the wonderful opportunity of taking part in the inspiring Hardwired VII conference at […]
Currently, I am putting final touches on the manuscript of my book on European metal cultural history.1 In this stage […]
A gap in research In 1980, Judas Priest released their classic heavy metal anthem ‘Breaking the Law’ on the British […]