Writing about writing about heavy metal, part four: how do you explain (Styrian) heavy metal?
Since my last blog post on the “Mexican experience” of writing about metal, quite some time has passed. Also in […]
Writing about writing about heavy metal, part three: the Mexican experience
Over a month ago now, I had the great pleasure of attending the fifth conference of the “International Society for […]
Writing about writing about heavy metal
The past year in my project on the history of the law myth in the Styrian metal scene was dedicated […]
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 […]
Maggie Thatcher made heavy metal (…and she saw that it was good?)
Original source: cover picture of Iron Maiden, ‘Sanctuary’, (c) EMI 1980. Obviously, the title of this new blog post, which […]
Zwischen “Die Zukunft ist schön” und “Schlimmer geht immer”: das Wechselspiel von Utopie und Dystopie in der Kulturgeschichte harter Musik
In einer Zeit, in welcher gerade in Europa und der Europäischen Union Unsicherheit, Mißtrauen, Skepsis und vielfach auch Ratlosigkeit vorherrschen, […]
Schwarzer Stahl: ein Jahresrückblick 2015 als zeitgeschichtliche Miniatur
Der Jahresrückblick ist, auch im Jahre 2015, eine im medialen Diskurs tief verankerte, sich von Jahrzehnt zu Jahrzehnt, von Jahr […]