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 […]
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, […]
Styria: the local ‘metallic association chain’
In my last post, I wrote that in our research project on the Styrian metal scene we now progress from […]
Politics, values, norms, and ethics in metal and metal studies: ‘Reflexive anti-reflexivity’ has a history!
Our project on metal and law at the University of Graz is advancing. We are even a bit ahead of […]
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 […]
Oral history as a method in research on local metal scenes
This week, I started working in the research project ‘Norm-Related Sonic Knowledge in Heavy Metal Culture: A Case Study of the […]