Metal Music Studies

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 […]

This is the first post, which ‘officially’ discusses my research in the new project ‘Norm-related sonic knowledge in Heavy Metal […]

This week, I started working in the research project ‘Norm-Related Sonic Knowledge in Heavy Metal Culture: A Case Study of the […]

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 in a phase of revising some older texts on metal cultural history. During these revisions I realized […]

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 […]

Next week will see the 2019 edition of the black metal theory symposium in Ljubljana on 18 and 19 April. […]

The field we are working in is commonly referred to as metal studies or metal music studies. I prefer the […]