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 […]
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, […]
Wittgenstein, Davidson and Halford: the heuristics of studying norm-related sonic knowledge
This is the first post, which ‘officially’ discusses my research in the new project ‘Norm-related sonic knowledge in Heavy Metal […]
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 […]
‘Fandom’ and ‘scholarship’: Comparing two cultural-historical institutions
I ended my last post on the paradox at the heart of metal studies with the suggestion that cultural history, […]
The paradox at the heart of metal studies
Over the last two days, I had the wonderful opportunity of taking part in the inspiring Hardwired VII conference at […]
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. […]
Between transgressive gender constructions and hypermasculinity: the recent balancing of gender in Scandinavian Extreme Metal music.
In this post,1 I want to examine recent Scandinavian Extreme Metal music as a discourse, where gender balancing acts became […]