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 […]
“Aren’t you the guy doing this metal studies interview stuff?”: On distance and self-reflection
In my recent post, I wrote about oral history as a the method of choice to decode the Styrian metal […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Metal (music) studies: What’s in a name?
The field we are working in is commonly referred to as metal studies or metal music studies. I prefer the […]
Between scholarliness and fandom: on distance and closeness, objectivity and subjectivity in Metal Music Studies
In my last post, I reflected on the identities of Metal scholars, in terms of the transgressive potential of Metal […]