Das Ausblenden rechtsextremer Anklänge am Kaltenbach Open Air
Im August geht in Spital am Semmering Österreichs größtes Extreme-Metal-Festival über die Bühne – samt Bands mit Nähe zum rechten […]
Why we need metal (studies) to survive our present
We live in uncertain times. Not a day goes by without us being inundated with bad news via news tickers […]
Warum die John Otti Band keinen Death Metal spielt
Aufwachen in einer neuen Welt Es sind nun über zwei Jahre vergangen, seitdem auf diesem Blog mein Beitrag zur Erfahrung von […]
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, part two: theories and methods
In the weeks since my last blog post, the central work in my project on the history of the Styrian […]
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 end complete?”: finishing the empirical phase
The picture above shows part of the table of contents of the catalogue for the exposition “Palette” by the Austrian […]
“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 […]
Still “breaking the law…”: An update
It’s been quite a while since I posted something on my research project on Styrian metal scene. Since then, the […]