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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gender in Black Metal: a cultural-historical note on Myrkur’s new album ‘Mareridt’
Myrkur is a one-woman Black Metal project from Denmark. It is the brainchild of songwriter/pianist/guitarist/singer Amalie Bruun. Bruun started out […]
Schwarzer Stahl: ein Jahresrückblick 2015 als zeitgeschichtliche Miniatur
Der Jahresrückblick ist, auch im Jahre 2015, eine im medialen Diskurs tief verankerte, sich von Jahrzehnt zu Jahrzehnt, von Jahr […]