“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 […]
Metal scenes: Multi-role agents and scene ethics
In the last few days, I had quite some intense exchanges with crucial agents in the Styrian metal scene, which […]
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 […]
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 […]
Maggie Thatcher made heavy metal (…and she saw that it was good?)
Original source: cover picture of Iron Maiden, ‘Sanctuary’, (c) EMI 1980. Obviously, the title of this new blog post, which […]
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 […]
“Too late, too late…?” On the norm-related sonic knowledge of female aggression
Female emancipation in metal – too late? In 1979, Motörhead released the song ‘Too Late Too Late’ as a b-side […]