Living Metal - Metal Scenes around the World

An international study of metal music communities and subcultures.

This edited volume expands the research in the field of metal studies by examining metal music communities around the world, from Dayton, Ohio, to Estonia to post-apartheid South Africa and beyond. The chapters are detailed, richly embedded in local histories and contexts, and provide important analyses of their respective scenes. The diversity of the chapters connects metal to other disciplines in the music field and a foreword by Henkka Seppälä, former bassist of the Finnish extreme metal band Children of Bodom, accompanies the essays. Living Metal is a groundbreaking contribution to the field, with much appeal for fans and scholars of metal music as well as those in the fields of anthropology, musicology, and history.

About the author

Bryan Bardine is professor of English at the University of Dayton in Ohio. He is the coeditor of Connecting Metal to Culture: Unity in Disparity, also published by Intellect. Jerome Stueart is a freelance writer, editor, and artist living in Columbus, Ohio. He teaches classes in science fiction and fantasy writing.

Summary

This collection of thirteen essays is an exploration of metal scenes throughout the world, from Dayton to Hull, from Copenhagen to Osaka. Unique portrayal of how these scenes developed, are experienced by fans, and are influenced by the contexts in which they are embedded. Foreword by Henkka Seppälä. 36 b&w illus.

Product details

• Authors: Bryan (University of Dayton Bardine, Jerome Stueart
• Assisted by: Bryan Bardine (Editor), Bryan (University of Dayton Bardine (Editor), Jerome Stueart (Editor)
• Publisher: Intellect Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781789384000
• ISBN: 978-1-78938-400-0
• No. of pages: 310
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 717 g
• Series: Advances in Metal Music and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries