Call for Papers: Crossing Borders: Metal Music Scenes and Extremity

Symposium at Liverpool John Moores University, Friday 3rd October 9.30 am to 5 pm Extreme metal music has been characterized as something that explores transgression, whether this is in relation to sound, its discourses and imagery, or embodied practices such as moshing and stagediving (Kahn-Harris, 2007). However, the extent to which it is deemed transgressive … Read more

Call for Book Chapters: New Metal Worlds

A visual image of the call for book chapters

Call for Book Chapters | New Metal Worlds: Music Cultures, and Studies (Bloomsbury) by editor Susan González-Martínez The book New Metal Worlds: Music Cultures, and Studies serves as a bridge to lines of thought that explore unprecedented avenues of understanding and research methodologies within the field of metal music studies, expanding existing knowledge about metal … Read more

Metal Mittelalter Conference at the University of Kassel, Germany, March 19–20, 2025

Please see details below about this event or view the full website here. Announcement: For the first time in the German-speaking world, this conference brings together experts from history, philology, religious studies and musicology to discuss the cultural and political significance of the reception of the Middle Ages in heavy metal. Metal Middle Ages – Medieval … Read more