Livy Onalee SnyderConference Bursary Scholarships The ISMMS Executive Board announces a limited number of Conference Bursary Scholarships to encourage new and original voices in Metal Studies. The Bursary Scholarships will cover the conference fee (virtual or in-person) for scholars whose conference papers have been accepted by the Liège organisers. Additionally, the Bursary Scholarships will provide a small … Read more
ISMMS announces two Book Awards for scholarly books about metal—one for an English language book and one for a book written in a language other than English. The requirements for both are: The Board will create a committee for reviewing and judging submissions based on number and language of submissions received. The decisions will be … Read more
Historically, heavy rock and metal music seems to have had a somewhat uneasy relationship with what became understood as rock radio. Deena Weinstein (2000) notes that during the late 1970s in the USA when bands such as AC/DC and Kiss were enjoying substantial success in terms of concert ticket sales and album sales, heavier bands … Read more
The website “metalbrasileirozines.com.br” is a recent online source (2024) that converges digitized fan zines of the Brazilian underground metal since the printed versions of the 80s. Navigating on the website is possible to filter the research of the digitized material by each of the twenty-six Brazilian states and the Federal District. People from many parts … Read more
Introduction The ISMMS (International Society for Metal Music Studies), an international association that initiated new interdisciplinary research on metal music, was officially launched at the first conference held at Bowling Green State University (Ohio, United States) in April 2013. It was titled “Heavy Metal and Popular Culture.” This founding event was followed, in 2015, by … Read more
Online event via Microsoft Teams Friday 2nd October 14:00-16:30 BST. The publication of Women & Femme Voices in Metal: Feminist Strategies of Resistance(Routledge, 2026), edited by Jasmine Hazel Shadrack and Francesca Stevens, will becelebrated with an online launch and panel discussion.Through an interdisciplinary, intersectional feminist lens, the collection examines persistentpatterns of marginalisation within metal culture and … Read more
One day conference Liverpool John Moores University Conference organiser: Dr Nedim Hassan (Chief Editor Metal Music Studies) Friday 4th September 2026 Scenes and survival: building sustainable futures for local metal music scenes is a joint academic and industry conference that seeks to explore how contemporary metal music scenes develop strategies for sustenance and survival. Its … Read more
We seek 5k–6k-word chapters on glocalization, transfers, infrastructures, crises, religion/politics, NSBM/antimilitarism, war & diaspora, zines/archives, festivals/economies, and methods/meta-questions acrosssocialist, post-socialist, and contemporary CEE. Abstracts (500 words) + bio (200 words) due 31 July 2026.Editors: Ondřej Daniel, Peter Pichler, Jörg Scheller, Miroslav Vrzal.Chicago style. Peer-reviewed series; OA possible subject to funding. Metal is a significant global … Read more
Riffs has published a new open access special issue, Ozzy Osbourne (June 2026), edited by Asya Draganova and Benjamin Torrens. Following Black Sabbath’s final hometown performance, Back to the Beginning, in Birmingham and the global reflections about Ozzy Osbourne’s passing, the summer issue brings together a collection of perspectives about Ozzy’s legacy from academic researchers, … Read more