ISMMSIn celebration of the 10th year of Metal Music Studies, we (Ross Hagen and Edward Banchs) are compiling a section of short retrospectives on foundational and important publications for the reviews section. We are aiming for a mix of titles that includes books aimed at general audiences in addition to academic monographs and edited collections. We are … Read more
This call can also be read on Revol Press’ website. Heavy metal and the political left have a complex relationship. Metal is well-known for its “radical toleration” (Berger 1999) of all manner of reactionary practices and beliefs, from casual misogyny to far-right organizing. Yet metal also features a strong current of prescient social criticism, identifiably … Read more
Election for ISMMS Executive Board Positions, Nov-Dec 2024 The positions of Webmaster and Secretary on the ISMMS Executive Board will become available at the end of the current terms of Dr Steven Gamble and Dr Owen Coggins. We therefore call for candidates to nominate themselves to serve four year terms in these positions from January … Read more
Since its inception Metal music has been in constant flux, whether in the development of new genres and subgenres to the way that it has been perceived in society over time. Metal music and culture, to survive, need to adapt to a world constantly in upheaval, whether through changing attitudes toward the music, changes in … Read more
Metal: Diabolus in musica exhibition, open 5 April to 29 September 2024, Philharmonie de Paris Owen Coggins Metal at the Philharmonie de Paris At the beginning of April 2024 I attended the opening of easily the biggest and most impressive museum exhibition on heavy metal in the world to date. Metal, as a subculture of … Read more
Please see the below call for a special issue of the Chilean journal Contrapulso. They accept papers in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. The call is printed in that order below. Llamado a Contrapulso 6/2 (noviembre 2024) cierre 9 de septiembre 2024 Contrapulsoes una revista semestral de acceso libre publicada por la Universidad Alberto Hurtado de … Read more
Conference at the Philharmonie de Paris with the collaboration of the International Society for Metal Music Studies 5–6 April 2024 https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/colloque/26793-metal-et-metalheads-des-mythes-et-des-rites Designed to resonate with the international exhibition presented at the Philharmonie de Paris, this conference explores and questions this culture, its representations, its audiences and its paradoxes with international artists, professionals and researchers. The … Read more
The second running of this biennial conference will take place March 15-17, 2024 on Zoom. Registration is free and open to all, and required to attend. Register here. For the full program of panels, workshops, and events, and other information, including the conference playlist, see the conference website here.
Please see details below about this event or view the full website here. Black metal is extreme music: fast tempos, heavy guitar, screeching vocals – it’s not usually thought of as everyday, easy listening., that’s for sure. Black metal got its start in 1990s Scandanavia and was associated with church burnings, Satanism, and acts of … Read more
We are excited to share news of Charlène Bénard’s PhD defence at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, on 19 December 2023. Her thesis, on symphonic metal, women, genre, and gender, is titled ‘Le “metal à chanteuse”, un genre musical? Une enquête sur la construction médiaculturelle d’un genre musical par le gender. Le cas du metal … Read more