ISMMSThe conference organisers Florian Heesch, Franziska Kaufmann and Daniel Suer are happy to share the program of the upcoming conference on “Methodical Approaches to Music and Dance: Exploring the Field of Heavy Metal and Its Genre Boundaries”. You can view and download the program here and on the conference homepage. If you would like to … Read more
The ISMMS board was incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Esther Clinton, one of the key figures in the development of Metal Studies and a renowned scholar and presenter. Our thoughts are with her friends and family, and especially her devoted husband Jeremy Wallach. Most of us had the pleasure of meeting … Read more
7-8 September 2022 Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Brno, Czechia The Department for the Study of Religions at Masaryk University invites your participation in a conference on the overall theme of “Metal and Religion” to be held in Brno, Czechia, 7-8 September, 2022. Metal and religion are very closely intertwined areas. From its beginning in … Read more
The International Society for Metal Music Studies is devastated to share the news that Alfredo Nieves Molina, Coordinator de Education Continua del Instituto Investigaciones Antropológicas at UNAM, died on 12th June 2022, just hours after the closing of the enormously successful 5th Biennial ISMMS Conference that he organised and to which he gave so much. … Read more
Journals aims & scope This peer-reviewed journal provides a focus for research and theory in metal music studies, a multidisciplinary (and interdisciplinary) subject field that engages with a range of parent disciplines. It provides a platform for high-quality research and theory and aims to be a unique resource for metal music studies. It is the … Read more
Edited by Ciro Scotto and Lori Burns With this collection of essays, we aim to examine metal music composition as a practice that comprises a complex gathering of formal musical, expressive, and technological parameters. Designed to address each of the building blocks of metal composition in the context of the evolution of metal subgenres over … Read more
Book presentation and panel In late 2021, prof. dr. Nelson Varas-Díaz (Florida International University) published Decolonial Metal in Latin America, the book that bundles his years of research on the manifold ways in which metal music in Latin America has manifested to fight against different kinds of oppression passed down from colonialism. In this video, … Read more
September 08 – September 09, 2022, University of Siegen — Please see update from conference organisers: Unfortunately, the original CfP for our conference contained a faulty mail address to which submissions should be directed. We apologize for possible confusions caused by the wrong information and we are therefore extending the deadline for one week. You … Read more
Although the below call is about popular music in general, the conference team encourage proposals on metal related topics. internetmusicking.com A free academic conference sharing new research into cultural practices of music taking place online 20–21 May 2022 Online [hosted by Department of Music, University College Cork] Over the last few years, music researchers have … Read more
Although the below call is about popular music in general, the conference team encourage proposals on metal related topics. University of Oldenburg (Germany), 07–09 April 2022 Organisation: Mario Dunkel, Reinhard Kopanski, Simon Wehber (University of Oldenburg; Faculty III; Department of Music). Deadline for submitting proposals: 15th November 2021 It is undisputed that the recent rise … Read more