Boman, B. (2026). The First Wave of Masks in Rock and Heavy Metal and Their Successors. In Masks In Music and Film: Perspectives from the West and East Asia (pp. 103–119). London, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan Cham.
Abstract: << Black and white makeup of Kiss influenced later heavy metal acts such as King Diamond and, even later in the 1990s onward, Scandinavian black metal. The current chapter sketches a brief history of the usage of makeup and masks in heavy metal and related sub-genres. Black metal and to lesser extent death metal artists, use corpse paint, and occasionally masks, to portray a potentially transformative dimension of artistic personas, antinomian sociocultural values, and aggressive stage performances.
However, experts on black metal and death metal are skeptical about the extent to which these artists and values represent authentic transformation and not just superficial genre paraphernalia. Furthermore, in relation to Ghost, a popular heavy metal band from Sweden, intertextual influences from film characters are highlighted in a context signified by entertainment. Thus, masks and makeup in heavy metal might be seen as performative but with both entertaining and antagonistic elements. >>
[source: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-16978-5_11]
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Mudrian, A. (Ed.). (2020). The Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology: Volume III. dB Books.
Abstract: Decibel Books is proud to announce the publication of The Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology: Volume III. Our latest limited edition, webstore exclusive includes 25 more Hall of Fame stories from our revered monthly series of artist interviews on the making of their classic extreme music albums.
In addition to reintroducing many Hall of Fame pieces from long out-of-print issues of Decibel, The Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology: Volume III also includes a previously unreleased bonus feature on the making of Bloodbath’s death metal classic Nightmares Made Flesh. 364 pages, hardcover.
Keywords: Judas Priest, Satan, Hellhammer, Kreator, King Diamond, Candlemass, Napalm Death, Tormentor, Judge, Dismember, Ripping Corpse, Entombed, Cynic, Focus, My Dying Bride, Carcass, Cradle of Filth, Deadguy, Cryptopsy, Emperor, Refused, Opeth, Watain, Mastodon, Bloodbath.
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