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
Journée d’étude « Images et imaginaires de la musique metal » vendredi 20 mars 2026 Un événement de la semaine Arts et Médias de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Des pochettes d’albums aux vidéoclips en passant par les concerts, les musiques metal déploient un ensemble hétéroclite d’univers visuels, à la fois spécifiques à la culture metal et … Read more
We are delighted to announce that the 8th ISMMS conference will take place in June 2027 at the University of Liège, Belgium, hosted by Marion Brachet and Christophe Pirenne. The theme is Heavy Metal Productions: Sounds, Artefacts, Values. A formal call for papers will be released in the coming months. For now, we invite you … Read more
ISMMS members—it is that time of year again! We are holding elections for the followingpositions—President and 2 ordinary members. To stand for one of the positions you must submita 1-page statement of intent which will explain what you will bring to the role and a CV which isno more than 5 pages long. Personal information … Read more
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
The ISMMS Board is grateful to all members who voted in the ISMMS Board Elections. If you want to vote in future elections and help shape the future of metal studies, you can join the society here. The election for Secretary was between Rose Johnson and David Miguel. Rose was elected as Secretary, leaving the … Read more
We’re sharing this on behalf of colleagues at the University of Huddersfield. They have announced 12 fully funded 4-year PhD studentships for projects relating to amplification. Among the relevant topics, the call specifically suggests ‘a focus on the role of amplification in rock or metal’ as an indicative topic. The deadline is 25th January 2025, … 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
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
The results of the recent election for two Ordinary Member positions on the Executive Board of the International Society for Metal Music Studies are as follows: Gérôme Guibert and A. Rose Johnson have been elected to the Board. They have confirmed their commitment to serve four year terms from 1 January 2024 to 31 December … Read more