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 Thursday, July 23 • 3 PM – 5:30 PM CEST 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 … 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
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
The Tricinty Rock and Metal Festival is set to return for its third edition on May 23 and 24, 2025, in Rabat, with organizers promising a «more intense and daring» experience. Designed to spotlight professionals in the rock and metal scene, the event is evolving into a true hub for networking and collaboration between industry … Read more
Please see details below about this event or view the full website here. Announcement: For the first time in the German-speaking world, this conference brings together experts from history, philology, religious studies and musicology to discuss the cultural and political significance of the reception of the Middle Ages in heavy metal. Metal Middle Ages – Medieval … 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
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