Friday February 2nd 2024, Liverpool John Moores University, School of Humanities and Social Science Historically, heavy rock and metal music seems to have had a somewhat uneasy relationship with rock radio. As Deena Weinstein (2000) notes, during the late 1970s when bands such as AC/DC and Kiss were enjoying substantial success in terms of concert … Read more
Split, Croatia, October 17–21, 2023 We invite you to contribute with your presentation to the special section on metal and animals at the Days of animal STudies conference, which will be held for the 5th time in Split, Croatia. The main organizer of the conference is the Centre for Integrative Bioethics, Faculty of Humanities and … Read more
Call for papers As one of the many branches of rock music, metal was identified with notions of transgressiveness, controversy, and rebelliousness, both by internal scene members and outsiders. As such, the neverending quest for transgression and controversy became one of the most important driving forces of metal’s artistic and social practice, urging the metalheads … Read more
We are delighted to announce that the ISMMS 2025 conference will be held in Seville, Spain, hosted by Susana González-Martínez of the University of Granada. The theme is New Metal Worlds: Building Bridges and Mending Broken Backs. A formal call for papers will be released in the coming months. For now, we invite you to … Read more
No Outsides: Metal in an Era of Contagion June 6–8 2023, Concordia University Six decades from its counter-cultural inception, what remains of metal’s relation to the outside forces of extremity, abolition, and transformation? If there’s a common commitment to which the field of metal studies remains faithful, it is one invested in the outside. Such … Read more
Save the date: June 6–8 2023 Concordia University Full CFP and more information on the 2023 conference coming soon! Six decades from its counter-cultural inception, what remains of metal’s relation to the outside forces of extremity, abolition and transformation? If there’s a common commitment to which the field of metal studies remains faithful, it is one … Read more
The 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
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
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