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Black metal is extreme music: fast tempos, heavy guitar, screeching vocals – it’s not usually thought of as everyday, easy listening., that’s for sure. Black metal got its start in 1990s Scandanavia and was associated with church burnings, Satanism, and acts of extreme violence. But those days are now largely (though not completely) over, and black metal musicians are increasingly singing in favor of environmental causes, social justice, and anti-racism, especially here in the United States. Black metal is still noisy and aggressive and sometimes it is also pretty bleak. But black metal might just be for you. So come see what all the noise is about. Everyone (except the fascists) is welcome.
Funded by the IU Arts & Humanities Council. Organized by Michael S. Dodson.
Schedule
Feb 28
time tbc – Heavy metal drawing with Amory Abbott @ Fine Arts Building
5:30pm – Margaret Killjoy @ The Bishop Bar (Queer Methods Workshop, 21+)
Feb 29
1:15-2:45pm: Songs that Mean Something: Black Metal and Social Change. Roundtable discussion with guest commentator Shane Greene, IU Anthropology.
3:00-4:30pm: Black Metal Rainbows: Reimagining Heavy Metal as Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist, and Queer-Friendly. Roundtable discussion with guest commentator Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa, IU American Studies.
4:30-5:30pm: Reception and artist meet-and-greet
5:30-7:30pm: Black Metal Marketplace
Above events (Feb 29) are open to the public and take place at the Cook Center, Maxwell Hall
Feb 29 evening
8:00pm – Black Metal Fest ‘24 @ The Bishop Bar (18+)
With Fell Ruin and Eudaemon
Participants:
Amory Abbott, Emily Carr University
Amber Clifford-Napoleone, University of Central Missouri
Joan Jocson-Singh, Lucas Museum
Margaret Killjoy, author and activist
Daniel Lukes, co-editor of Black Metal Rainbows
Stanimir Panayotov, co-editor of Black Metal Rainbows
Jasmine Hazel Shadrack, Western University
With:
Michael S. Dodson, IU History
Shane Greene, IU Anthropology
Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa, IU American Studies.
Rebekah Sheldon, IU English / Cultural Studies
Additional support provided by the College Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the College Arts and Humanities Institute; and the Media School.