Listenings

The difference between the male and female monstrous lies in the presented bodies of its performers in extreme metal

This article seeks to explore the narrative potential of contemporary Gothic music; it looks at works that are lyrically inarticulate,…

This article has sought to outline what I have seen to constitute the experience of defilement in the extreme metal…

Metal, famously, has had always a particular relation to religious discourse, and bands often employ religious symbolism in their lyrics…

This chapter will explore a theory of aesthetics that allows one to ascertain a resonance between the various disparate aesthetic…

This article draws an examination of the particular symbol of defilement and its possibility for reading contemporary conceptions of fault…

It is a great time to be a fan of both the Classical world and heavy metal music: the two…

In this opinion article, Matthew Unger describes common technical characteristics and innovations that typically characterise the extreme metal sound.

Goth subculture emerged in the socioeconomic decline and Thatcherite politics of late 1970s Britain, on the heels of punk’s infamous…

“Gothic opera” is very much a contested concept or at least one that has not been understood or fully appreciated…

Unlike Death Metal, in Black Metal the aim seems to be generating a distinctly atmospheric feel to the music, with…

Goth bands purged their music and image of characteristics associated with masculinity, and they composed songs dealing with gyno-centred traumas,…