Opinions
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Extreme Narratives in Extreme Metal Music
Historically speaking, extreme metal music has always been about provoking a strong reaction.
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The Foregoing Legacy of Dissection’s ‘Storm Of the Light’s Bane’
‘Storm Of the Light’s Bane,’ the only album to be released through German conglomerate Nuclear Blast Records, was supposed to…
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Is online gaming killing part of the entertainment?
Since the launch of the Xbox 360, online gaming has actually taken the front page on consoles. Sony took the…
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The Aesthetic Near Death Experience of Extreme Metal
The musical subgenre and subculture of heavy metal, extreme metal, reinforces the idea that grotesque art forms exemplify religion’s significance
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The Artistic Origins of Modern Gothicism
From across and beyond Britain there emerged a new generation of bands who were reliant upon small-scale specialist labels, media…
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Black Metal Heritage and Crimes Against Culture
An article excerpt, simply put, is a quick and brief summary of the topic preferable to full content, and the…
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Black Metal and the Refusal of Aesthetic Modernity
Ever since its emergence in the late 1980s, no other music genre has been able to generate so many and…
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The Goth Movement and English Society During the 1980s
This article explores possible reasons why gothic themes and aesthetics appealed to some British youths during the 1980s
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Goth Subcultural Studies and the Postmodernism Lifestyle
This article explores the relationship between postmodern gender theory and goth artists
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Extreme Metal Subculture and the Feeling of Community
This article contextualises the investigation into the behaviours, investments and attachments of Extreme Metal fans with a need to outset…
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The Music of the Goth Subculture and Aesthetics
Because music is often a source of inspiration to youth subcultures, this article focuses on how musicology could augment the…
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Introduction to Heavy Metal Music and Moral Panic
The music genre of heavy metal has, since the late 1970s, faced a multitude of negative media coverage, and has…
