This multi-disciplinary book explores the textual analysis of heavy metal lyrics written in languages other than English including Japanese, Yiddish, Latin, Russian, Hungarian, Austrian German, and Norwegian. Topics covered include national and minority identity, politics, wordplay, parody, local/global, intertextuality, and adaptation.
Includes interviews with band members and fans, from countries ranging from the UK and US to Israel and Sweden, this book demonstrates the power and subtlety of an often surprising and misunderstood musical form.
This edited collection investigates metal music’s enduring fascination with the medieval period from a variety of critical perspectives, exploring how metal musicians and fans use the medieval period as a fount for creativity and critique ...
Overturning the Babel myth, he argues that the messy diversity of language shouldn't be a source of conflict, but of collective wonder. This is a book about hope, a love letter to language. 'This is a wonderful book.
... and Culture Edited by Martin Iddon and Melanie L. Marshall 4 Sites of Popular Music Heritage Memories, Histories, Places Edited by Sara Cohen, Robert Knifton, Marion Leonard, and Les Roberts 5 Queerness in Heavy Metal Music Metal ...
The aim of this anthology is to analyse the relationship between heavy metal and society within a global context.
... Infernale. Music for Nations CDMFN 230. CD. Armageddon. 2012a. In Search of Eldorado. Track 1 on Eldorado. One ONE 191. EP. ———. 2012b. Eldorado. Track 2 on Eldorado. One ONE 191. EP. ———. 2012c. City in the Sea. Track 3 on Eldorado ...
Exploring the musical styles and cultures of metal, this Companion is an indispensable introduction to this popular and distinctive genre.
Cross (band), 171 Crypt (band), 70 Cryptic Slaughter (band), 53 Cuban music, 16, 133, 134, 136, 146, 150, 152, ... 305–8, 320, 325, 328 diasporic experience, 306 Dickinson, Bruce, 93 Dickinson-Gómez, Julia, 43, 46 dictatorship, 10, 17, ...
He tells the story of how a tennis-playing, music-loving Danish immigrant named Lars Ulrich created a band with singer James Hetfield and made his dreams a reality.
Essential and highly entertaining reading for high school and undergraduate courses in popular music studies, communications, media studies, and cultural studies, the Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music and Culture offers a guide to the ...