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Metal music has long nurtured an obsession with visions of the
Middle Ages, with countless album covers and lyric sheets populated
by Vikings, knights, wizards, and castles. Medievalism and Metal
Music Studies: Throwing down the Gauntlet addresses this
fascination with all things medieval, exploring how metal musicians
and fans find inspiration both in authentically medieval materials
and neomedievalist depictions of the period in literature, cinema,
and other media. Within metal music, the medieval takes on
multiple, and even contradictory meanings, becoming at once a
cipher of difference and grotesque alterity while simultaneously
being imagined as a simpler, more authentic time, as opposed to the
complexities and stresses of modernity. In this fashion, the
medieval period becomes both a source for artistic creativity and a
vector for countercultural social and political critique. The
contributors in this book hail from a wide range of fields
including medieval history, music performance, musicology, media
studies, and literature, and computer linguistics, bringing a
variety of critical perspectives to bear on the topic. Engaging in
analyses of cover art, liner notes, lyrics, and musical style, the
contributors investigate issues of research methodologies, crucial
concerns over identity and nationalism, and the recontextualisation
of historical materials, all aimed at critically examining how and
why medievalism has permeated heavy metal music and culture.
Hearken to our tales!
Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) is a foundational
keystone of the musical and aesthetic vision of the notorious
Norwegian black metal scene and one of the most beloved albums of
the genre. Its mysterious artwork and raw sound continue to
captivate and inspire black metal fans and musicians worldwide.
This book explores the album in the context of exoticism and
musical geography, examining how black metal music has come to
conjure images of untamed Nordic wildernesses for fans worldwide.
In doing so, it analyzes aspects of musical style and production
that created the distinctly "grim" sound of Darkthrone and
Norwegian black metal.
Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) is a foundational
keystone of the musical and aesthetic vision of the notorious
Norwegian black metal scene and one of the most beloved albums of
the genre. Its mysterious artwork and raw sound continue to
captivate and inspire black metal fans and musicians worldwide.
This book explores the album in the context of exoticism and
musical geography, examining how black metal music has come to
conjure images of untamed Nordic wildernesses for fans worldwide.
In doing so, it analyzes aspects of musical style and production
that created the distinctly "grim" sound of Darkthrone and
Norwegian black metal.
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