Death Metal and Music Criticism

Death Metal and Music Criticism
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : 9780739164594
ISBN-13 : 0739164597
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Death Metal and Music Criticism by : Michelle Phillipov

Death metal is one of popular music's most extreme variants, and is typically viewed as almost monolithically nihilistic, misogynistic, and reactionary. Michelle Phillipov's Death Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits offers an account of listening pleasure on its own terms. Through an analysis of death metal's sonic and lyrical extremity, Phillipov shows how violence and aggression can be configured as sites for pleasure and play in death metal music, with little relation to the "real" lives of listeners. In some cases, gruesome lyrical themes and fractured song forms invite listeners to imagine new experiences of the body and of the self. In others, the speed and complexity of the music foster a "technical" or distanced appreciation akin to the viewing experiences of graphic horror film fans. These aspects of death metal listening are often neglected by scholarly accounts concerned with evaluating music as either 'progressive' or "reactionary." By contextualizing the discussion of death metal via substantial overviews of popular music studies as a field, Phillipov's Death Metal and Music Criticism highlights how the premium placed on political engagement in popular music studies not only circumscribes our understanding of the complexity and specificity of death metal, but of other musical styles as well. Exploring death metal at the limits of conventional music criticism helps not only to develop a more nuanced account of death metal listening--it also offers some important starting points for rethinking popular music scholarship as a whole.

Heavy Metal Music in Latin America

Heavy Metal Music in Latin America
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 361
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ISBN-10 : 9781793607522
ISBN-13 : 1793607524
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Heavy Metal Music in Latin America by : Nelson Varas-Díaz

In Heavy Metal Music in Latin America: Perspectives from the Distorted South, the editors bring together scholars engaged in the study of heavy metal music in Latin America to reflect on the heavy metal genre from a regional perspective. The contributors’ southern voices diversify metal scholarship in the global north. An extreme musical genre for an extreme region, the contributors explore how issues like colonialism, dictatorships, violence, ethnic extermination and political persecution have shaped heavy metal music in Latin America, and how music has helped shape Latin American culture and politics.

Shredding Death Metal Guitar: Extreme Technique Meets Metal Guitar, Book & Online Audio [With CD (Audio)]

Shredding Death Metal Guitar: Extreme Technique Meets Metal Guitar, Book & Online Audio [With CD (Audio)]
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Publisher : Shredding Styles
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0739095390
ISBN-13 : 9780739095393
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Shredding Death Metal Guitar: Extreme Technique Meets Metal Guitar, Book & Online Audio [With CD (Audio)] by : Jared Meeker

"Features: Techniques, scales, modes, patterns and sequences for death metal guitarists ; Sample riffs in the styles of Death, Opeth, Meshuggah, and more! ; Covers classic, melodic, and progressive death metal ; Detailed breakdown of picking styles, including alternate, tremolo, sweep, economy, and cross picking ; Lessons in bending, tapping, pick harmonics, string crossing, rhythm, and odd time signatures. Includes CD with over 50 minutes of authentic and powerful demonstrations." -- front cover.

Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music

Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 576
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ISBN-10 : 9798216095316
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music by : William Phillips

It has been reviled, dismissed, attacked, and occasionally been the subject of Congressional hearings, but still, the genre of music known as heavy metal maintains not only its market share in the recording and downloading industry, but also as a cultural force that has united millions of young and old fans across the globe. Characterized by blaring distorted guitars, drum solos, and dramatic vibrato, the heavy metal movement headbanged its way to the popular culture landscape with bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath the 1970s. Motley Crue and Metallica made metal a music phenomenon in the 1980s. Heavy metal continues to evolve today with bands like Mastodon and Lamb of God. Providing an extensive overview of the music, fashion, films, and philosophies behind the movement, this inclusive encyclopedia chronicles the history and development of heavy metal, including sub-movements such as death metal, speed metal, grindcore, and hair metal. 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 ultimate underground music, exploring its rich cultural diversity, resilience, and adaptability. Entries for musicians include a discography for those wanting to start or develop their music collections.

Extreme Metal

Extreme Metal
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Publisher : Berg
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 9781845203993
ISBN-13 : 1845203992
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Extreme Metal by : Keith Kahn-Harris

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. It draws on first-hand research to explore the global extreme metal scene.

The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time

The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1550226002
ISBN-13 : 9781550226003
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time by : Martin Popoff

The result of an extensive poll asking heavy metal fans to list their favouritealbums, this compendium combines those surveys with Popoff's original interviews with world famous rockers who reveal recording session secrets in addition to their own heavy classics and ear-splitting faves. With reviews of early metal albums of the 1960s, as well as the latest hits, this essential resource blends praise with criticism to give an honest assessment of the most influential and important heavy metal recordings.

Swedish Death Metal

Swedish Death Metal
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Publisher : Bazillion Points Books
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : 097961631X
ISBN-13 : 9780979616310
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis Swedish Death Metal by : Daniel Ekeroth

Includes "A-Z of Swedish death metal bands - encyclopedia," with band histories and performers.

Global Metal Music and Culture

Global Metal Music and Culture
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9781317587255
ISBN-13 : 1317587251
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Global Metal Music and Culture by : Andy R. Brown

This book defines the key ideas, scholarly debates, and research activities that have contributed to the formation of the international and interdisciplinary field of Metal Studies. Drawing on insights from a wide range of disciplines including popular music, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and ethics, this volume offers new and innovative research on metal musicology, global/local scenes studies, fandom, gender and metal identity, metal media, and commerce. Offering a wide-ranging focus on bands, scenes, periods, and sounds, contributors explore topics such as the riff-based song writing of classic heavy metal bands and their modern equivalents, and the musical-aesthetics of Grindcore, Doom metal, Death metal, and Progressive metal. They interrogate production technologies, sound engineering, album artwork and band promotion, logos and merchandising, t-shirt and jewellery design, and fan communities that define the global metal music economy and subcultural scene. The volume explores how the new academic discipline of metal studies was formed, also looking forward to the future of metal music and its relationship to metal scholarship and fandom. With an international range of contributors, this volume will appeal to scholars of popular music, cultural studies, and sociology, as well as those interested in metal communities around the world.

Extreme Metal Bass: Essential Techniques, Concepts, and Applications for Metal Bassists

Extreme Metal Bass: Essential Techniques, Concepts, and Applications for Metal Bassists
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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages : 110
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ISBN-10 : 9781495031878
ISBN-13 : 149503187X
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Extreme Metal Bass: Essential Techniques, Concepts, and Applications for Metal Bassists by : Alex Webster

(Bass Instruction). As the original bassist for the seminal death metal band Cannibal Corpse, author Alex Webster offers invaluable insight into the realm of metal bass guitar. This exclusive book/audio pack provides detailed, hands-on training, featuring vital bass guitar techniques and concepts. Extreme Metal Bass further demonstrates how these techniques can be applied in real-life situations within the context of a song. No matter what brand of metal you subscribe to from classic metal to modern metal and beyond Extreme Metal Bass will supply the bass skills you crave. Extreme Metal Bass also includes access to enhanced audio with demonstration and play-along tracks of all the examples in the book, plus play-along MIDI drum files for optimum practicing. This book is designed for players who use a standard-tuned five-string bass (low to high: B-E-A-D-G). If you do not have a five-string bass, a four string (tuned B-E-A-D) will work for much of the material presented.

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal
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Publisher : Da Capo Press
Total Pages : 370
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780786751037
ISBN-13 : 0786751037
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Heavy Metal by : Deena Weinstein

Few forms of music elicit such strong reactions as does heavy metal. Embraced by millions of fans, it has also attracted a chorus of critics, who have denounced it as a corrupter of youth—even blamed it for tragedies like the murders at Columbine. Deena Weinstein argues that these fears stem from a deep misunderstanding of the energetic, rebellious culture of metal, which she analyzes, explains, and defends. She interprets all aspects of the metal world—the music and its makers, its fans, its dress code, its lyrics—and in the process unravels the myths, misconceptions, and truths about an irreverent subculture that has endured and evolved for twenty years.