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dr-kath.bsky.social
Here comes a presentation on Sparta in metal. 🤘

#metalmusicstudies
#metalstudies
November 15, 2024 at 9:44 PM
hiddensince.bsky.social
HStFotW proudly endorse reading books🤘🤓 #dronemetal #monolithicundertow #electricwizards #doomedtofail #booksky #musicjournalism #metalstudies #heavymusic
June 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
audioontology.bsky.social
I know several of the wonderful people who have contributed/edited this forthcoming beast. Promises to be fantastic. #MetalSky #MetalStudies #PhilSky #FeministStudies 👏🏻🫶🏻🤘🏻
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
drdarrengray.bsky.social
Literary analyses of #IronMaiden lyrics. Fantastic! This is a excellent resource for #HeavyMetal fans as well as any #MetalStudies scholars who may be on here. Excellent work Dr Kath 🤘
dr-kath.bsky.social Dr Kath @dr-kath.bsky.social · Nov 10
As mentioned elsewhere, I run a hobby blog on the songs of Iron Maiden, #aircraftalbatrossandabeast
I mostly do literary analyses of the lyrics. It even has a song index to check if your favourite is in there.

Here you are:

aircraftalbatrossandabeast.wordpress.com
Aircraft, an Albatross, and a Beast - (British) Literature and History Turned into Heavy Metal
Musings on the Songs of Iron Maiden
aircraftalbatrossandabeast.wordpress.com
November 10, 2024 at 6:30 PM
giannathemon.bsky.social
You guys ever learn something and you just. Feel how it's gonna affect your style from then on? That's how I felt doing these studies. Like, damn... #digitalart #painting #art #metal #studies #practice #coins #paintingpractice #metalstudies
March 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
joergscheller.bsky.social
#HeavyMetal #MetalStudies #Peacebuilding #Peace

shop.kohlhammer.de/meta-metal-4...
December 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
joergscheller.bsky.social
I am delighted that “Meta/Metal. Open Questions in #MetalStudies” has been published – with texts on #metal and #poetry, #EasternEurope, #peacebuilding, #queerness, #racism, and much more, edited by @peterpichler80.bsky.social, @lainad.bsky.social, me, and others.

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Meta/Metal
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November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
blumeevolution.sueden.social.ap.brid.gy
Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Freiheit stirbt, sobald sie nicht gelebt wird. #wissenschaft

Bin glücklich, in einer Gesellschaft zu leben, in der es auch #metalstudies zur Erforschung von #heavymetal geben darf. 🎶🎸🫨

Freue mich, dass mit @joergscheller ein Herausgeber & Autor hier auf […]
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sueden.social
December 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
joergscheller.bsky.social
In der aktuellen Ausgabe von #RockHard wird der von mir mitherausgegebende Band "Meta/Metal. Open Questions in Metal Studies" lobend besprochen. Für das Buch habe ich einen Essay über " #HeavyMetal as #Peacebuilding" beigesteuert. #MetalStudies #MetalResearch #Metal #Science #CriticalTheory
February 25, 2026 at 9:28 AM
joergscheller.bsky.social
Im Herbst erscheint mein neues Buch "Iron Man. #HeavyMetal und #Sport". Als erstes Buch überhaupt, das sich diesem Thema widmet, fokussiert es auf Verbindendes, u.a. den hohen Stellenwert von Training, Üben, Körperlichkeit, Technik, Wettstreit. #MetalStudies

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Iron Man
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May 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
dr-kath.bsky.social
New Blakean followers,
New metalhead followers \m/

Have you seen my research article on #BruceDickinson 's "Gates of Urizen" ( #TheChemicaWedding, 1998) as an adaptation of #WilliamBlake 's #TheBookOfUrizen yet?

#metalsky #lit #metalmusicstudies #metalstudies

doi.org/10.47761/biq....
“If you want to learn the secrets, close your eyes”: Bruce Dickinson’s “Gates of Urizen” as Contrary Version of The [First] Book of Urizen | Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly
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November 28, 2024 at 3:39 PM
keletkezes.bsky.social
Belgrade is a far too busy metropole but I have (re)connected with people already at this conference and miss academia. Not that there's any real chance of my future in (arts) academia at Nottingham anymore but I can try elsewhere #metalstudies #travel #conference #beograd
A massive statue of some ancient Slavic warrior in Belgrade A massive orthodox church in Belgrade Statue of a mounted Slavic dude in front of a fancy building in Belgrade Statue of a 19C local fighter in a park in Belgrade
May 28, 2026 at 12:37 PM
furiasmagazine.bsky.social
🖤 Pensar contra el pensamiento.
🔥 Teoría Black Metal llega por fin en castellano: filosofía, ruido, oscuridad y un bosque muerto donde reina la nada.
¿Te atreves a entrar?
#BlackMetal #Filosofía #TeoríaBlackMetal #MetalStudies @holobionteeds.bsky.social @scarypablo.bsky.social
‘Teoría Black Metal’: en las entrañas de la bestia - Las Furias Magazine - Revista Cultural y Feminista
Se publican por primera vez en castellano los ensayos de la teoría black metal.
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June 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
keletkezes.bsky.social
I'm a published academic again! I wrote this back in 2022 so I've no idea what it says anymore and will actually have to re-read it XD #metalstudies #deeppurple #academia #academicwriting
A softback book titled "Who Do We Think They Are? Deep Purple and Metal Studies" A two-page spread of the same book with my stuff.
April 1, 2026 at 10:21 AM
joergscheller.metalhead.club.ap.brid.gy
I am delighted that “Meta/Metal. Open Questions in #MetalStudies” has been published – with texts on #metal and #poetry, #easterneurope, #peacebuilding, #queerness, #racism, and much more. Edited by Dr. Peter Pichler, Graz. PD Dr. Anna-Katharina Höpflinger, LMU Munich. Prof. Dr. Jörg Scheller […]
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November 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
dr-kath.bsky.social
Of all the pieces I have ever written, this one is my favourite. But do not tell the others.

@intellectbooks.bsky.social #lordofthelost #judas #gospelofjudas #romeoandjuliet #shakespeare #postmodernism #intertextuality #metalmusicstudies #metalstudies #litstudies #lit

doi.org/10.1386/mms_...
Postmodernism in Lord Of The Lost’s Judas: The apocryphal The Gospel of Judas, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and the role of the stars | Intellect
Lord Of The Lost’s Judas (2021) is a thematic concept album exploring different aspects of the Judas reception without a straightforward narrative or interpretation, but covering varying viewpoints on...
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April 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
sasoeurjuliette.bsky.social
Meine Selbst-Geschenke #MetalStudies #MetalMusicStudies #MetalMusic
Zwei Bücher: "Dark Medieval Times: Das Mittelalter um Metal" und "Highway to Hell: Das Satanische im Heavy Metal".
December 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
15gramsofreligion.bsky.social
🎓 Just released a new video reflecting on Western-centrism in science — using Pagan metal studies as a case in point.

Watch here: youtu.be/R6WUr-KZcV8

#PaganMetal #AcademicInequality #MetalStudies #ModernPaganism
August 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
tvgenderstudies.bsky.social
🤘Metal and Feminist Resistance

💥 Ilse Claassen explored how Indonesian metal band Voice of Baceprot challenges colonial power and gender oppression through sound and style.

👉 Read more: www.aup-online.com/content/jour...

#DecolonialFeminism #GenderStudies #MetalStudies #Indonesia #VoiceOfBaceprot
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
dr-kath.bsky.social
As promised I will continue the series highlighting some of my work and today comes my newest research article on postmodernism in Lord Of The Lost's concept album JUDAS.

#metalmusicstudies #metalstudies #metalsky #lordofthelost
#intellectbooks
dr-kath.bsky.social Dr Kath @dr-kath.bsky.social · May 24
I am happy to say that my newest research article is out:

"Postmodernism in Lord Of The Lost' s JUDAS: the apocryphal THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS, William Shakespeare' s ROMEO AND JULIET, and the role of the stars"

doi.org/10.1386/mms_...

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November 10, 2024 at 8:48 PM
sasoeurjuliette.bsky.social
I returned from a weekend full of #RollerDerby to a feed full of notifications. I do not know in which starter kits I have landed but, in case we do not know us from somewhere else, be prepared for much #Celestina, occasional #MetalStudies and frequent complaints about academia multilingual content.
November 11, 2024 at 9:08 AM
joergscheller.bsky.social
Call for chapters: Together with my #metalstudies colleagues Ondřej Daniel, Peter Pichler & Miroslav Vrzal, I am preparing an edited volume about #HeavyMetal in Central and #EasternEurope (planned with Kohlhammer as part of the series "Meta/Metal"). Please circulate!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
CF Chapters – Metal in CEE (Kohlhammer Meta/Metal)
CF Chapters – Metal in Central and Eastern Europe (planned with Kohlhammer Meta/Metal) We seek 5k–6k‑word chapters on glocalization, transfers, infrastructures, crises, religion/politics, NSBM/antim...
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July 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
joergscheller.bsky.social
Nice review: "This book indicates that metal studies has come a long way since [D] Weinstein, [R] Walser and [D] Gaines first published texts in the 1990s that are considered to be pillars of the field. Even though still quite young, #metalstudies is booming."
journal.equinoxpub.com/PMH/article/...
Camille F. Béra, Laina Dawes, Anna-Katharine Höpflinger, Peter Pichler and Jörg Scheller, eds, Meta/Metal: Open Questions in Metal Studies | Popular Music History
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June 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
sasoeurjuliette.bsky.social
I knew this was going to happen, I knew my paper would intersect with Diego García Peinado's keynote and now I am terrified because he is the real specialist in Andalusian rock and metal music and I am just a medievalist with a musical taste #ImposerSyndrome #MetalMusicStudies #MetalStudies #ISMMS25
Screenshot of the provisional programme for the coming Conference of the International Society for Metal Music Studied. The relevant bit is that there appears a paper on metal songs about Al-Andalus by Amaranta Saguar. Screenshot of the same provisional programme of the coming conference of the International Society for Metal Music Studies. It shows the title of the keynote by Diego García Peinado, who will be talking about Andalusian metal and one of the topics is related to Al-Andalus.
April 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
sasoeurjuliette.bsky.social
If I needed more evidence besides Spracklen's "Metal Music and the Re-Imagining..." that I had to have published the book on which I am currently working when I first had the idea (but not the time), today, I see this published, with the relevant chapter closed. #MetalStudies #AmWriting
Cover of a book entitled "The Heroic in Music".
December 21, 2023 at 9:57 AM