Heavy Metal Music and the Communal Experience

Edited by Nelson Varas-Díaz and Niall W.R. Scott - Contributions by Esther Clinton; Brian Hickam; Kathryn Jezer-Morton; Keith Kahn-Harris; Toni-Matti Karjalainen; Sigrid Mendoza; Eric Morales; Bradley J. Nelson; Jeffrey S. Podoshen; Jihan Raban; Paula Row

The book critically examines the issue of community formation in metal music. Via theoretical reflections on communal formation and empirical research in the field, scholars interested in extreme music and community formation will become familiar with this particular collective experience, now prevalent throughout the world.

Introduction: Heavy Metal and the Communal Experience - Nelson Varas-Díaz and Niall ScottPart 1: Entering the Communal and Conceptualizing CollectivenessChapter 1: Communities of Metal: Ideal, Diminished and Imaginary - Deena WeinsteinChapter 2: Absurd Communities of Misanthropic Paradox Destruction: You Play and We'll Destroy the House! - Niall ScottChapter 3: Talking Metal: The Social Phenomenology of Hanging Out - Esther Clinton and Jeremy WallachPart 2: Strengthening CommunityChapter 4: Ride between Hell and Paradise: Imaginaerum as Mental Anchoring Place for the Global Nightwish Fan Community - Toni-Matti KarjalainenChapter 5: "We're in this Together and We Take Care of our Own": Narrative Constructions of Metal Community Told by Metal Youth - Paula RowePart 3: Communities in Contextual InteractionChapter 6: Porous Communities: Critical Interactions between Metal Music and Local Culture in the Caribbean Context - Nelson Varas-Díaz, Sigrid Mendoza and Eric MoralesPart 4: Tensions within the Communal ExperienceChapter 7: Exploring the Language and Spectacle of Online Hate Speech in the Black Metal Scene: Developing Theoretical and Methodological Intersections between the Social Sciences and the Humanities - Vivek Venkatesh, Bradley J. Nelson, Tieja Thomas, Jason J. Wallin, Jeffrey S. Podoshen, Christopher Thompson, Kathryn Jezer-Morton, Jihan Rabah, Kathryn Urbaniak and Méi-Ra St. LaurentChapter 8 : What Did the Norwegians Ever Do For Us? Actor-Network Theory, the Second Wave of Black Metal and the Imaginary Community of Heavy Metal - Karl SpracklenPart 5: Expanding the Community beyond Previously Thought BordersChapter 9: Do Metal Scenes Need Retirement Homes? Care and the Limitations of Metal Community - Keith Kahn-HarrisChapter 10: A Shared Madness: The Joint Ownership of Heavy Metal History and Studies - Brian Hickam