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Extreme metal : music and culture on the edge / Keith Kahn-Harris.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kahn-Harris, Keith, 1971-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Extreme metal (Music)--History and criticism.
Extreme metal (Music).
Extreme metal (Music)--Social aspects.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (204 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Extreme metal - one step beyond heavy metal - can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. This book explores the global extreme metal scene. Please note that images have been excluded from this text due to copyright restrictions.
Contents:
The extreme metal scene
The scene and transgression
Experiencing the scene
Capital, power, infrastructure
Comparing extreme metal scenes
Extreme metal and subcultural capital
Reflexivity, music and politics
The scene and modernity.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index.
ISBN:
9786612984938
9781282984936
1282984934
9780857850812
0857850814
OCLC:
701719393

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