Ross Hagen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3878423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ross Hagen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ross |
| FAMILY NAME | Hagen |
| SIGNATURE | HAGEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah Valley University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7037-9106 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
This bridge called my back: The feminine-oriented consciousness behind ISMMS–Spain’s biennial research conference, its intersection with metal music studies and our journal
In this editorial, Susana González-Martínez reflects on the celebration of the ISMMS 7th Biennial International Research Conference on Metal Music Studies , held in Seville, Spain. She shares the feminine-oriented viewpoint that shaped its planning, purpose and the implications this has for the field and the Metal Music Studies ( MMS ) journal
Fire in the Mountains, Red Eagle Campground, East Glacier, MT, USA, 24–27 June 2025
Review of: Fire in the Mountains, Red Eagle Campground, East Glacier, MT, USA, 24–27 June 2025
An interview with Karl Spracklen
An interview with one of the founders of Metal Music Studies ( MMS ) and the first editor of this journal as a continuation of the tenth anniversary of MMS
Revisiting The Metal Void: First Gatherings (2010) in 2024
A retrospective appreciation of Niall W. R. Scott and Imke von Helden’s edited volume The Metal Void: First Gatherings (2010)
MMS at ten: Achievements, aspirations and challenges on the horizon
This editorial reflects on the achievements, challenges and future aspirations of Metal Music Studies ( MMS ) as it marks a decade of the journal’s contributions to the field. Over the past five years, MMS has significantly expanded its scholarly reach, evidenced by a 25 per cent increase in institutional subscriptions and a tripling of citations. The journal has achieved recognition through indexing in Scopus and the Web of Science, placing it i…
The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music
Since its beginnings more than fifty years ago, metal music has grown in popularity worldwide, not only as a musical culture but increasingly as a recognised field of study. This Cambridge Companion reflects the maturing field of 'metal music studies' by introducing the music and its cultures, as well as recent research perspectives from disciplines ranging from musicology and music technology to religious studies, Classics, and Scandinavian and …
Into the Never: Nine Inch Nails and the Creation of The Downward Spiral, Adam Steiner (2020)
Review of: Into the Never: Nine Inch Nails and the Creation of The Downward Spiral, Adam Steiner (2020) Guilford: Backbeat Books, 296 pp., ISBN 978-1-61713-731-0, p/bk, $24.95
Emo: "How fans defined a subculture," by Judith May Fathallah
Review of Judith May Fathallah, Emo: How fans defined a subculture. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2020. Paperback $29.95 (214p) (ISBN 9781609387242); e-book $29.95 (ISBN 9781609387259)
A Gothic Romance: Neomedieval Echoes of Fin’amor in Gothic and Doom Metal
This chapter explores a particular manifestation of heavy metal medievalism through the echoes of fin’amor and courtly love poetry in the music of doom metal and Gothic metal bands like My Dying Bride and Cradle of Filth. Fin’amor poetry and literature, developed primarily by French troubadours in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries, typically involves the objectification of a married aristocratic or royal lady as a quasi-deified figure before w…
Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Throwing down the Gauntlet
This edited collection investigates metal music’s enduring fascination with the medieval period from a variety of critical perspectives, exploring how metal musicians and fans use the medieval period as a fount for creativity and critique.
Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing down the Gauntlet
‘Kvlt-er than Thou’: Power, Suspicion and Nostalgia within Black Metal Fandom
In spring 1991, the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem&s;s guitarist Oystein &s;Euronymous&s; Aarseth and singer Per &s;Dead&s; Ohlin participated in an interview in the fanzine Slayer in which they positioned their band as spearheading a new direction in extreme metal. For many fans of black metal and extreme metal, these online venues form an extensive part of the globalized black metal scene, as actual concerts and gatherings may be few and far…
Bandom Ate My Face”: The Collapse of the Fourth Wall in Online Fan Fiction
Studies of real-person fan fiction (RPF) often focus on how RPF exploits the flexibility of celebrity identity. Yet social media have introduced an unprecedented level of proximity between fan fiction communities and their subjects. This article focuses on “bandom,” a fan fiction genre focused on American rock bands like My Chemical Romance. Bandom thrived on the constant contact of social media, but some participants became troubled by their sub…
Michelle Phillipov. 2012. Death Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits
Michelle Phillipov. 2012. Death Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-6459-4 (hbk). 158pp
Musical Style, Ideology, and Mythology in Norwegian Black Metal
Bandom Ate My Face”: The Collapse of the Fourth Wall in Online Fan Fiction
Studies of real-person fan fiction (RPF) often focus on how RPF exploits the flexibility of celebrity identity. Yet social media have introduced an unprecedented level of proximity between fan fiction communities and their subjects. This article focuses on “bandom,” a fan fiction genre focused on American rock bands like My Chemical Romance. Bandom thrived on the constant contact of social media, but some participants became troubled by their sub…
Musical Style, Ideology, and Mythology in Norwegian Black Metal
Michelle Phillipov. 2012. Death Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits
Michelle Phillipov. 2012. Death Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-6459-4 (hbk). 158pp
Bandom Ate My Face”: The Collapse of the Fourth Wall in Online Fan Fiction
Studies of real-person fan fiction (RPF) often focus on how RPF exploits the flexibility of celebrity identity. Yet social media have introduced an unprecedented level of proximity between fan fiction communities and their subjects. This article focuses on “bandom,” a fan fiction genre focused on American rock bands like My Chemical Romance. Bandom thrived on the constant contact of social media, but some participants became troubled by their sub…
‘Kvlt-er than Thou’: Power, Suspicion and Nostalgia within Black Metal Fandom
In spring 1991, the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem&s;s guitarist Oystein &s;Euronymous&s; Aarseth and singer Per &s;Dead&s; Ohlin participated in an interview in the fanzine Slayer in which they positioned their band as spearheading a new direction in extreme metal. For many fans of black metal and extreme metal, these online venues form an extensive part of the globalized black metal scene, as actual concerts and gatherings may be few and far…
Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Throwing down the Gauntlet
This edited collection investigates metal music’s enduring fascination with the medieval period from a variety of critical perspectives, exploring how metal musicians and fans use the medieval period as a fount for creativity and critique.
Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing down the Gauntlet
A Gothic Romance: Neomedieval Echoes of Fin’amor in Gothic and Doom Metal
This chapter explores a particular manifestation of heavy metal medievalism through the echoes of fin’amor and courtly love poetry in the music of doom metal and Gothic metal bands like My Dying Bride and Cradle of Filth. Fin’amor poetry and literature, developed primarily by French troubadours in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries, typically involves the objectification of a married aristocratic or royal lady as a quasi-deified figure before w…
Into the Never: Nine Inch Nails and the Creation of The Downward Spiral, Adam Steiner (2020)
Review of: Into the Never: Nine Inch Nails and the Creation of The Downward Spiral, Adam Steiner (2020) Guilford: Backbeat Books, 296 pp., ISBN 978-1-61713-731-0, p/bk, $24.95
Emo: "How fans defined a subculture," by Judith May Fathallah
Review of Judith May Fathallah, Emo: How fans defined a subculture. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2020. Paperback $29.95 (214p) (ISBN 9781609387242); e-book $29.95 (ISBN 9781609387259)
The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music
Since its beginnings more than fifty years ago, metal music has grown in popularity worldwide, not only as a musical culture but increasingly as a recognised field of study. This Cambridge Companion reflects the maturing field of 'metal music studies' by introducing the music and its cultures, as well as recent research perspectives from disciplines ranging from musicology and music technology to religious studies, Classics, and Scandinavian and …
MMS at ten: Achievements, aspirations and challenges on the horizon
This editorial reflects on the achievements, challenges and future aspirations of Metal Music Studies ( MMS ) as it marks a decade of the journal’s contributions to the field. Over the past five years, MMS has significantly expanded its scholarly reach, evidenced by a 25 per cent increase in institutional subscriptions and a tripling of citations. The journal has achieved recognition through indexing in Scopus and the Web of Science, placing it i…
This bridge called my back: The feminine-oriented consciousness behind ISMMS–Spain’s biennial research conference, its intersection with metal music studies and our journal
In this editorial, Susana González-Martínez reflects on the celebration of the ISMMS 7th Biennial International Research Conference on Metal Music Studies , held in Seville, Spain. She shares the feminine-oriented viewpoint that shaped its planning, purpose and the implications this has for the field and the Metal Music Studies ( MMS ) journal
Fire in the Mountains, Red Eagle Campground, East Glacier, MT, USA, 24–27 June 2025
Review of: Fire in the Mountains, Red Eagle Campground, East Glacier, MT, USA, 24–27 June 2025
An interview with Karl Spracklen
An interview with one of the founders of Metal Music Studies ( MMS ) and the first editor of this journal as a continuation of the tenth anniversary of MMS
Revisiting The Metal Void: First Gatherings (2010) in 2024
A retrospective appreciation of Niall W. R. Scott and Imke von Helden’s edited volume The Metal Void: First Gatherings (2010)
Art (8 works) · History (6 works) · Literature (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Music History and Culture (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works)