Extreme Heavy Metal Music and Critical Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9856145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Morris (0000-0002-5659-2995, Wilfrid Laurier University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 285-303 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Germanic Review Literature Culture Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8890 • E-ISSN: 1930-6962 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00168890.2015.1096167 |
| OpenAlex | W2193978278 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
Extreme heavy metal music is transgressive, but can it be understood as resistant in Adorno's sense of “serious music?” This article seeks to show how extreme heavy metal music approaches what Adorno valued in serious music and the interests of critical theory. I begin with the method of negative dialectics—a difficult and contradictory notion. The philosophy of negative dialectics is, I argue, crucial for the material studies informed by it. I consider next the idea of resistant music itself, distinguishing the negations of serious music from “positive” popular protest music. Finally, I provide an analysis of the negative dialectics of extreme heavy-metal music, considering the music and its culture in historical context. Overall, I offer a side-by-side “critical model,” in Adorno's sense, of negative dialectics and heavy metal music and culture
Aesthetics · Art · Context (archaeology · Dialectic · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Negation · Sociology · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |