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I haven’t done a metaljew post for a while now, in part because of pressure of work and in part because of website problems. To get me into the mood of posting more regularly, here’s a brief update on some …
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Heavy metal is now over forty years old and has developed into a diverse and multi-faceted genre. Wherever it is found and however it is played, metal’s fascination with transgression has often meant it has been embroiled …
So the Heavy Metal and Popular Culture conference at Bowling Green State University has now been and gone. It was a great experience with a consistently high standard of papers and some really interesting discussions. My keynote lecture, ‘Metal After …
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Last year I posted on a death metal band called Skarthia, whose members are orthodox Jews attending yeshiva in Israel. Today I received an e-mail about another yeshiva metal band:
…Hey my name is Benyamin Smith and I am
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There’s a new interview with me published on the Heavy Metal Artwork website…
I’m really excited to be giving a keynote lecture at the Heavy Metal and Popular Culture conference at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, at the start of April. My lecture will be titled ‘Metal After Metal Studies: What Comes Next?’ …
I don’t think I ever blogged before about the Zion Sky compilation. It’s an extraordinary piece of work in which a variety of neo-folk and noise artists reappropriate Zionist aesthetics in a Laibachian manner.
The project is described …
Interest in African metal appears to be growing. There’s a documentary film out now called Death Metal Angola that will have its European premiere at the end of January 2013 in Rotterdam. Another documentary, Terra Pesada, currently in …
Tags: African metal, Angola, Botswana, Mozambique
The Jewish Community Centre London and the Jewish Chronicle are running a project called What Does Being Jewish Mean To You? It asks for 100 word submissions (or photos, sounds or videos) that will collectively form a time capsule of …
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I reviewed Laina Dawes’ book What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal for Souciant. The book deals with the autho’s experience as a black female metalhead and contains some thoughtful and critical …
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