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To examine the musical and social mechanisms of heavy metal music and investigate how it reflects contemporary formations of identity, community, gender, and power.

December 1, 1993Choice Reviews Online

Running with the devil: power, gender, and madness in heavy metal music

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Musicological analysis uncovers the social dynamics and musical structures of heavy metal culture, highlighting how the genre negotiates gender, power, and community identity.

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To examine the musical and social mechanisms of heavy metal music and investigate how it reflects contemporary formations of identity, community, gender, and power.
Applied a multidisciplinary musicological and cultural criticism framework to heavy metal repertoire, performance practices, and subcultural reception.
Analyzed societal discourses, critical controversies, and institutional resistance surrounding the genre.
Heavy metal functions as a sonic and cultural medium that actively articulates broader social anxieties, alienation, and conflicts over institutional authority.
The genre's musical structures and performance styles provide distinct frameworks for fans to negotiate power relations, masculine identity, and community cohesion.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1047871406dce28afc987b https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.31-2032

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Musicological analysis uncovers the social dynamics and musical structures of heavy metal culture, highlighting how the genre negotiates gender, power, and community identity.

Running with the devil: power, gender, and madness in heavy metal music

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Running with the devil: power, gender, and madness in heavy metal music

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