Colin A. McKinnon, Niall Scott & Kristen Sollee (eds.), Can I Play with Madness? Metal, dissonance, madness and alienation

The word “metal” is like an umbrella: it encompasses a set of musical sub-genres that are known as heavy metal by the common sense. Although grouped under the same term, these sub-genres differ in aspects of ideology, to a greater or lesser extent, resulting therefore in different rules of sound, aesthetics and socialization among fans. One’s lack of emic experience may be denounced by details and filigrees. Definitely, it is not a task for beginners. Not too long ago, in the early 2000’s, re..