Reviews. (1st October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Riches, Gabby; Hill, Rosemary Lucy; O'Boyle, Tom; Stephanou, Aspasia; Thibodeau, Anthony J.; Scott, Niall W. R.
• Is Part Of: Metal music studies. Volume 1:Number 1(2014)
• Page Start: 171
• Page End: 189
• Publication Date: 2014-10-01
• Subjects: Heavy metal (music) -- Periodicals; Heavy metal (music) -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; 781.6605
• DOI: 10.1386/mms.1.1.171_5
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-3998

Abstract

From cultural politics to pleasurable affects: Female metal scholarship's contribution to metal studiesDeath Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits, Michelle Phillipov (2012) Lanham: Lexington Books (172 pp.), ISBN: 9780739164594, Hardback, £35.85 ISBN: 9780739197608, Paperback, £24.12Affective Intensities in Extreme Music Scenes: Cases from Australia and Japan, Rosemary Overell (2014) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (224 pp.), ISBN: 9781137406767, Hardback, $90/£53Why Music Matters, David Hesmondhalgh (2013) Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell (204 pp.), ISBN: 9781405192415, Paperback, £19.99Heavy Metal: Controversies & Countercultures, Titus Hjelm, Keith Kahn-Harris, Mark Levine (eds) (2013) Sheffield, UK: Equinox Publishing (260 pp.), ISBN-10: 1845539412, Hardback, £55.55, ISBN-13: 9781845539142, Paperback, £19.99Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult, Dayal Patterson (2013) Washington: Feral House (485 pp.), ISBN: 9781936239757, Paperback, £19.99Underground Never Dies! It is Not Black and White Anymore!, Andrés Padilla (2013) Santiago, Chile: Doomentia Press (505 pp.), no ISBN, Hardback, €48.00Death Metal Epic I: The Inverted Katabasis, Dean Swinford (2013) Dayton, Ohio: Atlatl Press (160pp.), ISBN-10: 0988348438; ISBN-13: 9780988348431, Paperback, £7.99