'And Bloodshed Must Be Done': Heavy metal and neo-Nazism in Greece. Issue 1 (1st April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bormpoudakis, Dimitrios; Dalakoglou, Dimitris
• Is Part Of: Journal of Greek media and culture. Volume 7:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 27
• Page End: 48
• Publication Date: 2021-04-01
• Subjects: Mass media and culture -- Greece -- Periodicals; Popular culture -- Greece -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Greece -- Periodicals; Greece -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 302.230949505
• DOI: 10.1386/jgmc_00026_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-3971

Abstract

This article explores the genealogy of the relationship between the discourses promoted in the heavy metal music press and neo-Nazi publications in Greece since the 1980s. It aims to show that the proliferation of neo-Nazi ideologies and practices in Greece after 2008 was not simply a result of the ‐ on-going ‐ financial crisis; rather, its seeds had been planted during the 1980s and particularly in the 1990s. We shall illustrate how this connection resulted from a conscious decision taken by key neo-Nazi groups and explore how the cultivation of such relationships gradually led to the further dissemination of neo-Nazi discourse within the mainstream heavy metal music press.