Description
How did heavy metal get started? What’s behind the fascination of many bands with the occult? Which women liven up the scene? What is the Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship in Finland about? Jörg Scheller invites you to find out more about the mainstream trends as well as less well-known bizarre facts. Heavy metal began in the 1970s in the subculture of British industrial centres and until today it is an unruly and agile art form. Wellknown warhorses like Iron Maiden or Metallica still pack stadiums, while new trends come from the strong Scandinavian scene. Scheller credits the genre with “exciting synchronism of freedom and order, rebellion and retreat, scepticism and enthusiasm, toughness and diversity”.
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Author Biography
Jörg Scheller is Professor for Art History at Zurich University of the Arts. Aged 14, he already performed on stage with a metal band.
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Franz Steiner Verlag / Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag
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- Publisher Franz Steiner Verlag
- Publication Date May 2020
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783515126380
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 24 EUR
- Pages286
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleMetalmorphosen. Die unwahrscheinlichen Wandlungen des Heavy Metal
- Copyright Year2020
