Ideologies and Discourses: Extreme Narratives in Extreme Metal Music

Ideologies and Discourses: Extreme Narratives in Extreme Metal Music

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Historically speaking, metal music has always been about provoking a strong reaction.Depending on the characteristics of different sub-genres, one can focus on the sound, technique, visual appearance, and furthermore, the ideologies and ideas that are the foundation for each of the sub-genres.Although the majority of the metal community rejects accusations of being Tall Drawers racially intolerant, some ideologies of extreme sub-genres (such as black metal) are in fact formed around the ideas of self-conscious elitism expressed through interest in pagan mythology, racism, End Table Chair Side Nazism and fascism.There has been much interest in the Nazi era within the extreme metal scene thus influencing other sub-genres and artists.The aim of this paper is to examine various appearances of extreme narratives such as Nazism and racism in different sub-genres of metal, bearing in mind variations dependent on geographical, political, and other factors.