Metal Music Studies
ISSN 2052-3998 (Print); ISSN 2052-4005 (Online)
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Metal Music Studies is the journal of the International Society for Metal Music Studies.
The aims of the journal are:
• To provide an intellectual hub for the International Society of Metal Music Studies and a vehicle to promote the development of metal music studies;
• To be the focus for research and theory in metal music studies – a multidisciplinary (and interdisciplinary) subject field that engages with a range of parent disciplines, including (but not limited to) sociology, musicology, humanities, cultural studies, geography, philosophy, psychology, history, natural sciences;
• To publish high-quality, world-class research, theory and shorter articles that cross over from the industry and the scene;
• To be a world leader in interdisciplinary studies and be a unique resource for metal music studies.
The aims of the journal are:
• To provide an intellectual hub for the International Society of Metal Music Studies and a vehicle to promote the development of metal music studies;
• To be the focus for research and theory in metal music studies – a multidisciplinary (and interdisciplinary) subject field that engages with a range of parent disciplines, including (but not limited to) sociology, musicology, humanities, cultural studies, geography, philosophy, psychology, history, natural sciences;
• To publish high-quality, world-class research, theory and shorter articles that cross over from the industry and the scene;
• To be a world leader in interdisciplinary studies and be a unique resource for metal music studies.
Publisher: Intellect on behalf of International Society for Metal Music Studies
23 Issues
are available
- Volume 8
- Number 1, 1 March 2022
- Volume 7
- Number 3, 1 September 2021 Metal Music Studies at the Intersection of Theory and Practice
- Number 2, 1 June 2021
- Number 1, 1 March 2021
- Supplement 1, 1 March 2021
- Volume 6
- Number 3, 1 September 2020
- Number 2, 1 June 2020
- Number 1, 1 March 2020
- Volume 5
- Number 3, 1 September 2019
- Number 2, 1 June 2019
- Number 1, 1 March 2019
- Volume 4
- Number 3, 1 September 2018
- Number 2, 1 June 2018
- Number 1, 1 March 2018
- Volume 3
- Number 3, 1 September 2017
- Number 2, 1 June 2017
- Number 1, 1 March 2017
- Volume 2
- Number 3, 1 September 2016
- Number 2, 1 June 2016
- Number 1, 1 March 2016
- Volume 1
- Number 3, 1 September 2015
- Number 2, 1 April 2015
- Number 1, 1 October 2014
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