Metal Music Studies

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.