Classical antiquity in heavy metal music /

This book demonstrates the rich and varied ways in which heavy metal music draws on the ancient Greek and Roman world. Contributors examine bands from across the globe, including: Blind Guardian (Germany), Therion (Sweden), Celtic Frost, Eluveitie (Switzerland), Ex Deo (Canada/Italy), Heimdall, Stor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Fletcher, K. F. B. (Autor), Umurhan, Osman (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020
Colección:Imagines - Classical receptions in the visual and performing arts.
Temas:
Heavy metal (Music) > History and criticism.
Classical antiquities in music.
Heavy metal (Musique) > Histoire et critique.
Antiquités gréco-romaines dans la musique.
Classical antiquities in music
Heavy metal (Music)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Vergil's Aeneid and nationalism in Italian metal / K.F.B. Fletcher
  • Eternal defiance: Celtic identity and the classical past in heavy metal / Matthew Taylor
  • Screaming ancient Greek hymns: the case of Kawir and the Greek black metal scene / Christodoulos Apergis
  • Cassandra's plight: gender, genre, and historical concepts of femininity in gothic and power metal / Linnea Åshede and Anna Foka
  • Heavy metal Dido: Heimdall's "Ballad of the Queen" / Lissa Crofton-Sleigh
  • A metal Monstrum: Ex Deo's Caligula / Iker Magro-Martínez
  • Occult and pulp visions of Greece and Rome in heavy metal / Jared Secord
  • "When the land was milk and honey and magic was so strong and true": Edward Said, ancient Egypt, and heavy metal / Leire Olabarria
  • Coda: some trends in metal's use of classical antiquity / Osman Umurhan

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