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Ten years of Metal Music Studies
  • ISSN: 2052-3998
  • E-ISSN: 2052-4005

Abstract

is rightly canonical. Though not particularly metal content-wise, its oral history as methodology has inspired a plethora of metal-centric versions of the style. This short article retrospectively recounts and reconsiders the book in connection to nostalgia, memoir and future metal music discourses.

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Keyword(s): canonical; interviews; music scene; narratives; New York City; nostalgia; rock music
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