Heavy Metal: Controversies and Counterculture

by Titus Hjelm and Titus Hjelm (editor)

Book Overview

Heavy metal is now over forty years old and has developed into a diverse and multi-faceted genre. Wherever it is found and however it is played, metal's fascination with transgression has often meant it has been embroiled in controversy. Controversies surrounding the alleged connection between heavy metal and, variously, sexual promiscuity, occultism and Satanism, subliminal messages, suicide and violence have made heavy metal a target of moral...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845539419
• ISBN13: 9781845539412
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"