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Well put, Tom. In my view, metal music has endless potential as a subject of ethnomusicological study. Folk metal, which the blog post touches on, just scratches the surface. On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Interesting blog post from the WSJ yesterday: > > http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/02/18/sample-five-heavy-metal-bands-from-around-the-world/ > > Here is the related article: > > http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weird-global-appeal-of-heavy-metal-1455819419?tesla=y > > I don't find it "weird" that heavy metal music, attitude and culture have > a global appeal today. Metal is related to punk, but probably more widely > acceptable because it is less overtly political. Both deal with rage, > alienation, injustice, the same theme of fighting a perceived "machine" > that goes back to Bartleby the Scrivener and back. There are many millions, > perhaps billions, of people in this world who feel alienated, disempowered > to varying degrees and chaffed if not enraged by it. Some music soothes the > soul, some stokes the fires. Metal is more the latter. > > -- Tom Fine > -- Adam Jazairi Digital Collections & Preservation Librarian Boston College University Libraries (617) 552-1404 [log in to unmask]