The Sounds of Metal: A Proposal for the Interpretation of Extreme Metal as Music

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    Abstract

    In Part One, it is suggested that sounds that are heard as music – rather than just as sounds simpliciter – are sounds that are heard counterfactually. Counterfactual hearing is the apprehension of sounds as if they were something else, something that in itself is not a sequence of sounds. In Part Two, I propose that this framework allows for at least a theoretical distinction between the way in which extreme metal – e.g. black metal, doom metal, funeral doom metal, death metal – relates to its sound as music and the way in which much other music may be conceived of as being constituted by sound.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationModern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures : International Academic Research Conference, June 8–12, 2015, Helsinki, Finland PROCEEDINGS
    EditorsToni-Matti Karjalainen, Kimi Kärki
    Volume4
    Place of PublicationHelsinki
    PublisherAalto University
    Publication date2015
    Pages374-382
    ISBN (Print)978-952-60-6217-4
    ISBN (Electronic)978-951-29-6174-0
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    EventHeavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures - Aalto University (School of Business), Helsinki, Finland
    Duration: 8. Jun 201512. Jun 2015

    Conference

    ConferenceHeavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures
    LocationAalto University (School of Business)
    Country/TerritoryFinland
    CityHelsinki
    Period08/06/201512/06/2015
    SeriesIIPC Publication Series
    Volume6
    ISSN1799-4977

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