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Melancology : black metal theory and ecology

Title
Melancology : black metal theory and ecology / [edited by] Scott Wilson.
Author
Wilson, Scott.
Publication
Alresford, Hants : Zero Books, 2014.

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Description
246 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
"Melancology addresses the notorious musical genre black metal as a negative form of environmental writing... [and] provides a provocative and challenging contribution both to popular and intellectual debates on ecology" -- Cover.
Subject
  • Black metal (Music) > History and criticism
  • Nature in music
  • Black metal (Music)
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes discography (pages 244-246).
Contents
Catena -- Introduction to Melancology -- Corpsepaint as necro-minstrelsy, or towards the re-occultation of black blood -- Black sun -- Blackening the green -- Wormsign -- Shuddering: black metal on the edge of the Earth -- Black metal in the white tower: metal's formless presence in contemporary art -- In the abyss of lies: a short essay on failure in black metal -- To the mountains: the implications of black metal's geophilosophy -- The hot, wet breath of extinction -- Sound of the abyss -- Irreversible sludge: troubled energetics, eco-purification, and self-inhumanization -- Musica amusica -- Black metal theory -- Discography.
Call Number
JMD 15-14
ISBN
  • 1780991894 (paperback)
  • 9781780991894 (paperback)
OCLC
881400971
Author
Wilson, Scott.
Title
Melancology : black metal theory and ecology / [edited by] Scott Wilson.
Imprint
Alresford, Hants : Zero Books, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes discography (pages 244-246).
Research Call Number
JMD 15-14
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