Michelle Phillipov is a lecturer in journalism, media, and communications at the University of Tasmania.

Phillipov suggests that we have become, through, our political interest, overly interested in hip-hop and electronic dance music- as we were with their music antecedent Punk- which dominate our reading lists and shape what it is acceptable to study both now and (her concern) in the future. We have done Metal an academic disservice by examining it only within the limiting parameters of nihilism....The content matter is helpful both for students learning how to utilize a literature review, and for those in the field who are less familiar with the strands of research which can helpfully unpack this area....As a book, this is a welcome and refreshing addition...both in terms of the writing style and the argument itself.

• Introduction. A "Nihilistic Dreamboat to Negation?"Part 1. The Limits of Music CriticismChapter 1. The Rise of Political CriticismChapter 2. The Politics of Popular Music Studies: The Case of PunkChapter 3. The Search for the "New Punk": Hip Hop and Electronic Dance MusicChapter 4. A "Promise Unfulfilled": The Problem of MetalPart 2. The Pleasures of Death MetalChapter 5. Death Metal and the Reorientation of ListeningChapter 6. The Pleasures of HorrorChapter 7. "Becoming Death": Pleasure and Play in Death MetalChapter 8. "Bodies Prepared for Slaughter": Death Metal's "Technical" AppreciationConclusion. Death Metal at the Limits

Michelle Phillipov is a lecturer in journalism, media, and communications at the University of Tasmania.

Phillipov suggests that we have become, through, our political interest, overly interested in hip-hop and electronic dance music- as we were with their music antecedent Punk- which dominate our reading lists and shape what it is acceptable to study both now and (her concern) in the future. We have done Metal an academic disservice by examining it only within the limiting parameters of nihilism....The content matter is helpful both for students learning how to utilize a literature review, and for those in the field who are less familiar with the strands of research which can helpfully unpack this area....As a book, this is a welcome and refreshing addition...both in terms of the writing style and the argument itself.

• Introduction. A "Nihilistic Dreamboat to Negation?"Part 1. The Limits of Music CriticismChapter 1. The Rise of Political CriticismChapter 2. The Politics of Popular Music Studies: The Case of PunkChapter 3. The Search for the "New Punk": Hip Hop and Electronic Dance MusicChapter 4. A "Promise Unfulfilled": The Problem of MetalPart 2. The Pleasures of Death MetalChapter 5. Death Metal and the Reorientation of ListeningChapter 6. The Pleasures of HorrorChapter 7. "Becoming Death": Pleasure and Play in Death MetalChapter 8. "Bodies Prepared for Slaughter": Death Metal's "Technical" AppreciationConclusion. Death Metal at the Limits

Michelle Phillipov is a lecturer in journalism, media, and communications at the University of Tasmania.

Phillipov suggests that we have become, through, our political interest, overly interested in hip-hop and electronic dance music- as we were with their music antecedent Punk- which dominate our reading lists and shape what it is acceptable to study both now and (her concern) in the future. We have done Metal an academic disservice by examining it only within the limiting parameters of nihilism....The content matter is helpful both for students learning how to utilize a literature review, and for those in the field who are less familiar with the strands of research which can helpfully unpack this area....As a book, this is a welcome and refreshing addition...both in terms of the writing style and the argument itself.

• Introduction. A "Nihilistic Dreamboat to Negation?"Part 1. The Limits of Music CriticismChapter 1. The Rise of Political CriticismChapter 2. The Politics of Popular Music Studies: The Case of PunkChapter 3. The Search for the "New Punk": Hip Hop and Electronic Dance MusicChapter 4. A "Promise Unfulfilled": The Problem of MetalPart 2. The Pleasures of Death MetalChapter 5. Death Metal and the Reorientation of ListeningChapter 6. The Pleasures of HorrorChapter 7. "Becoming Death": Pleasure and Play in Death MetalChapter 8. "Bodies Prepared for Slaughter": Death Metal's "Technical" AppreciationConclusion. Death Metal at the Limits