Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi is Principal Teaching Fellow in Finnish and Minority Languages at University College London, UK, and Senior Lecturer in Finno-Ugric Languages at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her previous publications include Finnish Tutor (2017) and North Sámi: An Essential Grammar (2017), along with articles in journals such as European Journal of Cultural Studies and Linguistic Landscape.Charlotte Doesburg is a researcher in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK. She has previously published on the influence of the Kalevala on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.Amanda DiGioia is a researcher in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK. Her previous publications include Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts (2017) and Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis (2020), along with articles in journals such as Horror Studies and Metal Music Studies.

• Introduction; Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, Charlotte Doesburg, and Amanda DiGioia Part 1. Texts and Intertextuality Chapter 1. Yiddish Metal as a Manifestation of Postvernacularity; Lily Kahn Chapter 2. Baudelaire and Black Metal: Performing Poetry under Perestroika; Caroline Ardrey Part 2. National, Cultural, and Minority Identity Chapter 3. Større enn tid, tyngre enn natt – The Interplay of Language and Cultural Identity in the Lyrics of Norwegian Metal Bands; Imke von Helden Chapter 4. Spanish and Non-Spanish Perspectives on El Cid in Heavy Metal: Identity Vindication, Cultural Appropriation and Islamophobia; Amaranta Saguar García Chapter 5. At the Crossroads of Nordic Traditions and Languages: The Representation of the Swedish-Speaking Finnish Community in Finnish Heavy Metal; Lise Vigier Part 3. Processing Oppression, War, and Bereavement Chapter 6. Poetic Analysis of the Anti-War Song Muerte en Mostar by the Spanish Heavy Metal Band Desafio; Elena-Carolina Hewitt Chapter 7. Vocalizing a Troubled Past: A Case Study of Political Activism in Taiwanese Metal; Kevin Kai-wen Chiu Chapter 8. Til Opalsøens Dyb ‘To the Depths of Opal Lake’: On Bereavement, Locality, and Intimacy in Danish Black Metal Lyrics by Orm; Tore Tvarnø Lind Part 4. Local, Global, Authentic, and Funny Chapter 9. I Custodi dell’Accaio Inox: Language as an Interface Between the Global and the Local in Italian “Heavy Metal demenziale”; Karl Farrugia Chapter 10. The Paradoxical Usage of Austrian Dialects of German in Metal Music; Peter Pichler Chapter 11. Delusions of Grandeur? Producing Authentic Metal Music in the Soviet Union; Dawn Hazle Chapter 12. Is kawaii Metal? Exploring aidoru/metal Fusion Through the Lyrics of Babymetal; Lewis Kennedy Part 5. Ancient Languages and Mythology Chapter 13. Nata vimpi curmi da: Dead Languages and Primordial Nationalisms in Folk Metal Music; Simon Trafford Chapter 14. Verba Bestiae: How Latin Conquered Heavy Metal; Flavio M. Cecchini, Greta H. Franzini, and Marco C. Passarotti Chapter 15. Local Folk Tales, Legends, and Slavic Mythology in Slovenian Heavy Metal Lyrics: A Quantitative Analysis; Anamarja Šporčič and Gašper Pesek

Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi is Principal Teaching Fellow in Finnish and Minority Languages at University College London, UK, and Senior Lecturer in Finno-Ugric Languages at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her previous publications include Finnish Tutor (2017) and North Sámi: An Essential Grammar (2017), along with articles in journals such as European Journal of Cultural Studies and Linguistic Landscape.Charlotte Doesburg is a researcher in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK. She has previously published on the influence of the Kalevala on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.Amanda DiGioia is a researcher in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK. Her previous publications include Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts (2017) and Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis (2020), along with articles in journals such as Horror Studies and Metal Music Studies.

• Introduction; Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, Charlotte Doesburg, and Amanda DiGioia Part 1. Texts and Intertextuality Chapter 1. Yiddish Metal as a Manifestation of Postvernacularity; Lily Kahn Chapter 2. Baudelaire and Black Metal: Performing Poetry under Perestroika; Caroline Ardrey Part 2. National, Cultural, and Minority Identity Chapter 3. Større enn tid, tyngre enn natt – The Interplay of Language and Cultural Identity in the Lyrics of Norwegian Metal Bands; Imke von Helden Chapter 4. Spanish and Non-Spanish Perspectives on El Cid in Heavy Metal: Identity Vindication, Cultural Appropriation and Islamophobia; Amaranta Saguar García Chapter 5. At the Crossroads of Nordic Traditions and Languages: The Representation of the Swedish-Speaking Finnish Community in Finnish Heavy Metal; Lise Vigier Part 3. Processing Oppression, War, and Bereavement Chapter 6. Poetic Analysis of the Anti-War Song Muerte en Mostar by the Spanish Heavy Metal Band Desafio; Elena-Carolina Hewitt Chapter 7. Vocalizing a Troubled Past: A Case Study of Political Activism in Taiwanese Metal; Kevin Kai-wen Chiu Chapter 8. Til Opalsøens Dyb ‘To the Depths of Opal Lake’: On Bereavement, Locality, and Intimacy in Danish Black Metal Lyrics by Orm; Tore Tvarnø Lind Part 4. Local, Global, Authentic, and Funny Chapter 9. I Custodi dell’Accaio Inox: Language as an Interface Between the Global and the Local in Italian “Heavy Metal demenziale”; Karl Farrugia Chapter 10. The Paradoxical Usage of Austrian Dialects of German in Metal Music; Peter Pichler Chapter 11. Delusions of Grandeur? Producing Authentic Metal Music in the Soviet Union; Dawn Hazle Chapter 12. Is kawaii Metal? Exploring aidoru/metal Fusion Through the Lyrics of Babymetal; Lewis Kennedy Part 5. Ancient Languages and Mythology Chapter 13. Nata vimpi curmi da: Dead Languages and Primordial Nationalisms in Folk Metal Music; Simon Trafford Chapter 14. Verba Bestiae: How Latin Conquered Heavy Metal; Flavio M. Cecchini, Greta H. Franzini, and Marco C. Passarotti Chapter 15. Local Folk Tales, Legends, and Slavic Mythology in Slovenian Heavy Metal Lyrics: A Quantitative Analysis; Anamarja Šporčič and Gašper Pesek

Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi is Principal Teaching Fellow in Finnish and Minority Languages at University College London, UK, and Senior Lecturer in Finno-Ugric Languages at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her previous publications include Finnish Tutor (2017) and North Sámi: An Essential Grammar (2017), along with articles in journals such as European Journal of Cultural Studies and Linguistic Landscape.Charlotte Doesburg is a researcher in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK. She has previously published on the influence of the Kalevala on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.Amanda DiGioia is a researcher in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK. Her previous publications include Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts (2017) and Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis (2020), along with articles in journals such as Horror Studies and Metal Music Studies.

• Introduction; Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, Charlotte Doesburg, and Amanda DiGioia Part 1. Texts and Intertextuality Chapter 1. Yiddish Metal as a Manifestation of Postvernacularity; Lily Kahn Chapter 2. Baudelaire and Black Metal: Performing Poetry under Perestroika; Caroline Ardrey Part 2. National, Cultural, and Minority Identity Chapter 3. Større enn tid, tyngre enn natt – The Interplay of Language and Cultural Identity in the Lyrics of Norwegian Metal Bands; Imke von Helden Chapter 4. Spanish and Non-Spanish Perspectives on El Cid in Heavy Metal: Identity Vindication, Cultural Appropriation and Islamophobia; Amaranta Saguar García Chapter 5. At the Crossroads of Nordic Traditions and Languages: The Representation of the Swedish-Speaking Finnish Community in Finnish Heavy Metal; Lise Vigier Part 3. Processing Oppression, War, and Bereavement Chapter 6. Poetic Analysis of the Anti-War Song Muerte en Mostar by the Spanish Heavy Metal Band Desafio; Elena-Carolina Hewitt Chapter 7. Vocalizing a Troubled Past: A Case Study of Political Activism in Taiwanese Metal; Kevin Kai-wen Chiu Chapter 8. Til Opalsøens Dyb ‘To the Depths of Opal Lake’: On Bereavement, Locality, and Intimacy in Danish Black Metal Lyrics by Orm; Tore Tvarnø Lind Part 4. Local, Global, Authentic, and Funny Chapter 9. I Custodi dell’Accaio Inox: Language as an Interface Between the Global and the Local in Italian “Heavy Metal demenziale”; Karl Farrugia Chapter 10. The Paradoxical Usage of Austrian Dialects of German in Metal Music; Peter Pichler Chapter 11. Delusions of Grandeur? Producing Authentic Metal Music in the Soviet Union; Dawn Hazle Chapter 12. Is kawaii Metal? Exploring aidoru/metal Fusion Through the Lyrics of Babymetal; Lewis Kennedy Part 5. Ancient Languages and Mythology Chapter 13. Nata vimpi curmi da: Dead Languages and Primordial Nationalisms in Folk Metal Music; Simon Trafford Chapter 14. Verba Bestiae: How Latin Conquered Heavy Metal; Flavio M. Cecchini, Greta H. Franzini, and Marco C. Passarotti Chapter 15. Local Folk Tales, Legends, and Slavic Mythology in Slovenian Heavy Metal Lyrics: A Quantitative Analysis; Anamarja Šporčič and Gašper Pesek