(A) Table of Contents

(B) The Global Spread of Heavy Metal

1 “Introduction: Affective Overdrive, Scene Dynamics, and Identity in the Global Metal
Scene ” by Jeremy Wallach, Harris M. Berger, and Paul D. Greene.

2 “The Globalization of Metal” by Deena Weinstein.

(B) Metal, Gender, Modernity

3 “‘A Dream Return to Tang Dynasty’: Masculinity, Male Camaraderie, and Chinese
Heavy Metal in the 1990s” by Cynthia P. Wong.

4 “Unleashed in the East: Metal Music, Masculinity, and ‘Malayness’ in Indonesia,

Malaysia and Singapore” by Jeremy Wallach.

(B) Metal and the Nation

5 “Electronic and Affective Overdrive: Tropes of Transgression in Nepali Metal” by Paul

D. Greene.

6 “Otherwise National: Locality and Power in the Art of Sepultura” by Idelber Avelar.

(B) Metal and Racism

7 “The Marketing of Anglo-Identity in the North American Hatecore Metal Industry” by

Sharon Hochhauser.

8 “Oskorei: Alienation and Mythology in Norwegian Black Metal” by Ross Hagen.

9 “‘You Are from Israel and That Is Enough to Hate You Forever’: Racism,
Globalization and Play within the Global Extreme Metal Scene” by Keith Kahn-Harris.

(B) Metal and the Music Industry

10 “Arenas of the Imagination: Global Tours and the Heavy Metal Concert in the 1970s”
by Steve Waksman.

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11 “Thunder in the Far East: The Heavy Metal Industry in 1990s Japan” by Kei Kawano
and Shuhei Hosokawa.

(B) Small Nation/Small Scene Case Studies

12 “Metal in a Micro Island State: An Insider's Perspective” by Albert Bell.

13 “Noisy Crossroads: Metal Scenes in Slovenia” by Rajko Muršič.

14 “Nako: the Metal in the Marrow of Easter Island Music” by Dan Bendrups.

Afterword by Robert Walser.

Editors’ Acknowledgments

Works Cited

Contributor Notes

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