Heavy Metal:A Musical Subculture and Literature
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Abstract
This research work, in efforts to unravel sharedcharacteristics between heavy
metal and literature, explicates heavy metal as extension ofculture. Heavy metal is
one of the most diverse genres of today's musicworld. The culture and lyrics of heavy
metal resemble European literary Romanticism in its emphasis on the individual and
nature. Heavy metal lyrics are literature in the simplest form. As literature has been
changing lives and societies across the globe, heavymetal's influence is no
different from that of literary work. Music style of this genre is inspired from
many historical events. Many songs and lyrics are based on a made up story
from the world of fantasy. Heavy metal, with its blend of verbal and non–verbal
elements,fascinates the way in which it addresses themes and concepts
traditionally and purview of theology and aesthetics. Close textualanalysis for
this research has been done through the analysis of the lyrical contentof some heavy
metal songs.