... “nü metal” bands they inspired. It shows how Austin’s music and its RATM connection exemplify not only the capacity for popular entertainment to commodify rebellion, but also the agency of audiences in forging meaningful personal and interpersonal relationships with and through mass-mediated...

...Carmen Torre Pérez This article examines the culturally complex context of the 1980s in Cuba through the little-known figure of the frikis , an underground culture linked to rock and metal music that flourished at a time of growing discontent with the country’s political regime. The revolutionary...

... metal When Rammstein released their debut album Herzeleid in 1995, it triggered strong reactions, ranging from outrage to euphoria. Their industrial metal sound with German lyrics was new, exciting, and provocative. Rammstein were in an odd situation in their home country, Germany, where...