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Religion in Popular Music or Popular Music as Religion? A Critical Review of Scholarly Writing on the Place of Religion in Metal Music and Culture

Marcus Moberg
Pages 113-130 | Published online: 22 Feb 2012

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Kyle J. Messick, Jonathan Jong, Valerie van Mulukom & Miguel Farias. (2023) The Nontheistic Sacred: The Psychological Functions of Metal Music and Artifacts. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 33:3, pages 198-213.
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Jason T. Eastman & Alana N. Iapalucci. (2014) Satan, Sinners, and Damnation: Religion and Heritage in the Contemporary Southern Rock Music Revival. Rock Music Studies 1:3, pages 231-250.
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Andrew Fuhrmann. (2023) Under the volcano: Encountering La(r)val anxieties in Metal. Choreographic Practices 14:2, pages 139-156.
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Jessica Kruk & Wesley C Robertson. (2023) An annotated interview with Beastwars. Perfect Beat 22:1.
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Miroslav Vrzal. (2022) Against the devil’s metal: Christian public discursive strategies against metal concerts and festivals in Czechia and Slovakia. Metal Music Studies 8:2, pages 245-268.
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Anne Kathrine Kalvig. (2021) Tilbake til blod? Å finna ei framtid i norrøn fortid. Kirke og Kultur 126:3, pages 279-294.
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P.C.J.M. (Jarell) Paulissen. (2021) The Devil’s Music: Satanism and Christian Rhetoric in the Lyrics of the Swedish Heavy Metal Band Ghost. Religions 12:3, pages 214.
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Karl Spracklen. (2020) From The Wicker Man (1973) to Atlantean Kodex: Extreme music, alternative identities and the invention of paganism. Metal Music Studies 6:1, pages 71-86.
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Kieran James & Rex Walsh. (2019) Religion and heavy metal music in Indonesia. Popular Music 38:2, pages 276-297.
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Woodrow Steinken. (2019) Norwegian black metal, transgression and sonic abjection. Metal Music Studies 5:1, pages 21-33.
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Kierlan James & Rex John Walsh. (2018) Islamic Religion and Death Metal Music in Indonesia. Journal of Popular Music Studies 30:3, pages 129-152.
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Jeffrey S. Podoshen. (2019) Tracing the Trajectory of Cursing God in Extreme Metal. Théologiques 26:1, pages 105-116.
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Stéphane Perreault, Marie-Chantal Falardeau & Jeanne Guèvremont. (2019) Au nom de la relation. Théologiques 26:1, pages 83-103.
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