Okultní aspekty v metalové hudbě: Od hororového stylu k temné spiritualitě
| Title in English | The Occult Aspects in Metal Music: From Horror Style to Dark Spirituality |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sacra |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/handle/11222.digilib/137704 |
| Field | Philosophy and religion |
| Keywords | extreme metal; heavy metal; dark spirituality; popular culture; occulture; horror; fantasy; Satanism; Paganism; occultism; esotericism; anti-Christianity |
| Description | In the last two decades, we can observe a trend that many metal bands have accented a serious interest in occult matter. As this article argues, with regard to the history of metal music in relation to occult themes, this trend started in the late 1980s during the formation of extreme metal genres, especially black metal. In classical heavy metal, the occult topic was mostly based on a horror and fantasy discourse derived from the popular culture. The shift from heavy metal to extreme metal in the late 80s showed a different approach to using the occult as a topic in metal. For some extreme metal bands, the occult started to be an area of more serious interest. Thus, the occult dimension of metal has been more deeply connected with a milieu of dark spirituality. |