PUCHOVSKÝ, Michal. Czech Pagan Metal : A Short Introduction to Major Local Trends. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae: Studia de Cultura. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, 2022, vol. 14, No 3, p. 72-90. ISSN 2083-7275. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.24917/20837275.14.3.6.
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Original name Czech Pagan Metal : A Short Introduction to Major Local Trends
Authors PUCHOVSKÝ, Michal (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae: Studia de Cultura, Kraków, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, 2022, 2083-7275.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher Poland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/22:00128660
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.24917/20837275.14.3.6
Keywords in English contemporary Paganism; metal studies; pagan metal; Czech pagan music scene
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This article offers a short introduction to Czech pagan metal. I offer a brief summary of the main trends within the local scene and analyze how Paganism is discursively constructed in the music and lyrics of three bands representing different metal sub-genres: Inferno, Silent Stream of Godless Elegy, and Žrec. I seek answers for some important questions. How do Czech bands approach Paganism? In what ways, if any, is Czech pagan metal unique? Or do Czech pagan metal bands simply copy global trends? How important is spiritual identity in the personal lives of Pagan metal band members? The main theoretical inspirations for the article are Robert Walser’s discursive study of heavy metal and Keith Kahn-Harris’s concept of scene. The analysis of lyrics and music is enhanced by data from ethnological and quantitative research among listeners of Czech Pagan metal music.
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MUNI/A/1377/2021, interní kód MUName: Víra a tradice po rozpadu jistot modernity: K antropologii a historiografii po postkolonialismu a postmoderně (Acronym: VITRAROM)
Investor: Masaryk University
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