A Brief Note On Norwegian Black Metal

The Puck that I chose is a character from Norse mythology, Loki. I chose this one because they resemblance each other in many ways. Just like Loki, Puck is mischievous that likes to prank mortals and immortals. Puck seems to enjoy that he is getting people in trouble and we see these when he says” My mistress with a monster is I love”. Puck says these as he enjoys his mischievousness. Like Loki, Puck has a big role in the play because it is him who created the biggest problems and it is also him that fixed the problem. I think that Loki is very similar to Puck because, in Asgard, he created problems with the gods and also played with humans.

Freedom of speech can be exemplified in many different ways, some of which are not for everyone. "The Blackplague" is an amazing collection of the most disturbing images, texts, and videos imaginable. The home page of the site is a black screen with red writing bordered by skulls. The title of the page, "The Blackplague", is dripping with blood, bordered by upside down crosses, and there is an overall very sadistic theme to the page. The site’s objectives are stated on its home page, "The Blackplague", http://www.blackplague.org, and are summarized in this quote from that page, "We provide a voice for deserving individuals and asylum for incendiary ideas that would otherwise be at the mercy of censorship and suppression". From this home page a viewer has the options of multiple links. They can link to sites hosted by the Blackplague at Web Hosting Services, "Exodus", http://www.blackplague.org/host.htm, view pictures and videos at "The Snuff Archives", http://www.blackplague.org/snuff/index.htm, view writings at "Useful Text Files", http://www.blackplague.org/texts/texts.htm, and can email the site at admin@blackplague.org. All of which, except for emailing the site, are not for the weak of heart or stomach.

Dawes explains the critics she got from other blacks who accused her of living like the whites since she had a liking for white’s bands such as The Violent Flame and The Clash. She had emotional attachment to music as she describes in the book. Before globalization and invention of internet technology, she worked hand to ensure she access the kind of music that she found pleasing unlike other kinds of music that other people liked listening to. Her interest led him to become a music journalist, which was a great success to her music interest which resulted in writing of this book. The book contains Dawes’ personal bibliography, an analysis of the culture of the blacks in a perspective of political history, and heavy metal artists especially the black females.

Heavy metal reared its ugly heard in the latter part of the 1960’s (Hjelm, Kahn-Harrris and LeVine, 2011). Influential

I believe that the culture of many people, especially the youth, has been impacted in a negative way. Rock and roll culture is different from traditional cultures that are accepted because they struggle with making a bold statement that they are “authentic.” Many young people rebel against traditional customs of fashion, language, and behavior in order to been distant from the commercial world. In order to be considered “authentic” some rock fans and musicians go as far as satanic and gothic lifestyles. Some rock and roll bands use demonic imagery, and in some cases, numerous famous rock and roll musicians proclaimed to be satanists. Some musicians accused of being satanists are Osbourne, Zeppelin, and Slayer. Satanic influence brings in satanic behavior which is anti-Christ. In my opinion, anti-Christian influence is a negative impact on modern

Controversial themes have always been explored in popular Black music. Because Black experiences influence Black mainstream culture (as with any culture), the social climate of historical eras influence how these themes are explored in popular culture, specifically in the form of music. The presence of controversial themes like racisms, sex and violence in black forms of music like the Blues, R&B/ Soul, Disco, Funk, and Hip-Hop are shaped by the happenings in the Black community during the time periods that each form was popular. Thus, the presence of such themes can be used to compare today’s popular culture, through Hip Hop and Contemporary R&B, with past popular culture, through

So to look at it this way is to see that rock music is not evil in itself. But it does show that we are to look at the abuse of it and lean on the fact of the lyrics as stated earlier.

The group members often get tattoos with their “Juggalo names” and other Juggalo tattoos. They also wear face paint to look like scary clowns, usually black and white to emulate the Insane Clown posse’s style. Their

When it comes to singers, rappers, country artists, or anyone who makes music they are usually about historical events that have happened in the past or are just happening me right now. In country music a lot of the time they talk about things that are happening in their lives like break ups, deaths in the family or just about what they are going through. Rappers are usually talking about another rapper, but some times it is about the difficult times they are going through. When it comes to hard core metal music or as people call it death metal they do talk about their lives and how they are hard, but in some peoples mind it is hard to understand. All the music that people make has a meaning to them in some way that only they understand, or you have to listen to the lyrics very carefully to understand what they are talking about.

Napalm Records have set to become a haven for stoner fans. The label saw the rising interest in this type of music, so they started testing the grounds by signing some classic acts such as Karma to Burn, Monster Magnet or Brant Bjork. Soon after, another wave arrived with psychedelic groups like My Sleeping Karma, Glowsun or the hard rock/blues of The Sword or Zodiac. To complement these lighter bands, the Austrian label grabbed British “caveman battle doom” heroes, Conan. A bold move, however, Blood Eagle is a solid record that introduced these guys to a vast audience that eats this music for breakfast.

Blacks always found themselves resisting physical, political and economic domination. For that specific reason, Gilroy argues that nation as an organizing historical principal lacks accuracy because it only shows the negative side of everything. Gilroy shows how it is represented in black music.”This fundamental dislocation of black culture is especially important in recent history of black musics which, produced out of racial slavery which made modern western civilization possible, now dominate its popular cultures” (Gilroy 80).

From the lens of feminist theory rap music portray women to be lustful. Rap music suppose to be a positive influence on injustices and social issues, but the strong content, language forces self-objectifying and self-exploitation (Herd; 2015). This music genre also up spring off capitalism and patriarchy which is mediated through racism. Elitism tradition of African American which is also known as “Playing the dozens” (Herd; 2015). Hip-Hop music genre has affected young adults in American society. In Neena Speer’s study hip-hop contains violence and misogyny which are offensive musical lyrics. In this context women and men are controlled by a negative image of themselves. The significance of this this focus on how many of the themes that are included in the song most young black adults claims to be apart of who they are (Speer;2014). Greenberg, Baron-Cohen, Stillwell, Kosinski and Rentfrow show how preference of musical genre is related to cognitive. The main focus of the study was to get participants to report their reactions to different musical genres (Speer; 2014). In the article “Constructing Racial Rhetoric: Media depiction of harm in Heavy Metal and Rap Music” music genre was judged on a level that the writer picked and choose what material to put into the media. Music that was considered to be rap or heavy metal was projected out to the

This conception that music has the power to influence someone to commit a violent act is a belief that has been continuously controversial throughout history. For example, Elvis Presley’s gyrating hip movement that began when he performed his song “Hound Dog” was considered highly controversial (Caywood). It was seen as too sexual and was highly criticized, then there was rock and heavy metal. The bands subject to scrutiny in these categories were the likes of Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Marilyn Manson and many more. The genre of heavy metal rock has been the target of most people because of the amount of reports that show that fans of heavy metal fans have the most problems with suicide and problems with authority in schools. However, now a new popular genre of music known as rap has taken center stage as being the cause for violence and problems that people are dealing with. These genres are the most controversial because of the lyrical material, in a study it was found that of the top 10 selling cd in 1999, found that forty two percent of the songs contained sexual content and that the rock and rap songs contained material that related to death, suicide, homicide and substance abuse (Pediatrics). In a study conducted it was found that twenty five percent of male and seventeen percent of female adolescents liked their favorite song because the "lyrics were a reflection of their feelings” (Pediatrics). This

The most popular and influential form of African-American pop music of the 1980's and 1990's, rap is also one of the most controversial styles of the rock era. And not just among the guardians of cultural taste and purity that have always been counted among rock 'n' roll's chief enemies--Black, White, rock and soul audiences continue to fiercely debate the musical and social merits of rap, whose most radical innovations subverted many of the musical and cultural tenets upon which rock was built. Antecedents of rap are easy to find in rock with other kinds of music. Music is often used to tell a story, often with spoken rhymes over instruments and rhythms. Talking blues, spoken passages of sanctified prose in gospel,

The black metal genre has changed a lot throughout the years because of many influential musicians in the scene. One of the bands to change the scene entirely was Mayhem. One of Mayhem’s particular vocalists, Per Ohlin, did even more for the genre. Per “Dead” Ohlin started as a very reserved young man but he later grew up to be one of the most morbid and influential black metal musicians in the music industry, changing the genre entirely.