Images of War in Metal Music: Between Fascination and Denunciation
Bénard, Nicolas
Images of War in Metal Music: Between Fascination and Denunciation - 2012.
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Metal is a musical phenomenon that appeared in the beginning of the 1970s. Quickly, it split into several categories, some of which drew on references to images of war. These references are multifaceted. Some artists develop their imaginative world with thoughts and symbols linked to war in order to add weight to pacifist content. Others express a soft attitude toward war. Some musicians, lastly, draw inspiration from heroic military and/or mythological events. Using these pictures gives artists the opportunity to react against violence in society. This strategy also reveals an interest in the diffusion of war images, which has increased since the beginning of the 1980s, as well as a loss of confidence in a context of economic, social, and moral crisis.
Images of War in Metal Music: Between Fascination and Denunciation - 2012.
44
Metal is a musical phenomenon that appeared in the beginning of the 1970s. Quickly, it split into several categories, some of which drew on references to images of war. These references are multifaceted. Some artists develop their imaginative world with thoughts and symbols linked to war in order to add weight to pacifist content. Others express a soft attitude toward war. Some musicians, lastly, draw inspiration from heroic military and/or mythological events. Using these pictures gives artists the opportunity to react against violence in society. This strategy also reveals an interest in the diffusion of war images, which has increased since the beginning of the 1980s, as well as a loss of confidence in a context of economic, social, and moral crisis.
Réseaux sociaux