“…(Tompkins, 2009, p. 76) I have discussed metal music fans depicting themselves as 'others', in the context of being (were)wolves, compared to the majority of society (sheep) and in metal music lyrics, in previous publications in this journal (DiGioia, 2016). Other metal music studies scholars, such as Karl Spracklen, have discussed how The Wicker Man (1973), influenced two albums by heavy metal band Atlantean Kodex, as a means to fuel a playful rejection of both Christianity and its authority (Spracklen, 2020). Motherhood in the context of heavy metal music has also been discussed in academic literature: Joan Jocson-Singh has written about vigalante feminism (and being pregnant) in the death metal subgenre (Jocson-Singh, 2019), and with Julie Turley, has studied non-fictional heavy metal mothering (Jocson-Singh & Turley, 2019).…”