2014
DOI: 10.1177/1470593114523446
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Theoretical reflections on dystopian consumer culture

Abstract: This article examines aspects related to the dystopic consumption and production of the musical and performance art form known as black metal. Steeped in anti-Christian motifs, surrounded by a history of violence and brutal imagery, black metal is an extreme metal art form that has been growing steadily in popularity throughout Europe, South America, and the United States. We first examine black metal culture through the eyes of both artists and consumers, using mixed qualitative methodologies. Thereafter, we … Show more

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“…As Podoshen et al (2014) mention, the dystopia prevalent in the extreme metal scene at both Inferno locales is largely related to the desire to see society (mostly the perceived utopias of Norway, Sweden and Switzerland) change and revert back to pre-Christian days. What is viewed by many as a socialist utopia is, in the eyes of these extreme metal fans and artists, an abomination and a twisted legacy that moved Scandinavia and Europe away from its pre-Christian, pre-socialist roots.…”
Section: The Inferno Festivalmentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…As Podoshen et al (2014) mention, the dystopia prevalent in the extreme metal scene at both Inferno locales is largely related to the desire to see society (mostly the perceived utopias of Norway, Sweden and Switzerland) change and revert back to pre-Christian days. What is viewed by many as a socialist utopia is, in the eyes of these extreme metal fans and artists, an abomination and a twisted legacy that moved Scandinavia and Europe away from its pre-Christian, pre-socialist roots.…”
Section: The Inferno Festivalmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…In relation to consumption behavior, Podoshen, Venkatesh, and Jin (2014) conceptualize dystopia as a collective vision for a future, alternate society e though one where not all aspects of it are for the greater good. Here, those who are deemed "not worthy" or "bad" are excluded from the new society, often as the direct mechanism from the integration and creation of a specific political system.…”
Section: Dystopia and Its Emergence In Tourismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bien que les vidéos du groupe État islamique auxquelles nous faisons référence dans notre analyse soient diffusées en libre accès sur Internet, il importe de prendre en considération leur réception par divers auditoires, particulièrement en ce qui a trait au sens que les auteurs souhaitent conférer à la violence qu'elles décrivent (Zillman 1998). La conception que fait Baudrillard (1981) de l'hyperréalité 28 s'applique ici, ne serait-ce uniquement parce que la virtualité du moyen de communication peut facilement s'assimiler à l'envergure de la violence décrite (Podoshen et al 2014 ;2015a ;2015b). La transmission de la violence par l'intermédiaire des médias et les moyens utilisés pour transmettre le récit -notamment la narration léchée, la postproduction et le montage, ainsi que la composition d'anachîds adaptés aux différents contextes -incitent l'auditoire à reconsidérer la manière avec laquelle un moyen de communication en ligne arrive à décrire des actes violents dans le cadre d'une trame narrative religieuse plus large.…”
Section: Analyse Des Anachîds Anti-assyriennesunclassified
“…Les auditoires virtuels de ces vidéos, notamment les agences gouvernementales -tant en Occident qu'au Moyen-Orient -qui livrent une guerre contre Daech, obtiennent par conséquent un regard unique sur les motifs qui sous-tendent sa philosophie belliciste, ainsi qu'un compte rendu de la destruction infligée. Grâce à une théorie de la consommation dystopique d'artéfacts culturels associés à la scène musicale métal extrême élaborée par Podoshen et Venkatesh (Podoshen et al 2014), il est possible d'envisager sous un angle différent la relation entre les producteurs des vidéos de Daech et leurs auditoires, à la lumière de divers facteurs qui influencent les structures narratives et la trame musicale qui les accompagnent. Le concept de dystopie fait référence à l'effondrement des structures sociétales, où le destin ultime des membres est nécessairement sombre.…”
Section: Analyse Des Anachîds Anti-assyriennesunclassified
“…Black metal is different from the more popular heavy metal and other subgenres of extreme metal—it distinguishes itself from the warm guitar tones and guttural vocals of death metal, because black metal vocals are screeched and the music is purposefully disharmonic, abrasive in production and based on tremolo picking, thereby creating dark and cold atmospherics. Black metal has been labelled as one of the most extreme forms of metal (Kahn‐Harris, ) and has been linked, in some cases, to national socialism (Venkatesh, Podoshen, Perri, & Urbaniak, ) and racism (Kahn‐Harris, ; Podoshen, Venkatesh, & Jin, ). Given the growing right‐wing activities in Norway (Eriksen, ; Phelps, Blakar, Carlquist, Nafstad, & Rand‐Hendriksen, ) and its links to black metal (Kahn‐Harris, , ; Venkatesh et al, ), attempts to understand the multiple political, philosophical, socio‐psychological and musical facets of this extreme metal genre, and the behaviours of the actors within the scene, become even more important.…”
Section: Prior Relevant Research On Music Culturesmentioning
confidence: 99%