Multilingual Metal Music

Introduction; Riitta-Liisa Valijaervi, Charlotte Doesburg, and Amanda DiGioia Part 1. Texts and Intertextuality
Chapter 1. Yiddish Metal as a Manifestation of Postvernacularity; Lily Kahn
Chapter 2. Baudelaire and Black Metal: Performing Poetry under Perestroika; Caroline Ardrey
Part 2. National, Cultural, and Minority Identity

Chapter 3. Storre enn tid, tyngre enn natt - The Interplay of Language and Cultural Identity in the Lyrics of Norwegian Metal Bands; Imke von Helden
Chapter 4. Spanish and Non-Spanish Perspectives on El Cid in Heavy Metal: Identity Vindication, Cultural Appropriation and Islamophobia; Amaranta Saguar Garcia
Chapter 5. At the Crossroads of Nordic Traditions and Languages: The Representation of the Swedish-Speaking Finnish Community in Finnish Heavy Metal; Lise Vigier
Part 3. Processing Oppression, War, and Bereavement
Chapter 6. Poetic Analysis of the Anti-War Song Muerte en Mostar by the Spanish Heavy Metal Band Desafio; Elena-Carolina Hewitt
Chapter 7. Vocalizing a Troubled Past: A Case Study of Political Activism in Taiwanese Metal; Kevin Kai-wen Chiu
Chapter 8. Til Opalsoens Dyb 'To the Depths of Opal Lake': On Bereavement, Locality, and Intimacy in Danish Black Metal Lyrics by Orm; Tore Tvarno Lind
Part 4. Local, Global, Authentic, and Funny
Chapter 9. I Custodi dell'Accaio Inox: Language as an Interface Between the Global and the Local in Italian "Heavy Metal demenziale"; Karl Farrugia
Chapter 10. The Paradoxical Usage of Austrian Dialects of German in Metal Music; Peter Pichler
Chapter 11. Delusions of Grandeur? Producing Authentic Metal Music in the Soviet Union; Dawn Hazle
Chapter 12. Is kawaii Metal? Exploring aidoru/metal Fusion Through the Lyrics of Babymetal; Lewis Kennedy
Part 5. Ancient Languages and Mythology
Chapter 13. Nata vimpi curmi da: Dead Languages and Primordial Nationalisms in Folk Metal Music; Simon Trafford
Chapter 14. Verba Bestiae: How Latin Conquered Heavy Metal; Flavio M. Cecchini, Greta H. Franzini, and Marco C. Passarotti
Chapter 15. Local Folk Tales, Legends, and Slavic Mythology in Slovenian Heavy Metal Lyrics: A Quantitative Analysis; Anamarja Sporcic and Gasper Pesek