Apr 3, 2010

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Black Metal: Conservative Revolution in Modern Popular Culture, Part 3

Black Metal and the Return of Völkisch Thought How did völkisch ideas resurface in popular culture? By the 1960s Christianity had entered a phase of decline in the West, following a long period of growing skepticism as well as hostility from political ideologies from both Right and Left. As has been the pattern in the West since the fourth century,[1] the decline of the dominant...

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Apr 1, 2010

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Black Metal: Conservative Revolution in Modern Popular Culture, Part 1

Black Metal: Conservative Revolution in Modern Popular Culture, Part 1

From the viewpoint of racial nationalism, the musical genre known as Black Metal is one of the most significant popular culture phenomena of the last two decades. Yet it has been seldom discussed by politically congenial scholars and commentators. This is surprising, since Black Metal runs counter to the post-World War II trends toward the progressive marginalization, condemnation,...

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Nov 14, 2009

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Heavy Metal, European Culture, & the Alternative Right

Taki’s Magazine has been running some interesting articles on the connections between Heavy Metal music, European culture, and the alternative right.The discussion began with Alex Kurtagic’s “White Noise” (October 19, 2009), which we have already linked on this site.Followups include:R. J. Stove, “That’s Professor Ozzy Osbourne to You!”...

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Oct 20, 2009

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White Noise

From Taki’s Magazine, October 19, 2009I was once asked to imagine what the world would look like today had North American settlers snubbed the African slave traders in the 18th and 19th centuries. We can let our imaginations run wild with speculation, but one thing is certain: had the slave markets in Africa been starved of custom, our Pop music charts would look nothing like...

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May 23, 2009

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Christopher Donovan on Heavy Metal as White Subculture

“Implicit Whiteness, with Pyrotechnics:Or, the Night White People Took over Washington, DC”from The Occidental Observer, November 18, 2008The other night I saw AC/DC at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.  For those out of the know, AC/DC is an aging Australian hard rock band (founded 1973) famous for thundering, simple-themed songs that revolve around alcohol,...

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