Is Metal Radical? A Conversation with Metal Philosopher David Burke

Is metal (heavy, black, death, etc.) radical? is there something
about metal that sets it apart from other genres as being
potentially revolutionary? More broadly, can there exist an
aesthetics capable of instigating a struggle against capital
which resists recuperation? David Burke is a PhD candidate and
music writer who has contributed to The Quietus and Astral Noize.
We also discuss existentialism, revolution, death, Deleuze and
Guattari, Hegel, Camus, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Zizek, and more.


Relevant links


“Metal is Radical”: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:32413/


[Quarantine Papers] Lines of Flight from Hyperborea: A Commentary
on Hunter Hunt-Hendrix’s Transcendental Black Metal: A Vision of
Apocalyptic Humanism:
https://happyhourathippels.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/lines-of-flight-from-hyperborea-a-commentary-on-hunter-hunt-hendrixs-transcendental-black-metal-a-vision-of-apocalyptic-humanism/


Hyperstition Arrays: Antagonism, Class, and the Real Movement:
https://hyperstitionarrays.com/2020/11/15/antagonism-class-and-the-real-movement/


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