New metal journal special issue

I co-edited with Titus Hjelm and Mar LeVine a special issue of the journal Popular Music History entitled  ‘Heavy Metal: Controversies and Countercultures’ (Vol 6: 1/2, April/August 2012). It’s a great collection of articles. It may be hard for those who don’t have access to an academic e-library to access, but I’ve thrown caution to the wind and posted a pdf of the introductory article here:

Hjelm_et_al_2012.pdf
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