http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/mms
The abstract is below.
This
article attempts to characterize a negative form of postmodernism as expressed
in examples of black metal. Black metal is discussed in reference to a
collection of examples from the music and comments of individuals of the
Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. Through
an integration of ideas advanced in postmodern philosophy and theory, this
article attempts to describe a realization of epistemological darkness that is
demonstrated within black metal, and this discussion concludes by considering
the limitations of essentialism in relation to the art and its themes.
