It was fantastic being a part of the first Ultimate Insider Genre conference organised by UCL Music Futures and Daniel Lukes (Black Metal Rainbows). A huge thank you to the hosts for inviting me and for organising the event.
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It was wonderful to be a part of the first Heavy Metal on the Airwaves Symposium and have the opportunity to share my paper ‘Cultivating Subculture in Virtual Spaces: The Importance of Online Radio for Underground Metal’. The day was filled with so many wonderful papers, and spending the evening at the Show No Mersey showcase was a perfect way to end a day of metal!
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I’m thrilled to share that my band’s (Disconnected Souls) debut album Fragments of Consciousness is out today!! We’ve been working incredibly hard on improving our compositional style, recording and production over the past few years, and I’m thrilled with how the album has turned out!
Stream the album on all major platforms here: https://lnkfi.re/CMfZrnYe/
And you can purchase the album digitally or on CD here: https://disconnectedsouls.bandcamp.com/album/fragments-of-consciousness
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Step into haunting realms with our new single ‘Fragments’ featuring a guitar solo from New Years Day’s Jeremy Valentyne! Again, it’s quite different musically and that’s what we love about our band – we can explore so many different styles in each of our songs.
Our new single ‘Loveless’ is quite a personal release that also showcases a few twists and turns in our musical journey!
In this episode of the Heavy Business Podcast from C Squared, I join hosts Aliyah Daye and Curtis Dewar as their co-host to chat about DIY PR campaigns.
We discuss the basics of PR from finding your niche (both in terms of genre and theme) to pitching to journalists. Listen on Spotify here:
In this episode of the Heavy Business Podcast from C Squared, I join hosts Aliyah Daye and Curtis Dewar to share key tips and tricks for writing a great bio, and why it’s so important to have one!
We share what you need to include, how to explain your sound, and more. Listen on Spotify here:
I had the pleasure of collaborating with Igor Jakobsen and Anna Loppacher, both from Dreamslain, and Aud Jektvik for a roundtable discussion on intersectional inequality in the metal scene. Our discussion focuses primarily on the Western metal scene and our own experiences across the UK and Western Europe. The resulting works are published on the German metal site, Epic Metal Blog.
Continue reading “An Inclusive Metal Scene? Parts I, II & III”
Well, after two years of video planning (with a few hiccups along the way), several handmade extravagant costumes and transporting our instruments up a mountain – we did it! We made our first ever music video!
**Deadline – 20th January 2023**
I am organising a two-hour panel around the topic area of intersectional (in)equality in heavy metal subculture for the 2023 Talking Bodies Conference (12th-16th June). The conference is organised by the Institute of Gender Studies, University of Chester, UK.
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