On the road to heaviness: A retrospective of Dan Franklin’s Heavy

A closer look at Dan Franklin’s Heavy: How Metal Changes the Way We See the World (2020) that includes a conversation about our own journey to metal fandom and the debates opened by Franklin’s book.

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Metal Music Studies
Published
2025-03-01
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https://doi.org/10.1386/mms_00160_7
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Music History and Culture
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On the road to heaviness: A retrospective of Dan Franklin’s Heavy

Andrew Thomson
Metal Music Studies
Music History and Culture
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On the road to heaviness: A retrospective of Dan Franklin’s Heavy

Andrew Thomson
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Abstract

A closer look at Dan Franklin’s Heavy: How Metal Changes the Way We See the World (2020) that includes a conversation about our own journey to metal fandom and the debates opened by Franklin’s book.

Metal Music StudiesVol. 11(1)
University of Alberta (CA)
Openalex Percentile: Top 88%
Music History and Culture
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