Global metal, digital media and scenic consciousness: An ethnometallurgist’s diary

This brief assessment of the current state of global metal focuses on the Thai metal scene and explores how world metal culture has been transformed by digital media and the emergence of new hybrid subgenera in the twenty-first century. Digital communication technologies have not only facilitated the dissemination of metal music from the centre to the periphery but also increased contacts between national scenes within peripheral regions, leading to new forms of solidarity.