Dismantling Eurocentrism in Heavy Music
The original thesis for the black metal of Darkthrone and Burzum was a revolt against the Christian colonialism that destroyed pagan traditions in Scandinavia, hence the whole church-burning thing and pagan imagery (goats, pentacles, etc.) becoming inseparable from black metal in popular culture. It’s important to recognize that these pagan and folk traditions weren’t just … Dismantling Eurocentrism in Heavy Music