Digioia, A;
(2020)
Nameless, but not blameless: Motherhood in Finnish heavy metal music.
Metal Music Studies
, 6
(2)
pp. 237-255.
10.1386/mms_00015_1.
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Abstract
This article argues that, in some specific cases, Finnish heavy metal lyrics are horror texts, and that mothers in Finnish heavy metal lyrics are often relegated to tropes, like being ‘othered’. This shows that motherhood in Finnish heavy metal lyrics, much like motherhood in horror texts, is rarely depicted subversively. This article will address aspects of what makes motherhood horrifying and monstrous in Finnish heavy metal music. Because Pekka Kainulainen, the lyricist for Amorphis (a Finnish heavy metal band), was interviewed specifically for this project, the main example used in this article will be the lyrics of Amorphis. However, several other Finnish metal bands will also be utilized to support this thesis.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Nameless, but not blameless: Motherhood in Finnish heavy metal music |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1386/mms_00015_1 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1386/mms_00015_1 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Amorphis; Finnish heavy metal music; Pekka Kainulainen; horror texts; lyrical analysis; monstrous mothers; motherhood |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10104485 |
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