2020/08/07 by Ryan Buesnel · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Communism, Protests, Social Movements #Eastern European Communism and Reforms #Aryan race #Ideology #Far right #Political science #Gender studies #Movement (music) #Globalization #Political economy #Sociology #Politics #Law #Aesthetics #Art
paper · doi:10.1080/0031322x.2020.1800987
openalex publication_date 2020/08/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
National Socialist Black Metal (NSBM) emerged in the early 1990s as a subsidiary genre of the broader black metal movement. NSBM is distinguished by thematic content that promotes Aryan superiority, pagan spirituality and opposes globalization. Buesnel’s article explores the history of the early NSBM movement through an analysis of the bands Graveland (Poland) and Absurd (Germany), which have both played vital roles in the establishment of the NSBM genre. Buesnel highlights the current state of National Socialist ideology within metal subcultures and concludes with observations about the future of far-right extremism in heavy metal.