Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Centre for Music, Culture and Identity brings together researchers investigating music and musical cultures through a variety of historical, critical and analytical methodologies. With specialisms ranging from medieval music through to contemporary pop production and film music to evolutionary mimetics, we are a diverse and interdisciplinary group of musicologists and practice researchers with a thriving postgraduate community.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaboration in an Online Environment: Creativity in Popular Music Songwriting and Production During Covid-19 Lockdowns
Pietrzak, J. N. & Herbst, J., 5 May 2025, Song and Popular Culture: Popular Music Songwriting as Cultural, Creative, and Economic Practice. Ahlers, M., Herbst, J.-P. & Holtsträter, K. (eds.). Münster: Waxmann Verlag GMBH, Vol. 69. p. 111-136 26 p. (Yearbook 'Lied und Populäre Kultur / Song and Popular Culture' of the Centre for Popular Culture and Music; vol. 69).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Contemporary Approaches to Metal Music Mixing and Production: Heavy Metal, Death Metal, and Metalcore
Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 13 Jun 2025, The Routledge Handbook to Metal Music Composition: Evolution of Structure, Expression, and Production. Burns, L. & Scotto, C. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 469-481 13 p. (Routledge Music Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Heaviness in Metal Music Production, Volume I: How and Why It Works
Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 1 Aug 2025, 1st ed. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 352 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)
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EMV: Extreme Metal Vocals: Musical Expression, Technique, and Cultural Meaning
Herbst, J. (PI) & Smialek, E. (CoPI)
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Heaviness in Metal Music production
Herbst, J. (PI), Mynett, M. (CoI) & Mistry, P. (CoI)
1/02/23 → 31/01/24
Project: Research
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Heaviness in Metal Music Production (HiMMP)
Herbst, J. (PI) & Mynett, M. (CoI)
1/09/20 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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A web interface for acoustic-semantic analysis of extreme metal vocal styles
Czedik-Eysenberg, I. (Speaker), Smialek, E. (Speaker), Herbst, J. (Speaker) & Reuter, C. (Speaker)
6 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Exploring the perception of extreme metal vocals via verbal associations and audio feature analysis
Czedik-Eysenberg, I. (Speaker), Smialek, E. (Speaker) & Herbst, J. (Speaker)
3 Jul 2024 → 6 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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External PhD Examiner at the Australian National University
Herbst, J. (Examiner)
Jun 2024Activity: Examination types › PhD Examination
Press/Media
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We met the academics who study shred guitar for a living
Herbst, J. & Vallejo, A.
16/02/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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A new study by UK academics says the modern-day guitar virtuoso is torn between perfection and authenticity – and must be a cultural entrepreneur
Herbst, J. & Vallejo, A.
13/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Datasets
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Heaviness in Metal Music Production
Herbst, J. (Creator) & Mynett, M. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2022
DOI: 10.34696/9s05-wv03, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/8gren2ma4kesvf5vwip2axzz1v8sawur and 6 more links, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/e6a7brjnrhaob75iakhp1inci4t3nsk5, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/hfqzp26ql5h99dsgossbomiumlfkneqm, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/kpkq2tld897wpce5imwldfnj9du5rg7b, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/22n7zgile9mhbs6grmn8y59me5v9jn44, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/nrhqu7pa8vkflnmwbkyw8e4zyz8hzn4j, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/g47kk5riyd1a26jzngz1e0vc8c0g8ygo (show fewer)
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Netnography What is Heavy in Metal
Herbst, J. (Creator) & Mynett, M. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2022
DOI: 10.34696/fseq-8w87, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/g47kk5riyd1a26jzngz1e0vc8c0g8ygo
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Standardisation in Mixing Metal Music
Herbst, J. (Creator) & Mynett, M. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2022
DOI: 10.34696/tk4n-cv52, https://huddersfield.app.box.com/s/nrhqu7pa8vkflnmwbkyw8e4zyz8hzn4j
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