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Biography
Eric Smialek is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Huddersfield where he researches expression, technique, and cultural meaning in extreme metal vocals. He recently published an article on metal genre-taxonomies in the journal Volume! and chapters in The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music, Heavy Metal Music and Disability, and Musical Scenes and Social Class. His further specialization on Taylor Swift includes an article on LGBTQ allyship in Contemporary Music Review, co-founding the European Taylor Swift Research Network, and co-organization of the 2024 Taylor Swift unconference in Amsterdam. He serves on the editorial advisory board for the journal Metal Music Studies and as Assistant Editor for IASPM Journal.
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Genre and Expression in Extreme Metal Music, ca. 1980–2015, McGill University
1 Sep 2008 → 16 Feb 2016
Award Date: 31 May 2016
Master, Rethinking Metal Aesthetics: Complexity, Authenticity, and Audience in Meshuggah’s I and Catch Thirtythr33, McGill University
1 Sep 2006 → 1 Nov 2008
Award Date: 31 May 2009
Bachelor, University of British Columbia
1 Sep 2004 → 1 Aug 2006
Award Date: 30 Sep 2006
Research Expertise and Interests
- Popular Music Studies
- Metal Music Studies
- Music Analysis
- Semiotics
- Extreme Metal Music
- Metal Vocals
- Taylor Swift
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Projects
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EMV: Extreme Metal Vocals: Musical Expression, Technique, and Cultural Meaning
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Who Needs to Calm Down? Taylor Swift and Rainbow Capitalism
Smialek, E., 4 Aug 2021, In: Contemporary Music Review. 40, 1, p. 99-119 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
15 Citations (Scopus) -
Mapping Social-Class Divisions within Metal: Global Material Conditions, Disciplinary Priorities, Subgeneric Trends, and Stylistic Analyses
Smialek, E., 16 Jul 2024, Musical Scenes and Social Class: Debating Punk and Metal. Garbaye, R. & Guibert, G. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, p. 123-154 32 p. (Pop Music, Culture and Identity).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Dis-ruptions: Heavy Metal Appropriations of Disability in Media
Smialek, E. & Bassler, S., 1 Apr 2024, Heavy Metal and Disability: Crips, Crowds, and Cacophonies. Hazel Shadrack, J. & Kahn-Harris, K. (eds.). Bristol, UK: Intellect, p. 95-112 18 p. (Advances in Metal Music and Culture).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Towards an Acoustic-Semantic Space of Extreme Metal Vocal Styles
Czedik-Eysenberg, I., Smialek, E. & Herbst, J., 2 May 2024, Proceedings of the German Society for Acoustics 50th Annual Conference for Acoustics: Advances in Acoustics DAGA 2024. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik, Vol. 50. p. 979-982 4 p. 470Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Towards an Analytical Methodology for Vocalists' Live Movements in Extreme Metal
Smialek, E. & Herbst, J., 8 Nov 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Samples.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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To Beast or Not to Beast: Koala-tative Evidence for a Bestial Hermeneutics of Extreme Metal Vocals
Eric Smialek (Speaker)
29 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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A Cannibal Corpus Study of Gendered Violence in Lyrics
Eric Smialek (Speaker)
28 Sep 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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A web interface for acoustic-semantic analysis of extreme metal vocal styles
Isabella Czedik-Eysenberg (Speaker), Eric Smialek (Speaker), Jan Herbst (Speaker) & Christoph Reuter (Speaker)
6 Sep 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
Isabella Czedik-Eysenberg (Speaker), Eric Smialek (Speaker) & Jan Herbst (Speaker)
3 Jul 2024 → 6 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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“She’s also a Billionaire”: The Infinite Horizon of Sociopolitical Criticism on Taylor Swift
Eric Smialek (Speaker)
12 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Swifties and academics debate Taylor Swift, from misogyny to millipedes
17/06/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Roar! Can our rock critic learn to sing extreme metal?
13/01/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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UKRI-funded project delves into Extreme Metal vocal techniques
14/06/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Delving into death metal: University Transfer student researching extreme genre
7/02/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research