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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Made in Germany |
| Editors | Oliver Seibt, David-Emil Wickström, Martin Ringsmut |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 11 Mar 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Global Popular Music |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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German Metal Attack : Power Metal in and from Germany. / Herbst, Jan-Peter.
Made in Germany. ed. / Oliver Seibt; David-Emil Wickström; Martin Ringsmut. London : Routledge, 2019. (Global Popular Music).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - German Metal Attack
T2 - Power Metal in and from Germany
AU - Herbst, Jan-Peter
PY - 2019/3/11
Y1 - 2019/3/11
N2 - Germany is home to a vibrant metal music scene. Yet, despite having been one of the very early metal nations with the second largest metal industry of the 20th century, German bands struggled to stick out of the mass of bands originating in the 1980s and early ‘90s. With role models such as the Scorpions and Accept, many bands believed they needed success in the USA, Britain and Japan to be acknowledged in their home country. Based on more than 1,000 issues of the German Metal Hammer and the British Kerrang! magazines, this chapter identifies different strategies of German metal bands to establish themselves in the metal music scene. While selling out to an American taste neither proved successful on international markets nor in the home scene, many bands like Helloween, Gamma Ray and Blind Guardian made long-standing careers by truthfully sticking to their characteristic German power metal style, eventually inspiring many followers in Europe and abroad. Without ever having caused a major stir abroad, bands such as Grave Digger, Running Wild and Axel Rudi Pell are celebrated as cult bands in Germany.
AB - Germany is home to a vibrant metal music scene. Yet, despite having been one of the very early metal nations with the second largest metal industry of the 20th century, German bands struggled to stick out of the mass of bands originating in the 1980s and early ‘90s. With role models such as the Scorpions and Accept, many bands believed they needed success in the USA, Britain and Japan to be acknowledged in their home country. Based on more than 1,000 issues of the German Metal Hammer and the British Kerrang! magazines, this chapter identifies different strategies of German metal bands to establish themselves in the metal music scene. While selling out to an American taste neither proved successful on international markets nor in the home scene, many bands like Helloween, Gamma Ray and Blind Guardian made long-standing careers by truthfully sticking to their characteristic German power metal style, eventually inspiring many followers in Europe and abroad. Without ever having caused a major stir abroad, bands such as Grave Digger, Running Wild and Axel Rudi Pell are celebrated as cult bands in Germany.
M3 - Chapter
T3 - Global Popular Music
BT - Made in Germany
A2 - Seibt, Oliver
A2 - Wickström, David-Emil
A2 - Ringsmut, Martin
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -