• Metal is expanding and evolving and becoming more diverse,' said Canadian anthropologist and filmmaker Sam Dunn, who directed 'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey,' released on DVD this summer. (vhlinks.com)
  • He has become the de facto record-keeper for heavy metal, having produced Metal: A Headbanger's Journey , Metal Evolution , Global Metal and more focused documentaries about Iron Maiden, Rush and now Super Duper Alice Cooper . (libsyn.com)
  • Sam tells us the history of a legend who so many of us know little to nothing about, and we pick his brain to find out who might be next, how he became a metal filmmaker and more. (libsyn.com)
  • Dunn is working on a sequel to the film with the working title 'Global Metal' which will trace the popularity of metal overseas, especially in developing countries like Brazil, Columbia and Indonesia. (vhlinks.com)
  • Sam Dunn, director, producer, anthropologist and co-owner of Banger Films is our guest this week. (libsyn.com)
  • Metal artists 'have responded to the culture and politics of the day,' said Donna Gaines, a sociologist and author of 'Teenage Wasteland,' a study of working class New Jersey metalheads. (vhlinks.com)
  • We get the scoop about the news, talk about the metal scene and why the brotherhood between metalheads has changed over the last few years. (libsyn.com)
  • The work - which will unfold behind a screening fence with researchers, cultural monitors, historians, morticians, a forensic anthropologist and a videographer - may take months, the city says. (keyt.com)
  • A team of researchers at Berkeley Lab, led by alumna Rebecca Abergel, have developed a library of artificial proteins or "peptoids" that effectively "chelate" or bind to lanthanides and actinides, heavy metals that make up the so-called f-block elements at the bottom of the periodic. (berkeley.edu)
  • Metal music in the 1980s was often homophobic and 'very white,' she said, but current bands tend to be socially conscious and suspicious of political power. (vhlinks.com)
  • That began to change when hardcore punk and metal fused in the late 1980s with bands like Dirty Rotten Imbeciles and Nuclear Assault. (vhlinks.com)
  • Napalm Death was a product of Britain's 'Crass' movement, which fused anarchism and punk in the late 1980s. (vhlinks.com)
  • Speed metal and neo-classical metal are fast and technically demanding styles that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • This style developed in the early 1980s, and "shredding" has become a staple in many metal subgenres. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • Bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest laid the foundation for many power metal bands today. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • Ötzi was probably not involved in working the metal himself, as the high levels of arsenic and copper found in his hair had, until now, led us to assume. (heritagedaily.com)
  • Scientists have advocated this thesis because raised arsenic and copper levels have been measured in the mummy's hair, a fact which might possibly be explained, for example, by breathing in the smoke which is released when melting and pouring metal. (heritagedaily.com)
  • They also make it easier for fans to sing along with the music, a common sight at power metal concerts. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • Everyone's got a different opinion on the issue, and there's nothing like a bunch of metal snobs to tell dudes how to make music. (libsyn.com)
  • is this one of the heaviest releases to ever make the Top 10 in its first week? (libsyn.com)
  • He had a difficult time figuring this out, but he finally concluded that an extremely heavy and massive star going around Sirius could make it wobble that way. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
  • You see, the 'big' star that was necessary to make Sirius A wobble turned out to be a little thing, but it still had to be as massive and heavy as an ordinary star of much more enormous size. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
  • The death of his father last year propelled him to make radical changes. (icaew.com)
  • heavy surgery may prevent skimpy to make the coagulation of AP in rules with black subjects. (milanotimes.com)
  • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Heavy metal singer Chris Barnes didn't know what people would think of 'Amerika the Brutal,' an anti-war song he wrote after his cousin deployed to Iraq in 2003. (vhlinks.com)
  • His, so far still provisional, findings suggest that the hypothesis that Ötzi was involved in processing metal was premature. (heritagedaily.com)
  • This is much fewer than in Africa, where the population is growing faster despite higher death rates among children. (alfonsduran.com)
  • Antemortem data was particularly beneficial to evaluate the accuracy rates of the biological profiles produced by anthropologists and classification rates obtained by molecular experts using autosomal genetic profiles and multivariate statistical approaches. (bvsalud.org)
  • When starting this project, Lucks took inspiration from another woman scientist in his life: his wife, Northwestern anthropologist Sera Young, who studies global food and water security and the role of household water insecurity in societal well-being. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Modern analytical techniques have allowed re-evaluation of the cause of death of Francesco I de' Medici and his wife, Bianca Cappello. (bmj.com)
  • Soon after the sudden and simultaneous deaths of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and his wife, Bianca Cappello, in October 1587, rumours spread that the two had been murdered by Francesco's brother, Cardinal Ferdinando. (bmj.com)
  • 1 2 Apparently, Ferdinando had a very good motive to kill his brother and the woman that Francesco had loved and then married after the death of his first wife the Grand Duchess Giovanna of Austria. (bmj.com)
  • He ordered immediate autopsies on the two bodies (which was habitual at that time for princes and rulers but not for a grand duchess) as if he wanted to have flawless documentation on the "non-toxic" cause of death in order to protect himself from future accusations. (bmj.com)
  • Willard Frank Libby (1908 - 1980) American chemist whose technique of carbon-14 (or radiocarbon) dating provided an extremely valuable tool for archaeologists, anthropologists, and earth scientists. (berkeley.edu)
  • It kind of sent a shiver up my spine because those are the guys I didn't want to offend by sounding anti-war,' said Barnes, vocalist for the death metal band Six Feet Under. (vhlinks.com)
  • Death metal band Nile bases its songs and image around Egyptian mythology and iconography. (vhlinks.com)
  • Powerwolf is another band that diverges from traditional power metal music. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • Many power metal bands use keyboards in their arrangements, though each band is different in how they incorporate keyboards. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • While power metal bands share similar elements, each band has unique sounds. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • The heavy metal band Metallica, with lead guitarist Kirk Lee Hammett, a Filipino American, was nominated in the Best Hard Rock Performance for the song "The Unforgiven III", a track from their "Death Magnetic" CD (Warner Bros. (aapress.com)
  • Cattle Decapitation vocalist Travis Ryan said his San Diego band's mix of charging guitars and an animal rights message is drawing a diverse crowd that includes activists as well as traditional metal fans. (vhlinks.com)
  • A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. (wikipedia.org)
  • He could be seen as a typical European from earlier times and is precious for this reason alone," explained the anthropologist Albert Zink from EURAC Research, the scientific leader of the congress. (heritagedaily.com)
  • It was a really great year for metal, and a much better year for me as a metal fan largely because all the healthier new habits I've adopted after 2021's near burnout have made me a smarter music listener. (themetalpigeon.com)
  • Thrash metal, while it has a more aggressive style, is also characterized by its fast tempo and shredding-style lead guitar riffs. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • The head of Congress, Roberto Michelletti, assumed the presidency until elections were held five months later amid massive popular protests and heavy police and military repression. (counterpunch.org)
  • Leduc says that 3 months ago there was heavy fighting in that area and the road was to all intents and purposes closed. (globalcitizenjourney.org)
  • Metal bands are also branching out into literature and mythology. (vhlinks.com)
  • Power metal lyrics typically focus on fantasy, mythology, and camaraderie. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • Now, though, after two decades, the dappled, pale brown bones are at last about to come into sharp focus, thanks to a long-awaited, monumental scientific publication next month co-edited by the physical anthropologist Douglas Owsley, of the Smithsonian Institution. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Founded in 2004, Alestorm draws from folk metal to create their pirate-themed sound. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • We can also hear folk instruments supporting in the background, with a fast pace reminiscent of speed metal. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • He said something about heavy security surrounding the site. (theverge.com)
  • The unsuccessful glassblower and alchemist Hennig Brandt was trying to find the philosopher's stone, a mythical substance that could turn base metals into gold. (berkeley.edu)
  • Behind the cart's metal tow bar, Carlos tugs and twists his body, but he can't turn straight into the bottleneck of pedestrians because the alley is too tight with vendors on both sides. (longreads.com)
  • Some power metal bands will use keyboards to provide subtle melodic accents or a complete melody. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • Using highly developed methods of analysis such as laser mass spectrometry and speciation analysis, Müller's team examined not just hairs but also samples from Ötzi's nails, skin and organs for possible heavy metal contamination. (heritagedaily.com)
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ← July August September → The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2021. (wikipedia.org)
  • The annual best of list here at The Metal Pigeon has been an ongoing tradition since I started the blog way back in late 2011. (themetalpigeon.com)
  • More than three decades after Black Sabbath conjured images of the dark arts, heavy metal is growing up. (vhlinks.com)
  • Metal grandfathers Black Sabbath criticized the Vietnam War in songs like 'War Pigs' and 'Children of the Grave. (vhlinks.com)
  • Mastodon, which is headlining a summer tour with metal stalwart Slayer, patterned the concept album 'Leviathan' around the story of Moby Dick. (vhlinks.com)
  • Ben Falgoust, front-man for the almighty Goatwhore, guests this week after the band's appearance on the Metal Alliance Tour stop in Austin. (libsyn.com)
  • Heavy metal has always touched on social and political issues. (vhlinks.com)
  • It's time to extend that to blogging as well, so expect less of a reviews focus here in 2023 (I already started scaling back in 2022 if you hadn't noticed) and more of an actual commentary from my perspective as a metal fan (more in line with the actual tagline for the blog! (themetalpigeon.com)
  • Other metal bands are finding similar inspiration. (vhlinks.com)
  • Power metal has a unique sound compared to other subgenres of metal, with several distinct elements . (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • These stylistic choices in power metal lend themselves to the subgenre's uplifting sound. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • La réforme de la pratique culturelle qui en résulte crée de nouvelles formes d'inégalité, ici marquées par le genre et l'ethnicité. (openedition.org)
  • The grim task of recovering and identifying the victims of California's apocalyptic wildfires began yesterday as officials raised the death toll to 25, with more than 100 people unaccounted for. (news24x7world.com)