David Burke

Exploring the relationship between heavy metal culture and psychoanalytic concepts, political engagement in metal music, and the transformative power of music events. Discussing Lacanian theories on pleasure and enjoyment, genre boundaries in music evolution, and the unique experience of metal and dance music genres.

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David Burke, a PhD candidate and music writer, discusses the radical nature of metal music and its potential for revolution. Topics include existentialism, the potential for metal as a social movement, recuperating the metal aesthetic, exploring intensity in metal music, metal's crossover with other genres, and future plans for the podcast.