| List of Tables and Figures | ix |
| Author Biographies | xi |
| List of Contributors | xv |
| Acknowledgements | xvii |
| Introduction to Multilingual Metal |
| Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, Charlotte Doesburg, and Amanda DiGioia | 1 |
| Part I: Texts and Intertextuality |
| Chapter 1 Yiddish Metal as a Manifestation of Postvernacularity |
| Lily Kahn | 9 |
| Chapter 2 Baudelaire and Black Metal: Performing Poetry under Perestroika |
| Caroline Ardrey | 27 |
| Part II: National, Cultural and Minority Identity |
| Chapter 3 St⊘rre enn tid, tyngre enn natt – The Interplay of Language and Cultural Identity in the Lyrics of Norwegian Metal Bands |
| Imke von Helden | 49 |
| Chapter 4 Spanish and Non-Spanish Perspectives on El Cid in Heavy Metal: Identity Vindication, Cultural Appropriation and Islamophobia |
| Amaranta Saguar García | 61 |
| Chapter 5 At the Crossroads of Nordic Traditions and Languages: The Representation of the Swedish-Speaking Finn Community in Finnish Heavy Metal |
| Lise Vigier | 79 |
| Part III: Processing Oppression, War, and Bereavement |
| Chapter 6 Poetic Analysis of the Anti-war Song Muerte en Mostar by the Spanish Heavy Metal Band Desafio |
| Elena-Carolina Hewitt | 97 |
| Chapter 7 Vocalising a Troubled Past: A Case Study of Political Activism in Taiwanese Metal |
| Kevin Kai-wen Chiu | 113 |
| Chapter 8 Til Opals⊘ens Dyb ‘To the Depths of Opal Lake’: On Bereavement, Locality, and Intimacy in Danish Black Metal Lyrics by Orm |
| Tore Tvarn⊘ Lind | 133 |
| Part IV: Local, Global, Authentic, and Funny |
| Chapter 9 I Custodi dell’Accaio Inox: Language as an Interface Between the Global and the Local in Italian ‘Heavy Metal Demenziale’ |
| Karl Farrugia | 153 |
| Chapter 10 The Paradoxical Usage of Austrian Dialects of German in Metal Music |
| Peter Pichler | 171 |
| Chapter 11 Delusions of Grandeur? Producing Authentic Metal Music in the Soviet Union |
| Dawn Hazle | 185 |
| Chapter 12 Is Kawaii Metal? Exploring Aidoru/ Metal Fusion Through the Lyrics of Babymetal |
| Lewis F. Kennedy | 201 |
| Part V: Ancient Languages and Mythology |
| Chapter 13 Nata vimpi curmi da: Dead Languages and Primordial Nationalisms in Folk Metal Music |
| Simon Trafford | 223 |
| Chapter 14 Verba Bestiae: How Latin Conquered Heavy Metal |
| Flavio M. Cecchini, Greta H. Franzini and Marco C. Passarotti | 241 |
| Chapter 15 Local Folk Tales, Legends, and Slavic Mythology in Slovenian Heavy Metal Lyrics: A Quantitative Analysis |
| Anamarija Šporčič and Gašper Pesek | 263 |
| Index | 283 |