Satanic Elements in Czech Black Metal: Subcultural Style and Identity

• Authors: Vrzal Miroslav

Title variants

CS

Satanistické prvky v českém black metalu: Subkulturní styl a identita

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on satanic elements within the subcultural style of black metal. The text is based on own long-term qualitative research, in particular the analysis of interviews with Czech black metallers aged 21–33, supplemented by ethnographic findings from 2010 to the present. The study shows the function of satanic elements both as a source of style resistance to what is perceived by the participants as mainstream, and also their connection with the formation of anti-Christian ideology, which must also include an anti-social and anti-cultural aspect. From the point of view of the use of satanic elements, the participants particularly emphasized the period of adolescence, when for them, within their own image, satanic elements played an important role as a subcultural code communicated to the surrounding society. At the same time, Satanist elements played a role in shaping the participants’ own religiosity, specifically Satanist identities.

Keywords

EN

Music subcultures; subcultural style; Czech black metal; Satanism; Paganism

• Publisher: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Journal: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 187 - 205

Contributors

author

Vrzal Miroslav