Heavy Metal Music in Argentina
In Black We Are Seen
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
- Contents

Preface to the Second Edition vii
Group for Interdisciplinary Research on Argentinian Heavy Metal (GIIHMA)
Foreword ix
Emiliano Scaricaciottoli
Translator’s Note xiii
Juan Manuel López Baio
Introduction: A Window into Heavy Metal Scholarship in the Global South xv
Nelson Varas-Díaz, Daniel Nevárez Araújo, and Emiliano Scaricaciottoli
1. Heavy Metal as a Subculture in Argentina: Identity and Resistance 2
Gustavo Torreiro
2. Genre Violence: Argentinean Heavy Metal in the Music Market 16
Luciano Scarrone
3. Heavenly Hosts and Other Demons: Reflections Concerning a
Difficult and Transversal Relationship in the History of Our Heavy Music 28
Gito Minore
4. Walkabout, Just Walking about for the Sake of Walking: The Journey
as an Ethos in the Poetics of Ricardo Iorio 46
Manuel Bernal and Diego Caballero
5. Passion and Ethics: A Space for Voice and Tradition in Iorio’s Lyrics 58
Juan Ignacio Pisano
6. The Reason Behind My Writing: Another Day of Being 72
Ezequiel Alasia
7. Piedra Libre: Referential Tensions in Argentinean Heavy Metal
Lyrics Since the Political Crisis of 2001/2002 84
Emiliano Scaricaciottoli
Notes on Contributors 100
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