College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-04 07:38:15
Major
Music
Honors Course
70917
Number of Credits
2
Degree Name
Bachelor of Music
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2021
Abstract
This paper is a comprehensive essay on the history, form, and compositional techniques of Extreme Metal music. Within Extreme Metal this paper will cover three sub-genres using compositions by Burzum, Death, and Gojira. This paper is meant to show a link between the compositional techniques used in Western Classical music and Extreme Metal through analysis of form, harmony, and tonality/modality. The scope of this paper primarily focuses on the popular music form verse/chorus which is compared to a variety of Western Classical music forms. The goal is to promote future research into the Extreme Metal style and other popular music forms.
Research Sponsor
Dr. James Wilding
First Reader
Dr. Brooks Toliver
Second Reader
Dr. Robert Brownlow
Honors Faculty Advisor
Dr. Kevin Lewis
Recommended Citation
Bird, Jacob, "Theoretical and Compositional Analysis of Select Metal Works" (2021). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1373.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1373