What, Like It's Hard?

Between the Buried and Me.

April 26, 2020 WLIH / Calder Hannan Season 2 Episode 12

Calder Hannan from Columbia University in New York City shares his research on progressive metal and topic theory. ⁠

Hannan examines the ways of hearing genre borrowing in the music of the influential American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. This paper takes topic theory as a starting point, arguing that far from being an esoteric music theory tool useful only for expanding listening to the music of Mozart and his contemporaries, it reflects a mode of listening to Between the Buried and Me that is very common and accessible.⁠

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