Saw In Stereo: Goregrind and The Aesthetic Of Disgust

An analysis of goregrind’s evolution from death metal and grindcore, examining how the genre uses sound, disgust, and horror aesthetics to challenge moral boundaries...

All Hail the Goat

Goats are one of the most recognisable symbols in Satanic imagery — from medieval depictions of the Devil to the modern figure of Baphomet. But how did an ordinary farm animal become so closely...

Satanic Temple Declares Arkansas Victory

How The Satanic Temple’s Baphomet challenge exposed constitutional limits on religious monuments in public spaces   The Satanic Temple (TST) seem to be having particularly busy times as of late. Not...

Becoming the Beast: Iron Maiden, Bone Temples & the End of Meaning

Exploring how Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast shapes the portrayal of Satan in 28 Years Later: Bone Temple, and why the real “devil” in the film isn’t who you think...

The New Age of Satan: How AI and Abuse Are Fueling a 2026 Witchhunt

The New Age of Satan: How AI and Abuse Are Fueling a 2026 Witchhunt I was not expecting the first news headline I saw this morning to be “ChatGPT driving rise in reports of ‘satanic’ organised and...

My 6 Favourite Reads For Beginning Heavy Metal & Satanic Panic Research

Illustration by Stephen Rhodes / @stephenrhodesart   World Book Day was definitely one of my favourite days at school. The chance to dress up as a favourite character, read books all day, and...

“Antichrist Superstar”: Marilyn Manson as a Marketing Blueprint for the Extreme

Capstone Project Module | MA Music, Management and Marketing | University of York...

Download X Lush: The Almost Perfect Brand Partnership

What had begun as a model of ethical and aesthetic synergy rapidly became a cautionary example of how brand collaborations can unravel when moral values diverge...

“On This Battlefield, No One Wins”: Iron Maiden’s Construction of War, Morality, and the Sound of Evil in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

How Iron Maiden sonically constructs war as a form of evil and how that construction, both musical and thematic, contributed to the NWOBHM’s aesthetic legacy and the globalisation of heavy metal...