ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on globalization in terms of the concept of this connectivity to highlight the importance of connectivity vis-à-vis globalization and to evaluate its impact on local/global dynamics in what are called extreme-metal scenes. It analyzes the Izmir extreme-metal scene within the terms of the concept of connectivity and the context of Appadurai's "scapes of global cultural flows" and seek to understand how the Izmir metal scene can be related to the global metal scene. Extreme-metal as an umbrella term, indicates fragmentation within metal music and the emergence of new styles in the early 1980s. The bands of Izmir's metal scene produce their own songs "influenced by the force of being a metal band." The global metal scene exhibits the features of an "imagined community" which includes its members as part of a whole without having the need to physically meet each other, and it has many members from different parts of the world.
