ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book outlines the study's empirical approach, provides an initial insight into the field, and refers to the sociopolitical settings that have been crucial for the emergence of Turkish metal. The book contains descriptions of the scene's urban settings in Istanbul, insights into how the author negotiated access to the field, and on related note conceptual discussions around the notions of 'culture' and 'boundaries'. It analyzes a series of moral panics over metal and Satanism revolving around the suicides and murder of several Turkish teenagers. The book examines the emergence, evolution, and global connectivity of Turkish metal from its beginning in the early 1980s until the late 2000s. It aims at revealing the mechanisms in the invention of moral panics over metal and Satanism. The book explores the extremes of black metal, and exemplifies how its cultural representations take on meaning in a Turkish context.
