The metal concept album to give shape to chaos? Anthology, gesture, epic
A brief recall of the main characteristics of heavy metal allows us to postulate the existence of three clearcut categories of concept-albums in this music genre: anthology, geste, epic. Their analysis leads us to examine whether this particular form is intended to unsettle, through intermedial translations, what previously had a definite shape and legitimacy, or, on the contrary, to put order in the chaos of an extreme music.