Metal Symposium in Birmingham

I just got invited to a fascinating looking symposium on metal in Birmingham on July 13th as part of the Supersonic festival (which also has a mouth-watering lineup). More evidence, it seems, of metal being rehabilitated amongst the intellectuals. Sadly I can't go, but here's the details anyway:

METAL - A symposium to celebrate and explore the musical heritage of the West Midlands.

For too long Birmingham and the Black Country have failed to celebrate what is rightfully theirs, to claim the city and the region as home of Heavy Metal. Perhaps because it is not deemed to be the most elegant or sophisticated of music genres the advantages of upholding and celebrating the region as the home of heavy metal may not in the past have been so obvious. However anyone who's ever been influenced by heavy metal see�s the region as a truly inspirational place and the roots of the genre have since spread to influence a wide range of artists.

Key Speakers:

Jim Simpson- Black Sabbaths manager for their first 3 albums

Edwin Pouncey aka Savage Pencil- renowned music journalist

Mark Titchner - Turner Prize nominee 2006

Nicholas Bullen- Originator of Napalm Death/Scorn  inventor of Grindcore

+ special guests for Q & A session

Chair -Tony Sylvester - A human encyclopedia of musical fact and anecdote

Friday 13th July 07

Registration 4.45pm Start 5.00pm - 9.00pm

@ New Art Gallery� Walsall . Gallery Square . Walsall . WS2 8LG

Booking Info: www.ticketweb.co.uk or Limited places available free to Supersonic weekend ticket holders but must be booked via email by 6th July: metal@capsule.org.uk

Free coach from the Custard Factory, Birmingham to Walsall and then returning to Birmingham - Limited places available

Comments

[Graeme]

Any chance any readers of this blog will attend this and be able to write a report of it? I'm interested in what will be talked about though I can't attend myself.