Final Class Tonight! Class 14 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with History of Heavy Metal: Part IV. Topics will include more about Metal Fusion, Experimental and Avant-Garde Metal, and whatever else we missed so far. As always, it's going to get weird.

Class 13 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with Life as a Modern Metal Drummer: Tech, Production, and Touring with @drmattzappa.bsky.social! This talk will explore drumming techniques used by modern metal musicians, featuring live demonstrations.

Class 12 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with Understanding Black Metal - History, Sound, and Controversy with Lauren Crosser! We will explore the history of black metal as well as the heated debates and ideological struggles that surround the genre today.

Class 11 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with History of Heavy Metal: Part III. We'll continue our exploration across the branches of metal with a look at the (then) New Wave of American Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, and Progressive Metal.

Class 10 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with All About Harsh Vocals with Paul Buckley! This talk will discuss the history of harsh vocals, how they are applied in everyday life, and how rock and metal singers use them to do what they do.

Class 9 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with Neuroscience of Metal with Evgeny Gromovoy! In this talk, Evgeny will provide an overview of our current understanding of how music is processed in the brain and highlight the mysteries that remain.

Class 8 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with Leather And Heavy Metal: More Than Meets the Eye with Haydée Irizarry! She'll introduce the history of leatherworking, leather subculture, and its profound influence on heavy metal, fashion, music, and art today.

Class 7 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with Metal Aesthetics: A Rebel at the Core with @claracwanning.bsky.social! Tonight will cover an overview of the aesthetic themes underlying metal's self-image & consider the metal community's future between conservatism and counterculture.

Class 5 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with History of Heavy Metal: Part I. We'll start our exploration with the late 1960s move through the early 1990s with Hard Rock, Archetypal Heavy Metal, and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM).

Class 3 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight with Wheels of Steel: The Influence of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with Martin Popoff! We'll be identifying the key characteristics of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the influences on bands in this era!

Forgot to post here! Class 2 of MIT #HeavyMetal 101 starts at 6:30pmET tonight w/ The Physics Behind the Shred w/ Will Lunden! The session will focus on the physics at the heart of the electric guitar in metal & feature shred-tastic demonstrations along the way. www.facebook.com/events/12864...

#Boston Area: Is there an alert or place where local amphibian enthusiasts signal the most likely time for Big Night when salamanders do their migration to vernal pools? www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildl...