Timbral Metrics for Analysis of Metal Production: Then, Now and What Next?

Williams, Duncan

Abstract

This chapter presents an overview of timbre in metal production from a psychoacoustic and computational musicology perspective, particularly focusing on the use of acoustic feature extraction. Both performance and recording technology have undoubtedly influenced tone in metal productions, but how can the underlying acoustic feature sets shaped by this technology inform production and analysis? This chapter includes an applied feature set extraction of stems from My Dying Bride, and concludes with a speculative view of how such features could be used in the training of machine learning classifiers.

Citation

Williams, D. (2023). Timbral Metrics for Analysis of Metal Production: Then, Now and What Next?. In . J.-P. Herbst (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music (70-82). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108991162.006

• Publication Date: Sep 30, 2023
• Deposit Date: Oct 23, 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Pages: 70-82
• Book Title: The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music
• ISBN: 9781108991162; 9781108845861; 9781108993982
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108991162.006