A Nottingham college has launched a two-year degree course in heavy metal music.
Students at the school for headbangers will learn how to write and perform songs. They will also study the history of the genre, which features such luminaries as Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne, whose best known antic was biting off the head off a live bat.
The course, which is due to start in September, includes modules on the role of heavy metal music in video games and its relationship with religion.
In their final year the students will play gigs around the UK.
Musician Liam Maloy spent seven years designing the foundation degree course - believed to be the first of its kind in the world - for New College Nottingham.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/466829...-maloy.htm
Students at the school for headbangers will learn how to write and perform songs. They will also study the history of the genre, which features such luminaries as Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne, whose best known antic was biting off the head off a live bat.
The course, which is due to start in September, includes modules on the role of heavy metal music in video games and its relationship with religion.
In their final year the students will play gigs around the UK.
Musician Liam Maloy spent seven years designing the foundation degree course - believed to be the first of its kind in the world - for New College Nottingham.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/466829...-maloy.htm