Fans of heavy metal music will now be able to study the genre as a subject at university.
The university, Summa College, which is based in Eindhoven, has offered a new subject called, 'The Metal Factory', teaching students to “master the art of growling” in singing classes.
Fans will also have the opportunity to play the guitar, drum and keyboard in front of an audience.
According to a news outlet: “according to instructors, the key to an effective heavy metal growl is simple: “You start with a sigh or a groan and you use your vocal cords to gradually transform it into a primal scream".
The Metal Factory's official website has said that this new course: “train[s] you to become an independent artist/entrepreneur in the music industry”.
It also explained that this course can lead to future opportunities in composing, producing, as well as "teaching and coaching".
“We also have alumni who eventually graduated in copyright, management, music therapy or speech therapy. Metal Factory offers everyone who wants to be professionally involved in music a broad foundation for the future", they stated.
Describing about how their tutors have "toured the world", they added: “Our teachers are all active in the music industry, on stage and behind the scenes".
“We try to keep our education up-to-date and relevant to the current industry. We feel it’s important to have our teaching staff reflect this philosophy. Many of our teachers have toured the world and [are] thus capable of sharing realistic experiences and knowledge with our students".
Here is a video report on this course here.
Anyone interested in enrolling in this course can come to the open day at Dynamo Eindhoven on January 26. Find out more information here.
Last November, Yale University announced that they will be offering students the chance to study a course about Beyoncé. More on this from Nova here.
