Three new CTM Magazine articles have been published in response to the 2023 edition's Portals theme. Amanda Cavalcanti contrasts the somewhat fictinal or fantasy-fuelled extreme metal of Western Europe and North America to the scenes in Latin America, which have often used the aggressiveness of subgenres like black metal and grindcore to expose injustices like social inequality and racial prejudice. This phenomenon is detailed in »Violent Sounds Resisting Violence,« winding through historic and present-day artists and scenes that use extreme metal's potential for macabre storytelling as a window into Latin America's inequalities and political horror. Babak Ahteshamipour's essay »Misplaced and Displaced, But Never Out of Place« is an ode to portals within well-known games and fantasy stories. Exploring the sound of teleportation, transformation, or escape, Ahteshamipour points to some of the recurring aesthetics, forms, and functionalities of portals that also echo into our IRL world. Far from pure escapism, portals in sci-fi and fantasy show a wish for something better, and a search for how we might envision and arrive there. How have club spaces and rave culture, often associated with freedom and the anti-establishment, embraced the neoliberal modus operandi they initially strived to counter? In the essay »Towards a Worker-Centred Club Culture« Anjali Prashar-Savoie examines labour practices within club culture and nightlife, focusing on the UK as a case study. Browse the CTM Magazine | 
