In the beginning was the rock, and the rock was in the Caverna de Adulão, and the rock was the Caverna de Adulão

Abstract

In this article we will present how heavy rock in general with heavy metal and its subgenres, was able to foster a form of belonging and sociability at the beginning of the Comunidade Caverna de Adulão (Cave Community of Adullam) in Belo Horizonte. What we noticed with the research is that in the beginning rock became the main founding element in the socialization of young people to communicate the Gospel in the very language and culture of the urban headbanger tribe and later, other elements took its place. The methodology consisted of a bibliographic review, having as main theoretician the sociologist Michel Maffesoli in dialogue with other authors. In the field research we used the socio-anthropological-ethnographic method that happened with the participant observation and the focus group technique.