[Music Alchemist]

 

[Music Alchemist]

 

[BlakeT]

Impetuous Ritual | Void Cohesion

 

[dropbassnotbomb]

 

[BlakeT]

 

[Music Alchemist]

This morning my brother told me a story about how a cop told him that when burglars break into homes at night (as opposed to the day, when most of them occur), it's often because they actually want to hurt people. I then posed the question: "Why? What's their motivation?" His response was something like, "You listen to heavy metal. Use your imagination." lol. He basically implied that metalheads are angry and want to hurt people, and we all know that's not true at all for the most part. I've shared a lot of metal with him, but he seems to be under the impression that the only emotion expressed in metal is anger. I think metal can express any emotion.

 

[BlakeT]

Metal as a category makes up a relatively small percentage of my listening time. When I do listen to metal, I mostly listen to black metal (only for the sonics, not for the satanic views in some of it, which I ignore/don't take seriously). Almost all of the black metal I listen to is angry and that's cool with me.

I think the angry vibe acts as an escape valve to release aggression/violence/frustration. As a result, in my opinion, metal heads are actually far less likely to want to actually hurt people than those in the general population.

So, IMHO, angry? Oh yeah, big time. Leads to violence? HELL NO! Just the opposite.

 

[Music Alchemist]

Metal as a category makes up a relatively small percentage of my listening time. When I do listen to metal, I mostly listen to black metal (only for the sonics, not for the satanic views in some of it, which I ignore/don't take seriously). Almost all of the black metal I listen to is angry and that's cool with me.

I think the angry vibe acts as an escape valve to release aggression/violence/frustration. As a result, in my opinion, metal heads are actually far less likely to want to actually hurt people than those in the general population.

So, IMHO, angry? Oh yeah, big time. Leads to violence? HELL NO! Just the opposite.

Yep. Metal can be quite relaxing! (And I do listen to nearly all other genres of music as well. But I tend to listen to metal for stimulation more than relaxation.)

I try to tell my brother the same, and that metalheads are generally great people, but he has his own ideas based more on his imagination than anything else. Too bad so many people have the same type of misconceptions. One time, I put on some melodeath for a couple who were hanging out with me, and the woman freaked out and said that type of music is made by crazy people who want to hang themselves in the bathroom. lol... At least the man had the decency to explain that it's just another type of music that some people use as "their jam" and whatnot.

You probably know that I'm really into black metal as well. I think many more emotions are expressed in the genre aside from anger, such as sorrow, fear, and even more poignant feelings like love and longing. Here's one example. (Look up the lyrics to get an even better idea.)

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Metal as a category makes up a relatively small percentage of my listening time. When I do listen to metal, I mostly listen to black metal (only for the sonics, not for the satanic views in some of it, which I ignore/don't take seriously). Almost all of the black metal I listen to is angry and that's cool with me.

I think the angry vibe acts as an escape valve to release aggression/violence/frustration. As a result, in my opinion, metal heads are actually far less likely to want to actually hurt people than those in the general population.

So, IMHO, angry? Oh yeah, big time. Leads to violence? HELL NO! Just the opposite.

This has been proven quite a bit, actually. Psychological studies show that negative music acts as catharsis and a source of comfort. So someone who's really sad will listen to really sad music and, far from the music making them want to kill themselves, the music helps them process the feelings and get over it. The adrenaline release from angry music can soothe those feelings.

Now, there can be something to be said of the fact that the kind of person who is constantly seeking release from violent music may be more violence inherently, but even that's reversing the cause/effect and saying the music might actually be helping stave off their urges.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Still one of my favorite albums of all.

 

[Zojokkeli]

Regarding violence and metal music, the Tuska festival in Finland is the most peaceful festival in our country year after year, even though they play solely metal. If I recall correctly, they usually don't have any incidents that require police involvement.

On that note, going to see In Flames this weekend. Hopefully they don't play their newer stuff too much.

 

[Music Alchemist]

On that note, going to see In Flames this weekend. Hopefully they don't play their newer stuff too much.

I haven't seen them live since 2004. Back then they mixed in plenty of old material. Dunno about now. They've been my favorite band since 2002 or so.

 

[Redcarmoose]

https://m.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2013/07/31/six-serial-killers-and-the-artists-they-loved

......4. John Wayne Gacy - REO Speedwagon

 

[Tom Yum Goong]

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That's a surprise.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

That's a surprise.

Who cares? Does it sound good?