Metalheads dont dwell on the violent imagery Well, no — according to a new study, published in the Royal Society journal Open Science, by Professor Bill Thompson at Macquarie University and others. One image was of something violent, the other of something normal and innocuous.
Despite the common claim that music genres like heavy metal make fans more violent, research has shown the exact opposite. A recent study has shown that listening to heavy metal actually reduces an individuals sensitivity to violence. Study participants were made angry and then asked to listen to heavy metal.
But beyond the music sounding the same and sharing similar standards of excellence, metalheads and classical fans also share similar temperaments. According to studies out of Heriot-Watt University, both groups of fans tend to be creative and gentle individuals, comfortable in their own skin.
Metalheads are honest and strongly opinionated. Metalheads are unapologetically forthright with their opinions. If they dont like you, youll know from a mile away. If they find you to be a pretentious, dim-witted Justin Bieber fan, they wont hide their feelings about it.
Turns out, metalheads are loyal and faithful people. As per musical preferences and lifestyle preferences analyzed in this paper, rock music (not metal, data lacking) fans tend to have fewer sexual partners than fans of dance, house, hip-hop, rap, jazz, and indie music.
Studies have suggested a link between listening to heavy metal and increased suicide risk or desensitisation to violence, but these have often failed to take account of outside factors, such as poor family relationships, drug abuse and feelings of alienation.
The unrelenting anger that we associate with metal today comes directly from a few places — the American and British punk scenes, the rip-roaring speed of Judas Priest and Motorhead, the vicious lyrics of Diamond Heads “Am I Evil?,” the early aggression of Iron Maiden and the macabre showmanship of Alice Cooper, KISS
Metalheads and headbangers Late adolescent/early adult fans also tend to have higher levels of depression and anxiety but it is not known whether the music attracts people with these characteristics or causes them.
“People feel that their anger is matched to the music when listening to metal, and therefore find it easier to process it. Metal formulates a safe, and healthy space for this to happen. In some cases, metal also combats loneliness and makes us feel less alone in these emotions, allowing the listener to accept them.”
Typical fans of heavy metal music have low self-esteem and dont like to work hard, according to new findings. Like metal fans, indie music lovers were also found to have low self-esteem but the study revealed that they tend to be more creative.
A new study has shown what many suspected all along: Heavy Metal enthusiasts tend to be more anxious and depressed than others. Researchers found through a survey of college students that those who listened to heavy rock and metal had significantly higher levels of mental stress.
Metal music has developed a stigma throughout its near 50-year existence due to its more aggressive musical style, themes and lyrics, as well as a series of real-life controversies which have ultimately tried to prove that Metal music incites violence, pessimism and hate.
A new study has shown what many suspected all along: Heavy Metal enthusiasts tend to be more anxious and depressed than others. Researchers found through a survey of college students that those who listened to heavy rock and metal had significantly higher levels of mental stress.
Do angry people listen to angry music?
Conclusion. This study found that extreme music fans listen to music when angry to match their anger, and to feel more active and inspired. They also listen to music to regulate sadness and to enhance positive emotions.
Why do depressed people like rock?
We found the music regulated sadness and enhanced positive emotions. When youre angry and you listen to something thats highly arousing, its going to match your emotional state. Ms Sharman said the respondents levels of hostility, irritability and stress decreased after listening to heavy metal or extreme music.
Metalheads and headbangers Late adolescent/early adult fans also tend to have higher levels of depression and anxiety but it is not known whether the music attracts people with these characteristics or causes them.
So in their own heads Pop is weak and makes them look bad. Its because Metalheads build their identity around the music they listen to and as such see people who listen to pop as being in a different tribe, one generally inhabited by people who have a totally different energy about them.
Interestingly, the metal fans in the study tended to have relatively low self-esteem. “The catharsis afforded by heavy metal may, in turn, help boost self-worth and promote positive self-evaluations among those with otherwise low self-esteem,” the study postulates.
Previous research has shown that intelligence has a critical influence in music preference. Less intelligent individuals preferred upbeat and conventional music. Chamorro- Premuzic and Furnham (2007) found that more intelligent individuals are more likely to use music for cognitive purposes.
Why Musicians are depressed?
Anti-social working hours, touring schedules and an always on mentality driven by oversupply of music and lack of boundaries also lead to musicians struggling to know when to stop working, resulting in isolation and a lack of meaningful relationships.
Nomenclature. Heavy metal fans go by a number of different names, including metalhead, headbanger, hesher, mosher, and heavy, with the term thrasher being used only for fans of thrash metal music, which began to differentiate itself from other varieties of metal in the late 80s.