Science: Why Metalheads are HAPPIER (video)

DW History &Culture, 8/20/22; Madison, S. Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Punk rockers are happy, too...when they have a bat and are about to break stuff.

Why metalheads are happier people

(DW History and Culture) Music makes us happy. Millions of people agree with that. But heavy metal music? A genre that is often described as dark, deafening, and aggressive, how is can that [cr*p] make people happy?

• Catharsis: "cleansing" or "purging" of negative emotions

Are headbanging, pot smoking, beer-and-speed abusing, black-clad metal fans happier than other people? Surely, that can't be.

US metal: Job for a Cowboy's Wacken '08 pit ("Entombment of a Machine")

Hard, Heavy & Happy: Heavy Metal

But psychologist Dr. Nico Rose argues to the contrary. In his book Hard, Heavy and Happy, he describes the effects of heavy metal on body, mind, and soul.

He also explains how what heavy [death] metal opponents often call "noise" helps cope with anxiety and depression.

This episode of Arts Unveiled explains how the notorious festival venue of Wacken became a sanctuary for metalheads' well-being and how the heavy metal crowd has now even managed to win over the quiet-loving inhabitants of the tranquil village in northern Germany.

Heavy Metal becomes Happy Metal. With hard rock music [leads] to a happier life.

• 00:00 Intro: Why metalheads are happier people
• 00:22 Reason 1: Metal fans have a strong sense of community
• 03:39 Reason 2: Metal provides an outlet for stress and anger
• 06:24 Reason 3: Metal leads to feelings of joy and empowerment
• 08:19 Outro: The power of heavy metal
• VIDEO: What's better, Rap/Hip Hop or Heavy Metal?
• VIDEO: Finn McKenty, MBA: Learning to like metal

(Coolea) But black metal and Norwegian death metal go too far, right?

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