Contemplating Metal Music

VBCheeseGrater · 06-20-2012, 04:54 PM

The paradox of metal music: Mad and angry about something (in this case health insurance, no surprise there), put on some hard, angry music on the drive home (For instance, Lamb of God) = peace and serenity upon reaching destination.

I got bent over and ....ed by Anthem health insurance today. put on some lamb of god on the drive home, started to feel better. Almost home, then see hippies everywhere for Phish show, start to think how the jam band/metal scene is closer than they appear (i've got into both).

Thank god for metal music. No other music gets me so pumped when i want it, or settles me down when i'm pissed. I'm gonna be flying the mutha....in' horns when i'm 82 years old gawdammit!

anyway, that's all i wanted to share...

piggins411 · 06-20-2012, 04:57 PM

(sorry if you're not a fan...)

ghstofperdition · 06-20-2012, 05:00 PM

Yeah I always thought I was a weirdo when it came to that too. Like I'll be so angry and irate, but the minute I blast some of the angriest death metal I can think of, I calm way down and I'm more cool-headed. Perfect for someone with a hot temper like mine. It's funny because you'd think it would work the opposite way and make the temper worse. Nah, but my vocabulary for what I'd do to the person that pissed me off has become much more graphic.

Duelbart · 06-20-2012, 05:01 PM

I don't see it as a paradox, rather a normal thing. When I'm, angry I listen to Those Whom The Gods Detest and after a sweet while of really feeling the brutality flow through me I go back to normal. If I'm melancholic or desperate/sad, I put on some La Dispute and it is perfect to drown in emotional thoughts for some time.

Seems normal

Also, since I'm at La Dispute, I will advertise, because it would be a crime not to

VBCheeseGrater · 06-20-2012, 05:02 PM

^^ghost LOL you pretty much just described to a tee what i just went through on my drive home. Writing the letter to the insurance company in my head, using words like "lube","bent over"..etc

i can see the "non-paradox" argument too...bottom line, it works.

ghstofperdition · 06-20-2012, 05:13 PM

Yeah when I'm really bummed, I'll throw on something like SRV - The Sky is Crying, and bawl my eyes out. I don't know why, but I feel better after I do.

Meh, it helps and that's what matters to me. It did make me think I was crazy, so I can understand why I was always so curious as to why it happened. My first cd was ...And Justice For All, and at age 10, I'd play that while I went to sleep. It was cool because it actually relaxed me enough to pass out.

Stealthdjentstic · 06-20-2012, 05:15 PM

I dont really listen to metal if im angry...

VBCheeseGrater · 06-20-2012, 05:30 PM

Actually I think ...and Justice For All was the first truly angry album i got into around age 14. Prior to that it was the Black Album, but justice makes that sound like "Unskinny Bop" or something.

incinerated_guitar · 06-20-2012, 06:17 PM

I actually like to blast cannibal corpse on my stereo and kick back in my recliner when I feel like taking a nap. Puts me to sleep to fast

And sometimes at night If I cant sleep, I usually put on some meshuggah or something to help me pass out. For some reason, metal is just so soothing for me

ASoC · 06-20-2012, 06:27 PM

I'm not into most of the newer stuff in the metal scene, but ...And Justice for All is still my go to pissed off album. I've come home after many a shitty day with my ears ringing and my voice mostly gone

If I'm upset, I put in some AAL (one of the few newer bands I like) or some Pink Floyd.

Its funny how your mood dictates your music, I was in a good mood today and I had the windows down blasting some Boston. Theres nothing quite like having an open road on a sunny day with Don't Look Back playing

BlackMastodon · 06-20-2012, 06:44 PM

I think Devin Townsend put it the best:
"To someone who doesn't like heavy music, you can't explain to them why you like it." or something along those lines. I always just saw it as a "peace within the chaos" kind of thing.

skeels · 06-20-2012, 06:55 PM

Sweet catharsis ...

bhakan · 06-20-2012, 07:24 PM

I do the same thing. Whenever I'm angry, I blast the most aggressive, pissed off music I can find. Heavy music seems to take the focus of my anger off of whatever made me angry, and it is instead redirected into the music and I run out of anger, and am left feeling great. Heavy music leaves me feeling great because it, in a sense, uses up all of my anger and leaves with nothing but good feelings, while pop tends to do the reverse and leave me angry. I've tried to explain it to non-metal fans, and they just look at me like I am a psychopath, but it's good to know that I'm not the only one who does that

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niffnoff · 06-20-2012, 11:10 PM

My pissed off/slightly doom and gloom moods album is Hollow Crown by Architects, which is good for me because by the end of the album when the self titled song comes on, I'm pretty much mellowed out and chill.

Randyrhoads123 · 06-20-2012, 11:31 PM

My pissed off album is "Alien" by Strapping Young Lad. Pretty much any of their albums are really heavy and angry... Devin's lyrics and vocals are just the epitome of 'pissed-the-....-off'. Once I listen to something like that, I feel so much more calm and collected.

MistaSnowman · 06-21-2012, 03:39 PM

If I'm feeling down, I turn to this song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg5m4ua1agI

or this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNUaz64rYoM

nickgray · 06-21-2012, 04:58 PM

Yeah, this song (the whole album is pretty damn good actually) has recently reminded me that I still like conventional metal. It's just so badass.

Ocara-Jacob · 06-21-2012, 07:36 PM

I listen to metal when I'm angry as well. I also listen to metal while jogging or working. It seems to calm me... I don't know why.

Bevo · 06-21-2012, 08:49 PM

I do the same, also love to run with brutal music and punk.

If its a 4:30am run it's usually something folk or acoustic lol!!

EtherealEntity · 06-21-2012, 09:08 PM

My mood never changes (seriously

) so I just listen to the same old stuff haha - not to say it isn't varied!

MetalGravy · 06-21-2012, 10:34 PM

I was a much angrier person before I started listening to metal. I'm still pretty angry now, but at least I won't hit someone if they bump into me.

ittoa666 · 06-21-2012, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stealthdjentstic

I dont really listen to metal if im angry...

Me either. I enjoy it, so I don't want to equate something I like with anger.

morrowcosom · 06-24-2012, 10:02 PM

I definitely feel soothed when I listen to metal/hardcore when I am angry. When I am down I can listen to Eyehategod and Crowbar, as well some gothy doom metal like older Draconian, Type-O Negative and Funeral and get some relief. There is some sort of grit in there to off-balance the depressive aspect of it.

I cannot bear to listen to stuff like Discouraged Ones and Last Fair Deal Gone Down by Katatonia, stuff where it sounds like the singer is just tired of fighting and wants to give up. It makes me feel much worse.

Evil Weasel · 06-25-2012, 05:15 AM

I usually just listen to whatever I feel like, but if I am tired or want to be pumped up, faster music helps. Bring out the tech death!

The only time metal is not considered is when exams are imminent. Post rock and math rock helps me revise.

Tiger · 06-25-2012, 07:22 AM

At this point, this is how I view metal:

Maybe if they included a djent section.

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06-20-2012, 04:54 PM	#1
VBCheeseGrater SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 1,715 Thanked: 31 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Contemplating Metal Music The paradox of metal music: Mad and angry about something (in this case health insurance, no surprise there), put on some hard, angry music on the drive home (For instance, Lamb of God) = peace and serenity upon reaching destination. I got bent over and ....ed by Anthem health insurance today. put on some lamb of god on the drive home, started to feel better. Almost home, then see hippies everywhere for Phish show, start to think how the jam band/metal scene is closer than they appear (i've got into both). Thank god for metal music. No other music gets me so pumped when i want it, or settles me down when i'm pissed. I'm gonna be flying the mutha....in' horns when i'm 82 years old gawdammit! anyway, that's all i wanted to share... glpg80 likes this. Ibanez ARZ307, SA32EX Gibson LPJ, Squire II frankenstrat of doom Dual Recto Rev G,6505+, B-52 AT-100 POD XT Pro, Velocity 100

06-20-2012, 04:57 PM	#2
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06-20-2012, 05:00 PM	#3
ghstofperdition One sexy bitch Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lancaster, CA Posts: 3,593 Thanked: 54 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Yeah I always thought I was a weirdo when it came to that too. Like I'll be so angry and irate, but the minute I blast some of the angriest death metal I can think of, I calm way down and I'm more cool-headed. Perfect for someone with a hot temper like mine. It's funny because you'd think it would work the opposite way and make the temper worse. Nah, but my vocabulary for what I'd do to the person that pissed me off has become much more graphic. BucketheadRules, glpg80 and VBCheeseGrater like this. Not sure how to interact with transgendered people? Read this: http://tranifesto.com/transgender-fa...-trans-people/ Oh and if you wanna hear some super horrible recordings and mixes, check out my soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jessica-macarthur "You can .... anything....how do you think evolution happened?" - mcd

06-20-2012, 05:01 PM	#4
Duelbart SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Cracow, Poland Posts: 126 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I don't see it as a paradox, rather a normal thing. When I'm, angry I listen to Those Whom The Gods Detest and after a sweet while of really feeling the brutality flow through me I go back to normal. If I'm melancholic or desperate/sad, I put on some La Dispute and it is perfect to drown in emotional thoughts for some time. Seems normal Also, since I'm at La Dispute, I will advertise, because it would be a crime not to There is no talent.

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06-20-2012, 05:02 PM	#5
VBCheeseGrater SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 1,715 Thanked: 31 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	^^ghost LOL you pretty much just described to a tee what i just went through on my drive home. Writing the letter to the insurance company in my head, using words like "lube","bent over"..etc i can see the "non-paradox" argument too...bottom line, it works. Ibanez ARZ307, SA32EX Gibson LPJ, Squire II frankenstrat of doom Dual Recto Rev G,6505+, B-52 AT-100 POD XT Pro, Velocity 100

06-20-2012, 05:13 PM	#6
ghstofperdition One sexy bitch Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lancaster, CA Posts: 3,593 Thanked: 54 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Yeah when I'm really bummed, I'll throw on something like SRV - The Sky is Crying, and bawl my eyes out. I don't know why, but I feel better after I do. Meh, it helps and that's what matters to me. It did make me think I was crazy, so I can understand why I was always so curious as to why it happened. My first cd was ...And Justice For All, and at age 10, I'd play that while I went to sleep. It was cool because it actually relaxed me enough to pass out. VBCheeseGrater likes this. Not sure how to interact with transgendered people? Read this: http://tranifesto.com/transgender-fa...-trans-people/ Oh and if you wanna hear some super horrible recordings and mixes, check out my soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jessica-macarthur "You can .... anything....how do you think evolution happened?" - mcd

06-20-2012, 05:15 PM	#7
Stealthdjentstic Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canadia Posts: 19,984 Thanked: 338 Feedback Score: 10 reviews	I dont really listen to metal if im angry...

06-20-2012, 05:30 PM	#8
VBCheeseGrater SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 1,715 Thanked: 31 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Actually I think ...and Justice For All was the first truly angry album i got into around age 14. Prior to that it was the Black Album, but justice makes that sound like "Unskinny Bop" or something. Ibanez ARZ307, SA32EX Gibson LPJ, Squire II frankenstrat of doom Dual Recto Rev G,6505+, B-52 AT-100 POD XT Pro, Velocity 100

06-20-2012, 06:17 PM	#9
incinerated_guitar SS.org Regular Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Outside your bedroom window Posts: 929 Thanked: 5 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I actually like to blast cannibal corpse on my stereo and kick back in my recliner when I feel like taking a nap. Puts me to sleep to fast And sometimes at night If I cant sleep, I usually put on some meshuggah or something to help me pass out. For some reason, metal is just so soothing for me glpg80, VBCheeseGrater and Randyrhoads123 like this.

06-20-2012, 06:27 PM	#10
ASoC Downpicker \m/ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 471 Thanked: 4 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'm not into most of the newer stuff in the metal scene, but ...And Justice for All is still my go to pissed off album. I've come home after many a shitty day with my ears ringing and my voice mostly gone If I'm upset, I put in some AAL (one of the few newer bands I like) or some Pink Floyd. Its funny how your mood dictates your music, I was in a good mood today and I had the windows down blasting some Boston. Theres nothing quite like having an open road on a sunny day with Don't Look Back playing VBCheeseGrater likes this. Check out my band soundcloud.com/a-stream-of-consciousness https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Str...96505327048017 or follow us @ASoCBand "There you have it, Slender. Totally wasn't scared. But, it seems as if someone poured urine on my pants and shoved mashed potatoes down the back of my pants" -Bane

06-20-2012, 06:44 PM	#11
BlackMastodon \m/ (ﾟДﾟ) \m/ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Windsor, ON Posts: 3,158 Thanked: 12 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I think Devin Townsend put it the best: "To someone who doesn't like heavy music, you can't explain to them why you like it." or something along those lines. I always just saw it as a "peace within the chaos" kind of thing. TheHandOfStone, Metal_Webb and VBCheeseGrater like this. "Metal is for Vikings; if you're not a Viking, get off the boat." - The Beard "He doesn't even like Metallica, that's how metal he is." - My friend describing my musical tastes to her friends.

06-20-2012, 06:55 PM	#12
skeels ..to pay the beels Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: milwaukee,WI Posts: 2,663 Thanked: 32 Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Sweet catharsis ... avenger likes this.

06-20-2012, 07:24 PM	#13
bhakan SS.org Regular Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 707 Thanked: 10 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I do the same thing. Whenever I'm angry, I blast the most aggressive, pissed off music I can find. Heavy music seems to take the focus of my anger off of whatever made me angry, and it is instead redirected into the music and I run out of anger, and am left feeling great. Heavy music leaves me feeling great because it, in a sense, uses up all of my anger and leaves with nothing but good feelings, while pop tends to do the reverse and leave me angry. I've tried to explain it to non-metal fans, and they just look at me like I am a psychopath, but it's good to know that I'm not the only one who does that . VBCheeseGrater likes this.

06-20-2012, 11:10 PM	#14
niffnoff Just another SunBro Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,385 Thanked: 11 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	My pissed off/slightly doom and gloom moods album is Hollow Crown by Architects, which is good for me because by the end of the album when the self titled song comes on, I'm pretty much mellowed out and chill. I used to be an arrow like you But then I took a rock to the knee Soundcloud was arrow to the knee Facebook Music Page

06-20-2012, 11:31 PM	#15
Randyrhoads123 Got a 7 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 438 Thanked: 4 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	My pissed off album is "Alien" by Strapping Young Lad. Pretty much any of their albums are really heavy and angry... Devin's lyrics and vocals are just the epitome of 'pissed-the-....-off'. Once I listen to something like that, I feel so much more calm and collected.

06-21-2012, 03:39 PM	#16
MistaSnowman Play It LOUD!!! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 512 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	If I'm feeling down, I turn to this song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg5m4ua1agI or this one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNUaz64rYoM

06-21-2012, 04:58 PM	#17
nickgray SS.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Tel Aviv Posts: 336 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yeah, this song (the whole album is pretty damn good actually) has recently reminded me that I still like conventional metal. It's just so badass.

06-21-2012, 07:36 PM	#18
Ocara-Jacob The SS.org Idiot Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Mason, OH Posts: 720 Thanked: 15 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I listen to metal when I'm angry as well. I also listen to metal while jogging or working. It seems to calm me... I don't know why.

06-21-2012, 08:49 PM	#19
Bevo SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 2,111 Thanked: 19 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I do the same, also love to run with brutal music and punk. If its a 4:30am run it's usually something folk or acoustic lol!!

06-21-2012, 09:08 PM	#20
EtherealEntity T=UWx(2xLxF)^2/386.4 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, U.K Posts: 8,262 Thanked: 75 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	My mood never changes (seriously ) so I just listen to the same old stuff haha - not to say it isn't varied!

06-21-2012, 10:34 PM	#21
MetalGravy Making a meat suit Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Urbandale, IA Posts: 984 Thanked: 8 Feedback Score: 7 reviews	I was a much angrier person before I started listening to metal. I'm still pretty angry now, but at least I won't hit someone if they bump into me. An 8 string guitar? That looks too big to be a mandolin.

06-24-2012, 10:02 PM	#23
morrowcosom SS.org Regular Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bourbon County, Kentucky Posts: 419 Thanked: 13 / 1 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I definitely feel soothed when I listen to metal/hardcore when I am angry. When I am down I can listen to Eyehategod and Crowbar, as well some gothy doom metal like older Draconian, Type-O Negative and Funeral and get some relief. There is some sort of grit in there to off-balance the depressive aspect of it. I cannot bear to listen to stuff like Discouraged Ones and Last Fair Deal Gone Down by Katatonia, stuff where it sounds like the singer is just tired of fighting and wants to give up. It makes me feel much worse.

06-25-2012, 05:15 AM	#24
Evil Weasel SS.org Regular Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Aberdeen, UK Posts: 276 Thanked: 5 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	I usually just listen to whatever I feel like, but if I am tired or want to be pumped up, faster music helps. Bring out the tech death! The only time metal is not considered is when exams are imminent. Post rock and math rock helps me revise.

06-25-2012, 07:22 AM	#25
Tiger Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Columbia, South Carolina Posts: 1,391 Thanked: 83 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	At this point, this is how I view metal: Maybe if they included a djent section. BlackMastodon and Gothic Headhunter like this. The sanctity of this place has been fouled.

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