Death metal inspires Joys

[Cernunnos]

So this "old chestnut" debate has been doing the rounds in the tabloids yesterday, no news really to us fans of extreme music.

On a side note ->  i have been close to violence a few times whenever that song "Happy"  in the article came on the radio or numerous other soul destroying garbage that the main stream throws at us     

on a serious note though, in this day and age im surprised this is even a topic of discussion.

Any of you joyful metalheads care to share your thoughts on this?


https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/14/death_metal_does_not_make_people_violent/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6803197/Aggressive-death-metal-music-doesnt-make-fans-sensitive-violent-imagery.html

[ochoill]

No less should be expected of the daily mail, but what a fucking shocking interpretation of the results:

'Death metal' music full of disturbing lyrics about cannibalism, torture and child murder inspires JOY and not violence in its fans, psychologists say

The BBC article is a bit more to the point at least, and has a few words from Nick Holmes on it.  Nothing suprising for anyone into metal really, few good heavy tunes would always put you in a good mood regardless of the lyrical content.  Few good songs in any genre will put you in good form.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Study seems a bit flawed tbh. Basically, it puts forward that people desensitized to violence should be less likely to have their perception drawn to violent images flashed before them. A basic confounding factor here would surely be people who have gone beyond "desensitization" and into obsession/fascination with such imagery... they would be drawn to the images too, but for a different, more "libidinal" reason. I'm a pretty joyful person though... irl anyway!

[TheFlyingGiraffe]

Breaking News: People find joy in things they like. More at 11.

What's with the constant need for validation anyway?