I've often found that metal heads get their anger out in healthy, non-destructive ways, like screaming incomprehensibly for instance.

I, personally, can't farking stand metal.

I love metal but I hate a lot of the stereotypes and the few people that actually fit said stereotypes that go along with it.
most people that i've met at metal concerts are basically what the article said: "gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves."
probably the most secure people you'll ever meet since for the most part many don't care what others think about them.
interestingly enough though, if you dig deep enough into some of the darker areas of metal you'll find a lot of Nihilists--which isn't really a bad thing as many have very specific reasons for why they believe such and even so, live fairly normal lives.

Sweet! Sign me up. I wonder if he'll create something, once he's done with the study, where you do a personality test to determine the genre you should be listening to or, to put it differently, the people most like you listen to.

Brutal.

Metal heads are cu-cu-caring and cu-cu-creative individuals.

How can you be creative when you are stoned out of you mind?

Study is a load of total BS....

LordZorch: How can you be creative when you are stoned out of you mind?

Study is a load of total BS....

Oh, we'll just ask you what to think in the future, f---head.

Pontus and the Nail Drivers: LordZorch: How can you be creative when you are stoned out of you mind?

Study is a load of total BS....

Oh, we'll just ask you what to think in the future, f---head.

THIS.

LordZorch: How can you be creative when you are stoned out of you mind?

well I guess it's a good thing we aren't all stoned out of our minds every day all the time then isn't it.

Lumber Jack Off: I love metal but I hate a lot of the stereotypes and the few people that actually fit said stereotypes that go along with it.
most people that i've met at metal concerts are basically what the article said: "gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves."
probably the most secure people you'll ever meet since for the most part many don't care what others think about them.
interestingly enough though, if you dig deep enough into some of the darker areas of metal you'll find a lot of Nihilists--which isn't really a bad thing as many have very specific reasons for why they believe such and even so, live fairly normal lives.

Ayep, those who listen to Metal for the music are the ones I've met who've been great, the ones who listen to Metal for identity and security are tools who could all be poster children for the internet tough guy magazine.

Case and point, was at the grocery store the other day in the limited aisle line, I had 8 items, this guy decked out in black wearing a Cannibal Corpse shirt/beanie had two items. He politely asked if he could bounce in front of me because he had somewhere to go. Soccer moms don't even do that shiat.

...until they get into a recording studio, and suddenly become neither gentle nor creative.

Wow, a study shows that an artificial demographic has a set of vague characteristics in common. Sign me up.

And to pre-empt the obvious argument: I know music is a strong component and definer of culture, so you CAN define a subgroup by using music as the identifying rubric. But plenty of metal-heads don't listen to the same stuff (for example, I like power, symphonic, progressive death, prog, black, and speed/groove/thrash, but I can't get into regular death, melodic death, etc...). Not to mention, my favorite genres are probably jazz and industrial, with metal a close third.

How does the study deal with the inevitable existence of crossover fans?

FTFA: The study concluded that jazz and classical music fans are creative with good self-esteem, although the former are much more outgoing whereas the latter are shy.

Oh, wow. We're all creative. Whee!!!

Goonie_Goo_Goo: Death, lead singer from Mayhem unavailable for comment

actually, his name was Dead - not "Death" (i would have included a pic of the bootleg "Dawn Of The Black Hearts" but i'd imagine i'd feel the banhammer of the admins). you are obviously not grim and inverted - therefore you must be slaughtered by 666 frostbitten moongoats as you are not worthy of metal.

but seriously - i'm as "unmetal" a guy as you can find. but i listen to stuff like Gorgoroth, Origin, Kreator, Stormwarrior, Arsis, etc. no one believes me when i tell them i'm into death/black/whatever metal.

\death to false metal
\\death to false slashies

chaosdeathgerbil: Metal heads are cu-cu-caring and cu-cu-creative individuals.

Dr. Rockso?

indie lovers lack self-esteem and are not very gentle

/Looks down, shuffles feet while standing against wall...
//Fark off, allofyou

Obviously the researchers conducting the study have never been in a swirling, gentle, mosh pit.


\m/ \m/

am I the only who noticed this is basically a repeat/ripoff of yesterdays BBC article?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7598549.stm

grim_and_frostbitten: Goonie_Goo_Goo: Death, lead singer from Mayhem unavailable for comment

actually, his name was Dead - not "Death" (i would have included a pic of the bootleg "Dawn Of The Black Hearts" but i'd imagine i'd feel the banhammer of the admins). you are obviously not grim and inverted - therefore you must be slaughtered by 666 frostbitten moongoats as you are not worthy of metal.

but seriously - i'm as "unmetal" a guy as you can find. but i listen to stuff like Gorgoroth, Origin, Kreator, Stormwarrior, Arsis, etc. no one believes me when i tell them i'm into death/black/whatever metal.

\death to false metal
\\death to false slashies

Varg laughs at his pussiness. Mayhem, while having the most metal band history ever, kinda sucked. "De Mysteriis Dom Satanas" has its moments, but generally they were a bad early-Bathory clone. Although I must claim ignorence on anything they've released post-1995'ish

Most jazz and classical fans nowadays also play music themselves, either as a hobby or a career. Their characteristics are very much in line with the personalities of the average professional performing musician.

Varg laughs at his pussiness. Mayhem, while having the most metal band history ever, kinda sucked. "De Mysteriis Dom Satanas" has its moments, but generally they were a bad early-Bathory clone. Although I must claim ignorence on anything they've released post-1995'ish

i dunno man - granted, Emperor is 10000000x superior to Mayhem, but Mayhem's "Wolf's Lair Abyss" was pretty awesome (at least my fave of their discography). Mysteriis was awesome but mostly because of it being a landmark album for black metal.

grim_and_frostbitten: Varg laughs at his pussiness. Mayhem, while having the most metal band history ever, kinda sucked. "De Mysteriis Dom Satanas" has its moments, but generally they were a bad early-Bathory clone. Although I must claim ignorence on anything they've released post-1995'ish

i dunno man - granted, Emperor is 10000000x superior to Mayhem, but Mayhem's "Wolf's Lair Abyss" was pretty awesome (at least my fave of their discography). Mysteriis was awesome but mostly because of it being a landmark album for black metal.

Maybe I should go back and check some of their material out.

All I know is that I'm avoiding anything after "Chimera" like the plague.

metal is for people who can play music but have no real taste in it