Essay On Heavy Metal Music

Throughout time, music has been one of the most influential and moving art the world has known. Music can change people’s mood, behavior, and beliefs. One particular genre of rock music popular among young people is heavy metal. Many people enjoy listening to this type of music and love going to concerts were heavy metal is played. Even though many people enjoy it others believe this genre is associated with violence, depression and more negative behaviors. Weather heavy metal influences behavior or not, continues to be an ongoing debate. In this paper I will discuss why heavy metal is associated to suicides, aggression, reckless behavior and violence. There have been many studies attempting to discover if heavy metal is correlated with suicides. …show more content…
This is true for every type of music due to the effect music can have on someone’s emotions, thoughts, and beliefs. In a study conducted it was found that those who liked and listened to heavy metal had a higher rate of performing reckless behavior. In the article Heavy metal music and reckless behavior among adolescents by Jeffrey Arnett there was an experiment to see if heavy metal related to reckless behavior. The study of Arnett found the following:
Boys who liked heavy metal music reported a higher rate of a wide range of reckless behavior, including driving behavior, sexual behavior, and drug use. They were also less satisfied with their family relationships. Girls who liked heavy metal music were more reckless in the areas of shoplifting, vandalism, sexual behavior, and drug use, and reported lower self-esteem. Both boys and girls who liked heavy metal music were higher in sensation seeking and more self-assured with regard to sexuality and dating. This results prove how heavy metal relates to someone’s decisions. People wo listen to heavy metal therefore are more likely to be involved in bad behaviors that listeners of other type of music would not be involved