It is violent, quick paced, loud music that is, for lack of a better term, undecipherable. Heavy metal music may come off as something straight out of Hades—as my father would say— however, it actually sparks controversy, debating its true effects on the human psyche. Felicity Baker and William Bor write that heavy metal music is “correlated with: assertiveness and aggressiveness, indifference to the feelings of others, moodiness, pessimism, over-sensitivity and discontentment, and increased likelihood to act on impulses” (285). These results directly associate with the overall mood of the genre. Conversely, Derek K. Iwamoto, John Creswell, and Leon Caldwell share Arnette’s (1991) conclusion that heavy metal music caused its listeners to feel “less anxious and stressed” (348). As with every bad situation, there is always at least one supporter; analogically, music that is viewed as deconstructive always has at least one fan. Baker and Bor and Iwamoto, Creswell, and Caldwell all reveal that music (such as heavy metal) has an emotional impact; however, that impact fluctuates between every person that encounters the
It is violent, quick paced, loud music that is, for lack of a better term, undecipherable. Heavy metal music may come off as something straight out of Hades—as my father would say— however, it actually sparks controversy, debating its true effects on the human psyche. Felicity Baker and William Bor write that heavy metal music is “correlated with: assertiveness and aggressiveness, indifference to the feelings of others, moodiness, pessimism, over-sensitivity and discontentment, and increased likelihood to act on impulses” (285). These results directly associate with the overall mood of the genre. Conversely, Derek K. Iwamoto, John Creswell, and Leon Caldwell share Arnette’s (1991) conclusion that heavy metal music caused its listeners to feel “less anxious and stressed” (348). As with every bad situation, there is always at least one supporter; analogically, music that is viewed as deconstructive always has at least one fan. Baker and Bor and Iwamoto, Creswell, and Caldwell all reveal that music (such as heavy metal) has an emotional impact; however, that impact fluctuates between every person that encounters the