Death metal is often violent and misogynist yet it brings joy and empowerment to fans
- Written by Bill Thompson, Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University
Heavy metal concert fans: there are striking differences in the emotional responses of fans and non-fans of death metal.Parth Joshi/flickr
Death metal is a baffling genre to many people. The music is aggressive, the lyrics are often violent and misogynistic, and it has been blamed for inciting violent crimes such as rape and murder.
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