uq.edu.au/…/head-banging-tunes-can-have-same-effe…
There have been a few similar studies that support this. Largely that it has a catharsis effect to let someone else be angry for you.
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dustyData@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Heavy metal. Literally. Singing, listening, playing, headbanging to heavy metal. Just like listening to sad music helps with sadness because it provides a safe outlet for emotion. So does engaging with angry music. Some of the mildest and emotionally well adjusted people I’ve met were metal heads. And they were social activists as well.
ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 9 months ago
Maggoty@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Listening to sad music can cause a spiral. Absolutely do not recommend unless you’ve specifically setup a playlist to transition emotionally and at least looked up how to do so in a healthy manner. (Like don’t go from sad songs to rage metal.)
Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve never found a better song for this than Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine.
Prok@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Not all metal is angry…
ABCDE@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They didn’t say it was.
Prok@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They implied it, but yeah, I was probably reading into it too much…
ABCDE@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think you mean you think they implied it. :P
DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I combine two of the suggestions in this post.
I blow off steam by simultaneously listening to, and lifting, heavy metal.
Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
You’ll probably enjoy this