Give Metal a chance!

Metal…is there any other music more controversive? I know that many people have prejudices against Metal and see it as something diabolical, evil or they simply think it’s just a loud and noisy nothing...well, surely music taste varies and I won’t blame anyone for liking his kind of music...but I think you should give Metal a chance and try to find a point of view for yourself to understand it. Me for one, I never liked Metal when I was younger. I thought it’s just noisy and obnoxious(probably what many others think too?), but that was also because I never really listened to it or just some songs I didn’t listen to voluntary. Once I overheard some songs I didn’t hate so much, I became kinda curious. And hey, what happened? Over some “softer” Metal songs, I started to like this genre more and more.

Metal is the perfect music to express raw emotions. Pop became quite commercial and genres like alternative may cover the melancholical feelings(bands like Semisonic, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins or Placebo for example), but
that about all the stress, what about all the anger we carry inside? How to get
rid of those feelings in a heavy dose? I think Metal is the answer to that!

I don’t have to understand the language or hence the lyrics...Metal has the power
to express between the lines what it wants to express...may it be a story of a broken heart, unsatisfied or unhappy love or maybe the death of someone...may
it be critic against others(lots of songs by SOAD) or simply a payback(take Limp
Bizkits “Sour” for example). You can feel that someone else put all his heart into a song and wants to share it with the world in his or her own way. That’s what Metal’s really perfect for! Crank up some good Metal songs, listen to angry guitars and drums and bang your head with the music...and you’ll feel how touched you can be and how much emotions you can feel and how much anger you can relief...I think good Metal might really be one of the last ressorts of
meaningful music, because it carries emotions in such a good way...So hey, give Metal a chance and don’t prejudge it...I’m sure you’ll be surprised what Metal
can do for you:).

(the writerof this song was under the influence of “Asesino – Y tu mama tambien”
while writing this and can only recommend anyone to listen to that track).