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Originally Posted by Blarobbarg
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I'm pretty sure this is it. ... Most metal fans, in my experience, have been in their teens/twenties and just love the aggression.
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Originally Posted by Terrible Lizard
That's exactly it, for non-******* metalheads anyway.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
I don't think there's any more of an overarching message to metal than there is an overarching message to, say, jazz. I love both genres and love very different things about different styles within them, but in no case does it have anything to do with message. It's just the pure music that I love.
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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
I don't think I've ever put on a metal album with the idea of finding some inner message, most metal fans just love either the power of the music, the diversity of the genre and the whole aesthetics of metal. As I said before it often attracts outsiders and misfits in life like the pull of a magnet.
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Thanks for your replies. Janszoon, I didn't think jazz *had* a message!
Metal music at least seems to be saying *something*.
I can understand liking metal for its raw power. I like metal for its aggression and gloom, but because I feel aggression and gloom about particular issues, I gravitate toward songs that offer realistic reasons for these emotions.
An exception is "Day of Suffering," which I'd like even if the song had no words, only gutteral growls.
Oh, and
Terrible Lizard...welcome back from the dead! This one's for you:
Dream Death -- "Back From The Dead"
That's how your old avatar might look if you resurrected him...or her. ^