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Originally Posted by MicShazam
The way metal tends to be "dark"* and nihilistic very much comes off as melodramatic and without any depth or truth to it. It's theatrical and silly. But that's part of the appeal of metal, isn't it?
Plus I don't see a nihilistic worldview as a wise position to take. It usually just comes off as an excuse to mope and stop trying, because, like, what's the point, man?
Being nihilistic, and using that as an excuse for misantrophy, because the world doesn't care/is a cruel place/the eventual heat death of the universe, is really just to be part of the problem.
The way a lot of extreme metal revels in negativity actually doesn't lead anyhwere constructive. It's easier to respect when it's goofy (cannibal corpse), than when it's so very serious (black metal).
*: which even really means... what exactly?
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So basically if you're depressed you need to get over it? Stiff upper lip? Smile even if you don't mean it and your heart will follow? Nihilism isn't a choice, it's inoperable cancer. And it's very much a catalyst for some fantastic music, even if a lot of nihilistic metal is admittedly very silly.