Mikael Akerfeldt talks on heavy music and violence!
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dorian gray
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Luz
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I like pie.
maybe not. but i dont see the big deal, as well as i dont think hes emotionally connected to anyone on here enough for him to give enough of a shit if someone found out for whatever reason...as he openly told me. *shrug*dorian gray said:
he can smack me later if need be.
dorian gray
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Luz
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I like Vai's comment. I think it's an instinct for most metal or "heavy" musicians to instantly defend something they love so much rather than step back and think about it objectively.
Comments like "it is that aggression in the music that provides a release for people" by Steve Smyth are true for the most part i think, but you can't say everybody reacts like that to the music. Different minds view things different ways and have different experiences in life that cause varying effects and feelings towards certain things.
Perhaps in some people heavy music does stir up some of the less rational feelings and emotions, which in some people could fuel pre-existing rage within a person. Having said that, on this basis it would not just be heavy music that could do this, but other kinds of music as well. Heavy music is just more targetted and perhaps more likely because of its intense nature.
Comments like "it is that aggression in the music that provides a release for people" by Steve Smyth are true for the most part i think, but you can't say everybody reacts like that to the music. Different minds view things different ways and have different experiences in life that cause varying effects and feelings towards certain things.
Perhaps in some people heavy music does stir up some of the less rational feelings and emotions, which in some people could fuel pre-existing rage within a person. Having said that, on this basis it would not just be heavy music that could do this, but other kinds of music as well. Heavy music is just more targetted and perhaps more likely because of its intense nature.
indeathislife
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I havnt read the discussion or any of the other replys yet but its not hard to dismiss this as absurd. First off dont get me wrong, this style of music effects certain people in weird ways. Like when I heard about some guy that won a court case that said he was aloud to listen to metal at his job because he claimed to be addicted to it. So of course certain violent, disturbed people may react violently to the agressive aspect of the music.
To make the claim that "evil ", "satanic", or plain aggressive metal music alone will cause violence is a little naieve(sp?). If you cant step back and look at the world that we live in, especially in America, and see that we are constantly bombarded with and increasingly desensitized to violence than you might as well continue to blame metal. I have even been thinking recently about how many of my favorite video games focus on violence guns and other weapons. Then how many games have nothing to do with violence. I dont play that many non-violent ones. This is true of almost everything else we view through different media. On top of that the current administration of the most powerful nation in the world, the one that many blindy trust without question, would rather use violent force over peaceful diplomatic resolution. This also goes hand in hand with the militarization of our police force, and other goverment backed or privately owned thugs. Those who constantly expose honest taxpaying citizens to the presence of big guns to the point where we just see it as a common practice.
I apologize for going on and on and I could go a lot deeper but long story short as far as main causes of violence go metal is the last thing to worry about. If anything I would have to say that metal deters violence in most people by creating a positive outlet to deal with the emotions most commonly associated with violent behavior.
To make the claim that "evil ", "satanic", or plain aggressive metal music alone will cause violence is a little naieve(sp?). If you cant step back and look at the world that we live in, especially in America, and see that we are constantly bombarded with and increasingly desensitized to violence than you might as well continue to blame metal. I have even been thinking recently about how many of my favorite video games focus on violence guns and other weapons. Then how many games have nothing to do with violence. I dont play that many non-violent ones. This is true of almost everything else we view through different media. On top of that the current administration of the most powerful nation in the world, the one that many blindy trust without question, would rather use violent force over peaceful diplomatic resolution. This also goes hand in hand with the militarization of our police force, and other goverment backed or privately owned thugs. Those who constantly expose honest taxpaying citizens to the presence of big guns to the point where we just see it as a common practice.
I apologize for going on and on and I could go a lot deeper but long story short as far as main causes of violence go metal is the last thing to worry about. If anything I would have to say that metal deters violence in most people by creating a positive outlet to deal with the emotions most commonly associated with violent behavior.
Obvisouly you didn't notice that this thread was 3+ years old.
That's an interesting subject though, does someone know where the original statements can be found ?
The URL in the original post doesn't seem to work.
That's an interesting subject though, does someone know where the original statements can be found ?
The URL in the original post doesn't seem to work.
indeathislife
phantom limb
Yeah I came across this thread while searching Google for something else Opeth related. I noticed the date after I wrote all that.