5 Reasons I Love Metal
The Multifaceted Beauty of Metal
That’s me in the cover photo…just older.
I’m a forty-something introvert, mom, and writer and love hard rock and metal. It’s cathartic.
Have you ever watched Dead to Me? Christina Applegate’s character meditates via metal. It’s the scene in which I felt understood…that I’m not the only one who can find solace in such music.
1. Mental Health
Perhaps listening to metal is an equivalent to the primal scream…an outpouring of raw emotion. I live with depression and anxiety, and tension and frustrations build up within me too quickly sometimes. Instead of allowing it to boil over into yelling and cursing the universe, I feel the release of these emotions through the music. Some people run every morning to moderate these emotions. I would love to pound pavement and just go, but my back and knees prevent me from doing so. Next best thing…cranking up the metal (and perhaps some dancing around like a fool in the privacy of my own bedroom). I actually enjoy a…
