Does listening to metal have any negative effects?

[Vestige]

An old thread but an interesting and wise topic to discuss, due to music being so powerful and having an influence on not only the conscious mind but especially the subconscious mind. Many entities are not even aware of the impactful effects the music they listen to has upon their being.

I think it more comes down to the balance of the individual, I believe a genuinely balanced individual could listen to any music and be unswayed.

But it's unlikely that you would be full of love and find violent or negatively oriented music attractive. Music is a great mirror of our mood and vibration, so rather than forcing yourself to listen to what one would call  "positive music" and feeling nothing, you would be much better off listening to what resonates and discovering why you resonate with such music. Maybe you'll outgrow it, maybe you wont.

This is a topic me and a friend have discussed over the years, what impact music has on us and why we listen to what we do, and we both have a severe love of hip-hop. I still enjoy aggressive rap and quite savage like songs even now, and I feel no guilt for this as I grew up quite an angry child and it helps me to process and release those energies inside of me. I'm very thankful and grateful to be able to use music this way, I've had some of my most powerful experiences just listening to music. But as my vibration rose and I became more conscious, over the years I became drawn to much more harmonious and consciously channeled rap, and broadened my horizons to other genres that are much more well balanced.

My conclusion is that music is a great mirror and can definitely be used in such a powerful way to process catalyst, never feel guilty for what you like, just maybe become more conscious of why you enjoy it

I feel that my enjoyment of Triarii comes from a remembrance, and a love, and a desire, perhaps, to return to a life of more strict discipline.  I still have certain disciplines, but I, now, rarely run miles, I rarely strain my muscles--the appeal of this martial band (ha, a martial artist, of a different kind) for me is the same as the appeal we could find for any structure, of any feeling of vigor for life, of certitude, of perseverance.  This is a negative facet in that it leans more toward "should" than "could," but--maybe I am overdue to work with self-judgment, with the shadowy self.