Music: Spiritual Effects of Rock/Metal Music

[Lorna]

Where to draw the line? Or should there be a line drawn at all? Can we trust our desire to listen to the music, and not be concerned about it?

I tend to think that any creative output - whether it's music, literature, art - is almost like a dance or a conversation between the person creating and the person interpreting that work for themselves. The exchange between the creator and the receiver of that work is a dynamic thing, and a piece of work can change it's meaning entirely for an individual over a period of time.

I used to be a goth chick, not so much into heavy rock, but i was also into classical, pop - all manner of music. However, I tend to think that the darker genres of music may very well be the most honest or the most transformative. I guess I'd view very dark lyrics as being similar to controversial art works - they're there to provoke a response - what that response is is very much down to the individual.