Dissecting the Bloodthirsty Bliss of Death Metal

Re:Dissecting the Bloodthirsty Bliss of Death Metal by lukev on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:28AM (#18335846)

All three of those points are somewhat obvious, though.

a) We like violent music because our brains like it. Ok, how else would that work?

b) We distance ourselves from the lyrical content. Well, duh. Otherwise we'd all be serial killers. You'd have to be a psychopath not to.

c) Yep, that's sort of the point of being counter-culture.

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Re:Dissecting the Bloodthirsty Bliss of Death Metal by 13years on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @10:24AM (#18336712)

> b) We distance ourselves from the lyrical content. Well, duh. Otherwise we'd all be serial killers. You'd have to be a psychopath not to.

Not everyone distances themselves from the lyrics; however, the perspective is that it is fantasy music. Kinda like immersing yourself in Quake and killing a bunch of people, but you don't take that out of the context of the game into real life.

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