I had to stop reading at:
> “It’s the paradox of enjoying a negative emotion that I was interested in,” says Thompson, a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. “Why are people interested in music that seems to induce a negative emotion, when in everyday life we tend to avoid situations that will induce a negative emotion?”
I've been listening to various forms of metal (heavy metal, (technical / melodic) death metal, metalcore, deathcore, etc.) for over 20 years, and I never once (not even once) even thought to think about associating negative emotions to the music. In fact, it's the exact opposite reaction.
I listen to it because it makes me feel positive. I listen to it for the same reasons that other people listen to music types they enjoy, which I think can be left unsaid because anyone who enjoys music knows exactly that feeling.
> “It’s the paradox of enjoying a negative emotion that I was interested in,” says Thompson, a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. “Why are people interested in music that seems to induce a negative emotion, when in everyday life we tend to avoid situations that will induce a negative emotion?”
I've been listening to various forms of metal (heavy metal, (technical / melodic) death metal, metalcore, deathcore, etc.) for over 20 years, and I never once (not even once) even thought to think about associating negative emotions to the music. In fact, it's the exact opposite reaction.
I listen to it because it makes me feel positive. I listen to it for the same reasons that other people listen to music types they enjoy, which I think can be left unsaid because anyone who enjoys music knows exactly that feeling.