I'm extremely sick of people stereotyping others such as myself that listen to music that isn't your typical commercialised garbage being spread to the masses like the bubonic plague. Metal, Hardcore, Rock; they are essentially the three 'genres' of music that I listen to in my every day life. Just because I listen to music that isn't the "ordinary" thing to listen to, I instantly get cast as some kid who's just angry at the world. All I can say to that is fuck conforming. The media, amongst other things, has conditioned society into thinking that anyone that listens to Metal is a long-haired satanic freak, hell-bent on destroying humanity, and anyone with a mo-hawk or side fringe must be a depressed and alienated anarchist who enjoys rebelling against the community. All I can do is laugh at the people who genuinely think this, they really have absolutely no idea and they define ignorance.
The music I listen to is raw, aggressive, heartfelt and REAL. It isn't overdone by that piece of shit program "Auto-Tune" so that the sound is synthetic or artificial and the lyrics aren't about going out and getting drunk or subtly telling society that having sex at a young age is acceptable and the 'norm' (I'm looking at you commercial radio you fuck). I'm happy knowing that metal and hardcore music has shaped me into who I have become today, It has definitely helped me realise that I don't care what other people think and I'm proud to say that I enjoy metal. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on commercial radio, but seriously to all those people out there that listen to all that mainstream pop shit tell me does "call me maybe" influence you and make you a better person? Are the lyrics meaningful? Yeah I'm sure they are...
I'm not denying that there are people out there with a "fuck the world" attitude in the metal/hardcore scene, and I'm not denying that that was my view of the world for quite some time, but as I've grown older I've definitely matured and realised that there is hope in this world and the whole "fuck the world" attitude is so pessimistic and stupid. I have definitely strayed away from bands with negative messages and been pushed to bands with a positive message. I used to think that bands like Confession, Carpathian and The Acacia Strain were brilliant to listen to when you're down, but they're not. Bands like Northlane and Stick To Your Guns are the bands that I want to listen to when I'm down and all the time because their lyrics are not only meaningful and can be applied to me personally, but because they are positive (shock horror!). To all the "hardcore" kids out there that have a negative attitude and won't ever change the only message I can give you is "You say fuck the world, we say fuck you".
Listening to music through speakers or an Ipod is one thing, but there is absolutely no better place in the world to be than at a live gig. The feeling of being up the front barrier, or in the moshpit (no, I'm not talking about that super cool 'moshpit' you were in at big day out) exerting energy for your favourite band really is like no other feeling in the world. When you hear the guitars shred or the bass drop (yewww skrillex?) or the drums blasting or the raspy and deep vocals by a metal or hardcore band, you know that they are giving their all and that they are passionate about what they do. They don't fucking lip sync like Britney Spears does and they don't need fancy fucking shows like Lady Gaga, they do it without the bullshit.
Anyway enough of me ranting I could go on for hours! I'll keep my first post relatively short. If you want to have a listen to some of the stuff that I have been listening to lately then check out the links below, have a read of their lyrics if you really want to try and understand why I love these bands so much at the moment.
Cheers Kentz! Stephanie Danielle Johansson xo
"It's just a phase, you'll grow out of it". I've heard these three words a billion times before; every time I hear the words all I can do is shake my head and chuckle.
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