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Heavy Music Helps Fans Deal With Fear Of Death Study Finds

07/29/2016
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Slayer

(Classic Rock) Listening to heavy music helps fans deal with the natural human fear of death, a study has suggested - and as a result the genre can be seen as doing "cultural good."

Psychologists Julia Kneer and Diana Rieger say that awareness of one's inevitable death, known as "mortality salience," is countered by a boost of self-esteem provided by the music.

Entitled The Memory Remains after the Metallica track from their 1997 album Reload, the report has been published by the American Psychological Association.

Researchers spoke to 30 people in the Netherlands and Germany after they'd been split into two groups. One group listened to Slayer track Angel Of Death while the other heard an audiobook.

Kneer and Rieger say: "Heavy metal music is often associated with death and dying by non-fans, whereas members of this subculture report that listening is their escape from depression, and even helpful against death-related thoughts." Read more here.

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