Classical music and heavy metal fans might not be different after all. New research by scientists at Heriot-Watt University has found that not only are peoples’ personalities linked to their taste in music – classical and heavy metal listeners often have very similar dispositions.
“The general public has held a stereotype of heavy metal fans being suicidally depressed and a danger to themselves and society in general,” explained Adrian North, the professor who led the study. “But they are quite delicate things.”
Metal fans, like classical listeners, tend to be creative, gentle people, at ease with themselves. “We think the answer is that both types of music, classical and heavy metal, have something of the spiritual about them — they’re very dramatic — a lot happens,” North said to the BBC.
via The Guardian
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