Can death metal bring you joy? Flashcards
genre
a style of something such as music or films.
do you like metal? Er, that’s an odd question. I’ve never really thought about it. I mean, I use metal things every day – my toaster, my bike, the underground…
The musical genre, the type of music… That fast, loud, aggressive sounding, guitar-based music style?
A psychological study of fans of death metal suggests that they are not desensitised to violence despite the genre’s association with growling, … .
lyrics
the words of a song.
A psychological study of fans of death metal suggests that they are not desensitised to violence despite the genre’s association with growling, often graphically violent lyrics including depictions of cannibalism.
desensitised (to something)
feeling that something extreme is normal.
If you are desensitised to something, you don’t see it as unusual or unacceptable, it doesn’t bother you.
A psychological study of fans of death metal suggests that they are not desensitised to violence despite the genre’s association with growling, often graphically violent lyrics including depictions of cannibalism.
joy/joyful
happiness noun/adjective.
A psychological study of fans of death metal suggests that they are not desensitised to violence despite the genre’s association with growling, often graphically violent lyrics including depictions of cannibalism. Researchers found that the main response of fans to the music they love was joy, not violence.
they found that the response to the music was joy, It made people happy.
cannibalism
the eating of human flesh by another human.
A psychological study of fans of death metal suggests that they are not desensitised to violence despite the genre’s association with growling, often graphically violent lyrics including depictions of cannibalism.
aesthetic
an artistic appreciation of something, a feeling that something is beautiful from an artistic point of view.
Most fans are not angry. Most are actually musically trained people who really get a lot of empowerment and aesthetic interest out of the music. They feel joyful. They feel transcendent they feel empowered. But what they don’t feel is angry.
empowered
This is a feeling of being in control of your life, that you can make and follow your own decisions.
Most fans are not angry. Most are actually musically trained people who really get a lot of empowerment and aesthetic interest out of the music. They feel joyful. They feel transcendent they feel empowered. But what they don’t feel is angry.
