Why heavy metal is good for you - 4 - Smart kids like it

Here's where Europe and America split yet again: in Europe, heavy metal is like another form of music. In America, heavy metal is the kind of music your parents fear because they think it leads to being dumb, on drugs, and working far below your abilities. Is this actually true?

Gifted students who feel the pressure of their ability could be using Heavy Metal music to get rid of negative emotions.

To find out why this was, the researchers then quizzed 19 gifted students via an online group interview to find out their views on Heavy Metal.  These pupils said they did not consider themselves to be ‘Metalheads’ but identified with specific aspects of this youth culture. They spoke specifically about using Heavy Metal for catharsis, literally using the loud and often aggressive music to jump out frustrations and anger. 

Although the more ardent fans stated that ‘there’s Metal out there for every occasion’, many also stated they listen to the music when they are in a bad mood. Mr Cadwallader said: “Perhaps the pressures associated with being gifted and talented can be temporarily forgotten with the aid of music.  As one student suggests, perhaps gifted people may experience more pressure than their peers and they use the music to purge this negativity.”

Gifted Students Beat The Blues With Heavy Metal

So smart kids like it because they're more aware of how stressful life is and possibly, how our society is stumbling down a path of entropy. That makes sense, since smarter kids are going to notice what the rest of us bumble past on our way to mediocrity. Luckily, there's heavy metal to help them channel those emotions and do something constructive like become attorneys and buy townhomes instead.