Okay, this is the 2nd comment I've seen in the thread saying, "never" were negative emotions involved in the listening of this music, and I feel compelled to re

Okay, this is the 2nd comment I've seen in the thread saying, "never" were negative emotions involved in the listening of this music, and I feel compelled to remind everyone that our experiences are all different. For me (and surely others), the negative emotions, dark imagery, sometimes downright disgusting lyrical content and other such trappings are fundamentally intertwined with many of my feelings about the worse aspects of life. It's totally part of the draw. There are many, many facts about human existence I am deeply sad or angry & horrified about, and art which reflects a shared understanding of these kinds of things offers camaraderie in misery-- sometimes it leads to catharsis, but not always. You can separate the music itself from these things, and there are artists who have done this, yet even then the pure music is has many loud, fast and/or violent-sounding sections, and if you're angry, it can act as a channel for that anger to feel expressed.