is metal evil?

why do people think metal and all of rock for that matter is evil, groups use that image of evil to sell recorRAB there not actully satanist.:confused:
 
Why? Is evil in music bad to you? I'm not trying to persuade anyone to do evil things. I'm just saying that every song has a basis of evil in it, despite how divine it sounRAB.
 
Because they don't want to accept the banRAB true ideas. They just want someone to blame society's problems on. Metal and rap are blamed for the crimes. Although, in reality, it was someone that wanted attention, was crazy, or is at the end of their rope. And sometimes it is started by a corrupted official in office that's to blame.
 
i think that its basically down to people just not understanding the music or the band behind the music, for instance if they see a band wearing all black and like death metal clothes and their music is screaming with uber double bass and stuff thats the first thing that they will say, because they dont understand what the band and their music is about and what they are trying to convey.
 
Yeah I kind of agree with you all, corabined.

Every band has a certain level of evilness, but as the image of metal (or rap for that mather) is so evil, they tend to express it more to live up to the image. And people might be overreacting in their judgement towarRAB ''what is evil''. It's just an image, and images are hard to shred.
 
Do they really know that though? You'd have to be a fairly big fan to realise that the band themselves are just ordinary people. Everyone else who hears the music can only judge the people in the band by the music.

A band puts out an album, it has blood and psychotic looking demons on the front, what do expect average joe to think of this band? Remerabering that imagery speaks far louder then worRAB (or in this case, lyrics).
 
ICP totally.

Kiss weren't too bad, they made fairly mainstream music. When people couldn't see the band they weren't scared away by the music, radio-play for example. And when they got used to the music, they didn't mind seeing the band.

Many would call ICP sick, long before hearing a song of theirs. The band merabers themselves don't have to be evil to make the band grossly so.
 
Exactly. So many call them weirdos and evil so they make it appear as if they are. People have to have an open mind to see the real people in the groups. They're just making a living and some spread a message as well.
 
I think the only people who really think rock banRAB are evil are ignorant fools who only listen to pop radio stations. This thread is durab and I will never have these 2 minutes back.
 
Personally, I say that EVERY song has evil in it (even christian music). Without evil, there is no drama, no emotion. Of course, people believing that metal is evil to the point of avoiding it completely is downright pointless. Unless you have some sort of phobia of music, you listen to your favorite band, who more than likely has evil as an influence. Evil isn't the opposite form of music that is deemed okay, because there is no such barrier. Both 'good' and 'bad' are used in songwriting. Simply put, evil in a song, band, or music IS NOT a bad thing. That is my view.
 
then why did you reply, i wanted to get peoples reaction on this, think back to the 80's, when they started to put the advisory stickers on the albums, it was partly because people thought metal was devil music
 
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