The Silent One
New member
Found this on a forum and thought this would be a good question:
Seems to be some division in this.
Some claim it's just music, and apparently, that music isn't art because it communicates nothing, where most sensible sources agree that art exists to communicate an idea, a feeling, etc.
Some claim it's a lifestyle, which means you have to buy all the crap, and live like a metalhead or according to values someone in some magazine said was cool, or something.
Others, like myself, claim that metal is art.
Simply that.
Art is a communication of an idea or emotional state; this idea or emotional state carries with it a sense of what is valued in life.
And to pick one value is to reject others, and now you're polarized.
So... is metal just music, a lifestyle, or art and a values system?
Seems to be some division in this.
Some claim it's just music, and apparently, that music isn't art because it communicates nothing, where most sensible sources agree that art exists to communicate an idea, a feeling, etc.
Some claim it's a lifestyle, which means you have to buy all the crap, and live like a metalhead or according to values someone in some magazine said was cool, or something.
Others, like myself, claim that metal is art.
Simply that.
Art is a communication of an idea or emotional state; this idea or emotional state carries with it a sense of what is valued in life.
And to pick one value is to reject others, and now you're polarized.
So... is metal just music, a lifestyle, or art and a values system?