Does angry, dark music ever make you feel better?
By vokey9472
@vokey9472 (1486)
United States
May 12, 2007 4:52pm CST
I was just wondering if anyone else feels better after listening to really dark, angry music. For instance, if I am feeling really stressed out about something listening to Marilyn Manson always makes me feel better. I don't know why that is, but I discovered years ago that the whole dark, angry, gothic music always seemed to put me into a better mood. I was just wondering if I was wierd because of that or if other people have the same thing happen to them.
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@shorva (923)
• Philippines
13 May 07
I don't think it's weird. You know what I think is more weird, is when I was younger, I'd like to listen to this kind of music to put myself to sleep. My mom thought it was odd... I don't know why, but it use to make me feel sleepy when I listen to loud heavy metal music.
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
14 May 07
Not weird at all. I used to go to sleep listening to Type O Negative. It was the deep sexy voice. It was so soothing and I would fall aleep listening to it. Just about anything with a deep sexy voice will put me to sleep. Barry White is good for that too. Of course I tend to have really vivid and hot dreams when I listen to Barry White to go to sleep. I think it's because his stuff is really romantic. And that voice. Darn, I wish he was still around to make more music.
Anyways, I digress. Those gothic guys seems to have those deep sexy voices that just soothe you into sleep. Not weird at all.
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
13 May 07
I'm like that too..I'm very fond of Type O Negative, Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus and the like....and it really does make me feel alot better...
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
14 May 07
some other stuff I like to listen to would be Darling Violetta, Portishead, Poe, Frou Frou and on the heavier side of tunes it'd be things like Disturbed, Korn, Godsmack, NIN, Breaking Benjamin etc etc etc.....but then there are times too when I like listening to some good ol' blues when I'm down like some B.B King, Etta James, Nina Simone and so on
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
14 May 07
I listen to the heavy and gothic stuff if I am angry or in a bad mood. If I am feeling a little down or depressed I love to listen to Nina Simone (LOVE HER) or Billie Holiday. I love Etta James too.
I really like a bit of everything. It just depends on my mood. I even like some of that totally pop princess stuff too. But don't tell anyone, they may think I like Jessica Simpson too! Which I don't. But her sister Ashley is kinda good and way hot.
@dbeast (1495)
• India
13 May 07
it isntonly the music,the lyrics are too real and we are able to relate to them.when we feel srustrated some songs say exactly what we feel.this makes us able to relate to the situation and makes us feel good.the music too is really good which can put us in better moods.
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
14 May 07
Could be that sometimes your negative energy vibes get carried away from you by the music. I don't know. Sometimes I get so angry that I will listen to really sad songs for the sole purpose of making myself cry. Then I will have a really good crying jag and then when I am done, I feel cleansed and so much better. I guess just listening to someone else sing about the same issues I am dealing with helps me feel not so alone.
@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
14 May 07
No,dark music doesn't make me feel better but I don't think it makes you weird because it makes you feel better.To each his own. Everyone has his or her own way of destressing as I call it.
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
14 May 07
This is so true. It also depends on who has stressed me out. If it was my mother, I bake. I will bake pies, cakes, brownies, cookies, etc. I will just bake and bake until there is nothing left to bake. Then I either give it all away or toss it.
If it is my husband that stresses me out, I will clean. I will do that "granny" type of cleaning where you wash the walls and sweep the ceilings and stuff. I will clean until I am falling down from weariness. Of course my house will look like my granny lives there and that is always a good thing.
So, you are right about everyone having their own way of destressing. And sometimes we have different ways of destressing for different forms of stress.
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@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
12 May 07
Yes, I listen to Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson and so on. I do feel better when I feel dark or angry or upset about something. I listen to this music and I feel better and it does put me in a much different and better mood.
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
13 May 07
I LOVE Smashing Pumpkins!!! and Hungry Lucy is another as well as Poe, The Cure and the list goes on....
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
14 May 07
I like Ministry too. I was never really a big fan of Smashing Pumpkins but I did think Darcy was hot! :)
@KissThis (3003)
• United States
14 May 07
I don't listen to anything when I am angry. I usually start cleaning as I mutter to myself. I do listen to dark, sad songs when I am depressed. It doesn't make me feel better so much as I seem to relate to the words more. I like to listen to songs that have words to describe how I feel at that moment.
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
14 May 07
Yeah, I clean if my husband has stressed me out. I guess maybe that comes from wathing my mother clean any time she and my father would fight.
I listen to really sad songs sometimes just to make myself cry. I sometimes just really need a good cry and the sadder song, the better to take care of that need. You know what I mean? How some days everything seems to be going wrong and you just have this overwhelming desire to just cry but nothing really is bad enough to cry over. That is when I put on sad sad songs and cry. Like listening to Danny Boy and some other old Irish songs. They are just so sad.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
28 May 07
Hi vokey I would think it would make you more stressed out.LOL It does to me. I cant listen to that kind of music in the first place.LOL But hey if it works stick with it.LOL
@dopey22girl (3319)
• United States
13 May 07
The only angry music I really listen to is Eminem. But I know exactly what you are saying, it does make me feel better. I don't know why either but I could assume it's because in a way you're getting your feelings out through the song, and maybe you reazlie that you are not alone in whatever you are feeling, because the artist can relate to what you are going through. These are just my thoughts lol; I don't know if they mean anything.
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
14 May 07
Yeah. You are getting your feelings out. I don't listen to Eminem so I didn't know he had anything angry to listen to. I think the only thing I have ever heard from Eminem is stuff from that movie he was in. What was it called? I don't remember. Oh well.
@mers_08 (84)
• Philippines
22 Jun 07
I appreciate any kind of music and listening to certain kind of music depends on my mood..if I feel upset, angry or hassle.. I like listening to Linkin' Park, Simple Plan, Avril, Evanescense and Greenday..after listening to it I feel like it release the feelings that I want to let out but I can't..it makes me calm and relax.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
7 Jun 07
I can't really say if dark music makes me feel better or worse..
I normally listen to it when I feel sad, wrecked, ruined, depressed, angry, etc lol..
Usually no matter what music I listen to, or not listen to anything at all, the emotion will pass anyway. Given time. :P
@tendernesstour (62)
• United States
12 May 07
I definitely have a deep appreciation for the therapeutic aspects of angry, dark music.
Specifically, I listen to angry, dark music when I'm angry, depressed, sad, frustrated or simply struggling to express something deep inside.
A prime example of this for me is Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt," a song that inevitably helps me express dark emotions. Once I am able to feel and express the emotions, quite often the depression lifts.
Manson's "Tainted Love" has been a great song for me during relationship issues, and even Filter's "Hey Man, Nice Shot" (I think that's the actual name) really helps me out when I'm royally ticked off.
I think the biggest reason it works is that as a society we often frown on expressing the darkness within...this music makes it safe to do so.
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
12 May 07
I agree with you about NIN's Hurt. I love that song and I really love Johnny Cash's version of it. Have you heard it? It makes it seem like a completely different song. I am not too fond of Manson's version of Tainted Love, but then I still remember Flock of Seagulls singing it. Ok, so I am telling my age here.
Anyways. I love Filter's Nice Shot. When I really need to let some steam off I put on my Marilyn Manson CDs or Tool. They just really help me to get past my anger, depression, whatever dark mood I am in. It is so nice to know that other people do this too. Thanks.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
21 May 07
weird? nope.i do this too.i always head for things like sepultura,slayer,manson when i'm in a bad mood.
couple hours of tunes,and i'm good :)
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
14 May 07
I never feel like smacking anyone when I listen to the music. I do, however, feel like smacking them BEFORE I listen to the music. :)
@Valedelphia (1)
• Canada
20 Oct 10
Yes, I love my dark and moody/emoish music.. Some I can Relate to, others are just awesome!! It does help me realx when I'm really stressed out and right now I'm at school and I'm doing a report on ''Dark music and or songs'' and I was talking about all the controversies and what people think about it. I also included that I like it, but that won't stop me from saying negative things about it also.. Don't want it to be bias now do I ? lol but yeah I love my Dark/angry music some of my favs are -- Skillet ( Dark ) Eminem ( Angry ) Within Tempation ( Dark/midevilish ) 3 Days Grace ( Dark ) Linkin Park ( Angryish/rock ) Etc. :)
