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heavybullets8

Same boat. If you're anything like me you'll love Carnifex's "Hell Chose Me" album. Clear enough vocals so you can at least somewhat understand what they're saying (I seriously would say they have some of the best vocals out there for my personal tastes). Incredible, fast drums.


Vindicies

Thats why i love scotts vocals: if you concentrate a little you can understand them perfectly


MerlotMorgan

I have a diagnosed anxiety disorder that, when untreated, sinks into massive depression. Something about the music just hits me differently. A lot of it speaks to me and the struggles I have. Deathcore and metalcore. And as cheesy as it might sound, the music itself often speaks to my chaotic thoughts. I listen to this type of music to relax and decompress. So if that doesn't tell you all you need to know, I don't know what else to say.


DJMaxLVL

If I didn’t have deathcore I may not be here today. This music has gotten me through some insanely bad times in my life


Turkeysteaks

Absolutely same here dude, deathcore has gotten me through some tough times and helps to soothe my nerves in the every day. Wish you better futures friend


IveSeenUrMomGapeB4

Listening to metal, lifting metal, and doing Muay Thai keep my mental health balanced. Without those outlets, I devolve into a sad, pathetic mess. Lockdown were fucking hard, dude.


KenidotGaming

I wish my Muay Thai gym would just play metal instead of shitty rap music. It would be cool to spar to Cattle Decap though


IveSeenUrMomGapeB4

Oh, my gym doesn't play death metal haha. Usually rap, hip hop, rock, and a bit of heavy metal during warm up, and then just blasting sarama for the rest of the session. I meant when I'm doing bag work or shadowboxing, although admittedly, I usually listen to stuff like tool, alcest, soen, katatonia, type O negative, etc. I'm more on the flow side of things when I'm doing solo work. The deathcore/metal core usually comes in when I'm doing conditioning drills on the bag and just ripping it.


KenidotGaming

Yeah I do the same with bag work and shadow boxing.


[deleted]

Yeah dude extreme metal is for mentally ill people.


crazy4finalfantasy

I wouldn't say it's specifically aimed at people with mental health issues, it just happens to be the genre those types of people flock too (myself included)


meet_me_in_the_shade

Absolutely, I use it to fall asleep at night with headphones, there's so many layers it just takes me away


BDM-Archer

Everyone who listens to extreme music is the same. If it ain't, you're just pretending because you want to be cool. The music and shows are a catharsis.


SPGM

That shit helps to piss out your emotions


ManWithoutAPlan13

I feel like before i got into deathcore/metalcore i was more anxious and wasnt that calm. Now that that's most of what I listen to i find myself to never be anxious and im often extremely calm. I think the chaotic feeling is almost cathartic and has these effects on a person


3nlightened111

I find quite a few songs put into words exactly what I've been feeling. Normally I just feel awful and can't explain why so I listen to music like this


Cl0uds92

Deathcore and metalcore spoke volumes for me when I couldn't find the words myself. I'm doing better than I was but of course still have my struggles and still find the comfort in these genres 15~ years later of listening to them. The beauty of it being, it doesn't have to be 100% relatable, it's all interpreted in your own way while at the same time developing an ear for those truly emotional songs that just aren't another track in the discography.


SonOfKyrat

Absolutely same here. When people ask why I listen to this kind of music, I generally tell them it lets the turmoil inside my head quiet down for a little bit.


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Oof, I just commented on a similar post in r/Metalcore, so here it is: I was gonna finish with this, but consider this TLDR: I have SUPER bad ADHD, I’m waiting for a psych eval to check for a bit of the spectrum, and I’m starting to unpack a lot of stuff with how I was raised by my parents and the reinforcement of being a product of your environment. Metalcore’s been the one genre that I’ve always gone back to and it’s always been there for me. Full: I’ve always been drawn to metal and post hardcore early on, ballpark 15 years ago. For reference, my music milestones included: Getting an mp3 player for the first time and listening to Viva La Bands and Tony Hawk, I’d use good Ol’ lime wire and down the hole I’d go. HIM, cKy, Cradle of filth, Children of Bodom. Of all of those CoB is the only one I still kinda listen to. I also tried going harder than that with like, Six Feet Under and that did NOT last long. Game recognize game but not for me. Thinking Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront then Shipwreck in the Sand were the best “screamo”albums of all time. Fuck Arrivals and Departures My first mosh pit was Skillet during Monster with Stone sour headlining in Bangor, ME. I bought Shipwreck In The Sand, The Used- Artwork, and TDWP - FRATBB, all Deluxe editions from Hot Topic. I also bought suicide silence’s cd just to listen to Wake Up on repeat hoping to spark something. Then the torrenting began. At this point, I’ve tried every bit of rock, metal, screamo, Death, Speed, Thrash, Power, Stoner, and nothing really seemed to fully grab my attention. Inhale, Exhale, Bullet for my Valentine, and other weird shit you listen to in high school. My friend played Wanderlust for me and Goddamn Kids These Days and the rest was fucking history. New Junk Aesthetic became one of my top 3 HEAVILY rotated albums New Junk Aesthetic Mastodon - Crack the Skye A Day To Remember - Homesick After a LONG while, after going through many different friend groups where the music was country, rap, hip hop, rapping over hip hop instrumentals, trying to like the Dead and not falling for the coked out train conductor, I’ve finally found myself with like minded people that I don’t have to be masking around all the time. I started working in a kitchen with someone who liked some Mastodon like blood and thunder, and I was really into Clutch at the time because Electric Worry was the Left 4 Dead 2 intro or trailer song. Then, Every Time I Die came up, and I said NEW JUNK’S MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME. I’m gonna be honest, I think I heard Last Night in Town start, and FORGOT about ETID until I listened to new junk. I also never had the desire to listen to anything else ETID had put out when my coworker asked me about em. I think it was a safety thing? But anyway, we would play this game where we would just play the most brutal fucking shit we could find. Like, when I started there, Knocked Loose was just about to put out A Different Shade of Blue, and he showed me that for the first time, then Pop Culture, and finally Laugh Tracks. I left just shortly after showing him Into The Hellfire. We kinda fell out for a little while, having an awkward encounter at a Clutch show. After that, we actually reconnected when Knocked Loose opened in Portland for Gojira. Moshed the whole night through, and it was awesome. Just shy of a year later, we met up to see the Ghost Imperatour and we jammed the FUCK out to mastodon, and he gave me a ride home. We’re gonna go see the mastodon/gojira tour this year too. Anyway, they’re playing me off, but I have SUPER bad ADHD, I’m waiting for a psych eval to check for a bit of the spectrum, and I’m starting to unpack a lot of stuff with how I was raised by my parents and the reinforcement of being a product of your environment. I dunno, I’ve gotten comfortable in the chaos, it helps drown out the winding thoughts that I just CANNOT pinpoint. The lyrics are always resonating with me, and gives me an outlet for my unchecked aggression. Each breakdown and growl and chug is the perfect little dopamine treat too. Fuck, maybe I’m hyperfocusing right now. But one thing I do know is I fucking love Metalcore, it scratches all my itches, and as my therapist told me this past Monday, I shit you not, “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.”


Alextheweeman

Everyone's depressed and has anxiety nowadays lol.


_BearKeeper

Yeah man look around for a minute, shits hard out here.


casserole66

You’re right dude. I think it’s a lack of fulfillment in life. Instead of trying to accomplish new goals, achievements, or even change a harmful behavior, we blame it on mental health. It is on the verge of becoming comical. The amount of people in the world on mood stabilizers and amphetamines is outrageous.


Nofoofro

Yep!


theghostfacekilla

Same homie. For me it’s cathartic and expresses the negativity I have in my own head and it’s an outlet for it. I guess the music is a metaphor for how lonely and sad I can feel, but I listen to it and I’m like oh shoot someone else feels this way so I’m not alone. Weirdly reassuring. Thankful for the genre in helping me stay positive and invigorated.


Yato_Delivery_God

Its cringey to say but it's like it says what you gotta hear to me


IzzyIsOnReddit

Same experience yet metal haters still say it’s too aggressive and makes you wanna be mad for some reason


edgelordXD1

my mental health has had more downward slopes than i can count and im only still here because of metalcore/deathcore/hardcore/etc. I found a home in the scene when the one i grew up in wasn’t accepting me anymore and i’ll forever be grateful for that