(Michelle)The Mad Mother of Mayhem

04/02/2026

Man, this really brought tears. Sublime is back! Jakob is copy and paste of his father Bradley and this song is amazing! Going to be listening for days!

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04/02/2026

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The Official Music Video for Black Label Society “Ozzy's Song"Stream Now: https://blacklabelsociety.ffm.to/enginesofdemolitionDirected By: Justin H. Reich (T...

04/02/2026

Some new music from Sevendust just dropped. I've never been a big fan. Their music isn't terrible, it just doesn't stand out to me. This song is the same, but the video is pretty cool.

If you could choose a music video based on visuals and not necessarily the music, which music video is your favorite?

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01/18/2026

01/03/2026

Heavy-metal concerts aren’t typically bastions of progressivism—but in the mosh pit, a savage empathy abides, James Parker reports.
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“Heavy metal, of all music, knows just how sick we are. Just how pinned down by depression, addiction, insanity, technology, the machine of society and the thumb of God,” Parker writes. “Metal has been telling us this—gleefully, monstrously—since Ozzy Osbourne first sang, ‘Back on Earth, the flame of life burns low / Everywhere is misery and woe.’ It’s a message that never goes out of style. But right now in America—what with the digital splatteration, the black-hole subjectivity, and the goon squad crouched in a van behind Dunkin’—it has, shall we say, an especial piquancy.”

On a hot autumn night in Worcester, Massachusetts, Parker attended the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, which consists of 25 bands on three stages and 10 unbroken hours of heavy music. All day, he watched the mosh pit: the area close to the stage where inflamed dancers whirl and collide. “Like America, the pit is just barely a democracy,” Parker writes. “But you need youth, and you need strength: It’s no country for old men.”

“There are big boys throwing their weight around, and there are wild skinnies with flying arms and spinning back-kicks, chopping out their emergency version of personal space. There are cheerful barging amateurs, happy to be bounced about, and there are prowling malevolences, waiting for the moment to blindside someone or chuck an elbow in their face. There is the occasional fearless woman,” Parker writes. “And here’s something interesting. The amount of fights, bloody noses, chest-to-chest confrontations, bouncer interventions I spot at Metalfest: zero. A self-policing environment, to a remarkable degree.”

“I’ve been watching it, and skulking around it journalistically, because I am possessed by an idea,” Parker writes: “What if the pit, this ritualized maelstrom at the heart of the hardcore-metal crowd, could teach us something about how to live together … about how to be?”

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12/22/2025

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11/09/2025

Some good tunes on tonight 🖤

11/08/2025

It's been a few weeks, but Metal Mayhem returns tonight! Tune into 96.5FM The Fox at 7pm! 🤘🤘🤘

10/09/2025

🤘 Think metal is just noise? Think again — science says it’s good for your mental health.

Metal music may sound chaotic to the untrained ear, but science is increasingly revealing its surprising benefits for emotional health, community building, and even global resilience.

Studies show that metal fans aren’t the angry loners stereotypes suggest; instead, they’re often analytical, theatrical, and seeking catharsis. Listening to intense music like death metal can actually reduce feelings of anger, offering a safe outlet for emotional release.

Fans report feeling more inspired and positive after listening, and long-term studies have found that metalheads from the '80s grew into well-adjusted, happier adults than their peers.

More than just noise, metal is a complex and diverse genre that unites fans across cultures and continents. Its themes often tackle raw, real-world issues like oppression, existential dread, and even climate change—topics many mainstream genres avoid.

Ecologist David Angeler argues that metal’s emotional intensity and sense of community may even be tools for societal resilience in the face of crises. With its unique ability to turn pain into power and loneliness into connection, metal proves that it’s not just music for the end times—it’s music to help us survive them.

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Harbison, M. (2022). The science is clear: Metal music is good for you. Popular Science.