Music

It's easy to misjudge someone based on the things or events in their life that they have been through. It's funny how something like musical taste can define the events and things a human being has been through. By this correlation, people generally tend to choose music that defines their feelings towards the past and current events that have/are going on in their lives. For example, I love hardcore rock for the basis of its abrasive yet true lyrical content. Most of the hardcore rock (or rock in general) is laden with lyrics of introspection, renunciation and even abdication. The general age of the bands that I listen to are within my age range of 18-30 years old therefore it is a bit analeptic to know that there are people that feel the same way I do. It is reassuring that there are people in this world that can have the strength to display all of their insecurities for the world to see through the medium of music and not feel a sense of self-mutilation while doing so. I tend to pick music that I can most relate to; as do you. Yes, the brunt of my musical taste is music that is absorbed with lyrics of disservice and slovenliness and with heavily maniacal guitar and percussion play, but it helps define bits of me.


Thursday


Circle Takes The Square


As Cities Burn

Hardcore rock

It's not very hard to sit here and write with Josh Scogin of The Chariot screaming in my ears with my headphones in. As hard as it is for most people to comprehend what hardcore rock bands lyrics are, for me, it isn't that hard to understand exactly what they are saying through their low death groans and high screeching yells. In the beginning when I first start listening to metal, I used to find myself looking up the lyrics via Internet to understand exactly what the hell the singer from these various bands were trying to convey through the screams. After reading the lyrics of a few songs, you start to realize that metal is more than "a handful of white boys screaming their lungs out" (like an average Black man would say). You start to realize that these lyrics are deeper than most of the radio-friendly rock bands' songs that you are saturated with on a daily basis.

The Chariot


The Number 12 Looks Like You


Norma Jean



As Cities Burn


Every Time I Die




Sevendust