No, it’s not. It’s a very small subgenre that I, as a huge metal head, did not know existed until now. I’m familiar with the existence of such things from anti-communist metal and symphonic metal, but this is a new one.
Much like what happens to gamers, I urge people not to judge. The vast majority of people performing this stuff aren’t serious believers, because if they were we’d have a lot more violence nationwide. It’s all supposed to be for shock value, which I have to say I’m not generally a fan of. AC/DC did some stuff back in the day for gasps, but now greater extremes are needed in order to achieve the same degree of disgust.
Not much of a surprise that even his bandmates thought something was off about him.
As you get used to me here you’ll find I am judgmental but harmless. You asked me not to judge as you are a huge metal head. I will try not to be sanctimonious and stuffy.
In my long ago Boomer youth we believed nothing was worth listening to unless Ed Sullivan banned it. I was an early fan of the Velvet Underground, about whom someone wrote “I cannot imagine the kind of person who listens to their 2nd album all the way through.” I listened to it at least once a night for weeks.
Later became a writer for Creem Magazine and a rock reviewer. So I shouldn’t talk about pining away for decent, pure, family oriented music.
Me no judge. One of my sons is into metal. He is as peace loving as someone can be, very considerate and a good kid. I can’t actually enjoy the screaming stuff but my favorite rock band is Coheed and Cambria so I do like real rock. I just prefer the more commercial songs of hard rock bands because I am a lightweight.