Why People Are Attracted to DSBM

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

I wanted to go over DSBM in a video essay format, going over some of the more philosophical and deeper meanings of the genre instead of solely focusing on the music as I've done in the past. What're your opinions on it, though?! Whether you enjoy it not, I'd love to know why! But for now, cheers, rock on, stay heavy and have yourselves a fantastic rest of your day or night, depending on when you see this!!!!!!! A Rough Guide to DSBM, if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mquWf5mfZcRjgqssi=Sx4D9N34nGzd2A3C

[@blankwavemessiah]

Would be fantastic

[@Joshualemay1]

I feel like people enjoy DSBM for the same reasons as they enjoy underground screamo bands from the 90's it's emotionally intense and pain relieving, just listened to DSBM for the first time and it's weirdly similar to Breakwater (my favorite screamo band) here's their 1995 demo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXXRlHiAiNmBncksi=iDEKYFDC9-30zp87

[@kreavill]

it's Lo Fi for Metalheads

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Oo I definitely get that!

[@blankwavemessiah]

For sure!

[@allgames5556]

yup

[@cleanmybellayyyyy]

thats the perfect analogy

[@space_skeloton1862]

That's just black metal, raw black metal is just lo-fi black metal

[@Dudenobody]

I like this guy. No clickbait, no fancy editing tricks designed to keep your attention. Just a cool dude talking into the camera while Undertale music plays.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

And this, my friends, is my favorite comment I've gotten on this channel. ❤

[@Dudenobody]

@@TheMetalTempestYT I’m glad you appreciate it, boss 🫡

[@natharoonytoony6632]

THIS, THIS. RIGHT. HERE.

[@MontagTheMagician]

But......he.....has.....Korn.....And.....Slipknot stickers on his wall. This was really the most depressing thing here. 😄

[@SillySphere7]

DSBM is definitely one of my favorite metal genres and it really helps with my anxiety and depression cause it's like it conveys how I feel ig

[@Hidaanxx]

Literally this shit saved my life

[@MollyTheMetalhead]

As someone who was m*lested as a child, DSBM connects to me and helps me. I love this video because I can tell you truly understand DSBM lovely video.

[@Thesecretcanadiangames]

Real

[@gnomueaux]

Thats a good point - sometimes its not the lyrics that convey the emotion but its the instrumentals that do that

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

❤ writing this comment while listening to my ambient playlist. Some of the strongest music (for me at least, can of course be subjective in the end hehe) has no words but speaks volumes and tells a whole story in its own right.

[@johnnydeefan8807]

​@@TheMetalTempestYTCould you link to it???❤❤

[@Isaiaswolf66]

Most of the time I don’t even understand the lyrics, but the music, the agony speaks.

[@Locally.h8ted_punk]

Huge dsbm fan here, i can say it literally saved my life. I appreciate this video

[@yupsirey2961]

I have BPD and severe abandonment issues, like I've self harmed many times over stupid shit like not getting a text back. I also have a hard time connecting with people, especially if they're around my age. I feel like such a freak for being that way. But dsbm (Blade and Bath is my fav atm) feels like a hug and it gives me a healthy way to cope instead of hurting myself. Plus the instrumentals are fascinating to me, I love love love music and one day I wanna figure out how to include my primary instrument (tuba lol) in dsbm idk it'd be interesting but overall dsbm has been wonderful for my mental health

[@ruffradikal666]

ive got bpd too and did all these things for the exact same reasons and dsbm is like a "comfort" for me too. virtual hug for you

[@ligmabols7386]

"The Hope" by blade and bath saved me

[@blankwavemessiah]

DSBM is right up there with my favorite shit. Lots of late nights alone with booze and cigs, just thinking of my next steps. My regrets, my future, life and death. Memories and old faces. It might sound cheesy, but it REALLY does burrow into my mind and change me for the evening sometimes… Shining, Abyssic Hate, Hypothermia, Xasthur, Trist, etc…. The main issue with DSBM for me, is how infectious it becomes when you get into it. It can consume you. Hours and hours can go by like a trance. 3:00am on your 16th beer when you last checked the time and it was 6:00PM yesterday. My KZbin Ads on my living room TV have even been suicide advice and disclaimers due to the algorithm. But I’m a huge fan of The Beatles, Aesop rock, The Mountain Goats, even Bo Burnham, etc. So sometimes other shit breaks it up and snaps me out of it…. Long story short: Like you said… It REALLY should be in doses. You have to have something else too. Its dangerously infectious and thought-provoking. It can easily push fragile minds over the edge. Great video

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

God I love this comment. I related a ton to it...bringing about those feelings deep within you. For me that's always been ambient music and dark ambient. You don't ask for a genre to embody you, it simply speaks to you. You really hit the nail on the head with burrowing into your mind. When you're vulnerable and searching desperately for an outlet it can truly wiggle its way into your very being and warp your senses, only hopefully temporarily. Thank you a ton for sharing your story and the support.

[@blankwavemessiah]

@@TheMetalTempestYT you got it!!! Cheers

[@spaacegh0stpvrrp]

i couldnt have said this any better

[@oreofrisk]

shining is great! 🤘🏽

[@Peststurmtief]

All bands you mentioned are great, besides Shining, I don't connect with their art. Try None, they are awesome, the best out there imho

[@ViolentExposure]

Thank you, I literally am the person you’re talking about. DSBM actually helped me so much and I will forever love it. I listen to other things, but at my worst DSBM gets me back up so I can be better and listen to other banger songs

[@xtransxcorex]

it's one of my favorite styles of black metal, and I am always trying to find more artists that do it

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Same here! I've tried to dig a bit deeper into it. What're some of your favorites you've found?

[@xtransxcorex]

@@TheMetalTempestYT Lifelover, Morphine, Lunar Aurora, Hypothermia, and Glass Coffin

[@monstersurf]

@@TheMetalTempestYT listen to decalius my fav songs by them are loneliness, shotgun, and hated by life itself, (and “inside…” is a really good one revolved around this school shooting)

[@keroscne]

and also try listen to Nocturnal Depression they're makin such banger! ​@@TheMetalTempestYT

[@JugglerOfWords]

@@xtransxcorex I also recoomend Xasthur, Thy Light, and Sortsind (not to be confused with Sort Sind)..... Sortsind had a powerful impact on me, both because of the haunting beauty of the music and because it's the only DSBM I could find in my own language (Danish)....

[@ScaryPunkGhost]

I love DSBM mainly because it conveys exactly what I'm often feeling so it's kinda comforting to hear what ur exactly feeling, it's calming to me. It's like a way to feel these things without immediately wanting to hurt myself ig

[@jetstreamsam4666]

Dsbm fucking saved my life

[@Hidaanxx]

Literally same

[@ianstotts8853]

Dude I have Asperger’s, Bipolar, ocd, adhd I spent most of my childhood, and life up till now, suicidal. Half of it anyway- that’s how bipolar works. I could not have summed this up any better than you have.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

I truly hope you are in a better place now. You rock and I'm happy you're here. ❤

[@ocindayo]

exactly how i feel. i am not a suicidal person nor am i as depressed or feel the way the titles of these songs are portrayed, but the sounds that come from these songs genuinely make me feel understood in the way i feel, even though i don’t even understand my own mental state. dsbm honestly gets me through my day and helps me feel better about myself. good video🙏

[@xavion5727]

2021 I was severely depressed during covid. I felt alone, isolated. I talked to literally, LITERALLY no one in 6 months and felt how it eats me up. Too shy to find new friends online and even didn't want to get to know to new ones. I wanted my old ones being my old friends. At this time I was trapped with this feeling. Every day got harder, I cried almost every day out of spite until I even almost killed myself. Just out of fear of the future, out of fear of living. Even though it's edgy af, DSBM's sound and very brutal and "uncensored" lyrics sounds so natural to me. So realistic. It's all the voices I had in my head in some kind of an order I couldn't really understand. It's like the music said "yeah, I understand you. World is shit, so are you." and it felt so "good" being accepted as this miserable self I was. The music didn't tell me to "just be better" or that "I should seek help". I knew that already, thanks I try. The music confirmed my feelings and THAT felt SO good. I am way better and over that time btw.

[@lurkingshadow5398]

Great Video! Discovered Dsbm around high school years and I have to to say I am so glad I can find a genre that I can relate to.

[@collectingh1379]

really great video and points!!! one of the best things I've seen about this genre.... also, one thing from dsbm I resonate with is my own feelings of being sad AND angry... to the point that I want to rip out everything in me and expose the uglyness for whole world to see. dsbm saved me on many occasions and helped me sleep during my anxieties

[@SANDYhugl]

This is a great video. I have to say that you were spot on when you said, that people who listen to that has been through shit and this music is a way how people can finally understand their feelings and let something speak for them. I listen to it because all the screaming and depressive music feels like the pain I have inside. I finally found something that really shows how I feel and it`s comforting.

[@oreofrisk]

you can enjoy the music, especially the symphonic depressive black metal ones, or listen to the depressive lyrics. both work good :3

[@agsicodpslahavwshxausudusi7327]

I think you summed it up great, I don’t listen to DSBM much and if only in the evenings or when I am in a mood for it. It is strangely soothing and calming for me to listen to from time-to-time

[@helloface001]

For me, a lot of DSBM I find relaxing, especially more long-form stuff. It's so low-fi and strangely meditative that it often makes me want to go grab a mocha than a noose and can make a good mood better. The pure rawness lends itself to be appreciated from many angles

[@helloface001]

Also a weird side-tangent about one of your comments regarding people not listening to music to feel worse- sometimes that is actually the case, but not necessarily to have some sort of contrived emotional state. I've gone into some records knowing they would make me feel like shit (i.e. understanding the artist's perspective), and in rare instances listened to things specifically to make myself feel worse. I have difficulty expressing and experiencing emotions, so amplifying negative feelings can help bring them to the surface in a constructive way

[@squashmallow2006]

1:38 You know it really does make me wonder what it'd be like interacting with a DSBM fan who may not ever have gone through any of the stuff you mentioned. "Damn this music is depressing. You okay?" "Oh yeah dw I'm actually doing great. I just like how this sounds."

[@uraniumfever5800]

What really opened my eyes and found me liking dsbm was hanging garden and nocturnal depression. I found dsbm really understanding me and its just good peaces of art and should be more respected. It really help me in the past and still to this day and im so happy i found it, its a really good coping mechanism and it helps me forget. 🖤

[@ForgottenRebel77]

i got in and out of my DSBM phase back in like, 2008-2013. Its kinda funny seeing it start to pop up again.

[@SSPGwemlin]

Been through a lot of mental health struggles myself for the past nearly 2 years. Attempted suicide, lost some friends due to letting my mental health slip, and overall just hating everything. Now do I listen to much DSBM? Not really, I find bands like Today Is The Day to be WAAAY more depressing/maddening both sonically and lyrically than Silencer, but I still have a lot of respect for the genre. And, when I’m tired of the Today Is The Day style depressiveness, which is depression mixed with some anger, I miiiiiight just turn on Silencer for some somewhat calmer melancholy. Both of which are great to listen to when life just feels like hell.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

I truly hope you're in a good spot now. I'm stoked you're here and I appreciate your story. We're all swimming around in the same fish bowl at the end of the day so let's make the most of it.

[@SSPGwemlin]

@@TheMetalTempestYT Thnx. Also, just curious, thoughts on Today Is The Day?

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

I'm not familiar!

[@SSPGwemlin]

@@TheMetalTempestYT Go check em out sometime. Steve Austin of that band produced the first 2 Lamb Of God albums, and Bill and Brann from Mastodon were in the band back in 1999.

[@Tommy-5684]

i haven't really listened to much DSBM but i do find some of that effect coming from listening to bands like My Dying Bride and other bands whos themes deal with those darker aspects of the human condition. i often find most pop music to be rather saccharin in its presentation and not reflective of the human experience rather it to me speaks of a thin vainer that people put on to seem "normal"

[@thisisnotmyrealname6990]

I found an album within this genre by a band called goodboy and the album is called leap of faith it’s very different from any other dsbm I’ve heard. Check it out if anyone is interested. Edit: the band seems very inactive And they are on bandcamp and from Ohio

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Oo, not too terribly far from me, then. I'll definitely give them a try thank you for the suggestion!

[@GRIMNER7331]

Just love the fact that you mention that straight ambient music and the general atmosphere can portray and reflect how you feel. Very important, it can go beyond lyrics and meaning as it’s so much more abstract, which what you feel inside can be sometimes.

[@Durt904]

I have bipolar disorder type 2 and i feel pretty much of what you said. It's funny bc is not that fast to realize that your mood changed, I don't usually listen to DSBM when I am not in the depressive mood, but I do enjoy a lot when I am. It isn't a choice tho, it's kinda with the flow subconsciously.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Oh absolutely I don't know of course what it is like to have bipolar disorder. But I struggle with low manic spikes and disassociation and sometimes I completely blank out and don't realize how music has made me slip into a specific mindstate of zoning out until I'm in it fully.

[@sisterhoney61]

DSBM fits my personality and mental state. I've had depression, anxiety, CPSTD, since childhood. I'm a survivor of a suicide attempt. I've been a metalhead since I was 10 years old and I'm now 63. DSBM and doom are the subgenres that speak to me. I do listen to other metal subgenres, and other types of music other than metal. But DSBM never made me depressed. I was that way long before DSBM before it was a thing. I'm just glad that it's there for metalheads like me. I think that's why I've never liked glam/hair metal or pop, or music like that. I can't relate to it.

[@BEAKER6868]

based on my experience with this kind of music, i've always found it to be its own genre entirely. i've also always found it to be more appealing to goths than metalheads. i guess it's not hard to see why honestly. there's something about listening to dark music when you feel depressed that's more uplifting than listening to happy music. it's generally goths, and people who don't normally love metal who tend to listen to it. myself included. i'm a goth/industrial fan primarily. and i generally am not big on metal, yet DSBM i've been able to get into.

[@vaggeliskapsiotis7623]

I lobe dsbm because through all the chaos of the distinctive disordered black metal sound(wich after years of listening to black metal ive grown to love) theres a clear melody wich is all im searching for in my life. Furthermore the hopeless sounding vocals make me feel like im screaming when i cant but i really want to

[@gerardobautista1750]

Imma be honest, i was itchin for somethin darker n heavier to really connect to my pain n torment n i happened to stumble across DSBM n i dont regret it. It honestly brings me peace n lets me rot in my own pain n its a outlet for me to just let my pain out in a healthy way. I cry, scream, yell to n while listen to it cuz its honestly a healthier way than self harming 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@comradefreedom8275]

I have dated women at certain points of my life who would basically give me the whole "Oh, be happy, WOULD YOU?!", in response to my depression or melancholy. Hearing happy music when I'm feeling that way feels exactly like that. It feels dismissive, it feels like I'm just being told to bottle it all up and pretend to feel good. I can't do that. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'm just too honest with myself and others.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Anyone who thinks happiness and being content is like a lever you can pull up or down at any point you want clearly is privileged enough to not properly comprehend that there is no such thing.

[@comradefreedom8275]

@@TheMetalTempestYT I feel that.

[@Harrow_]

You should listen to the debut from Moonshadow’s Slave called “Pantagruel’s Dreams”. Came out some days ago and it really encompasses what the genre represents.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Ooo! I'll have to check it out--always looking out for new stuff to look into, especially new drops. Sometimes feels hard to keep up with everything so comments like these are dope ty

[@Harrow_]

@@TheMetalTempestYT no problem. Hope the music speaks to you

[@trashboxline2265]

I think you have some interesting takes here. I can only speak from my own experience with DSBM and I agree and disagree with some points. To my knowledge I don’t have any mental issues whatsoever and I would not consider myself a sad, melancholic or nihilistic individual. DSBM has been one of the genres of metal (next to what my family listens to- gothic, punk, heavy metal and industrial) that has gotten me into heavier music overall and for the last 10 years DSBM was the genre that just stuck throughout. Over the last like 5 years it has become my favourite genre of music and was basically always in my top 3 of any content summary. Looking back I don’t think that sad music has negatively influenced me nor did it make me exceptionally happy. I think that I just like some funky tunes throughout my day, that at least partly reflect the reality of a lot of people around me. I really like this video and I hope that it raises some interesting discussions c: (English is not my first language so please excuse grammatical and spelling mistakes :c)

[@loribarnwell5671]

Bands to listen to when down (That i know of) Apati. Trist. Lifelover. Xasthur. Abyssic Hate. Shining. Happy Days. Agalloch. Nargaroth. Decalius. Sår. Blade and Bath. Malum Mortem. Forever Lassitude.

[@space_skeloton1862]

Nargaroth is not DSBM

[@space_skeloton1862]

Listen to bilskirnir it's very tragic but triumphant, a more emotional burzum

[@dysifate1]

I enjoy listening to DSBM because I had a terrible childhood and saw a lot of substance physical and emotional abuse. I used to SH a lot due (during that time didn’t discover DSBM and metal in general besides slipknot). I found the genre and listened to Blade and bath (one of my favorites) and it’s one of those things (DSBM in general) that conveys pain into a song so it’s essentially like feeling understood in a deeper way without having the trouble of even wording how you feel.

[@OpheliaCValO]

When I saw it I was thinking it will be some people covering a gap on YT. But it was actually good analysis. And I'm saying it as a person who listens to dsbm for almost 20 years (im 33)

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Glad to know I could provide some insight to it! And that's amazing to have you've loved it for so long.

[@monstersurf]

Shotgun by decalius ugh

[@thisaintmyrealname1]

i love dsbm and raw black metal. not the only things i listen to, but these two immediately put me in a better place. The more suffering transmitted by the vocals, the better. The best part of it has been finding a few friends who also deeply enjoy this shit. Thanks for covering this topic!

[@lukamarceta5241]

As someone who loves dsbm but is not really going through depression at the momebt, it brings weird sense of nostalgia and calmness to me and im not sure how to describe it any other way..

[@wintershock]

I like to listen to DSBM from time to time. It’s therapeutic for me. I have depression that gets worse in spring and summer because wildfires have left me traumatized. The music allows me to feel understood in my anger, grief and fears. Most people want to challenge the anger I feel towards the world or my circumstances, most people undermine my grief and don’t understand my fears. DSBM doesn’t challenge any of my emotions but allows me to find comfort in the fact that someone else feels and understands my emotions.

[@herecuzimbored7057]

I listen to depressive black metal, but dislike most of the "community" as it looks like a lot of them are romanticizing depression. I am stuck between depression taking me down or taking meds that practically make me an NPC and I eat 4 pills a day already. Is that something appealing to those romanticizing the condition?

[@christopherthibeault7502]

While I haven't always said it, since adopting this adage my ability to deal with media has improved considerably: "'Display' does not equal 'Endorse'". Metal music has often been instrumental (heh) in diffusing negative emotion instead of engendering it. Not a lot of people understand that. Maybe it was more than just slowness that made Metallica's fans hissy whenever they played Fade to Black live--that the crankypants types merely refused to examine fatal stab wounds through eye sockets. In the same vein, I never even heard of the genre of DSBM until now, primarily because I wasn't into seeking out this kind of music since I don't want to dwell on depression. I'd rather do something with music playing in the background--all kinds, not just metal, many things, often revolving around a small business. It's no offense, but I handle depression by making sure there is something purposeful that I am doing at any given moment. Can't dwell on meaninglessness if there's no meaninglessness to go around, right? While dissecting a bad mood is every bit as important as confronting it somehow, I don't often hear about metal bands that lighten the mood, particularly with buffoonery. I never hear about bands that embrace a humorous tone beyond tongue-in-cheek slyness other than Psychostick--and they've been at it for years with nary a competitor. Do you know about other bands that manage to take the piss out of metal at large, along with everything else in the vicinity, and still rock out on a technical level?

[@joukokulhelm6844]

Great channel btw, i sense sensirity.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Thank you so much! I truly love what I do and I'm glad that bleeds through.

[@voxextremos22]

I struggle with seriously bad anxiety being on the Autism Spectrum i completely understand listening to relatable music. When I was going through an intense Anxiety episode I listend to Motion City Soundtrack. Yeah it's not DSBM but the lyrics are the key their to songs. Justin the lead singer was very open about his struggles with Depression and anxiety. The song Everything is alright is a great example of that. My listening scheduale got all fucked up because it took me like 2 months to listen to aggressive music again. Anxiety makes you lose interest in the things you love

[@Unholy15.23]

First of all: I think the video is very good. I can especially understand the point about “feeling understood” very well, as I feel the same way. But I think it depends on the situation whether the music makes you feel more depressed or not. I think it's more like looking at your feelings from the outside... I also have the (perhaps) somewhat unpopular opinion that people who have never had anything to do with depression or something similar don't understand this music either can and therefore probably don't like it.

[@doitforreal]

DSBM helped me a lot when i was depressed. love the whole genre

[@JoshieMadhatt]

The reason I love DSBM is because on the best ones the sound perfectly exemplifies the feeling of depression and suicidality better than almost any genre including other metal subgenres.

[@midgetman946]

A moment of silence for all the dyslexics who clicked on this video thinking it was about BDSM

[@deathi]

its oddly relaxing for me, like the chaos of how the instrumental is, like decalius, happy days, hurt, and n.p.i.l(no point/youtube would block the full name prob, their songs like heartstrings and sound of silence)

[@derekspradling7452]

My mood finds a wide variety of genres, and the dark place. I’ve been in for a number of years has gravitated that mood towards DSBM To the point where I want to record an album that pushes the boundaries of it. The vocals I want for it, however might get me arrested just because of the area I live in. To me, one element that separates this sad music from a lot of others, is the feeling of true isolation that black metal in general boasts which encapsulates my difficulty in relating to the world anymore. To give an example of which specific aspects I like about the genre, my metal band album of 2024 is “Inside” by Notturno. The blend of metal and classical instrumentation on that album is perfect to me. Other noteworthy bands are Nocturnal Depression, and Happy Daze.

[@cma.ksiezycowa]

I struggle with mental health issues so i understand how DSBM migh help people, but personally i stay away for it, because I'm the type of person that would be negatively imapacted by that. I don't only listen to happy music, i love death and black metal, some atmospheric or ambient stuff but DSBM is like that border i do not cross for my own sake xd

[@LetM3Decompose]

I love dsbm/sad music because it just makes me think what i think i should be thinking, just looking into myself with pure emotion sadness or straight anger with myself. With dsbm those shrieks and sometimes melodic and harsh tones just gets me hard

[@MrBob1989x]

Just started listening dsbm and it has help me out a hell of a lot

[@GermanBlackMetal]

i have bpd, ptsd and im addicted to heroin and benzos. when i feel like shit i listen to dsbm. but when im in a good-ish mood nsbm is the way to go.

[@Iscaria666]

Everytime someone asks me how I can listen to this, I just say, the key word is catharsis. That basically explains it. Nice video.

[@gustavobenetti8952]

People can hurt you, DSBM can heal you.

[@unskillgaming]

psych bachelor here dsbm is my daily it does take a lot of mental fortitude to listen to it daily becouse it does affect health but also when dealing with some issues dsbm does actually take the edge off and audiotherapy does calm a lot of people myself included

[@vapourousshades6349]

you look so cute like for real great video bu the way, I do agreee a lot, I'm mostly into Electronic music like Tekno and Psytrance or Dub but indeed DSBM Is very much a music of our sad century, very meditative

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

[@cyjin.]

I do think DSBM has some good bands in the genre, it definitely has bred some interesting personalities in the scene. I’ve gotten some insight on the black metal in general from Reuben Christopher Jordan, of Benighed in Sodom and multiple other projects. I do feel that “DSBM” is between bands that are genuine in what they write and play, and then there’s others that trying to sell you things. Making completely empty music just to make a buck, and putting on a complete façade to make themselves seem more than mundane. Overall, I like bands that real with their music and don’t need to label it as DSBM.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Fully agree with this. I think if you truthfully have the heart to be making this type of music genuinely, it bleeds through. Vapid music absolutely feels vapid and you are always going to feel that, like you said perfectly, emptiness. You can't play pretend. It's simply lifeless and will always catch up to you. That's sick you got some inside scoop though

[@cyjin.]

@@TheMetalTempestYTOf course, keep up the great content!

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

thank you! ^_^

[@SkylerC1993]

DSBM listener here. I agree that music like it speaks to certain people in a way that makes them feel understood. I have a lot of different mental issues been through a lot of shit and I'm dealing with a lot of shit. I can say it like this. Art is meant to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.

[@ricardonascimento9461]

Cause its good music! Next question!

[@joukokulhelm6844]

I found dsbm by randomly picking up forgotten tomb Album from local record store, it was instant feeling of familiarity. I knew that the dude Who wrote songs knew how i felt. it was like filosefim and transylvian hunger but even bleakker. Since then, dsbm has been my go To therapy music along funeral doom(wich i discovered about same time when the recordshop owner reccomend sceptisism To me because i bought every my dying bride albums they had). Dsbm gives me this icy calmnes, helps me realise that it aint so serious, its ok too give up. P. S. Sorry for my shitty english.

[@boywithcurlz]

i love dsbm. it inspired me to create songs of my own.

[@TheKurzzze]

Sometimes I feel like depression or mental health issues can lay over you like a heavy drape, and nothing really manages to slip through and offer you anything. But truly melancholic music makes the drape shake and float around a little, and lets you breathe better!

[@AbabBahah-qm4lo]

I always find sad music beautiful. Idk if depressed person feel like this too. Idk I've never been diagnosed so idk what's wrong with me.

[@colecarstarphen8743]

Dsbm helped me calm down when my parents were going through the there devorce and is the reason i didnt kill anyone

[@jeffnogo]

Black metal has been my favorite genre for most of my life, and while my tastes within it have evolved over time, for most of my 20s DSBM plus a bit of Japanese pop-rock was almost all I listened to. I was a strange guy, but always remained pretty upbeat, happy, and nice throughout that time. Maybe it was the Japanese pop-rock?

[@nediadarth4999]

3:20 ambient cited

[@heyheyitshaze]

Dsbm was basically the only genre I listened to throughout 2021. I really resonated with it and it made me feel like I was less alone with my feelings. But after a while I felt like it started to enable my negative thoughts instead of relieve them. I try not to listen to too much dsbm nowadays

[@Poisonthroat]

Well being chronically online makes you feel the same way so it makes sense DSBM is more popular now

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

Because it is nice. I am not a connoisseur of the genre yet I have listened to fair bunch of bands in the genre and it is just nice to listen to. And I don't have depression or other mental health issues yet I simply enjoy the music.

[@УчихаОбито-ж7д]

Nah, it's a lot simplier then you think. When you get familiar with pain in a long term, then pain becoming the part of your life. Then you listening to, watching to something that represents your feelings you psychologicaly coming back to that moment, that time, especially if it's something unfinished. Long story short - instead of feeling bad, dsbm making you feel alive.

[@chresones4851]

Correct! Heavy music listeners may get way more depressed hearing pop etc. .....while their own music is sort of a.. home. it connects them to themselfs in a way... makes them face their own mind . fears & worries At the end of the day all that may help a struggling person.

[@TheBlackcredo]

Catharism is definitely the right word, for me at least.

[@DesolateSolitude]

XASTHUR is hard to listen to. (In the best possible way) Nocturnal Depression seems To be even harder for me to listen to. (But I can handle 20 minutes at a time)

[@puturro]

It's the names of the bands and songs, and the stories about the artists. Just so over the top 😂

[@food223]

i am not a big listener of DSBM however i do listen to it from time to time Austere's album To Lay Like Old Ashes is one of my favourite's along with Shining's Halmstad, makes me feel less alone in my own feelings, less isolating, even listen to Silencer from time to time, it is a genre easy to drown yourself in but in small doses it can really help, hell i dont speak Swedish but Shining get their point across just fine without me needing to understand Swedish

[@darkcheaker]

Given that i don't speak english (or any other common black metal language) daily and can not comprehend lyrics on the fly, especially in extreme metal, it was always musical aspect that i enjoyed in black metal.

[@KallDimona]

after ive went tru some shit i didnt ended up on listening to dsbm, it became moslty as background music, to silence the world and let my thoughts shine, and well...sometimes it works as catarsis, or just a reminder of that emotion that im not afraid of now

[@monstersurf]

Listen to how bright you shine by sadness

[@x0vg5hs1]

Eternal soul vs soulless music question.

[@LorenzoMeluzzi]

Guys can someone tell me the name of the albums/artist in the video cover please? I would like to listen to them

[@Jaafar_Mosa14]

Years ago, i said to A friend Only the crazy one would listen to black metal. After this i discoverd dsbm and it become my fav. Genre ❤ also i listen to funeral doom

[@metatron4890]

What is your take on NSBM?

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

I've made various videos on it! :] kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6u4YYSoed2Ue6M&t kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3_aqISMYtaCiq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZW4eIN9nbiYfLs

[@vivere6516]

Awesome video !

[@Hakaze]

I've never been depressed, and don't have any diagnoses, but I've allways been drawn towards dark ir sad stuff, even as a kid. Now DSBM is a large part of the music I listen to, and I just find it calming and melodic. On the other hand, I truly understand why it isn't for everyone, and that it must seem weird to a lot of people. 8 minutes of screaching about pain and suffering, with a cold and droning black metal background, isn't what tops the charts 😂 My favs are bands like Lunedi, None, Afsky, Syning and Amenra, among others.

[@agsicodpslahavwshxausudusi7327]

Afsky is good, also Happy Days and super underrated Psychonaut 4

[@AbabBahah-qm4lo]

So I just recently found dsbm. Why I enjoy it? In my normal non suicidal mood, it's mostly just because it's the most melodic type of metal. I just like melodic songs more. I've never listen to dsbm when I'm down and in suicidal mood but there's that one time where I just absolutely hate myself, crying at 4am while blasting my playlist that mostly are filled with black metal (atmospheric, post black, melodic) Idk. Maybe the fact that I hated myself for a long time already contributes to why I like dsbm too aside from because it's really melodic. I don't exclusively listen to dsbm. Usually it's a mix of different black metal subgenres and blackened stuff with some dsbm. I hate myself and life but doesn't really want to die or should I say, I'm also afraid of death. I just want to disappear. To be unborn. I'm mostly fine most of the time despite not caring much about anything and live from distraction to another distraction. These days, I just make metal my obsession to forget my problems. My life isn't as bad as other people but I do experience some shit.

[@lunarstrain235]

Whats your opinions on Psychonaut 4?

[@arnab982]

First time hearing DSBM vocals: "Hehe. This is funny." After hearing it couple times: "Oh man. Dude needs a bear hug." Also, funeral doom metal goes with whatever you said about DSBM.

[@waltarb8573]

30yo millennial garbage here, been listening to DSBM since im 13-14 back then as a man being diagnosed was kinda frowned upon. As an adult it makes sense why I find comfort in it so much since I do have a chronic illness which I only found out in adulthood, and I think without DSBM times would have been suffocating. I can find same solace in the newer style atmospheric breakcore or even draingang. I think its an ageless thing its just the music that resonates with ourselves to keep going on. Which is hard enough for late millennials let alone the ones after us....

[@lionlissauer7104]

Completely random and offtopic here... is that a Romanian flag in the background?

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

haha no, it's a pansexual flag :] have had quite a few people ask that though!

[@lionlissauer7104]

@@TheMetalTempestYT Hahaha fair enough! Well my best friend was over earlier and she's Romanian. We both noticed the flag in the background so that's why 😄

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Ooo that makes sense

[@lionlissauer7104]

@@TheMetalTempestYT Nah dude, the flag is perfect as it is haha 😄

[@alexbabkov5935]

Autism and PTSD coupled with political events that made my home country of Russia an unlivable hellscape again and forced me and parents to move elsewhere years ago. Listening to dark or melancholic music like DSBM, Funeral Doom, Post-Rock, and various other genres helps to get through the day a lot. It’s the similar effect you get from reading Cioran or Mainlander. Think of it as your friend approaching you and saying “Alright man, your life is miserable, let’s talk about it. Without excessive romanticizing, without showing needless pity, without showing the vain compassion. Let’s simply talk about it as it is.”

[@blnkkvn8596]

DSBM & CULT black metal was my go to in hardtimes both had the emotions I felt in a religious environment & extremely violent city

[@eclat4641]

1 i love the band shining and leviathan. - ( i have had dark times.) i am generally usually happy- i suppose those bands articulate and cleanse. Also it is interesting seeing what outsiders think… its also why i question core/nu … if more extreme genres exist… 2 i used to listen to korn … but i was too young and it gave me toxic mental things. Later i listened to slayer , pantera and testament- they were didactic and affirming - Pantera changed me over night - i became mentally healthy. Testament also did this. Slayer was like a translator for BS . 😊

[@SouperCameron-tq7yx]

watching this drunk as shit and idk the mf undertale ost in the background j sent me into a fit, good ass video tho, enjoyed very much.

[@maxvandijk2001]

I love this genre, but if you listen to it all the time, it doesn't make things better, you can get really caught up in it and it drags u down

[@razvan7355]

Frumos steag Pup :))