Why metalheads are happier people | American Reacts

[@clementodenknirps7161]

I was born in Wacken. I remember my parents letting me roam around the festival on my own even as a little kid. Nobody ever thaught there would be any danger for children around 50k+ drunk metalheads.

[@bencekeomley-horvath385]

My mother brought me to Sziget festival when I was 7, my first encounter with Nightwish (2001), when she went in the tent with two small children everyone jumped away and proposed the most convenient places for us

[@trubblebubble1]

That's the thing - we look after our own. If someone drops in a mosh-pit, people make a space around them until they are up. It's wild, sure - but it always got an eye out for our own.

[@Eishallenfuchs]

@@trubblebubble1 True and there are at least 3 people who immediately help you get up again

[@Glaaki13]

well its funny as its so peaceful im danish and Roskile festival even the "hippies" are on edge

[@gerard.88]

We know what respect is that's the core of our music.

[@shibatron5392]

I took my niece (6-7yr old) to a open air, and slayer were playing. We where pretty close to the front and loads of people linked arms to give her a space to dance in without getting harmed at all, it was amazing and she loved it

[@ratflail215]

Metalheads are the nicest people on the planet. I've been to some chaotic moshpits and the moment someone falls down everyone around will pick them up and see that they are ok.

[@MrJest2]

@@ratflail215 Many moons ago, I was at a concert where the headliner was Alice Cooper. I don't recall who the support was, but a mosh started up and my female friend (with whom we mutually reinforce our bad decisions) decided it would be fun to join in. I wore glasses at the time, and an absolutely HUGE dude in front of me got shoved back into my face, and I went down, with my glasses skittering off into the stomping dancing crowd. In a handful of seconds I was pulled up off the floor, someone shoved my glasses (thankfully unbroken) into my hand, and the ring opened up to let me pass out of the pit. The weirdest part was that the bridge of the glasses had opened up a nice cut on my head just above my nose, and blood was pouring down my face... and while the crowd helpfully got me to the outer ring of the arena where the first aid station was, nobody "official" there gave me a second glance (I was blind as a bat, unable to put my glasses on due to all the blood, and was staggering around among the concession stands trying to get someone's attention) - they all thought I was in makeup, because Alice Cooper. Took several minutes before I could convince someone to lead me to the first aid station. I still have that scar, 40 years later...

[@LudoTechWorld]

I worked for a bit as concert organizer, and something that is well known in this area is that you do not balk on security staff, except for metal concert where the minimal is more than enough, if a problem occurs - which is quite rare - there always will be a bunch of metalheads vikings in the audience to graciously deals with it instantly ^^ It was also the only genre of music where we regularly had to convinced the members of the band who played that no, we don't need help to clean and tidy after the show, it's not your job! :D

[@ja_ma]

No wonder Finland has been the happiest country several times.

[@_b0h4z4rd7]

It wasn't elected, but measured by several factors like freedom, work-life-balance, absence of corruption, social support....

[@ja_ma]

@@_b0h4z4rd7 Ok, Changed it. Is it Better now?

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

That's because all the sad people have kill themselfs.

[@richardcrook2112]

@@XtreeM_FaiL Lol

[@MrJest2]

@@XtreeM_FaiL ...and the rest are drunk all the time... 😋 (I'm just kidding - I've got friends in Norway and Finland, and while I've been to Norway, I've never been to Finland, although my wife has, and everyone I met in the region was uniformly nice and friendly.)

[@doubleT84]

- Yes, every first day of the festival, for the first acts, the gates are opened like that. - The brass band is the band of the local fire fighters. As every other traditional band, they play traditional music for village festivals, which the Wacken crowd not only tolerates but welcome (and often re-text with dirty or metal versions), but they also cover metal songs with their brass instruments. - He is indeed talking about mental cleansing, shouting out all the negative energy so you remain with your balanced emotions afterwards.

[@DarkHeresy77]

I did research on the audience of metal music, published in the early 2000s. I was involved with bands, record labels and festivals in Finland. We found, and it continues to be the case, that metal music festivals have very happy and peaceful audiences, especially when compared to "dance" music or similar festivals. Interesting observations include high levels of inclusion and diversity, low levels of crime or police involvement. Metal music fans are welcomed and popular with local people and businesses in festival areas, they are respectful and engaging. More research is needed and I hope that someone gets funding to do it.

[@TheProkonover]

Every women i've ever met that have attended several festivals of totally different genres of music (rap, dance, hardcore and techno, reggaeton, etc) always said that they felt the safest and most welcomed in Metal music festivals

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

Here in Finland we say: "Tangomarkkinoilla tapellaan enemmän kuin Tuska -festivaalilla". (There's more riots in Tango -festivals than Metal -festivals). ⛄❄👍

[@laneor]

source? wanna read!

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

@@laneor Unfortunately l don't have any, but the metal protagonists are spreading this information. As far as l know Finnish open society and the common sense told that it could be true.

[@o0L4nc3r0o]

Honestly, that depends on the person itself... Over the years, I have been to many Dance festivals (including Tomorrowland), and I have never been in any fight or anything. Sure, there can be a few assholes out there. Especially when they're drunk or high. But nobody in my group ever did this, we always had fun and always enjoyed the music and the company.

[@tasssse1]

I am from Norway and me and 3 friends drive 1155 km true Sweden and Denmark down to Wacken, Germany in 2010, 2011 and 2012. 13 hour and 30 minutes drive one way. One week in tent on Wacken. It is the best festival i ever have been on and i am thinking on go there more times. It is a lot of festivals around here i live. Country festival, dance band festivals and blues festivals. On this festivals it is always a lot of trouble and people fighting. In Wacken with 80000 people i dont see now trouble at all. Only a big and happy family that party, listen to music and have fun. If you dont like the music on one stage, you find something you like on one of the other 4-5 stages that other bands was singing. Love Wacken and want to go there again.

[@bartz3245]

All music has healing effect on people, but Metal has the heaviest impact.

[@GryLi]

Loved metal since 1985. best Wacken concert is Nightwish from 2013

[@ingobordewick6480]

Metal and Rock are what classical music was 200 years ago. No other genre is so complex and speaks to the soul as Rock and Metal.

[@ingobordewick6480]

@@jx4219 You think something that you need drugs for is a contender? 😂

[@gargaj]

Yeah goa is not exactly complex... there's definitely complex electronic music (IDM, progbreaks, that sort of stuff), but they hit differently, they are usually instrumental, more textured, more cerebral, less storytelling. In that way, (most) metal is closer to pop (classic song structures) while electronic music is closer to film scores.

[@ingobordewick6480]

@@jx4219 Sure...

[@caim3465]

jazz is more complex still

[@gargaj]

Some jazz, yes :) A good counterexample would be e.g. Bohren's "Midnight Black Earth"

[@ACorpseWithoutSoul]

Greetings from Hellsinki, Finland. The capital of Heavy metal... When we listening good music and moshing we put out all of our agressions and bad feelings. That is nearly orgastic feeling. Love you all. Stay heavy!

[@j.lahtinen7525]

Back when I drove a taxi in Helsinki, I used to love picking up customers from the "Tuska" festival that is a metal festival held annually in Helsinki. The people at the festival were always nice and seemed like good folks.

[@cr4wl1ngcha0s2]

I went to see White Zombie back in the 90s with a couple friends. One of my friends was black, and was afraid he would get beat up because of the stereotype metal heads had. At the show his glasses fell off when the crowd got going, so he bent down to pick them up and like 4 or 5 different people ran to pick him up, thinking he fell down. He told them he dropped his glasses, so they formed a wall and started pushing people back to clear the area so he could find them. He got them back 👍

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

The only thing missing from the video in my opinion is the "nerd" factor. On top of being heavy/aggressive, metal is extremely complex and intricate music, similarly to classic music, therefore attracting people that are deeply dedicated to the art, often times musicians themselves, that take the music extremely seriously. That makes metal more of a technical common interest than a casual entertainment.

[@MichaelRowe-cv3oq]

Greetings from the UK-England...I'm a 62 year old man who's been a Rock/Hard,Heavy Rock fan since about 1972,the older I get the louder,more aggressive i love it my Rock/Metal...my mother used to ask how i could listen to such "Aggressive" music ?.... I always said-and I still do-that just because its aggressive doesn't make ME aggressive,I find it very calming almost like a catharsis....and as I type this I'm listening to Iron Maiden and before that it was Amon Amarth....

[@tonycardone990]

Metal heads are definitely some of the friendliest, best people around. 🤘😀🤘

[@maverick4151]

As a metal fan, I really enjoy the fact that there are so many different sub genres, that I can practically always find some metal that suits my mood at the time. If I need something to raise my spirit or make me laugh, I usually listen to some Nanowar of Steel, Alestorm, Feuerschwanz or Electric Callboy. If I want to relax and wind down and really listen to some good music, my first stop is usually Nightwish or some other symphonic metal band, though mostly Nightwish. My go-tos for something empowering and for the release of pent up energy or anger are mostly identical, namely Sabaton, Powerwolf or Blind Guardian. Occasionally I'll listen to some Thrash metal and in rare cases death metal, although that is not really my type of metal, but some of the nicest people I have ever met are fans of these sub genres.

[@timometsanoja9666]

A certain James Hetfield has said that "this is outsider music". Which is 100% true. And as us outsiders gather at a location to listen to some awesome bands rock out we see that we are not alone... We are not the only outsiders and as such we celebrate with other outsiders. You know when that "ecstacy of gold" hits, you know... You can feel thousands of people feeling the same thing and it is beautiful and perfect! It is unlike anything else I've ever felt... I'm getting clearly something stuck in my eyes just thinking about it. June of 2024 can't come fast enough...

[@arandomperson777]

Metallica family stays together

[@gargaj]

One note of caution: there is an actual genre called "outsider music", so be careful with the terminology.

[@Shinobito1]

I have a friend, who works as a security guard and sometimes he gets to work at concerts. According to him, not a metal fan mind you, metal concerts are the most chill ones. No fighting, no drunkards, no accidents, the only thing he has to do is just catch crowd-surfing people, as they reach the front of the crowd. He said, that those concerts are the exceptions, with other ones, be it pop, rap, techno, whatever, there is always something to do, someone fighting, someone making a fuss or whatever.

[@ShatroGames]

Hetalhead here for like two decades. Modern metal is like therapy because most of them talk about relationships, family issues, depression, self-harm, ED, dementia and so much more. It's rare that you see those topics covered in other genres. And it resonates with people, they can relate to it, develop empathy, feel seen and so much more. And yes, even just headbanging to a tune while screaming "f*ck everything around me" can be quite cathartic, it doesn't have to be that deep. Same relates to video games, honestly: unless you have some serious mental issues, this will be an outlet, not a motivation.

[@lakerman1704]

Try Pridelands. Best Modern Metal ever

[@thelandshark8103]

Check out Nightwish's gig from Wacken in 2013, one of the best live performances ever.

[@jeffwellman8347]

Small glimpse of Jinjer at the end. It might be time for you to react to "Pisces" (Live Session) or "Perennial" live at Wacken.

[@YONATOOTH]

Proud metalhead since the late 90’s🤘 Metal music has been my best therapist and companion since then.

[@jon.mortenkristiansen9561]

mee too frome 84

[@bentchristiansen8795]

@@jon.mortenkristiansen9561 ohh thanks .. thought i was getting old :) but i would say 86 .. first song criminally insane by SLAYER was played on the radio and i was hooked

[@YONATOOTH]

Bent og Jon, er vi alle danskere her i tråden? 😄

[@thorstenzahn6394]

What you see at around 4:50min. is the traditional Opening by the Wacken Firefighters!

[@LeccareNewHandle]

Nightwish has some nice singing. There are lots of reaction videos, even with crying...

[@nerdgeeklife7860]

I've been a fan of many types of music but it's only been since I've discovered metal (with Jump The F*ck Up by Soulfly) that I've found my place. I'm calmer and more happy in my life. The family I've found via metal is the most precious thing in the world to me. Just like everyone, I think metalheads still get angry and upset. But we channel it the right way. Put on a cd, yell/sing the lyrics along with your band of choice and just feel the negativity drain away. It's true that us metalheads are still seen as violent anti-social outcasts in a "polite" society. But once you actually get to know us, the friendliness and respect metalheads show eachother and the rest of society is found in no other subculture. I can share many anecdotes of non-metal people being suprised about who we are as a sub-culture. I unfortunatly can't post a picture here but one photo that will always live in my head is the picture of the guy in the wheelchair on Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium). He always wanted to crowdsurf and never really got the chance. So the audience lifted him and his wheelchair up in the air. He crowdsurfed in his wheelchair. Great photo that just shows the type of community metalheads are.

[@FrobergDK]

That's a great track. With Corey Taylor too. I quite like Prophecy as well.

[@christorn8499]

Hi there great reaction My favourite Wacken performance is with Nightwish in 2013 I'd love to see your reaction to this concert in full but at least check out "Ghost Love Score", the most reacted to song on yt... If this is something you like, I and many others can feed you information and tips of similar music... Greetings from Sweden

[@MikkoRantalainen]

It sounds like you might like Nightwish, Within Temptation or Epica. If you want to create reaction videos, the Nightwish song called "Ghost Love Score" is the most reacted music video in KZbin for a good reason. Another good option for first Nightwish experience is the opening song from their Wacken 2013 gig called "Dark Chest of Wonders".

[@tiffanypetersen789]

I concur!

[@Jestyr129]

And Unleash the Archers.

[@858tactical]

Yes..,we are !!! 😁👍 And pretty smart and thoughtful too .. 😁😃

[@lotog692]

My daughters (10) first concert was Electric Callboy and she loved it. Fun for the whole family. What a party!

[@anulire]

You know why we Metalheads are happier? Because we love this music as much as our lives. Every person have their favorite bands, some still sing, go on tour and record, some stopped. But every time we listen their songs it takes us to best parts of our lives, be it concerts or every day because we carry our music, if in nothing else then our heads, every day and every minute. Simple. We live this music. My fav memory was when I was 9 and my dad took me to Iron Maiden concert in Ljubljana Slovenia during Live after Death, in 1984. Second favorite memory was again Iron Maiden Brave new world tour. A guy came with 6 or 7 years old daughter to the concert right on to front line. Imidiatly there was a circle around them to give them space so nothing can hapen to the kid. Then there was Saxon who was supposed to play for hour and a half, standard then, but we simply wouldn't let them of the stage so they performed almost 3 hours, many many many memories such as this. Never, on any concert, except one where some idiot nu-punk kids came and started pushing themselves around on Heavy Metal concert I experianced bad emotions but 1 minute after they started doing that we carried them out of stadium. Many concerts, many bands, some I even got drunk with day before or after concert like Helloween for example :p NOTHING but good memories Here are two songs for you. One is Iron maiden Pachendale about battle of Pachendale in WW1. If you are not familliar with it you will learn most of this battle through this song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpTCm4t8jr2ghMU And here is another one from band Saxon. name is Requiem (we will remember) A song of all those before them and who ar comming after them to play and sing this amazing music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaCZhJ57a92kpq8

[@Adoffka]

Yep, they run in like that every time. There are people from kids to grannies and they all like kids in candy shop. It is awesome And the brass band shown is the local firefighters band )

[@RustyDust101]

You definitely need to come to Wacken in Germany. You'll love it . I went to Wacken with my 16 year old nephew back in 2008. I was 38 at the time. Both of us had a blast, both in stage area, as well as on the camping grounds. Our neighbors were a group of super friendly Polish guys. We shared our grill, I had my scuba tank with me to quickly get the coals glowing. We shared a few beers (yepp, teens of 16 years of age are legally allowed to drink beer or wine) and potentially a few harder shots as well... Ummm, well, we're talking about Polish guys, right?!? 😋🤣 When we tried to get in front of the center stage for Iron Maiden they stopped the entry at roughly 50000 people. We were just stuck outside the fence and gates. So a few friendly metalheads picked up my nephew (with his consent) and threw him over the fence right into the arms of security... Who promptly tried to chuck him back over again... Where he was caught by the crowd, and chucked back over the fence for the third time... All the while laughing at the top of his lungs. He was having such a blast. When the more than 25000 people outside the gate started pushing on the fence and the gate I had to provide breathing space for two petite women stuck between me and the fence. I firmed a barricade with my body and arms around them and pushed back. Fortunately security soon recognized that they were facing a crisis of crowd control so they just decided to open the gate and didn't give a damn about controlling entry in any form. It was so much fun. Wacken always is from the first Thursday in August to the Sunday following. On the Wednesday before the official opening of the festival the local volunteer fire brigade instrumental band (brass, drums, woodwinds) known for their very traditional oompa-oompa German folk music leads the march through the town and is given the central stage on the festival grounds. It is a total counterpoint to the music of the coming days but the metalheads welcome them each and every year with a huge cheer. It's just good fun. If you want to listen to the Wacken shows check out RadioBob. They are the official Wacken Open Air Radio and have a stream of the show each year.

[@DarkysLPs]

4:39 That kid actually helped me and my friends to get all our stuff on to the festival grounds before Wacken was even opened, great kid.

[@HailHeidi]

I love that!!

[@Luzarioth]

4:58 This is the locale Firefighter brigade playing... on a metal festival... and the people love it :)

[@nicolailillelund1981]

My favorite would be Nightwish and to me, Floor Jansen is one of the best singers on this planet. I discovered them in 2007 by pure coincidence.

[@Sammenluola]

...and Nightwish at Wacken in 2013... omg... All live videos from that particular gig are incredible.

[@FM4ever]

Her version of Phantom of the Opera, with Henk Poort. Just amazing

[@MrExino]

I second that notion, Nightwish has been one of my favourite bands for 20+ years now. Both Floor and Tarja (the orignal singer) are great, and in my opinion - instrumental for the band's long-term success. Guess they are a great option for Heidi to expand her music horizons :D As for recommendation - the usual suspects: pretty much everything at Wacken 2013, Phantom of the Opera with Tarja (Hartwall Arena Helsinki 2005), The Greatest Show on Earth at Wembley 2015, etc. And if you want to branch out even further, there is also another great symphonic metal band called Epica. Floor Jansen has a couple of live performances with them as well, Sancta Terra from their 10-year anniversary live retrospect is arguably the best one.

[@jenss1711]

I'm a Nightwish fan since 1998 from north Germany and also in Wacken 2013 and my favorite song is the greatest show on earth live from Tempere Finnland 🇫🇮

[@petradrahosova1756]

Hail to the Queen 🤟

[@melocoton7]

Metalhead here. Lover of many genres really. I can tell I need a few hours of Headphones and music time when I get a bit snippy. When I don't get that time to myself I get very annoyed at the world. Metal is so relaxing. Nothing better than headbanging at the kitchen table with a coffee on a Sunday morning LOL

[@joshuaciresoli2927]

We metalheads have a great outlet to just "rock on", Heidi. When I am pissed off, nothing helps me get it out like metal. 🤘"Be excellent to each other. Party on, dudes!" -Wild Stallyons In greater context, our German "freund" was describing the sentiment I have mentioned of cleansing negative emotions and stress due to the darker themes within the stories expressed uniquely by metal bands. Seriously, when I have a really bad day, I often find metal music provides the best outlet to express those negative emotions and after just a few minutes of rocking out, I begin to feel better.

[@formatique_arschloch]

Oh, nightwish: Ghost love score, in Wacken 2013. Amazing and a quite popular video to react.

[@AniGaAG]

It's also important to note that metal _isn't_ always about aggression. There's not just heavy metal, death metal, metalcore and such; heck, there are things like downright symphonic metal! Which highlights another part of what makes me love metal and hard rock: They're often deceptively very melodic, the compositions also tend to be pretty complex and deep compared to pop music, and there is a strong tendency in the modern forms of those genres towards well thought out lyrics.

[@GeneralSaltykov]

You and Bisscute are the ones I watch reactings of with pleasure :) you ppl rock!

[@olgahein4384]

I recently saw a very nice graph, where they compared different countries by its citizens happiness and the amount of metal bands in the country. The countries with the most metal bands in the world were Norway, Finnland, Sweden, etc. And guess where the happiest people in the world live? Right, exactly there. Interestingly enough, the lower south you go in Europe, the fewer metal bands there are - and the unhappier the people are (countries like Germany, Denmark, Netherlands etc. are a bit overly happy compared to the amount of metal bands, but at least for Germany there's a simple explanation: Metal festivals. We have Wacken, Rock Am Ring, Summerbreeze and countless smaller ones - smaller as in less than 80k visitors). As for my fav metal bands: Nightwish (and with them of course Epica too), Within Temptation. Ayreon is more prog rock, but with the creme de la creme metal line up. I also love many german metal bands: From Blind Guardian oder Avantasia, Powerwolf, Rammstein, Electric Callboy and Lord Of The Lost. But i do listen to so many different metal bands every day, plus german medieval rock, fun metal, pagan folk, etc. It's hard to keep track. There are days or even weeks when i only listen to Nanowar and Alestorm, and other days when i can't get enough of 'Old Man's Child'. And then there are days when i stick to Mucc, X-Japan, Dir En Grey or Luna Sea (old j-rock bands who are very metal-ish).

[@_b0h4z4rd7]

The happiness index has nothing to do with metal bands. In the Top ten of the Happiness report 2022 are Luxembourg, Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel and New Zealand... what is the amount of metal bands of these countries?

[@IchbinBauchi]

I remember that when I was younger, there was I time when I NEEDED to "rock off" on friday night, letting go off all the frustration collected over the week. And this really helped. Over the time I found tools to stop collecting frustration, and every once in a while, listening to some real hard rock/metal-song is one of them.

[@Siegurd]

Based of your description, you should maybe check out Electric Callboy. They just ride exactly that edge and their music videos are pretty funny too, so maybe a thing you could react to.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

Wacken! ♥... been there severel times! what a fun ... :)

[@andjohbro]

They do run in like that every year when they open up the infield. 2019 Beyond the Black were the first band on the main stages and I wanted to be at the front. I was waiting at the gates but at 55 thought I was a bit to grown up, so walked very fast.

[@williammclean8361]

Metal makes my day, everday

[@AlessaSH]

When I feel down or sad I listen to My Dying Bride which is on of the most depressing bands in metal but it somehow make me feel better

[@AHVENAN]

I definately agree with pretty much everything they said in this video, specially the outlet part, whenever Im really angry for whatever reason, I have a specific playlist of really REALLY hard, fast-paced, agressive metal, often with agressive lyrics that I listen to, and after 15-30 minutes, I can barely remember what I was even angry about in the first place!

[@Jaageful]

Metal music has a great outlet for negative energy to form into something positive.

[@Cor_Boer]

a combination of beautiful singing and screeming: GINGER. start with JINJER - Pisces (Live Session)

[@petermcmanus5727]

Hello from Sydney Australia. In 2019 Download Festival came to Australia. I'm a metal head in my 50s. There were a lot of police at the festival and I went out of my way to talk to them. Every single police officer I spoke to loved the metal audience, they appreciated that we were there for one reason, the music we love. There was no drama, no chaos, no fighting. But a lot of drinking and fun 🤪

[@ralfmeyer9086]

My tip Nightwish. Ghost love Score, live in Wacken 🤘

[@notmissingout9369]

As the song says [ god gave rock n roll to you put it in the soul of everyone] 🤘

[@mrfomo217]

Metal has always been the music of 'outcasts' and its oftentimes emotionally charged music thus attracts people feeling somewhat socially outcast in society. So metal festivals are often as much an occasion to meet like-minded as it is about listening to music.

[@JimBobele]

Metal is the key. Love it since the early eighties. Best concert I've been was Rock am Ring 2014 (RaR), awesome bands, awesome weather, 80000 awesome people. Love our local "Bang Your Head" festival in Balingen. This year with Saxon, Helloween and some more oldies ;-)

[@fernandorodrigues1939]

I am a Metalhead since 1986 and I AM HAPPY!

[@ronjarverdatter8188]

Guitarist in a band, play an listen to metal since I was a teenager.... favorits: Pantera, Metallica, Slayer and Jinjer... 🤘🎶🎸

[@FreezeTheWarning]

2:38 it's not a Wacken thing. When you're attending a big concert, you have to run if you want to be close to the stage

[@MrJest2]

While I've never been to Wacken, I've been to a great many metal concerts over the past five decades, and absolutely people run to secure a spot as close to the stage(s) as they can. Biggest crowd I was ever in was US Festival '83, with an estimated audience for "Heavy Metal Sunday" of over 300,000. My friend and I wound up about 100' back from the rope before the venue opened that morning, and spent most of the day about 50' from the stage, front and center. It was truly epic...

[@samslife8073]

What he ment with cleansing is emotional based and not a evil spirit thing ✌🏼

[@peterbondesson5481]

Sabaton, Nightwish 🇸🇪🇫🇮🤘

[@formatique_arschloch]

Oh yes! Greetings from 🇫🇮

[@peterbondesson5481]

@@formatique_arschloch Hallå från Sverige 😉

[@Pukieldtxt]

I have never been to Wacken, but I have on Woodstock several times, and 75k people vs 750k in Woodstock its even hard to compare. Always You could see whole families even with small babies with ears covers on the fields. Every one were polite, happy, smiled, drunk, free. Never had problems, any accidents, only music friends and widely understood joy. I listen to kinda everything, mostly metal, and participation on such a event is really like catharsis, charges your batteries for rest time between events.

[@siggikalkmann]

Wacken.... it allways opens with a gig of the "Wacken Firefighters", the marching band of the local firefighters.... They gather a large audience and it's realy fun.

[@TrumpFanClubDeutschland]

13:16 One of my favourite bands is An_l C_nt

[@Herbicide420]

I believe it is because we metal heads embrace the chaotic and anarchic nature of the world so when the shit hits the fans not only are we already prepared but we are mentally prepared for the situation compared to people who happen to listen to other genres of music.

[@Pokerface-tr1ds]

This is a looooong tradition! Wacken is the biggest metal festival in the world! You will get the same answer every time: Wacken is the Mekka / Promised Land of Metal and people all over the world travel to Germany in order to have fun at the Wacken Open Air Festival. I have been there myself 6 or 8 times and it's always a pleasure to be there.

[@Denden-mx9gl]

2:40 people run like that to any genre of concerts to get in the front.

[@anssiikonen5847]

I love metal music and have been fan for 29 years now. I like 80s trash metal, 90s black metal, 00s folk metal, 10s melodic death metal. Listening metal music calms me and it has helped me to get out of depression too.

[@mr.daisock1728]

My fav. Bands are "Band Maid" and "The Sisters of Mercy".

[@ControllerOfMinds]

Good short documentary, and although being a metalhead first and foremost I agree that different kinds of music has a net-positive effect for the fans of whatever music genre. Nice covering this. Been to Wacken three times, but it has grown too large, too much, for my taste. So I head to Summer Breeze or smaller metal festivals. A few favorite bands: Judas Priest (which you probably already know), Insomnium, Warbringer, Enslaved, Eluveitie, Amorphis, Lord of the Lost, to cover a few subgenres.

[@jkausti6737]

Metalmusic can have wide range of subjects in it's lyrics. I know of a band that made a song in honor of salmon, and it's really pretty good.

[@stevekendra8983]

To me, metal allows me to enter and "exorcise" the negative thoughts and depression I deal with from day to day. It gives me an outlet for those thoughts. I wouldn't say that I'm a happy person per say but that outlet helps me on a day to day basis. Not only that, as originally a classical pianist I see and appreciate every aspect metal has to offer beyond lyrics into the composition of the music itself. I love the intricacies and heaviness and each part of the music reminds me of different parts and pieces of an orchestra. That's something you really don't get in modern pop, country, or hip hop.

[@ianwilliams4507]

My Favourite band is HALESTORM. I saw them live in Sydney and it was Awesome.

[@NikesZ28]

Rock and Metal for life!! 🤘😎 Favorites!? Sabaton and Disturbed. Wind Rose is cool aswell.

[@sudhesse3043]

The festival in Wacken is always opened by the Wacken Fire Brigade Band, which has been a tradition since 2000

[@raatroc]

Who says Wacken says Nightwish!

[@aglandorf75]

So, usually the first Band playing on Stage to all these metalheads are the Wacken Fire Fighters marching Band. In germany all Firefighters in smaller towns and villages is done by locals in their free time voluntarily. Means the Wacken Firefighter marching Band are locals, playing an Instrument, trained by a local, everything voluntary. And the music is classic german folk music vor Marschmusik. In Addition to that. Imagine living in a town which got 30 times more visitors then inhabitants for 4 days, like growing from 2000 inhabitants to 70000 metallheads Form all over the world.

[@markpaweena781]

Offspring -gone away. Is a great song about loss. Great song.

[@matt-oo6fu]

I'm not a religious person, I've never been a churchgoer, but i think that if a god exists, it exists at a metal show in the grungiest little club you can find. There is something beautiful and ancient about feeling the bass and drums in your chest, and forming a chain of a bunch of strangers with their arms around each other's shoulders, holding each other steady while you headbang in unison. Like, that's what humans are made for, right down in our DNA. it's primal.

[@deathraygonzo6339]

I live in a pretty small town in Finland, and actually have been asked this question: "How can you listen to music like that? You're such a nice and funny guy." But even here when I rarely see other Heavies, there's a nod and recognition.

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

I've spoken to people who said they feel fear and unease listening to metal, but for me, it's the ultimate stress reliever. It makes me feel great after a bad day, it helps me forget my problems. I can find it soothing and often use it to help me sleep at night. I find peace listening to metal. I cannot explain why. But I certainly do not feel fear and unease.

[@Kasino80]

Totally agree, it's top 40 music I usually get annoyed with to an extent that I feel it physically affecting me negatively. Metal is just...relaxing.

[@duartefaria7134]

Cause we live with no problem what people thinks about us.

[@Brendo2386]

Metal gigs are my happy place. I've been a fan for over 25 years and struggle with extreme anxiety. At a gig, I become a social butterfly!

[@Graversen84]

This is really interesting, that would be my argument next time someone has a problem with my music. I'm cleansing my spirit 😂❤

[@Deamonias]

about your question at 4:59 ... thats the wacken firefighters ... it is a local firefighter band that plays every year the opening act on wacken and plays traditional songs and rock/metal songs like thunderstruck from acdc or enter sandman from metallica. for your question at 6:28 ... boot XD but he talks about the mental condition because he is a psycho-therapist XD btw my personal "this fixes me" bands are powerwolf and sabaton ;) and if you want some awesome rock/metal bands ... try this :P Powerwolf Sabaton Alestorm Gloryhammer Hammerfall Dragonforce Wind Rose Stormseeker Eisbrecher Peyton Parrish Blind Guardian Disturbed Betontod Eluvaitie Ensiferum Equilibrium Axxis Finntroll In Extremo Korpiklaani Manowar Poisonblack Saltatio Mortis Sonata Arctica Three Days Grace Schandmaul Van Canto (metal acapella) Bad Religion Cromdale Feuerschwanz Freedom Call Five Finger Deathpunch Shinedown Beast in Black Orden Ogan

[@jipasd]

I've never had any problems on metal festivals/gigs. When there's a rapfestival in town I don't want to to anywhere near it because those people just can't behave. Also at least at some point the Tango parties were where most blood was shed, although I'm too lazy to look for any proof. The sound of double bass alone seems to lower my blood pressure, and when traveling I've fallen asleep so many times listening to Swallow the Sun. No matter how noisy the people on the seat next to me are or how bumpy the flight.

[@JohnDoe-us5rq]

Apropos Wacken and nice singing, ever saw the Blind Guardian Bard's Song and Valhalla video from Wacken, I think, 5 years ago?

[@Deadhands6]

Here's a few metal bands for you within temptation great vocals arch enemy my current favorite parkway drive another good one 👍 oh delain is a great one to if you're looking for great melodies with Powerful lyrics

[@Caildyn]

The cleansing effect is more a cleansing of mind. You gain an outlet to let some of these dark thoughts and heavy emotions go and that in exchange makes you more relaxed and happier.

[@Kingleazard]

i really love Ayreon (NL) and Porcupine tree (UK), i felt in metal in 1998 listening to Symphony X

[@zyankhali2105]

Concerning meldody combined with (more or less) screaming, try Eluveitie (I prefer the earlier years as in 3+ years ago, where the original set up was together). As in "A Rose For Epona", "Inis Mona", "Omnos", "Call of the mountain". A Swiss band, by the way.

[@19CheF87]

We run in every year, actually pretty much when the gates open every day to secure a place at the fence😉

[@JMandMore]

Favorite bands? Motorhead is always number one. But I recently feel into a rabbit hole of all female Japanese metal. Heavily underrated. Aldious, BAND-MAID, Bridear, LOVEBITES, NECRONOMIDOL, and HADES (ヘイディーズ) just to name a few. I am discovering new music everyday and I love it. Anything to bring more people in the world of metal the better. For who reads this Rock on and love you all 🤘🤘🤘

[@defiantfury18]

If I'm feeling down, I will usually listen to Anthem by Kamelot. Roy Khan's voice in that song is really calming to me and the song is just great.

[@badopa7489]

You have to listing to the Arch Enemy song "handshake with hell" that thing is the best death Metal song i ever heart, sorry for the bad english

[@FreisturzX]

at wacken that is kind of normal to go on front as fast as possible or to run for beers

[@mamernaum]

Metal heads are most happy people cause we leave our anger behind when we listen some music. Thats why Finland is so happy country😊

[@jorglandsmann424]

Savatage, Maiden, Priest,Nightwish and many more i have seen on the Holy Ground of Wacken. Rain or Shine in August

[@fzoid3534]

I don't look anything like a metal fan but always liked the music.. met others who do and yeah these are some of the nicest people I know. I've never been to Wacken though (only a 4 hour drive 🙄) not even when Knorkator played which I love..