It’s a paradox that outsiders rarely understand: How can listening to music that sounds so angry, depressed, or chaotic make you feel better? I grew up in the grunge era and spent years covering the intersection of arts and psychology, I’ve come to view heavy music—metal, alt-rock, grunge, hardcore—as essential mental health infrastructure for millions
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In the archives of rock history, there are entire wings dedicated to what could have been. We are drawn to the darkness in music, to the artists who seem to feel things more deeply than the rest of us. Yet, as an alternative rock fan and a writer, observing this machinery for years, I’ve realized
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We still feel the static. That hollow space where a voice—a roar—used to be. For so many of us who walk the shadowed side of the street, who found our reflection in the minor keys, Chester Bennington was more than just a singer. He was a translator. He was the guy who could step up
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