• Understanding the mental and emotional aspects of why many human beings result to listening to Rock or Heavy Metal genre when they encounter hardship in their life. Despite the sometimes aggressive image that rock and heavy metal music project, researchers found that fans of this style of music are usually quite gentle. They tend to be creative, but are often introverted and may suffer from low self-esteem. Think to yourself, how do you feel after listening to this kind of music? Does it release any anger or pain that some part of you is bottling inside? Or does it make you in some way more aggravated and provoke your feelings?