By Emma Davies

A recent study has found that ‘extreme’ music genres - including heavy metal, punk and screamo - may actually help calm angry listeners. 

 

The study, published in the Frontiers in Human Neuroscience journal in May, was conducted at Australia's University of Queensland. They measured the heart rates of the participants whilst in a stressful situation, before comparing this to their heart rates when listening to heavy metal music and sitting in silence. The results showed the effects of listening to the music had similar calming effects to sitting in silence.

 

So that’s good news for metal-heads, rock on!