Heavy Metal as a Subculture with Development of Times
Heavy metal music was experienced for many as part of an adolescent subculture in which they shared their enthusiasm for the music.
Heavy metal music as a kind of subculture helps adolescents make friends. During interview, over half (59%) of these interviewed said that all or most of their liked heavy metal music that describe as a kind of belief for them. When they were asked how the first became interested in heavy metal music, “friends” was the most common response (14 of 35).It is not just a
musical preference to them, but an intense avocation that shapes their view of
world, their spending habits, their moods, their friendship, their notions of
who and what is admirable, and their hopes for what they might become.Heavy metal for people who loves it that will be not only a kind of music for them, also an identity or a dream.
The picture we show here is a poster that gathers many heavy metal musicians. In the center of the poster who is wear glasses with opening mouse is Ozzy. He wearing like a Jesus and the people around him is likely to listening he recite a scripture. At the same time, some other people who around him on the back are raise up their heads like looking for the hopping. Through this picture, we can see, heavy metal music for people who love it is more like as an identity for them. It is same as in religion. Jesus is looked as the God for Christian, as for who believe in this religious tradition. So heavy metal is not just a kind of music for people who love it. It is as a belief like Jesus looked as a belief in Christianity. They believe Jesus can bring everything for them, so they pray for his every day. In the poster who around Ozzy is more likely believe his words can bring hope for the. So they keep company with Ozzy. In other words, heavy metal brings hope and belief for them. This poster can be describing as Heavy Metal as a subculture with development of times.