Evil and Satanic, is what you would probably call heavy metal music today. Marilyn
Manson, Anthrax, Metallica and Cannibal Corpse are a few of the many heavy metal groups of
todays music world. Heavy metal contains music that should be more carefully analyzed by
parents.It also affects the way teens think. Also this music can imply outward violence
toward others. Heavy metal is a partial cause for teen violence and suicide.
Numbing and influencial, teen violence and suicide can start with heavy metal music," I
failed to recognize my son was holding a hand grenade and it was live and it was going off in his
mind.", is what Raymond Kuntz said after his 15-year-old son Richard had shown him a CD by
Marilyn Manson and later killed himself after listening to his music. Dr. Frank Palumbo from the
American Academy of Pediatrics said:
Make no mistake about it, music can summon a range
of emotions, most of which are wonderful. Yet there is
some music that communicates potentially harmful health
messages, especially when it reaches a vulnerable audience.(Palumbo)
The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) believes parents should better research the
music their teens listen to more carefully and that the music industries should make more
positive video themes. The more the parents research and monitor their teens music, the less they
have to worry about fatal reactions toward it and other violence that would come from the music
of their teens. "Almost every parent in America would do what you did. It didn't look like a hand
grenade. It looked like a CD." said Joseph Liberman who was trying to comfort Mr. Kuntz
(Kenen). If we research what teens listen to we could prevent violence and suicide from
Thus, from a testimony from the American Academy of Pediatrics there are many
statements that imply that heavy metal music is partially to blame for suicide and violence by
teens be...