Heavy Metal Music As The Second Manosphere

Late commentary on #metalgate; how I got initiated into heavy metal and learned guitar; and my personal tribulations forming a metal band. I also touch on the subject of heavy metal stereotypes, "metal elitism" and why complaints are (sometimes) both a cop-out and deflection. Bachelor Not Looking


Sampled songs by subgenre:
Riot - Dream Away (Heavy Metal):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYs2D...
Malevolent Creation - Instinct Evolved (Death Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei1zg...
Cryptopsy - Slit Your Guts (Technical Death Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkNbT...
Dark Tranquillity - Uniformity (Melodic Death Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BolGe...
Therion - Cults Of The Shadow (Symphonic Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc-Bs...
Samael - Black Trip (Black Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DLdY...
Anorexia Nervosa - Worship Manifesto (Symphonic Black Metal):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o9b5...
Evereve - Universe (Industrial Black Metal):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFFX9...
Rotting Christ - He, The Aethyr (Melodic Black Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSdnV...
Dawn Of Relic - Phosphor (Dark Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHCbV...
Darkseed - Autumn (Gothic Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elBqd...
Cathedral - Skullflower (Doom Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySOmM...
Daylight Dies - All We Had (Melodic Doom/Death Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TY-_...
Ahab - Nickerson's Theme (Funeral Doom Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le6u3...
Thyrfing - Kaos Aterkomst (Viking Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stx3g...
Ensiferum - Old Man (Folk Metal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycoVS...

We all know what traditionalists stand for, but how do they get in the way of "going one's own way" (MGTOW)? My 2c on that and other manosphere-related things.

A critique of Strauss/Howe's theory and related concepts.