Do happy countries listen more to metal music?
Is there a connection between happiness and listening to metal music? An empirical analysis shows that a country’s level of happiness is positively associated with its number of metal bands. On the other hand, the findings of a survey did not find any difference in the level of happiness between metal music listeners and the rest of the population in a particular country. It can therefore be said that the happier a country is, the more metal music it generates, but not that metal music fans are happier than others.
Authors
- Yizhaq Minchuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1930-084X)
- Alisa Voslinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5545-4160)
Institutions
- Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Metal Music Studies
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1386/mms_00183_1
- Primary Topic
- Music History and Culture
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00