I know plenty of hyper-intelligent metal people, but at the same time, there's this dumbass, hardheaded, macho attitude associated with it. For younger people, it's like a succubus.

I think it's safe to say that 50% of the record buying metal community is people between the ages of 16 and 25 - people still in their teenage-angsty, early young-adult years.

We live with the things that we do to ourselves and others in doing what we've done to ourselves.

I took music theory in high school and dropped out halfway through the semester because it was ruining music for me.

As convenient as that would be to make it easier to communicate with more prolific musicians, I don't want to think of music like a math equation.

I know plenty of hyper-intelligent metal people, but at the same time, there's this dumbass, hardheaded, macho attitude associated with it. For younger people, it's like a succubus.

I think metal draws dumb people. It's not exactly a thinking man's genre.