[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch I do not know about a Metal rave but a Metal concert could work.

Stylistically, death metal is more kinetic and primal than black metal.

Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms.

Black metal deals with the theme of the soul, whereas death metal deals with the issue of the body and Black metal is a subgenre of metal that typically has satanic and anti-Christian lyrical themes.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Now when I think about it, it could be a bit too warm to wear a knitted sweater to either. Crowds can be quite warm, one of the reasons I generally dislike being a part of one.

But maybe it's me who does not get it. The UK has the annual Summer Wool Festival in Bedford, which takes place at the end of July, one of the warmest times of the year. When it's that hot outside, you can get a heatstroke from just looking at wool, not to mention trying it on, and yet, this is the time they chose. So maybe I just don't see the logic while it's there and it may actually work quite well. Like eating spicy food on a hot day? (I wouldn't know, have never done that either).

I wonder if it has to do with language. Norwegian and Finnish may be better suited to make those alterations for. @Saka, so you know if the majority of Metal bands in Finland sing in Finnish or English?

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch I think it depends on the location and where the events are held. Some festivals have a main stage and also separate stages where bands play and all the attendees don't gather in one spot so the heat emitting from everyone's bodies won't be so intense.

There are so many things that don't make sense. If I could take a guess, July may be a month the sheep farmers do their annual shearing when the seeps coats are at their thickest and there is an abundance of wool available.

I mean in the summertime here with us many people walk around with hoodies and thick jackets in the scorching sun. Some work in thick overalls. I wouldn't survive and dehydrate quickly.

I asked people why they wear such thick clothing in the middle of summer and their response was it's to prevent sunburn.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Well, personally, even then I do not like the crowds. This is odd, I like summer festivals and festivals in general, I think it is a nice element of culture worth experiencing, but at the same time, I really dislike any form of crowds. And festivals can't really happen without those. So every festival I go to I feel both interested and uncomfortable at the same time.

I wonder if there are any festivals, summer or not, where there are no crowds...

[Saka]

@DoctorEldritch Most of the popular bands sing in English, they sort of needed to do so to increase their audience. There are some bands that sing in Finnish, but English is really common.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch You have some traits of an intuitive Empath. Big crowds can feel overwhelming and draining for intuitive empaths, as there are so many competing energies. They tend to prefer one-on-one company. When you absorb the energies of others, it’s only natural that you might like to spend time alone. For this reason, intuitive empaths often isolate themselves and shy away from social situations.

There will always be crowds at festivals and avoiding them would be a difficult task.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Maybe it is not quite as deep as that. I think it is because I very much dislike waiting. Same as crowds, I do not like lines that you need to wait in, for me it is horrible. And my usual walking p[ace is quite fast, too. So if I end up in a crowd and need to slow down, it gets uncomfortable for me.

But maybe there is some truth to what you say as well. If the crowd was Chowder and I was Panini, then our relationship is something like this:

[Saka]

@DoctorEldritch Maybe some smaller local festivals would be enough of not-so-crowdy for you. I dislike crowds as well, but smaller outdoor events are just fine for me, as long as the noise levels are bearable.

[DoctorEldritch]

@Saka I guess, but one can argue those do not qualify as festivals anymore, scale-wise. But I don't mind, what's in a name and all that.

[Saharr]

@DoctorEldritch
no I never visited Japan I'm just interested in its culture somehow