Patch Amnesty sell metal patches for battle jackets and give the money they raise to the mental health charity Mind. They have raised almost 19K so far! Mike from the project talks to Sam, one of our Roadies, about how it started, and the plans to bring it to a close at the Primordial Radio … Continue reading Patch Amnesty Interview →

Pleased to have a guest blog out with SCRA, a US based community psychology organisation. Check it out here: https://www.communitypsychology.com/heavy-metal-therapy/

A Million Miles Away: A Personal Reflection on the Power of Music During COVID-19By Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan, University of Sheffield Ever since I can remember, my life has been marked by two constants: anxiety and music. Anxiety sits uncomfortably in the pit of my stomach every day and I’m never quite sure when it’s … Continue reading A Million Miles Away →

We are delighted to have some of our thoughts about 'wellness' published in Asylum Magazine, a radical mental health publication (an ambition realised as we love the stuff they do). It is one of the sample articles so you can get it for free here: https://asylummagazine.org/2021/06/heavy-metal-therapy-and-anti-wellness-by-kate-quinn/?fbclid=IwAR06RkpviE7LdQfhPJFO5BIV8SPxQssJPklGpx01aBDMr58f1-QkmIeffLQ Original artwork by James K Magennis

Now, you all know we have some issues with the term "awareness" and how meaningful things like awareness weeks are (have a look at this for more). However, this year we have showcased a few bits of our stuff while the eyes of the heavy metal community are more focused on mental health. Here is … Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 →

Okay friends, if you haven't already guessed this was a bit of fun for April 1st. We don't think we will be doing a real HMT manual any time soon 😉 The Heavy Metal Therapy Manual There’s a therapy for everything these days, right?  But no therapy is real without a manual to accompany it, … Continue reading The HMT manual →

Of Wolves are a sick and super heavy band, who advertise their music as "This is Therapy". We were delighted to to be able to link up with Steve, who does vocals with the band (he doesn't call it singing, he "screams his balls off"). In this video Steve talks to Nurse Ratched about the … Continue reading Interview with Of Wolves →

We are delighted to be featured in the latest version of the Hearing Voices Network newsletter. It is for members only to read the whole thing, but they have generously let us share our bit with you, plus some reflections on the role of music as a coping strategy for voices from the fabulous Rai … Continue reading HVN Newsletter →

We are pleased to be invited to contribute to this discussion with the founders of the World Metal Congress: "For Ep8 of the WMC Webcast, we’ll be discussing mental health in heavy metal with #mentalhealth advocate, Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach and clinical psychologist Dr. Kate Quinn of the excellent Heavy Metal Therapy. Join us … Continue reading World Metal Congress →

Nurse Ratched and Kate wrote this blog about mental health 'awareness' and some thoughts on what that really means. We are most grateful to our friends at Soundsphere Magazine for publishing it as a guest blog. Read it here: https://www.soundspheremag.com/news/guest-blog-dont-buy-our-shirts-for-mental-health-awareness/