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/

Blog by Dan who you can follow on twitter @djrobotham A mundane consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the increased amount of time I've spent at home. Face-to face interactions with anyone beyond immediate family have been infrequent. My geographical world has been reduced to a couple of square miles. For some reason I … Continue reading Lost souls domain; Bolt Thrower, mindfulness and Covid-19 →

We'd like to thank our friends at Wobbling About and Rocking Out for this nice write up 🤘🤘🤘 https://waro.co.uk/headbanging-for-healthier-minds-an-interview-with-the-founder-of-heavy-metal-therapy/

2021 has got off to a busy start for us.... The Lancet Psychiatry, which is an important mental health journal, published an essay about heavy metal and mental health, which featured some heavy metal therapy: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30558-7/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR0eV45AVGsnx6QXfcRE-wjio22_ZXABhT00OyvuYwTCDagwFaXJfzP3o6s . We have also been doing a bit of podcasting with two new additions to our collection: Death Comes … Continue reading Some Metal University Updates →

Well, it's been quite a year! Not what we were expecting and a challenge for many. Some of our plans had to change in terms of our hopes for the project this year. However, as an online resource we wanted to do what we can even if it is just to help people out in … Continue reading Bye bye 2020 →

By Scott Arlow Sometimes it's easy to forget how important some simple things are. Like cheese on toast. Or Rice Krispies. Or music.Today, the stars have aligned in such a way as to remind me how important music is to our everyday lives. Image from Crofton parish, lyrics Foo Fighters I was talking to my … Continue reading Times Like These →

Something a bit different now...you will no doubt have picked up that we love a bit of Nine Inch Nails. We are absolutely delighted that Adam Steiner, who wrote a recent book, Into The Never, on the Nine Inch Nails album The Downward spiral, agreed to both talk to us about his thoughts on the … Continue reading [Standing at the Edge] →