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] →

We have been putting people's stories of how metal has helped them with wellbeing onto our site now for a couple of years. But now we are able to share our first proper video story with you! We spoke with Richy, friend of HMT and personal trainer. He talks to us about his experiences of … Continue reading Our First Video Story →

Help us find an image credit for this, if you know let us know.... Today is halloween (or as we prefer to say goth Christmas or gothmas).  As your gift from us we present you with this fabulous novelty playlist of all things devil/satan and Halloween related, you are welcome 😈As usual there are a … Continue reading The Devilish Halloween Playlist →

By Mara Lisenko Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. I only share my personal experiences and observations working with some of my voice students. I also do not generalise all metal vocalists as having identified ‘mental health problems’, here are just a few experiences as well as small fraction of my personal story, what … Continue reading The Therapeutics of Screaming →

Thank you to all of you who came to our first webinar A few of you from the webinar As part of the webinar and general celebrations we spent some time reflecting on the past year and also thinking about what we want to do next for year 3. We have come a long way … Continue reading Year 3 Begins →

It's hard to believe that Heavy Metal Therapy is now 2 years old, things have changed a lot since we set up a little Facebook group for a few friends who thought metal music could be therapeutic. To mark the occasion this year we asked you lot to submit videos, quotes and stories about why … Continue reading HMT is 2! Metal and Me….. →

Ben Ryan, HMT Staff Journalist You know what people love? Security, routine and a sense of identity.   We won’t admit it, we like to think we are creatures of adaptability, but change the layout in a supermarket and we lose our fucking minds. And you know that’s a rough thing because the one consistent … Continue reading Change (in the house of flies) →