Quote: (10-15-2013 11:41 PM)Ziltoid Wrote:
I'm particularly interested in why Scandinavia exports so much extreme metal.
I think it's the same reason Japan has such violent media. A meek, passive society finds outlet for that kind of shit in media?
Probably yes. Japan and Scandinavia have many similarities and both have a history of violence, conquest and warfare which they have sought to deny and forget. Just like it is impossible to believe the modern day Japanese were once Samurai warriors, you will find it hard to see the Viking heritage in modern scandis.
It comes out in sports and music only in Scandinavia. Those two are the only outlets were ego and agressiveness are allowed.