Happy Birthday James Hetfield!
METALLICA front man, James Hetfield celebrated his 44th birthday yesterday. Some of you know that I am a recent convert to the music of Metallica and Heavy Metal. I've only been listening to it for a short number of years now. I only became able to appreciate and gather some sort of understanding of it's meaning and energy because of the condition of the state of my soul. I think that Metallica's music was born of a vision as a means to channel the energy of a world in pain, and also anger. Does listening to Metallica and Heavy Metal generate more pain and anger? I think that depends on the clarity of the channel the music is being played through, or listened in. What I mean by that is that music is a vibration and that the person that listens to music vibrates according to the quality of the sound. A person that is full of unchanneled pain and anger can find resonance in this music. If a person's mind is open to ideas of growth and release, the music can work for the...