Composers of heavy metal lyrics are often cited as using obscene language, ideas, and imagery in their lyrics. The obscenity that is targeted by censors is usually a documentation of real people and real events expressed through language. Though lyrics can be shocking to most of the middle and upper classes in society, they describe the reality of some people’s lives in the lower classes, which includ

Music videos may have a significant behavioral impact by desensitizing viewers to violence, making teenagers more likely to approve of premarital sex, and glamorizing alcohol and tobacco use. Seventy percent of American households receive cable television, which means that most teenagers have access to Music Television, also known as MTV, and VH-1, and watch an average of a half hour to two hours of music videos daily. There are indications that up to 75% of concept music videos contain sexually suggestive material; and more than half contain violence, which often include acts committed against women. (Corliss 92; Zeinert 84) One study eliminated access to MTV, which proved the decrease in frequency of violent acts among teenagers and young adults in a locked treatment facility. Teenagers’ ability to comprehend and interpret music videos may vary and may represent an important variable in their potential impact.

Due the abovementioned circumstances, many people strongly believe that heavy metal music should be censored and parenta

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