The other day I came across a pretty interesting articles about a study that had been done in the UK relating the type of music that people listen to to their personality traits. While a lot of the results may not be too surprising, it's interesting to see an actual professional study done about it.

Personally the result was pretty much dead-on. Being a big fan of both rock/metal, classical, and combinations of the two, the different personality traits for each type really match up with me. Personally I wasn't really that surprised in the similarity between metal and classical. Most people will stereotype listeners of both styles based on the image or what they think about it without actually paying attention to or knowing anything about what actually matters matters; the music. Both styles are very similar in their structure as well as the amount of talent and virtuosity that goes into the mastering of songwriting and playing the instruments in these styles. I heard someone say once that if Beethoven was alive today he'd be in Led Zeppelin or something like that...

I guess I'm not alone in getting strange looks when I tell someone I like classical music and metal.


See the full story and the breakdown for a bunch of different genres here.


For anyone interested, there are many bands that mix orchestral elements and heavy music. Here are some of the more well-known ones:

Kamelot
Rhapsody of Fire
Nightwish
Epica
Trans-Siberian Orchestra