Number 10
When I was around seven or eight years old I started a big interest in music. I was interested in learning about different genres and about all the different types of inspiration people got from them. I wanted to find a genre that really just made me want to listen to music and appreciate it. I was raised in a very conservative household, my parents were very strict about TV shows, games, and all sorts of different things normal children do. In the church I grew up in, heavy metal was seen as a way of glorifying demons and evil spirits and that really freaked me out as a kid, it was often something I thought about but I was too scared to ever really do my own research about.
I have nothing against heavy metal, everyone can like whatever genre of music they please but sadly it ranks as my least favorite genre of music. As I got older I realized the root of the dislike that music wasn't the meaning people thought was behind it, it was more of the way my brain functioned to it. I found that whenever I heard a heavy metal song on the radio my brain just became air and I couldn't hear my thoughts or think properly, for some people that is a way of helping them cope and relax during a stressful day or after a hard day but for me, it's extremely uncomfortable and not likable at all.
Heavy metal is a genre of music that spikes my interest from time to time. I like to think how on earth can some people listen to it on a daily basis and not feel drained and just stressed out and unsettled. The “devil music” I grew up being scared of turned out to really stress me out and realized it's not for everyone. Maybe I'll explore a different branch of some type of metal and find one that I can listen to but for now, it has to be ranked as my number 10 being the worst genre of music in my opinion.