Should Catholics Listen to Heavy Metal?

About this sermon

Can Catholics listen to heavy metal? Support the community by visiting: https://brianholdsworth.locals.com/ As a former metalhead and guitarist, I wrestled with that question after becoming Catholic. In this video, I explore what great thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, the Church Fathers, and St. Thomas Aquinas actually said about music, emotion, and virtue — and how those insights might apply to modern music like heavy metal. 📖 Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction: My background as a metalhead 1:36 – Catholic Reddit answers 2:55 – The wisdom of old thinkers on neglected topics 4:08 – Consulting faith or reason 4:40 – Plato on how music affects the soul 5:59 – Aristotle on emotion, virtue, and rhythm 7:26 – The Church Fathers on music 7:59 – Aquinas on music’s moral effects 8:27 – Applying those principles to heavy metal 8:57 – Evaluating lyrics, rhythm, and melody 10:10 – Converse accident fallacy 11:01 – The passions metal imitates 12:25 – My personal conversion experience with music 13:50 – A one-week challenge to re-examine your playlist 🎧 Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: http://pauljernberg.com Podcast Version: https://brianholdsworth.libsyn.com/