Apparently there are multiple studies that show a link between listening to heavy metal and being 'happier' and/or 'less angry':
- What Makes Metalheads Happy? A Phenomenological Analysis of Flow Experiences in Metal Musicians [0]
- Extreme metal music and anger processing [1]
- The effects of heavy metal music on arousal and anger [2]
[0]: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321893408_What_Make...[1]: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/arti...