Conway Kevin P, McGrain Patrick
a National Institute on Drug Abuse , Bethesda , Maryland , USA.
b Gwynedd Mercy University , Gwynedd Valley , Pennsylvania , USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2016 Oct 14;51(12):1655-1663. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1191515. Epub 2016 Aug 3.
Heavy metal music is distinguished for its deep sound and lyrical fixation with dark themes including war, destruction, doom, and misery. Such subjects permeate the music of Black Sabbath, the band generally considered the pioneers of heavy metal. One theme-substance use-is recurrent in Black Sabbath's songs and personal lives of its members.
OBJECTIVE/METHODS: This study explored the band's relationship with substance use though a content analysis of all songs containing lyrics written and recorded in studio by Black Sabbath. The analysis included 156 songs across 19 albums recorded from 1970 to 2013.
Three key findings emerged. First, a minority of songs (13%) contained substance references. Second, the songs with substance references were overwhelmingly (60%) negative, a pattern that increased over time. Third, despite many line-up changes over the band's 43-year period, every song referencing substance use except one featured vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and lyricist Geezer Butler.
Contrary to the notion that heavy metal music glorifies or encourages substance use (Record Labeling, United States Senate, 1985), Black Sabbath's lyrics as a whole weave a cautionary tale of how persistent substance use can hijack free will, become the dominant focus of the affected individual, and produce myriad forms of human misery. The insidiousness of chronic substance use depicted by the lyrics mirrors findings from natural-history studies of individuals with substance use disorders and aligns with neurobiological heuristics of addiction.
重金属音乐以其深沉的音效以及对包括战争、毁灭、厄运和苦难等黑暗主题的歌词关注而著称。这些主题贯穿于通常被认为是重金属音乐先驱的黑色安息日乐队的音乐中。其中一个主题——物质使用——在黑色安息日乐队的歌曲及其成员的个人生活中反复出现。
目的/方法：本研究通过对黑色安息日乐队在录音室创作并录制的所有包含歌词的歌曲进行内容分析，探讨了该乐队与物质使用之间的关系。分析涵盖了1970年至2013年录制的19张专辑中的156首歌曲。
出现了三个关键发现。第一，少数歌曲（13%）包含物质相关内容。第二，提及物质的歌曲绝大多数（60%）是负面的，且这种模式随时间增加。第三，尽管该乐队在43年期间经历了多次阵容变化，但除一首歌曲外，每首提及物质使用的歌曲都有主唱奥兹·奥斯本和作词人基泽·巴特勒参与。
与重金属音乐美化或鼓励物质使用的观念（美国参议院唱片标签，1985年）相反，黑色安息日乐队的歌词整体编织了一个警示故事，讲述了持续的物质使用如何能劫持自由意志、成为受影响个体的主要关注点并产生无数形式的人类苦难。歌词中描绘的慢性物质使用的阴险之处反映了物质使用障碍患者自然史研究的结果，并与成瘾的神经生物学启发法相一致。
