[mindcrime]

Metal fans could save us all from a two-party system.

Hmm... I'm a huge metal fan myself, and very much an anarcho-capitalist / libertarian / voluntaryist / $whatever_term_you_prefer. But, to be honest, I haven't really noticed much correlation between a preference for metal, and 3rd party political affiliation, at least among my metal loving friends. If anything, I'd say that metalheads perhaps run towards "politically apathetic / don't care" more than other groups. But that's a pretty subjective and totally non-scientific observation.

[tluyben2]

It is something I have noticed too though. That's why I personally didn't find it very surprising that they are hardest to classify.

[binxbolling]

RTFA. Their conclusion was not that metal fans have a preference for 3rd party affiliation.

[mindcrime]

Not strictly speaking, but if they say:

"I found it neat these non-predictive artists were mainly metal. Perhaps the genre that can finally bring this divided country together or break the lock on the two party system."

then it's a small bit of inference to think that they are suggesting metal fans are more likely to go for something other than the two incumbent parties.

Anyway, I'm generalizing a bit here. It's not always necessary to reply only to the conclusions than the authors of an article explicitly drew.

[mason55]

I would have liked a distinction between "this music could be either" and "this music didn't signify anything". Would help tease out the difference between political apathy and appeal to both parties