Rise Against.

One of my favorite bands. Because well... It's hard to sum up in a few words. So time for rambling, whooo.

If I'm feeling angry at anything I like to listen to heavier music. No screamo, I hate the screaming songs and they'd probably just put me more on edge. But heavier songs, songs where the guitar is heavy, the bass is almost as loud as the guitar and the drums come thick and fast. I'd call it therapeutic but I'm not sure that it's qualified as a proper method of treatment. But it disperses my rage so I'm happy. I don't think, no wait that's a lie, there are other people around me that I've met who also don't like listening to light stuff when their angry. However when I'm melancholy don't let me listen to heavy stuff. I just get angry at whatever is making me sad. I keep saying I'm odd like that but I'd hedge bets on the fact that there are others that feel the same way as me. So that's why I like it when I'm angry, rage release and such. But there's more to it than that.

The lyrics have been somewhat liberally interpreted all over the internet. Trust me I've looked. But a general pattern is that most, if not all, of their lyrics are about issues that are relevant all over the world. Poverty, pollution, depression. The list goes on. And that's why I like Rise Against because unlike most raise awareness kind of things Rise Against actually do stuff. Because raising awareness is all well and good but if there is no action taken or example to follow then nothing happens. Rise Against are frequent donators to charities who make a difference.

Third, they've evolved past entirely screamo. Some of their old songs where entirely screamo and now they only have coarse yelling to emphasize words and lines. I do like a band who turns it's back on screamo but that's just me being petty.