a rage
By emily on November 5, 2022 5:53 pm
i once heard a wise woman say that depression is just unexpressed rage...
sometimes i ponder this concept - what do you think?
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I may not be wise but I can definitely relate to that unexpressed rage. The percussion and gritty bass synth really set the tone. Awesome fx on your vocals. Cinematic visuals of a banshee like spirit unleashing hell. That ending gave me goosebumps and had me looking behind 
this songs creates the feeling of a circulating thought. it has to be interrupted, so it can unfold its energy and become a rage, too.
I find that unexpressed emotions or the feeling that one has to suppress their emotions often leads to a discordant state of being. Music and art often becomes the vehicle to express these emotions but for many without a vehicle to get these emotions out, depression is often the result.
so we scream into the void.
Primed by the track title, this large bass sounds threatening. The percussive elements, like this short snare loop adds to the sense of buildup. The outro sounds are cool too.
I am not sure all depression is due to unexpressed rage, but it is for sure that unexpressed rage will find a way to express itself, and not necessarily in a healthy way or in an healthy direction. Music ia good way to channel it into something productive.
I like how you can feel the bottled up tension in the music here. Like the rage is a storm that's about to burst through the dam holding it back. I've luckily only had some minor flirtations with depression. I'd guess there are different causes and different forms of it, but for me it feels like an almost complete lack of engagement with life and the world. I do think the combination of anger and a sense of helplessness is a good path toward depression.
I the tension and propulsion in this, that bass enveloping us. I don't know if depression is unexpressed rage, that's a provoking thought though! If there's rage, something needs to happen or yeah, depression can come, despair and just the bad stuff. Dancing to good music is a good way to get all the bad stuff out
RajaTheResidentAlien wrote:
hyped by this rage
Tone Matrix wrote:
I may not be wise but I can definitely relate to that unexpressed rage. The percussion and gritty bass synth really set the tone. Awesome fx on your vocals. Cinematic visuals of a banshee like spirit unleashing hell. That ending gave me goosebumps and had me looking behind
Q-Rosh wrote:
this songs creates the feeling of a circulating thought. it has to be interrupted, so it can unfold its energy and become a rage, too.
mzunguko wrote:
I find that unexpressed emotions or the feeling that one has to suppress their emotions often leads to a discordant state of being. Music and art often becomes the vehicle to express these emotions but for many without a vehicle to get these emotions out, depression is often the result.
so we scream into the void.
Kedbreak136 wrote:
Primed by the track title, this large bass sounds threatening. The percussive elements, like this short snare loop adds to the sense of buildup. The outro sounds are cool too.
I am not sure all depression is due to unexpressed rage, but it is for sure that unexpressed rage will find a way to express itself, and not necessarily in a healthy way or in an healthy direction. Music ia good way to channel it into something productive.
CosmicCairns wrote:
I like how you can feel the bottled up tension in the music here. Like the rage is a storm that's about to burst through the dam holding it back. I've luckily only had some minor flirtations with depression. I'd guess there are different causes and different forms of it, but for me it feels like an almost complete lack of engagement with life and the world. I do think the combination of anger and a sense of helplessness is a good path toward depression.
miraclemiles wrote:
I the tension and propulsion in this, that bass enveloping us. I don't know if depression is unexpressed rage, that's a provoking thought though! If there's rage, something needs to happen or yeah, depression can come, despair and just the bad stuff. Dancing to good music is a good way to get all the bad stuff out
Loved reading all of these & seeing the gifs 
Hope you are all well!
This song is like a burning fuse winding its way towards the bomb. Slithering like a snake and hypnotic so you can't runaway. The raging guitar at the end is well worth the wait and risk.
All my rage is based in fear. Maybe that leads to depression. If I were less afraid, I would be less angry.
NWSPR wrote:
This song is like a burning fuse winding its way towards the bomb. Slithering like a snake and hypnotic so you can't runaway. The raging guitar at the end is well worth the wait and risk.
All my rage is based in fear. Maybe that leads to depression. If I were less afraid, I would be less angry.
thank you for sharing this
Heard this the week it came out, but couldn't find the time to leave the comment. I don't rage too much, but I do fear, regret, anxiously anticipate bad things, etc.. That is, I admire the original quote but I don't know if expressing the rage would have much of an effect on depression, but I'd be glad to discover that it does.
Love how angry the music is / how awesome the vocals are (3:20-ish).
ilzxc wrote:
Heard this the week it came out, but couldn't find the time to leave the comment. I don't rage too much, but I do fear, regret, anxiously anticipate bad things, etc.. That is, I admire the original quote but I don't know if expressing the rage would have much of an effect on depression, but I'd be glad to discover that it does.
Love how angry the music is / how awesome the vocals are (3:20-ish).
i'm not really sure i agree with that concept myself
this made me think of this track and felt like good advice:
Michelle Obama tells young people to be 'rageful' — but have a plan
okay so my two cents is that depression is "internalized anger" - a slight difference than unexpressed, but very similar.
I don't like myself, I don't like this situation -> I am frustrated with myself/this situation
Then another wrench in the convo: boredom is a version of this frustration/dissatisfaction.
EM - I would love to chat with you if you ever want to join the WB Discord chat sometime!
I really relate to your work because there is a lot of anger but it's shown in unconventional/non-traditional ways.
I'm so angry all of the time! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ that's why I'm a musician???
DANG THE ENDING DRONE
orangedrink wrote:
okay so my two cents is that depression is "internalized anger" - a slight difference than unexpressed, but very similar.
I don't like myself, I don't like this situation -> I am frustrated with myself/this situation
Then another wrench in the convo: boredom is a version of this frustration/dissatisfaction.
EM - I would love to chat with you if you ever want to join the WB Discord chat sometime!
I really relate to your work because there is a lot of anger but it's shown in unconventional/non-traditional ways.
I'm so angry all of the time! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ that's why I'm a musician???
DANG THE ENDING DRONE
the drone is the neighbors leaf blower recorded and layered on multiple tracks - it's more pronounced at the end...
thank you for sharing your 2cents - i hear you! & i'm so glad you are able to channel some of the anger with music - your work is so very contained and focused and soulful and lovely - that comes through despite what you are processing!
discord is intriguing to me - but i'm struggling to keep up with WB, email, & snail mail correspondence...
i have a link to my email on my page here - feel free to reach out