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Main Causes of Death in European Metal

Metal music is often associated with drugs, alcohol, mental disorders and suicides. In this brief article, you can see in how far this corresponds to factual accounts. Obviously, this doesn’t mean if you play or listen to Metal you'll end your days in any of these ways. And it goes without saying that people who play other kinds of music are not safeguarded from the danger of dying in similar circumstances.

This articule tells us, what is real and what is not. And if it's necessary to be a Metal music player or just a "normal person" to fall in the death's hands in these ways. This article is just to wake up the curiosity of the readers.

Certainly, some strange causes of death are included here. For example, epileptic seizure, septicemia, landmine in war, dead in his sleep, cholangiocarcinoma, drowned in the Indian Ocean tsunami, died by the Lou Gehrig's disease or thrashed by a security guard in Sweden.

And some more horrific types: Stabbed to death, by blood clot, by a terrorist attack, and by the horrible "Fetus in fetu". (I don't recommend you to seek this last one in google images)

Below is the summary of the main causes of death in European Metal and the main countries where these happen.

These data were collected since the mid-70s until today from the database "Encyclopaedia Metallum".

TOP 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH IN EUROPE:

1º GERMANY: (185 Deaths) 1º Suicide (168 Deaths)

2º RUSSIA: (147 Deaths) 2º Car Accident (135 Deaths)

3º UNITED KINGDOM: (134 Deaths) 3º Cancer (131 Deaths)

4º POLAND: (124 Deaths) 4º Heart Failure (82 Deaths)

5º FRANCE: (97 Deaths) 5º Disease/Illness (47 Deaths)

6º ITALY: (94 Deaths) 6º Motorbike Accident (35 Deaths)

7º SWEDEN: (85 Deaths) 7º Overdrug (29 Deaths)

8º SPAIN: (68 Deaths) 8º Murder (27 Deaths)

9º FINLAND: (64 Deaths) 9º Drowning (9 Deaths)

10º NORWAY: (45 Deaths) 10º Stroke (9 Deaths)

In the article “Music to die for: how genre affects popular musicians' life expectancy” published by the website “theconversation.com” (https://theconversation.com/music-to-die-for-how-genre-affects-popular-musicians-life-expectancy-36660) the causes of death in other genres of music were examined. It stands out that also here the main causes of death in Metal music are considered to be accidents and suicides.

By the other hand, the next graphic can be confusing, because there's not concordance about the number of bands and deaths.

For example:

-Finland is the biggest country about % bands/habitants, and however, it's ranked in 9th position.

-Germany leads the ranking of mortality in the first position, and however it's near of the 11.76% of bands per 100.000 habitants.

-The same happens with Russia, where it's in the second place of the death ranking, and however the ratio is less that 0.5%.

These data also were collected through the website “Encyclopaedia Metallum”:

And finally, this is the classification of each of the European country with the statistics of causes of death of the members of Metal bands. There are 43 European countries, 5 Euro-Asian countries and a former ex-European country. As in the previous classification, these data were collected since the mid-70s until today from the database "Encyclopaedia Metallum".

GERMANY: (185 Deaths)

26x Car accident (among them: 1x Hit and run car accident)

19x Cancer (among them: 1x Lung cancer, 1x Stomach cancer, 1x Leukemia, 1x Brain tumour)

17x Suicide (among them: 3x Suicide by hanging, 1x Suicide by jumping, 1x Suicide by car accident)

8x Heart failure (among them: 1x Sudden cardiac death, 1x Heart Attack)

8x Disease (among them: 1x Undisclosed severe disease, 1x Long disease, 1x Chronic illness)

4x Motorcycle accident

3x Work accident, Occupational injury

3x Liver failure

3x Drug overdose (among them: 2x Possible drug overdose)

2x Organ failure

1x Head injuries from falling

1x Alcoholism

1x Pulmonary embolism

1x Bike accident

1x Stroke

1x Bacterial infection

1x Apoplectic attack

1x Natural causes

1x Pancreatitis

1x Asthma attack

1x Pneumonia

1x Murder

1x Infection before a heart transplantation

1x Train accident

1x Drowning

77x Unknown causes

RUSSIA: (147 Deaths)

11x Heart failure (among them: 4x Cardiac arrest, 2x Sudden cardiac death, 2x Heart attack)

9x Suicide (among them: 2x Suicide by hanging)

9x Murder (among them: 2x Murder by stabbing)

9x Car accident (among them: 1x Railroad accident)

6x Cancer (among them: 1x Brain cancer)

4x Drug overdose (among them: 1x Heroin overdose)

2x Motorcycle accident

2x Drowning

2x Illness

1x Hypothermia

1x Electrocution

1x Fatal accident in mountains

1x Alcohol intoxication

1x Peptic ulcer

1x Pancreatitis

1x Subway accident

1x Lung infection

1x Falling

1x Natural causes

1x Helicopter crash

1x Accident

1x Blood clot separation

1x Not traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage

1x Fire accident

1x Hepatitis C, Pancreatitis, Digestive diseases

1x Encephaloma

76x Unknown causes

UNITED KINGDOM: (134 Deaths)

23x Cancer (among them: 4x Leukemia, 2x Brain tumour, 2x Pancreatic cancer, 1x Bone marrow cancer, 1x Throat cancer, 1x Spinal cancer, 1x Bowel cancer, 1x Lung cancer)

17x Suicide (among them: 1x Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, 1x Suicide by hanging)

12x Heart failure (among them: 6x Heart attack, 1x Acute cardiac event, 1x Congestive heart failure)

6x Illness (among them: 2x Liver disease, 1x Long time illness, 1x Brief illness)

5x Car accident

3x Drowning

2x Murder (among them: 1x Murder by strangulation)

2X Pulmonary embolism

2X Motorbike accident

2x Stroke, (among them: 1x Complications from a stroke)

2x Brain aneurysm

1x Multiple sclerosis

1x Drug overdose

1x Complications from a bike crash

1x Kidney failure

1x Head injuries from falling

1x Septicemia

1x Liver failure

1x Ruptured aorta

1x Chest infection

1x Epileptic seizure

1x Pneumonia

1x AIDS due to heroin use

1x Complications from a stomach ulcer

1x Accidental mixture of alcohol and medication

1x Alcoholism

1x Multiple organ failure

42x Unknown causes

POLAND: (124 Deaths)

14x Car accident

12x Suicide (among them: 2x Suicide by hanging)

9x Cancer (among them: 1x Brain cancer, 1x Brain tumour, 1x Lymph glands cancer)

9x Heart failure (among them: 4x Heart attack, 1x Cardiac arrhythmia)

3x Stroke

2x Drug overdose,

2x Motorcycle accident

2x Pneumonia

1x Bus accident

1x Murder

1x Natural causes

1x Acute circulatory failure

1x Indian Ocean tsunami

1x Health problems

1x Accident

1x Bicycle accident,

1x Disease

1x Avalanche

1x Chronic alcohol abuse

1x Drowned during canoeing trip

1x Hit by a truck

1x Liver failure

57x Unknown causes

FRANCE: (97 Deaths)

19x Suicide (among them: 2x Suicide by hanging)

9x Car accident

7x Cancer (among them: 1x Skin cancer)

5x Heart failure (among them: 2x Cardiac arrest, 2x Heart attack)

3x Illness (among then: 1x Undisclosed illness)

2x Motorcycle accident

2x Drug overdose

2x Trekking-Hiking Accident

1x Hit by a car

1x Overdose

1x Killed in war

1x Natural causes

1x Ruptured aneurysm

1x Stabbed to death

1x Pulmonary infection

41x Unknown causes

ITALY: (94 Deaths)

12x Suicide (among them: 3x Suicide by hanging, 2x Suicide by jumping, 1x Suicide by running against a train)

12x Car accident

7x Cancer (among them: 2xLeukemia, 1x Brain cancer, 1x Liver cancer)

6x Heart failure (among them: 5x Heart attack, 1x Heart problems)

5x Motorcycle accident

4x Drug overdose (among them: 1x Heroin overdose, 1x Trichloroethylene overdose, 1x Unknown causes overdose)

4x Complications from AIDS

4x Illness

2x Murder (among them: 1x Murder by gunshot)

2x Liver disease (among them: 1x Kidney and liver failure)

1x Cerebral haemorrhage

1x Health problems

1x Stroke

1x Hit by a car

1x Carbon monoxide poisoning

1x Lou Gehrig's disease

1x Sudden death

29x Unknown causes

SWEDEN: (85 Deaths)

18x Suicide (among them: 4x Suicide by hanging, 2x Suicide by gunshot)

8x Cancer (among them: 1x Brain tumor, 1x Skin cancer)

5x Heart failure

4x Car accident

4x Overdose (among them: 1x Heroin overdose, 1x GHB overdose)

3x Murder (among them: 1x Murder by strangulation, 1x Murder by stabbing, 1x Beaten to death)

1x Epilepsy

1x Accidental prescription drug overdose

1x Long-time drug abuse

1x Traumatic aortic ruptura

1x Run over by train

1x Natural causes

1x Blood clot

1x Kidney failure

1x Long time sickness

1x Accidental drowning

33x Unknown causes

SPAIN: (68 Deaths)

9x Car accident

5x Heart failure (among them: 3x Heart attack, 1x Heart related problems, 1x Sudden cardiac arrest)

3x Cancer (among them: 1x Brain tumor, 1x Brain cancer)

3x Illness (among them: 1x Long illness)

3x Suicide

3x Motorcycle accident

2x Work accident

2x Accident

1x Domestic accident

1x Bicycle accident

1x Murder by stabbing

1x Unintentional medicine overdose

1x Pulmonary edema

1x Pneunomia

1x Lymphoma

1x Hit by a train

1x Thrashed by a security guard in Sweden

29x Unknown causes

FINLAND: (64 Deaths)

13x Suicide (among them: 1x Suicide by gunshot)

4x Cancer (among the: 1x Stomach cancer, 1x Leukemia, 1x Complications from lung cancer)

4x Heart failure (among them: 1x Heart attack)

2x Car accident

2x Illness (among them: 1x Undisclosed acute illness)

1x Accidental fall

1x Accident

1x Hit by a truck

1x Murder

1x Drowning

1x Alcohol and drug overdose

33x Unknown causes

NORWAY: (45 Deaths)

12x Suicide (among them: 1x Suicide by heroin overdose, 1x Suicide by drug overdose)

4x Cancer (among them: 1x Colon cancer, 1x Leukemia)

3x Car accident

2x Motorcycle accident

2x Drug overdose (among them: 1x Heroin overdose)

2x Murder (among them: 1x Murder by stabbing, 1x Murder by gunshot)

2x Heart failure (among them: 1x Cardiac arrest)

1x Natural causes

1x Hypothermia

1x Accident

1x Viral infection

1x Terrorist attack

1x Fetus in fetu

12x Unknown causes

BELGIUM: (44 Deaths)

10x Suicide (among them: 1x Suicide by gunshot, 1x Suicide by hanging)

6x Car accident

5x Cancer (among them: 1x Lung tumour, 1x Leukemia, 1x Lung cancer, 1x Colon cancer)

4x Heart failure (among them: 2x Heart attack)

2x Motorcycle accident

2x Vein ruptura (among them: 1x Cardiac vein failure)

1x Work accident

1x Liver disease

33x Unknown causes

NETHERLANDS: (37 Deaths)

8x Cancer (among them: 1x Brain cancer)

6x Suicide (among them: 1x Circumstances suggesting suicide, 1x Suicide by overdose, 1x Suicide by train)

4x Heart failure (among them: 1x Heart arrhythmia, 1x Heart attack)

1x Car accident

1x Died in his sleep

1x Murder by axe

1x Lou Gehrig's disease

15x Unknown causes

CZECH REPUBLIC: (29 Deaths)

6x Cancer (among them: 1x Pancreatic cancer)

5x Car accident

2x Motorcycle accident

2x Heart failure (among them: 1x Cardiac arrest)

1x Suicide

1x Cerebral haemorrhage

12x Unknown causes

UKRAINE: (26 Deaths)

3x Suicide

1x Car accident

1x Stomach cancer

1x Died in sleep

1x Complications from surgery

1x Accident

1x Cirrhosis

1x Accidental drowning

1x Cardiac arrest

1x Natural causes

14x Unknown causes

HUNGARY: (23 Deaths)

5x Car accident (among them: 1x Coma sustained from traffic accident)

2x Motorcycle accident

1x Suicide

1x Cholangiocarcinoma

1x Heart failure because of peritonitis

1x Heart attack

1x Murder

1x Disease

10x Unknown causes

GREECE: (22 Deaths)

3x Car accident

3x Heart failure (among them: 1x Heart attack, 1x Congenital heart disease)

2x Motorcycle accident

2x Disease (among them: 1x Brain disease)

1x Complications from leukemia

1x Hit by a truck

10x Unknown causes

PORTUGAL: (21 Deaths)

3x Suicide

2x Car accident

1x Cancer

1x Sudden death

1x Drowning

13x Unknown causes

BULGARIA: (20 Deaths)

2x Cancer

1x Liver complications

1x Motorcycle accident

1x Illness

15x Unknown causes

DENMARK: (20 Deaths)

3x Suicide

3x Cancer (among them: 1x Liver cancer)

2x Car accident

1x Related to drug abuse

1x Drowning

10x Unknown causes

SWITZERLAND: (15 Deaths)

2x Car accident

2x Cancer,

2x Suicide (among them: 1x Suicide by hanging)

1x Drug overdose

1x Motorcycle accident

1x Injuries sustained from a fall

1x Fell from a bridge

1x Skiing accident

4x Unknown causes

AUSTRIA: (14 Deaths)

2x Illness (among them: 1x Undisclosed severe illness, 2x Chronic illness)

2x Car accident (among them: 1x strucked by a train)

BELARUS: (13 Deaths)

3x Illness

2x Murder

1x Electric shock

1x Cancer

1x Drug overdose

5x Unknown causes

CROATIA: (12 Deaths)

2x Suicide

1x Natural causes

1x Car accident

1x Brain stem cancer

1x Motorcycle accident

6x Unknown causes

LATVIA: (10 Deaths)

3x Car accident

1x Suicide by hanging

1x Cancer

1x Motorcycle accident

1x Liver failure

1x Pneumonia caused by flu

2x Unknown causes

SLOVAKIA: (10 Deaths)

2x Car accident

1x Illness

1x Suicide

1x Cancer

5x Unknown causes

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: (9 Deaths)

1x Leukemia

1x Succumbed to firearm shoot

1x Landmine in war

1x Suicide

1x Killed at war

4x Unknown causes

LITHUANIA: (9 Deaths)

1x Cancer

1x Melanoma

1x Sailing accident

1x Motorcycle accident

1x Car accident

1x Accident

1x Heroin overdose

2x Unknown causes

ROMANIA: (9 Deaths)

2x Heart attack

2x Car accident

5x Unknown causes

SLOVENIA: (8 Deaths)

1x Car accident

1x Suicide by hanging

1x Drug overdose

5x Unknown causes

SERBIA: (6 Deaths)

1x Leukemia

1x Burned in a fire

1x Multiple sclerosis

3x Unknown causes

ESTONIA: (5 Deaths)

1x Car accident

1x Heart attack

3x Unknown causes

IRELAND: (5 Deaths)

2x Heart attack (among them: 1x Drug-related heart attack)

3x Unknown causes

LUXEMBOURG: (5 Deaths)

1x Leukemia

4x Unknown causes

TURKEY: (5 Deaths)

1x Killed in war

1x Car accident

3x Unknown causes

ICELAND: (4 Deaths)

2x Cancer

1x Car accident

1x Plane crash

MALTA: (4 Deaths)

1x Cancer

1x Workplace accident

2x Unknown causes

MACEDONIA (FYROM): (3 Deaths)

1x Accident

2x Unknown causes

MOLDOVA: (2 Deaths)

1x Drug overdose

1x Unknown causes

CYPRUS: (1 Death)

1x Cancer

FAROE ISLANDS: (1 Death)

1x Suicide

GEORGIA: (1 Death)

1x Unknown causes

LIECHTENSTEIN: (1 Death)

1x Cerebral haemorrhage

SAN MARINO: (1 Death)

1x Unknown causes

EX-JUGOSLAVIA: (1 Death)

1x Cerebral haemorrhage

ALBANIA: (0 Deaths)

ANDORRA: (0 Deaths)

ARMENIA: (0 Deaths)

AZERBAIJAN: (0 Deaths)

MONTENEGRO: (0 Deaths)

As final data, the names of these persons don't appear for respect. However, many of you know the more famous deaths in the European Metal history which are the murder of "Euronymous" (Vocalist of Mayhem) by Vark of Burzum, the suicide of "Dead" (also vocalist of Mayhem), and the recent death of "Tristessa" (Vocalist of Astarte) by complications from leukemia.

✝RIP

Sources:

http://www.metal-archives.com/

https://theconversation.com/

(A special thanks to Firnand Mincer for the help with the second source)

-Vegazza Valentine-