Randy Blythe

To examine. If you sit there and you're like, if I think, okay, Jordan Harbinger really doesn't like me, we're going to do this podcast and he's going to ask me some gotcha questions and then try and submit this to the music press and make me look like a total jerk.

To examine. If you sit there and you're like, if I think, okay, Jordan Harbinger really doesn't like me, we're going to do this podcast and he's going to ask me some gotcha questions and then try and submit this to the music press and make me look like a total jerk.

To examine. If you sit there and you're like, if I think, okay, Jordan Harbinger really doesn't like me, we're going to do this podcast and he's going to ask me some gotcha questions and then try and submit this to the music press and make me look like a total jerk.

Yeah, I know. I can tell. You're very Machiavellian. So if I have these beliefs for some reason, if I am unwilling to say, why do you think that, dude? Like, why? No matter how cherished that belief is, if I'm unwilling to do that, then I'm scared to look at myself and look at my method of processing the world. And I think this is something that a lot of people experience.

Yeah, I know. I can tell. You're very Machiavellian. So if I have these beliefs for some reason, if I am unwilling to say, why do you think that, dude? Like, why? No matter how cherished that belief is, if I'm unwilling to do that, then I'm scared to look at myself and look at my method of processing the world. And I think this is something that a lot of people experience.

Yeah, I know. I can tell. You're very Machiavellian. So if I have these beliefs for some reason, if I am unwilling to say, why do you think that, dude? Like, why? No matter how cherished that belief is, if I'm unwilling to do that, then I'm scared to look at myself and look at my method of processing the world. And I think this is something that a lot of people experience.

There's a lot of cognitive dissonance going on I believe this. We live in such a divisive society. Not to get into any sort of political party or whatever, but people are so binary now almost.

There's a lot of cognitive dissonance going on I believe this. We live in such a divisive society. Not to get into any sort of political party or whatever, but people are so binary now almost.

There's a lot of cognitive dissonance going on I believe this. We live in such a divisive society. Not to get into any sort of political party or whatever, but people are so binary now almost.

At least online. In person, things tend to go a little bit smoother. But online, there's this group think. You're A or B. And the group is comforting. Human beings have a herd instinct. Of course, this is the way to think. Everybody else thinks.

At least online. In person, things tend to go a little bit smoother. But online, there's this group think. You're A or B. And the group is comforting. Human beings have a herd instinct. Of course, this is the way to think. Everybody else thinks.

At least online. In person, things tend to go a little bit smoother. But online, there's this group think. You're A or B. And the group is comforting. Human beings have a herd instinct. Of course, this is the way to think. Everybody else thinks.

Exactly. And it's reinforcing your biases, your already existing biases. But if you aren't really willing to sit there and look at why you think the way you think and ask yourself, do I believe this because I believe this or because it's been yelled at me by a bunch of other people? then you're just scared. You're scared to look at yourself.

Exactly. And it's reinforcing your biases, your already existing biases. But if you aren't really willing to sit there and look at why you think the way you think and ask yourself, do I believe this because I believe this or because it's been yelled at me by a bunch of other people? then you're just scared. You're scared to look at yourself.

Exactly. And it's reinforcing your biases, your already existing biases. But if you aren't really willing to sit there and look at why you think the way you think and ask yourself, do I believe this because I believe this or because it's been yelled at me by a bunch of other people? then you're just scared. You're scared to look at yourself.

And I think as an artist, at least for me and a lot of my friends, that's one of the great things about being an artist because it involves a lot of self-reflection, creating honest art and questioning myself and my beliefs. And some of my beliefs are the very same as they were when I was 16. And I hold them up to scrutiny. And it's uncomfortable. But some things, I have to let go of.

And I think as an artist, at least for me and a lot of my friends, that's one of the great things about being an artist because it involves a lot of self-reflection, creating honest art and questioning myself and my beliefs. And some of my beliefs are the very same as they were when I was 16. And I hold them up to scrutiny. And it's uncomfortable. But some things, I have to let go of.

And I think as an artist, at least for me and a lot of my friends, that's one of the great things about being an artist because it involves a lot of self-reflection, creating honest art and questioning myself and my beliefs. And some of my beliefs are the very same as they were when I was 16. And I hold them up to scrutiny. And it's uncomfortable. But some things, I have to let go of.

You get hungry enough, you'll eat your dog. Of course.

You get hungry enough, you'll eat your dog. Of course.