A schoolboy killed himself after listening to death metal on his iPod, an inquest has heard.
Truman Edley, who was just 15 at the time of his death, hanged himself in the hallway of the family home in Rotherham after he had been listening to the violent music.
A coroner refused to name the band he was listening to or publish the extreme lyrics which formed part of the evidence at the inquest in Rotherham.
The official also noted that Truman had been suffering from a number of problems, and his mother said that he had 'self-esteem' issues.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311557/Loving-teenager-hanged-listening-death-metal-music-dark-lyrics-glorified-death.html
A ridiculous example of the daily mail (there's the first problem) blaming music for what was obviously a much deeper problem. the article goes on to say
She discovered his body at their home in November 2011, two months after she had found him sobbing in his bedroom wardrobe.
So there had obviously been an ongoing problem with him, and yet the headline and the majority of the article focus on the fact that he listened to metal music.
I thought the world (and even the Daily Mail) had moved on from blaming music, but apparently depression and mental health troubles simply aren't important enough to report on without firing up the pitchforks about something.
