Heavy Metal Club gives a place for music lovers of any genre to congregate and discuss their favorite artists and songs. Junior Luci Kelley started Heavy Metal Club this school year to create a space for people to hang out and discuss music. They meet on Thursdays after school in room AS205.
“It’s just the main genre of music I listen to,” Kelley said. “Music is like everything to me.”
The club discussions start with a slide show from the president followed by some sort of activity. junior Grayson Williams, co-head of the club, particularly enjoys these discussions.
“My favorite part of the heavy metal club is discussing the evolution of the genre of metal, and how it has changed over the years and how many lives it has impacted,” Williams said.
They also do things like painting patches and making candy salads, increasing engagement within the club. However, the club is changing.
“Now that we’re rebranding, I’m unsure about what we’re going to do, but we’re definitely going to find something that includes every genre,” Kelley said.
Kelley will be rebranding the Heavy Metal Club to encourage more people to join their musical conversations.
“We feel that heavy metal, even though it’s open to everyone, is a little too exclusive,” Kelley said, “We want more people to be part of the club and just hang out.”
Williams is on board with this change because he also wants to bring in new members to the club by making the club more open to different genres of music.
“I think we will bring in more members, which might lead to more activity time and discussion time,” Williams said.
The co-vice president, junior Genesis Tissing, also agrees with the change. However, it’s because she doesn’t actually listen to heavy metal as much as the other members.
“I don’t listen to heavy metal so expanding the genres would make the club more engaging for me at least,” Tissing said. “Also there are not many members of the club, so I hope that it will gather more members.”
The goal of the club: to create a space for everyone to share their opinions on music, whether they like or hate a genre, without any fear of backlash from friends and other students. This change expands upon this goal, since the people in the club are the most important thing to Kelley and the other members.
“I really like coming in and just seeing everyone there,” Kelley said. “It just makes me feel really good that all the hard work I put in means something.”
