I think the article is using the wrong stereotypes here for masculinity and machismo are terms applied better to Metal s parent music that is Rock n Roll in all its forms For example Rolling Stones Under My Thumb tons of sex drenched Aerosmith songs the sleazyness of New York Dolls AC DC s evil double entendres etc Sex Drugs and Rock n Roll the music s main goal and topic Where when we are in the realm of heavy metal shouldn t the two key words be darkness or dark spirituality and rebellion in general Black Sabbath Budgie Sir Lord Baltimore Uriah Heep Blue yster Cult Scorpions Rainbow Mot rhead Judas Priest UFO Riot Also most of these bands while rooted in doom fantasy social flaws and individuality made a few deep love songs and introspective topics as well About satanism I think it should be emphasized but not generalised Although Satan Lucifer and anti Christian topics are very frequent in past and modern Metal we shouldn t forget about the pagan viking and babylon obssessed metal bands who are also out there in many numbers One thing we could say is that most Metal finds inspiration in religion or the occult If anything machismo in metal should be referring to the glam metal thrash era where sleazy misoginy and aggression was a main trait of the image of these emerging subgenres For a blunt example the machismo reaction to war would be Let s go fight these bastards and destroy them am I right So then we have Heavy Metal who from it s origins talked in brutal words AGAINST going to fight politician s wars How does that make Heavy Metal machismo To me the music seems more intent on bringing up taboo subject matter and not to vent masculine might