Reportedly the largest heavy metal music festival in the world, Germany’s Wacken Open Air in Schleswig-Holstein boasts a sprawling scope, including a music camp for aspiring youngsters, medieval and post-apocalyptic themed spaces, and even “Metal Yoga.” And now, as of this month, it’s also become the site of a successfully peer-reviewed medical study.
Neuroscientists with the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences tested a cohort of 122 confirmed metalheads (in true headbanger fashion) for their ability to endure pain. The experiment, conducted on-site at Wacken Open Air in 2023, monitored a control group of 60…
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