New research reveals that guitar skills in extreme metal music are more linked to male competition and status than to attracting mates. The study, focusing on heterosexual male guitarists, suggests that technical proficiency in guitar playing serves more as a display of dominance among peers.
Of course it is! Lol. Although I doubt they care what gender is listening and just want to show how awesome they can shred. Extreme blistering proficiency in any instrument is dedication few of us can fathom and they aren’t doing it for a handy if they where they would have probably given up practicing years ago.