The heavy music landscape has erupted into a fierce culture war after All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte doubled down on his highly controversial stance that “therapy is for women” and that “men don’t solve their problems by talking”. Triggered by an explosive online back-and-forth with solo artist and former Cradle of Filth keyboardist Lindsay Schoolcraft—who publicly blasted his views as a “scared little boy” manifestation of toxic masculinity—the platinum-selling metalcore pioneer has refused to back down, sparking a massive ideological debate across social networks regarding the modern male mental health crisis.
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THE INFRASTRUCTURE: LABONTE VS. SCHOOLCRAFT
The Silent Crisis: How the Firestorm Originally Ignited
The current firestorm traces its roots back to an appearance by Labonte on Today’s Boondoggle Podcast hosted by Bill Bailey. During the broadcast, the conversation turned toward a 2024 op-ed written by Labonte titled “The Silent Crisis: Why Society Is Failing Men And Boys,” which explored rising male disengagement across education, employment, and local communities alongside climbing statistics in depression, substance dependency, and suicide.
Labonte, a self-described right-winger and regular contributor to Tim Pool’s Timcast IRL, did not mince words regarding what he views as the fundamental erosion of nuclear family dynamics.
“The idea that a woman can be the boss babe and a mother at the same time is a total lie. You cannot do both. You can do one or the other,” Labonte stated. “Male suicide is at an all-time high… All of these things are directly downstream from feminism and the massive influence that the left and feminist ideas have on society.”
The singer highlighted his advocacy for a pending house committee bill aiming to establish a White House council on fathers and sons, utilizing structural frameworks modeled after previous administrations’ councils. However, it was his subsequent take on clinical psychology that set the internet completely ablaze.
“Suicide among men my age — 50 and above — the rates are up,” Labonte added. “The idea that men can go to therapy and that’s gonna solve their problems is ridiculous. Therapy is for women. Men don’t solve their problems by talking. Men solve their problems through action… Just going and talking to a therapist, that’s not what fixes men at all.”
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Lindsay Schoolcraft Fires Back: “A Scared Little Boy”
The remarks quickly drew sharp criticism from within the extreme music community. Speaking with Blabbermouth.net during the press cycle for her raw new solo album Harrowing—which explicitly details her own battles with mental health and surviving narcissistic abuse—Lindsay Schoolcraft was asked for her direct assessment of Labonte’s commentary.
Schoolcraft completely dismantled Labonte’s rhetoric, noting that he holds zero credentials as a healthcare professional, therapist, or psychologist.
“Discouraging people from going to therapy, especially men — that’s an extremely toxic, masculine view that is ultimately an opinion from the patriarchy that has done a lot of damage to society,” Schoolcraft counter-argued. “I think he probably does need to go to therapy and is a scared little boy who cares too much about the scared little boy inside, his inner child and is scared of what his macho homies are going to think of him.”
Schoolcraft compared mental health treatment to essential physical medicine, stating that if a person suffers a broken bone, they do not apply a simple adhesive bandage; they seek an X-ray and an orthopedist to reset the structure. She emphasized that countless male friends in her circle have had their lives entirely transformed and healed through the therapeutic process.
The Saturday Clapback: Labonte Dismisses the “Ad Hominem” Attacks
The feud reached its boiling point on Saturday, June 22, 2026, when Labonte uploaded an explicit video response directly to his personal X account to confront Schoolcraft’s criticisms. Rather than walking back his stance, the All That Remains vocalist leaned in completely, asserting that empirical data supports his claims regarding gender-based variance in therapeutic efficacy.
“Last week I was on a podcast… And I said that therapy is for women,” Labonte stated during the video address. “Now, studies have shown that therapy does actually work better for women, that men have a lower success rate, for a variety of different reasons. And that really upset people — like, this true thing that I said really upset people.”
Labonte dismissed the wave of negative backlash hitting his social platforms and the official All That Remains Instagram pages as a collection of logical fallacies.
“There were a lot of people that were doing ad hominems, like this particular lady here, Lindsay. I don’t know her at all,” Labonte concluded. “They were ad hominem saying, ‘You’re a little boy,’ blah, blah, blah… ‘You’re just a scared little boy, and you should go to therapy.’ And I’m, like, ‘Why are you saying that I should go to therapy?’ I’ve already told you, therapy’s for women.”
FAQ: Phil Labonte and Lindsay Schoolcraft Stance Debate
What did Phil Labonte say about men going to therapy? The All That Remains frontman claimed that therapy is structurally designed for women and that men do not find emotional or psychological resolution through talking, but rather through task-oriented achievements and manual actions.
How did Lindsay Schoolcraft respond to Labonte’s comments? The solo artist criticized his views as a toxic manifestation of patriarchal thinking, warning that discouraging struggling young men from seeking medical and psychological assistance is dangerous to society.
What is Phil Labonte’s latest response to the backlash? In an X video update on June 22, 2026, Labonte doubled down on his statements, dismissing his critics’ arguments as ad hominem attacks and reiterating his belief that therapy works significantly better for female psychology.
TL;DR
- The Claim: Phil Labonte asserts that “therapy is for women” and that men resolve psychological problems through tangible action rather than talking.
- The Backlash: Former Cradle of Filth member Lindsay Schoolcraft heavily criticized the stance, calling it a toxic, patriarchal message that actively endangers struggling young men.
- The Double Down: On June 22, 2026, Labonte posted a video response to his X account dismissing Schoolcraft’s comments as simple ad hominem slurs and re-verifying his original stance.
- The Background: Labonte is a known conservative commentator and founder of All That Remains; Schoolcraft is an independent symphonic metal artist currently promoting her album Harrowing.
The lines have been drawn, and the metal community remains highly fractured over how the industry should address the escalating realities of male mental wellness.
Where do you fall on this massive debate? Do you agree with Phil Labonte that men require action-based, hands-on accomplishment to find psychological fulfillment, or do you stand with Lindsay Schoolcraft that blocking men from seeking clinical therapy is a dangerous and toxic ideology? Sound off with your perspective in the comments section below!
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