Consonances are sometimes described as being inherently more pleasant to the ear and dissonances as less pleasant. This is probably the only article I've read

Consonances are sometimes described as being inherently more pleasant to the ear and dissonances as less pleasant. This is probably the only article I've read about harmony that properly uses ambiguity when describing the pleasantness of dissonance. As a (very) long time, die hard metal head that both appreciates and enjoys the musicality that dissonance can produce, it irks me whenever someone makes outrageously definitive claims that it causes physical pain, depression, et cetera.