someone who loves at least the old original metal bands such as black sabbath, judas priest, metallica, ac/dc, and other bands of that nature if you listen to only newer bands such as mudvayne, slipknot, cradle of filth, and other bands of that nature u are not a real metal head to be a real metal head you have to at least like the old original metal bands a metal head has no specific clothing style and no specific hair style long hair is just a common thing among metal heads and was adopted from the "hippies" which were categorized for liking bands such as the doors, led zeppelin, deep purple, jimi hendrix all helped metal evolve as well
real metal head: I fucking love black sabbath and i respect all the original metal bands.
fake metal head: Cradle of Filth is the best band ever, metal in the 70s and 80s was horrible.

If you listen to metal bands coming out today but do not listen to or at least respect the bands that led up to their music then you are not a real metal head and should stop saying you are before you end up getting your ass beat by a real metal head.
by my grandma suzy June 7, 2006
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a metal head is a person that listens to heavy metal.
usually wearing band shirts (usually black or dark in colour) and wear tight or baggy jeans or dark shorts.
Metal heads are very adept at fighting and can go from being very calm to very aggressive very quickly.
Metal heads are usually very easy to talk to and are "good cunts"
Some bands metal heads listen to include
eg. pantera, slayer, lamb of god, hell yeah, damage plan, motörhead, metallica, megadeth etc...

some old school metal bands include:iron maiden, black sabbath, judas priest
by metal head 666 March 14, 2009
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A metal head is typically a person who listens to metal. None of that pussy ass nu-metal i.e PTV, BVB, BOTDF, SWS, WCAR, etc.

The term revolves around people who mainly listen to thrash metal, black metal, doom metal, Viking/folk metal, death metal, melodic death metal, glam metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, heavy metal, classic metal, and other genres relating to those.

There are many different clothing styles that metal heads typically have, but generally you can base them all around two main ones. (Not 100% accurate, but you get the idea.)

1.) Band t-shirts, dark jeans, leather jackets, spikes, wristbands.
2.) Khakis/jeans, band t-shirts occasionally, casual apparel that their peers wear.

Now, there are two types of metal-heads.

1.) The elitist jerks that'll ridicule you if you don't listen to death metal or anything extremely hardcore. They're generally really close-minded and judgmental and are an asshole to almost everyone.
2.) The kind of guy that doesn't flaunt it around and realizes that music is music and that people enjoy different types of music and are aight with that.
George: Man, that guy is such a faggot. Listening to only doom metal? What a fucking casual.
Jimmy: Dude, stop being such an asshole. Let people enjoy what they like. A Metal Head isn't supposed to be a huge douchebag.
by IUDD February 15, 2014
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As being labeled as metal head recently i figured i'd add another definition to this place.
We (metal heads) genreally just dress in clothes from regular stores like kohls, i myself usually just wear lee's jeans and a shirt. knowing that me and my friends are all the same there is no size chart, i myself am pretty small i have a huge friend who is also a metal head. We're quiet but hate pretty much everyone who says things to us. While i have nothing against all people from these stereotypes there are a few dumb enough to fuck with us, skaters and jocks usually. me and my personal group hate emo guys don't mind emo girls or any goths. not all of us rebel i go to school cut classes rarely. i'm an alright student b's usually. we're (my group of friends) are small (about 5 of us) and hate pretty much everything. Honestly it doesn't matter what metal you listen to it's just the effect. i personally do listen to slipknot and korn, even some disturbed.. also amon amarth and dragonforce things from my heritage (hate to say it but most of us are "tribal" decent german, norweigan, czech). if you sit here and bitch about how i'm not a metal head, well go for it. in reality if you judge us by our music and say we're fakes...well we'll just beat you to death, why? because as other people have said the lyrics go in one ear and out the other it's the hate that we care about. I am a "mixed" my hair is to shoulders i am clean shaven. some of us like animals but like i said personal view, we aren't into the cute little fuzzy animals, i have 2 cats both of which i rescued from the wild (i prefer animals to people) whom i have trained to kill other small animals. while some of us do infact wear spikes i usual am seen wearing a ring my girlfriend gave me a leather coat and jeans and a t-shirt (as previously stated). we are tough we are mostly good fighters because we go insane and just don't think in fights making us more efficent to cause damage. i am usually slow to anger but my wrath is incredible. genreally we do protect our on kind but i have been known to help out "nerds" or "goths" sometimes it's because i don't mind you others it's because i need a good fight. and for those of you who have asked me where i learned to fight like that, we don't get taught by anyone we just brawl it till we win and a lil exp isn't bad either. i'm not gonna tell you if your metal or not because it's just up to you. oh and the person who said we carry around knives, we do usually a pocket or sailor knife when i have to go places like school, but in public i carry around a hunting knife.
Metal head1 : YOUR SO NOT METAL YOU LISTEN TO SLIPKNOT FAG!
ME: bro just shut the fuck up it's my hate an besides only one being a fag is the one trying to label gtfo

skater kid1: hehe look at him he's so gay leather coat i bet we can take him
smart skater kid: bro it's not worth getting your ass beat just leave them alone.

me: I really hate it when those idiots on urban dictionary make us seem like douche bags
friend: agreed, half of them talk big but they are probably like the kids that just tried to mug us
me: haha that was fun wasn't it?
by Yukimora March 5, 2008
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we love have a true knowledge for metal,(real metal that is)but we look how ever the fuck we want.
Metal Head Bands: Metallica(OLD), Slayer, Anthrax(OLD), Megadeth, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Cannibal Corpse, Venom, Metal Church, AD/DC, Motorhead, Pantera, etc.

Posuer Metal Head Bands: Korn, Slipnkot, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, etc.
by zack423 October 15, 2006
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A metal head is a person who loves metal music. Some of them may dress a certain way, such as blue/black jeans and extremely often band shirts. They only wear band shirts of bands they love and are talented. After the 80's, metal went downhill and became a lot less common. Most play a musical instrument, ELECTRIC guitar, especially flying V's, as well as bass guitar, drums, etc.
Metal: Old Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth, Dragonforce, Children of Bodom, Pantera, Iced Earth, Dream Theater, Venom, Exodus, Death, Kreator, Black Sabbath & Ozzy, Motorhead, Testament, Judas Priest, Hammerfall, Sonata Arctica, Grim Reaper, etc.
NOT metal: Slipknot, Korn, Disturbed, etc.
You went to the Slayer concert? Holy crap, kick ass my fellow metal head.
by Ridelightning225 November 14, 2006
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Metalheads are people (both girls and guys)who enjoy and are particularly devoted to metal music. Metal music includes (limited list - theres LOTS more subgenres): death metal, black metal, heavy metal (for example 80s heavy metal), nu metal (often disregarded by old school/death metal lovers) symphonic/gothic metal etc.

Metal heads dont HAVE to dress in a particular way, however a STEREOTYPICAL male metalhead could be seen wearing long pants (ie army pants) in dark colours like grey, black, karki green etc, a band shirt often bought from a concert, and long hair - popular because of effect when headbanging. patches are also popular. Females dress is harder to stereotype - ranging from gothic tendancies to indie/emo (thrift store emo - not wannabe hate life emo).

some metal heads (particularly males) get very defensive when describing a metal head - often calling those not as devoted as them as posers (often assosiated with nu metal)
Metal Head Music:

Death Metal examples(including melodic etc): Amon Amarth, Chimera, In Flames, Nile, Immolation, Trivium

Thrash: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeath, Sepultra, Dark Angel

Black Metal: Venom, immortal, mayhem

Heavy Metal: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper

Nu Metal: System of a Down, Mudvayne, Fear Factory, Slipknot

Symphonic Metal: Nightwish, tristania, symphony X, stratovarious
by Heaven_Can_Wait April 1, 2006
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