Most basically, a fan of metal music. Metalheads are stereotyped as loud, obnoxious, stupid, drunk, and non-achieving; also as defiant, free-thinking, tough, and fed up with the social status quo. There is an element of truth to all of these, particularly the last.
Metalheads tend to be clannish, or at least identify with each other due to familiarity with esoteric bits of information on bands that most people have no clue exist.
Ways to spot a metalhead: long hair, t-shirts with band slogans and logos, denim or leather clothing, proclivity for yelling "JUDAS FUCKING PRIEST!" or other such barbarities.
Metalheads tend to be clannish, or at least identify with each other due to familiarity with esoteric bits of information on bands that most people have no clue exist.
Ways to spot a metalhead: long hair, t-shirts with band slogans and logos, denim or leather clothing, proclivity for yelling "JUDAS FUCKING PRIEST!" or other such barbarities.
Bands considered to (lyrically) sum up the spirit of heavy metal: Judas Priest, W.A.S.P., Deströyer 666, Exodus.
by Pyrus August 26, 2004
Get the metalhead mug.My opinion of what a metalhead really is: a person who is a dedicated fan of metal music. And I mean ALL types of metal. Whether it be nu-metal, metalcore, deathcore, black metal, heavy metal, symphonic metal, death metal, thrash metal, Swedish metal, hell, even folk metal from different countries like South Africa.
You don't have to have long hair, wear black all the time, and whatever. Metal should be a way of thinking and a way of life, not who is more of a "true" metalhead because they don't listen to Slipknot because they are nu-metal and that equals fail. You should be glad they are listening to Slipknot which is some form of metal, instead of Fall Out Boy or something.
True Metalheads learn to appreciate ALL FORMS/SUB-GENRES OF METAL. Being glad that at lease they are listening to metal, and also teach the newbies who honestly want to learn new metal bands and learn to love Metal and at lease appreciate ALL of its Sub-genres.
Also metalheads should accept other metalheads from different backgrounds, whether race, color, creed, religion, culture or whatever country your from. We are one big brotherhood and we all love metal, and that should be good enough!
BE GLAD THE NEWBIES LIKE METAL.
Cause alot of us may have well started with those bands way back then.
You don't have to have long hair, wear black all the time, and whatever. Metal should be a way of thinking and a way of life, not who is more of a "true" metalhead because they don't listen to Slipknot because they are nu-metal and that equals fail. You should be glad they are listening to Slipknot which is some form of metal, instead of Fall Out Boy or something.
True Metalheads learn to appreciate ALL FORMS/SUB-GENRES OF METAL. Being glad that at lease they are listening to metal, and also teach the newbies who honestly want to learn new metal bands and learn to love Metal and at lease appreciate ALL of its Sub-genres.
Also metalheads should accept other metalheads from different backgrounds, whether race, color, creed, religion, culture or whatever country your from. We are one big brotherhood and we all love metal, and that should be good enough!
BE GLAD THE NEWBIES LIKE METAL.
Cause alot of us may have well started with those bands way back then.
Metalheads should be open to or have some sort of respect for the sub-genres of metal, because they all cam from other Heavy Metal bands. And one should be glad they are listening to some sort of metal instead of mainstream crap.
But it doesn't rule out you can nicely correct the newbies for their mistakes in the wrong genres for the band and so on.
They have to be corrected to learn.
But it doesn't rule out you can nicely correct the newbies for their mistakes in the wrong genres for the band and so on.
They have to be corrected to learn.
by Elegy April 21, 2010
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Indie Kids older, myopic, extremely bitter, twice as eltist brother. Usually nitpicks dumbshit about a metal band based on various reasons becasue they don't measure up to what they consider a "true" metal band is.
Dumb reasons like:
1. Too many views on youtube or album sales that surpass 50 copies, as well as being signed to indpendent labels that they tag as "too mainstream".
2. Easily accesiable to others to purchase their music. Places like BestBuy or iTunes really pisses these clowns off.
3. If they actually have clear vocals, not screeching like a cat trying to escape a blender.
4. They actually tour.
5. They have more than 12 fans.
But let's keep in mind that the people described above are only represent 20% of the metal community (the other 5% being the typical racist/homophobic losers) and the remaining 75% are actually pretty down to earth, cool, funny people.
Dumb reasons like:
1. Too many views on youtube or album sales that surpass 50 copies, as well as being signed to indpendent labels that they tag as "too mainstream".
2. Easily accesiable to others to purchase their music. Places like BestBuy or iTunes really pisses these clowns off.
3. If they actually have clear vocals, not screeching like a cat trying to escape a blender.
4. They actually tour.
5. They have more than 12 fans.
But let's keep in mind that the people described above are only represent 20% of the metal community (the other 5% being the typical racist/homophobic losers) and the remaining 75% are actually pretty down to earth, cool, funny people.
Regular Metalhead: I cannot wait for the Blood Rush Tour this summer! Lamb of God, Black dahila murder, goblin cock, Dimmu Borgir and GWAR!
Regular Metalhead's friend: Me niether!
Metalhead douche: Are you guys serious? Who wants to pay $30-$60 to watch some mainstream bands perform in front of a bunch of posers?
Regular Metalhead: But they're on Indie labels...
Metalhead Douche: HA-HA! Don't make me laugh, they're on commerical indide labels (goes on babling tirade of pointless shit only his sad sack of shit ass cares about)
Regular metalheads walk away.
Regular Metalhead's friend: Me niether!
Metalhead douche: Are you guys serious? Who wants to pay $30-$60 to watch some mainstream bands perform in front of a bunch of posers?
Regular Metalhead: But they're on Indie labels...
Metalhead Douche: HA-HA! Don't make me laugh, they're on commerical indide labels (goes on babling tirade of pointless shit only his sad sack of shit ass cares about)
Regular metalheads walk away.
by Danny Danger July 21, 2010
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I'm a short, quiet asian chick who is currently wearing a pink flowery summer dress and heels. I don't cuss, I do well in school, never get into trouble, and I've never done drugs or drank alcohol in my life. Sound like a metalhead? No. Am I? Fuck yeah \m/
by lolimrow June 28, 2011
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I'm going straight Metalhead this month and have my kids move into my moms so I can afford this 500.00 dollar crate of ass whip via Google Pay!
by CapX September 17, 2018
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You know your a methhead-meredith when you start one task and forgot what the fuck your doing before that ,don't be a methmeth Meredith.
by TheRiddlerJoker September 21, 2023
Get the MethHead-Meredith mug.Blue Collar Metal heads that are known for rural mischief and listening to (but not limited to) Southern Brand Groove/Sludge/Doom/Death Metal. Can be identified by Pantera and Acid Bath T shirts. Although they might partake in regular "Redneck" past times (Hunting, Fishing, Drinking) they usually only dress passingly as Redneck with a mandatory Band T shirt, bandana, and cheap sunglasses. They don't have to be from the South, but almost always have an affinity for blue collar lifestyles and hard scrabble life.
"Johnny spent all his money from his carpentry job on tickets to the Crowbar concert, he's such a fuckin' Redneck Metalhead"
"That Redneck Metalhead over there has had that truck since Highschool, he drove it to a Slayer concert across the country back in the 90s and it was old then. Only a Redneck would do that, but only a Redneck Metalhead would do it for a concert"
"That Redneck Metalhead over there has had that truck since Highschool, he drove it to a Slayer concert across the country back in the 90s and it was old then. Only a Redneck would do that, but only a Redneck Metalhead would do it for a concert"
by Angel of the Abyss December 15, 2015
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