Using the inverted or upside down
devil's horns has 2 meanings. Most often seen at Goth and Industrial shows or in Gothic night clubs, it is used as it resembles Vampire fangs and to say "metal sucks". Both relaying to those around you that you simultaneously support the Goth scene (though most
Goths detest the
Vampire scene, the gesture is used tongue in cheek) and condemn the metal scene, or those who confuse the
two. It began as a backlash against new comers to the Goth scene (or neos) who don't understand that Goth exists not as a compliment to the metal scene, but as it's antithesis.