I never waste my time with the "what is and what isn't metal" discussion. And I especially don't care about what subgenre of metal a band belongs to. I keep it simple. If it sounds good to my ears. I listen to it. I give zero fucks about anything beyond that.
I dont consider myself metalhead even though my favorite genres are rock punk and metal with rock being first. I like 99% of music. I consider myself music fan(As Buckley once said: Music fan is guy who has his favorite genre but can listen mostly everything)
+Marko Galic I 100% agree with this. I listen to pretty much everything as well but Metal is my favourite genre. I also listen to Country and Rap on a constant basis. I'm not lying either. Garth Brooks and Brad Paisley are two of my favourite country artists, having seen both of them twice in concert. Nas, Eminem and Hopsin are 3 of my favourite rappers as well and I listen to them all of the time. I just wish more people could be open minded when it comes to music though.
I love metal a lot and rock also but not all tho I don't like death metal a lot but I like classic rock like Credence Clearwater Revival or The Animals but even though rock is my favorite genre I still will listen to country and pop and since I'm Hispanic I listen to this music called Cumbia or Salsa. A person that is a MetalHead for me it's someone that just hates any other genre but that's just my opinion.
Miguel Guerra I disagree. I call myself a metalhead but as stated above, I love Country and Rap...a lot. I just call myself a metalhead because it's what I am. I love metal and it is my favourite genre. You shouldn't have such a negative opinion over a few sour apples. I get where that dislike comes from though. A lot of metalheads are just like me.
+Lurch “Murf” Murphy I know I would consider myself like you but as CKN stated once about the MetalHeads he even said that there are a bunch of MetalHeads that say you are only a true MetalHead if you only like metal.
I like all sorts of Metal. I dont care too much about Elitism. Just enjoying the Music. Its just sad that too many People still believe the Cliché that all Metalheads are evil. I met some fellow Fans. They are the nicest and most helpful People i've ever met. Of course not everyone is friendly, but most of them are.
Well, I can only say that there are no perfect fanbases, I'm a metalhead myself, though I also listen to other genres like pop, jazz, classical, Hard Rock, hell, even on J-pop and Visual Kei, but I gotta admit there really is a lot of stupidity on the heavy metal fanbase unfortunately, it kinda makes you feel like these kinds of fans are shoving their own personal opinions down in our throats..
Exactly, they think they are so better cuz they listen to fucking AC/Dc,Metallica or Rammstein,like no offense you ain't something special .Everybody listens to at least one edgy song per week.
@@ciyoduhkriter Try coming over to Black Metal if you want to be annoyed by fellow fans. I don't even talk about Black Metal openly with people because it's always the same damn responses.
I listen to metal but I'm not agressive at all. I'm pretty much the opposite of the stereotypical metalhead. I'm overly sensitive, introverted and shy, I don't drink or do drugs and I hate violence and hurting people more than anything. I can't even look at some album covers of my favorite bands because they're too graphic like wtf tho q.q
I feel like metal fans want to feel like outcasts. "oouuh I listen to metal, you don't understand me, i'm very emotional". Please stop seeking for attention, nobody cares what you listen to. I've never heard anyone call me satanic for listening to heavy metal.
Heavy metal is being invaded by toxic fandoms, here is how: 1) they tend to force the bands to stay in the heavy roots (as musical style change for some bands would bring them down and make them angry and criticize the bands) 2) they tend to brag about themselves to the extreme without reciprocating the feeling of other fans from different genres 3) recklessness and mediocrity of the metalheads 4) agressive and evil attitudes
Because they hate every other genre. - I hate most guitarists just because they are so obsessed with metal. If anything more drummer-friendly like alternative rock comes into discussion, they just say it's crap.
Take a look at the comments section of any video of a metal band bringing a pop singer or RnB singer and you'll see why. People act like people can't like more than one genre.
As a heavy metal fan I can say that not every metal fan is like this. There are plenty of us out there who are the exact opposite of what's described in this video. Some of the kindest people I know are also metal fans. There ARE a lot of fans out there who give the rest of us a bad name, but there are also those of us who ARE like a family. Also, I don't just listen to heavy metal. I listen to a little bit of everything. Rock, Rap, even a little bit of Country and other styles of music that are the polar opposite of metal.
2 people i hate in metal fans Scene Kids and Elitest i'll just do my definitions so you get the message Scene Kid = Some kids who listen to stuff like blood on the dance floor and brokencyde but then attach themselves to metalcore and deathcore when really they don't listen to it and it gives metalcore and deathcore a bad name. Elitest = someone who believes that they're genres are the best and don't count others even as metal cause they don't like them, tend to be metalcore deathcore and nu metal they dislike and apparently "not metal" well i think these people are ridiculous i like slayer judas priest asking alexandria motorhead bullet for my valentine suicide silence carnifex Children of Bodom Avenged Sevenfold Korn Slipknot Saxon Basically metals metal whatever sub genre.. a true metal fan keeps an open mind about most genres of metal gives things a proper try before judging and doesn't be a complete dick if they don't like a certain band or genre..
***** BECAUSE IT'S BOTH METAL COB = Melo Deth Asking Alexandria = Metalcore Asking are on the metal side of it rather than the hardcore side of it, and they're lyrics are kinda emo but so what they're just writing about their own experiences.. i love metalcore but as an all round metal fan i'd say their new album the black would benefit in some songs without the breakdowns.. they should try and be more like bodom but incorperate the catchy choruses in their music
***** some metal fans might not like Asking because it's simplistic in some ways I on the other hand think thats what makes them so good they still make some addictive riffs even though they're not amazing instrumentalists and make some good songs, that in it's self is musical talent. i'm not gonna lie they are one of my favourite bands and i'm not ashamed of it at all. METAL FOR LIFE \m/ btw if you want to criticise i'm 19 years old so take it easy on me
I started as a hiphop fan as well. I find metal and rap(old school and artists like Kendrick and newer that don't follow the modern bullshit) kinda similar. Not musically but both are pretty controversial and tend to have emotional lyrics. I still love rap and I am not ashamed of it.
I love metal!!!! However I listen to everything from Elvis to Kreator and throw alot of punk rock and even classical. I've also seen Cypress Hill Wu Tang Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg live. Elitist bad. Open mind good. You have more friends that way.
I feel like metal is one of those genres that needs to be understood. Yes, you can listen to it for the cool drum beats or guitar solos. But a large portion of the metal fans listen to it because for whatever reason, they gravitated to the aggressiveness and the fury of it. But at the end of the day, who cares what other people listen to! My favorite metal sub genre is thrash. But I'll admit there's a few BvB songs I actually enjoy listening to.
Maybe in the 80s and early 90s people looked at metal fans as dangerous or as u said “scary” But in today’s age and really since the mid 90s no one looks at metal people as threatening anymore. The whole “ Metalheads are bad asses!” Card got pulled a long time ago and if you see someone wearing a Deicide or Iron Maiden Shirt today you can pretty much go beat the shit out of them and take their weed if you want they’re not gonna do a goddamn thing back. Not saying I would condone beating someone up and taking their weed just because they are a metal fan but if you were looking for a target like that they’re a pretty safe bet. It’s like one of the little ankle biter puppies that’s growling and acts like a bad ass but you know you could put like a football. Don’t do that either dogs are cool. I love metal music but I can’t stand metal fans. They don’t really bother me because I don’t have any in my life anymore so other than social media that’s the only time I see them but every time I do it reminds me why I don’t hang out with them. When I was getting into metal in the late 80s and early 90s I was very against all the judge mental people out there that judge metal heads based on appearance and what type of music they listen to but honestly over the years I started to realize that unless I go looking for those people it’s not like there’s a shit ton of people out here that think metalheads are scary and satanic and are out here doing bad things. Sadly I came to find out that the most judge mental people that judge people based on what type of music they listen to and how they dress or actually the metal community. Now I’m not saying there aren’t people in other walks of life that aren’t judgmental because they’re a judge mental people of every race religion and music fandom you can think of but you are kidding yourself if you don’t think that metal heads are the actual worst at this. No one is more judgmental towards people based on stupid things like what kind of music you listen to than the metal community. Yeah I might have Slayer or Hatebreed or Metallica or Black Sabbath or Corrosion of Conformity in my car but you’re not going to see me around any of these other people. The last band I was in I quit because we had to have a band meeting because I also like sports and hip-hop music. Now I can understand if I went over to my bandmates house and made them watch a football or basketball game while listening to Tupac but when I realized we were actually wasting valuable practice time, I was the only one that had a career and I traveled but I made it a point to always be there for two practices a week, because of entertainment that I enjoyed on my free time that didn’t involve them that’s when I knew that I’m done with this bullshit. Bottom line people don’t like metal heads because so many of them come off judge mental and it’s the only genre of music were you can be on Facebook and have some guy in his 50s start replying to you in a comment section that you’re a poser because you were talking to someone that might like the Metallica song sad but true. Who gives a shit! It’s fine if people in the metal community don’t like any type of music but what’s not OK is harassing people like they owe you fucking money and thinking they’re a bad person based on musical preference. That’s why people don’t like fans of metal anymore. No one thinks they’re dangerous no one thinks they’re scary no one thinks they’re in some satanic gang they’re just annoying people who cry and complain and won’t leave people the fuck alone about shit. I’m not saying all of us are like this, I’m not and I do know a couple of other really cool metal fans but they’re like me they don’t hang out with a big group of other metal fans because why would you? This is the same group of people that wonder and are so depressed because they don’t have a girlfriend but they can’t see the reason they don’t I have a girlfriend doesn’t have anything to do with them liking metal music it’s that that’s the only fucking thing they know they can talk about. It’s music for crying out loud if that’s your whole life, what kind of music you listen to is literally your entire life and you have nothing else to add other than conspiracy theories than no no one‘s gonna wanna be around you not because you’re scary but because they are annoying.
Katy Perry is even insulted by those other people because she doesn't twerk and shit like Nicki Minaj. I've only heard a few metal fans and mostly rock fans that like her.
I get called a hipster for listening to metal. When people ask who I'm listening to, a lot of the times I'll say "you wouldn't know them". Not to be rude, but what's the point if they don't even know what death/black metal is? Is it "hipster" what I do?
Do you usually shit on popular bands/singers and only listen to little or lesser known bands? Do you think that makes you better than others? If yes you're probably a hipster.
+nadeau No I don't. I'm a fan of A7X, Alice In Chains, Killswitch Engage, etc... But I also listen to lesser known bands, not because I think they're superior, but because I just happen to seek them out. If they had 1million+ fans that would be awesome.
+nadeau Oh I know haha. I read it back before I sent it and saw it seemed defensive, but I was walking around a store and didn't feel like changing it.
Number one is definitely the one that irritates me the most. News flash to all the metalheads who think like this, great music is NOT limited exclusively to metal. Another thing that's been personally getting on my nerves as of late is the increased obsession with technicality and complexity. So many of us are judging music purely based on how difficult it is to play instead of whether or not it sounds awesome or whether or not it strikes a chord with us emotionally which is how music should be judged.
i think alot of these reason has their origins in the "true metal" period where bands like virgin steelers and manowar started a "war" for metal because metal was looked down on.
I think part of the reason why the in-flighting, elitism, and those special case exclusionary people came into existence is because of reasons 3, and 4. Metal has been attacked by the media and society because it's pushing boundaries in one way or another. We all want to be validated. We all want to feel like our feelings are important. When we feel like we are attacked, we feel defensive, and one way people defend themselves is by invalidating someone else.
I have experienced metal as very inclusive, yes there is some elitism, but most of that is tongue in cheek. Most dont mean it. Metal is one big family, I mean at a metal festival, you can ask a complete stranger if he can keep your drunken-self from falling of a cliff when you take a piss and they actually do it. Try that at a Justin Bieber concert...
I love metal and I go to concerts all the time,and the only problem I have with metal heads are because they can't stay freaking SOBER At these shows. I am all for having a good time but stumbling around running into sh#t all the time is stupid. Let's spend tons of money on a concert and then black out n forget the whole thing.
in the beginning, I was really into metallica. I wanted to get a metallica shirt. my mom didn't want to get me one because she thought I would look like a stoner, and that only stoners listen to metallica. and yet my parents listen to metallica.
Have you done a 5 Reasons why people hate Deathcore? I feel like that'd be a really interesting topic since there is a big section of the heavy metal community who will just discredit any band/artist who will label themselves as deathcore, metalcore, or any subgenre of metal mixed with hardcore.
those last couple points got me thinking.... while you were talking about exclusion... you should do a 5 reasons why punks hate melalheads and a 5 reasons why metal heads hate punks. I personally am both and don't get why they don't all get along. after all they stand for a lot of the same ideals and let's face it they both have an absurd amount of sub genera's.
I don't hate them ..but the ones I know are the most frustrating people I know and have no minds of there own and always just seem to copy the opinion of whatever the general comments are on some metalhead Facebook group >-> ..my 1 friend will rant on and on about baby metal being a disgrace to metal for being girly and cute as he proceeds to listen to the most j pop anime openings he can find or the time I played a bullet for my valentine song he loved it and played it on repeat got addicted to it then when I said the bands name got all pissy and acted devastated like I just killed his dog for getting him to compliment them all the metal fans I know just seem to think what they are told not bother to think for themselves..
Thats the band wagon effect. The same thing happened to metallica when they made load and reload albums. Some of the people that hated the albums did not even listened to them. I am a metalhead myself and I find this very irritating.
What you said at the end is true. Consider this Metallica are Iron Maiden fans.There is a huge thing about how Maiden fans hate Metallica fans. But I am a hardcore Maiden fan and love Metallica as well. Both are fantastic bands. This whole argument is stupid.
I can’t hate heavy metal fans, that’s because I’m one myself. And I know for sure that metal isn’t always evil, I’m a metalhead and a Christian. I’m not planning to kill anyone, so that’s also debunked. We can’t let people who hate on metal fans break us, just rock on 🤘
I don't know, man. I just enjoy listening to metal that I love. Slayer, Death, Meshuggah, LOG, Cryptopsy, Hatebreed, Nu-metal, glam-metal, Thrash, Deathcore, blahblahblah. Pretty poser isn't it?
I'm not sure if you said this or not or got really close to the point, but I hate when people say you can't be a metalhead if you like other genres of music. For example, I really enjoy Bob Marley from time to time. Does that make me any less of a metalhead? I don't think it should because you like what you like. I also know some heavy metal fans that also listen to country, does that mean they're any less of a metalhead? No, but some people don't seem to get that.
Honestly I have been getting into metal and punk for the past 3 years and old or modern i dont care, i just find it awesome to listen too. Even if i kinda dont know many classic metal bands, i would still preffer listening to classic than modern.
I'm from a smaller town and it just so happens that everyone who enjoys metal is a massive stoner. many people in the metal community that is Castroville, Texas are skaters, too. Not all metal genres are supported however, as everyone is a thrash metal or classic metal elitist. We are a simple bunch.
Just watched a new video for Joey Jordison's band Sinsaenum which I like. I can't believe so many people are more interested in mocking the way he looks and rude about the music, really rude, I'm embarrassed for them. And I had an evangelist unfollow me on Twitter for retweeting Sinsaenum, bye then, I already forgot your name haha.
#1 is spot on. it's true, like probably many of you, i listen to metal 95% of the time, but that 5% where i have something different playing i get weird looks from people who know me and have pidgeon holed me into just metal. it's annoying. i just want to listen to music and not have to answer to people around me question why i went from sodom to joe bonomassa to wu tang
One thing that Ive noticed is that a lot of folks feel insulted when I tell them their band isnt metal. For example, I understand that you like My Chemical Romance, that's totally cool, but its pop punk. Nothing wrong with that. They have some decent tracks, but they're not metal. How is that an insult?
I'll never understand why people don't converse with a metalhead to see if the rumours true. Some do, and I'm glad they do, because really, metal has its problems, but it's pretty amazing in all totality.
+DiscipleOfSound The problem I notice is the ignorance from the people on the outside looking in though. I'm sure all of us have heard the stereotypical: "OMG!!! You listen Metal? It's nothing but ggrrrrrr brrwaoaoaa noise. How do you listen to that?" It can be quite annoying and irritating. There are few who I have talked to who don't generalize the genre and just say: I don't know much about it but there are a lot that do though. There is a part of me that is glad when people don't converse with me when it comes to metal because I then don't have to get annoyed and have to explain to them: You know, not all Metal sounds like that right? In my older age I've just gotten sick of having to do that.
DiscipleOfSound It's been this way for as long as humans have been on this planet. Things will never change and it's why I don't bother anymore. The older you get, the less of a shit you give.
One of my best friends is big into wierd indie muse and fallout boy type music but cringier. I've been stuck in a car with him for an hour and it gave me a headache but I didnt give him a hard time about it, cuz I know how it feels when death/black metal fans hate on me cuz I like metalcore. My friend is a human bieng and hes a good guy. His music sounds bad to me but that doesnt mean he cant like it or I have to hate the fans or people who play it.
it's the "it makes you aggressive!" thing that I find funny, I'm the only metalhead in my year besides some scene kids which I really don't want to associate with anyway I normally hang out with the genuine nerds in my year because they are the only group who aren't interested in pissing people off (yes that is a genuine goal for the majority of boys in my year) and the nerds are the only ones who are accepting of the people who don't care about fitting in.
***** I can't tell if your being sarcastic or not but they sit just outside school grounds smoking during break time thinking they're hard since they all have BVB hoodies and half of them self harm
There are so many heavy metal fans and so many types, that any reason for dislike is going to be a pure generalization. possibly a stereotype. Me in the moshpit is not me in normal life. you should do 5 reasons people hate GWAR (if anyone hates gwar)
I would probably like rock and some metal songs but one dude broke everything for me. He was the worst stereotype that people might heard once in their lifes about heavy metal fans He took drugs, he wore same clothes, he was smelly... very smelly, he was too depressed. Like he was swollen by this enviroment (Other people who listen to metal in general are cool people. Funny, nice etc.. except him) he was weird to me. On parties like birthday parties instead of typical birthday party songs he force his way to the music and change to his songs. Like fuck you dude, now i will play my song.. ugh And that killed it And that's why i hate morde hardcore rock, and every metal that has his own existense
1. Fantano probably doesn't like your favourite album 2. Fantano is the main host when it should be the legendary Cal Chuchesta! 3. He gave the abysmal Lulu a 6/10 4. He's a vegan (I personally don't care but other people who accuse vegans of preachiness all the time without proof are bound to take issue) 5. Memes
Many of my friends are metal heads. I listen to everything, including a bunch of metal, but I'm def not a metal head. IMO (please don't hate me) its silly, and dumb. It's all people whom are sad about childhood trauma. It's very sensitive subject matter, but it usually a death of an elder, or the complete opposite... An evil elder whom they wished death upon. Either way, I see my metal head friends as people whom take themselves wayyy to seriously about because it was such a strong coping mechanism for them to live on. They were raised religious, bad things happened, so now they listen to music that talks about dark subject matter. It sometimes turns into a deep narcissistic state where you think nobody understands your pain or why you take the music you listen to so seriously. SO you drink, litter, and become a degenerate. There are also the musicians, some metal has the most difficult music to lay on the planet. So everybody that listens are actually just other musicians coming from all different places. Usually positive, guitar lessons since they were 4 with musician parents. These are metal heads to me. so enough, the violin kid that loves the technical side has a beer with the dirty sad boy, and begins to drift away, usually towards punk because they think others humans are stupid too, but they don't have that stupid ego meatheads have.
At the end of the day, I don't particularly mind. Those among those people who are incapable of setting their prejudices aside in order to engage in even the most basic kind of meaningful interaction just aren't worth bothering with. If anything, I'd rather see metal culture be ostracized than instrumentalized,which is becoming a serious problem these days. Remember the H&M debacle?
Most metalheads give heavy metal a bad name because of the way they act. Many of them are Godless, immoral, and hedonistic. I just went to a Judas Priest concert last night, and so many of the people there were cussing and smoking marijuana and just looked downright trashy with their apparel. And then they wonder why normal people look at heavy metal and metal fans with disdain. Really? You people really wonder why? Even the guy in this video, for some reason, feels the need to use profanity and an explicit sexual reference. It’s a shame, because I’m a huge metal fan, and I love heavy metal FOR THE MUSIC. I think it’s a very creative genre of music and has a lot of value.
Do a 5 Reasons People Hate VANZ Warped Tour video. I see TONS of people who are metalheads online that really despise Warped Tour and a lot of them give similar reasons like "95%+ of the bands suck"
+Warrior Tha Witt I personally am a fan of several bands that do the whole warped thing like Amity Affliction, Chelsea Grin, In Hearts Wake, OMNM...but, there are a lot of things about the culture around the tour I don't like
How trendy it is. Whether it's kids that go or Alt Press making 10+ minute fashion/makeup tutorial videos, a lot of kids that go to Warped Tour just liking whatever band is currently trendy at the time/adhering to whatever fashion standards are current. It's also VERY commercialized now, any music festival is going to be commercialized and any culture including Heavy Metal will have certain music/fashion trends but, at Warped Tour it seems elevated to a much higher extent. It's a TOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN of fun going there but, there are things in the whole culture surrounding it I don't care for and, a lot of kids that go are also those tumblr SJW people that I can't stand.
My main genre is Heavy Metal but I do like early Bon Jovi(definitely not metal) and my favorite non Metal artist is Laura Branigan. I can also listen to Bonnie Tyler
Maybe the number 1 reason is that metal fans hate each others and also other people. You cannot blame only fans. Van Halen vs. David Lee Roth, Ozzy vs. Dio/Black Sabbath, Metallica vs. Megadeth are the best known battles between old band mates. They all started in the 80's. There was battles before and sure after. And fans love taking action. They also attack Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, and Selena Gomez. That's why Metallica cannot sell platinum in USA before 6 months after the album has been released. It took Taylor Swift 4 days to sell platinum. You probably say that metal is marginal music. Yeah, and do you know why? If not - read this message again!
im really surprised you like football. i always imagined metal heads as being "I dont do sport, thats so capitalistic/mainstream. i dont do society. im to dark and real. wearing team colors is just selling out to the man!" its good to see you guys are normal people one can relate to. why dont you guys do more to allows people to see this side of you guys? then we will know you dont think yr better than the common amd be able to relate to You'll ?
I am a kind of person who loves listening to music, every kind of music, but i prefer rock and metal genre, even though i don't consider myself a metalhead. These obsessed metal fans are annoying as F, because they tend to criticize other genres , also INTERNAL metal genres, so f annoying. I like also rap, hip hop, and some trap fringe, the japanese one, for example, and these people stigmatize me as a 'poser'. Community is a term that has to be synonome of 'Inclusivity', as a family or friends, but in metal community i see only hate. Sorry not sorry. I'll always love metal / metalcore music, but this comunity is not what i search.
I am not a metal head. Don't try to be, never claimed to be. However, I think I can offer a unique perspective. Please note: I said unique. Not good or better or worse or bad. Just different and unique. That being said, I love the fuck out of PanterA, BLS, HELLYEAH, and THC. Fans of those bands have been very accepting of me. For the most part. You get assholes and purists in every group but, I have found most metal heads to be great people. What I've seen on the internet, is a mostly welcoming community. Provided that you actually like the music. I have been able to enter some online groups with a basic enjoyment of the music, and have found that the fans are all too willing and eager to help me expand my knowledge of the band and the music. Sure, some get annoyed at a n00b but, like I already said: You get assholes in every sector of society. The biggest recurring theme I have noticed is love. Nearly unconditional love. If you're not a piece of shit causing problems in the world, metal heads love you. Provided that you love the music. When I saw Black Label Society on the Grimmest Hits tour, there was a girl from a fan website asking for protection at the show because her husband couldn't be there and wouldn't let her go by herself. He was worried she'd be hurt or molested in a mosh pit. No, he's not a metal music fan. No less than 10 of us dudes took the time to speak with him at length and reassure him that we would meet his wife and serve as her body guards. We schooled him about the Black Label family. I was the only one who didn't have a meet and greet ticket so, everybody else got in before me, and I was never able to link up. I did however find out later that this lady's body guard detail eventually grew to 15 guys and 3 other chicks. The females were surrounded, protected, and kept safe. That's love right there. And respect for your fellow human beings. Alissa White-Gluz has said that she wants to jump off of a stage and join a mosh pit but, she doesn't do it because she doesn't want to get molested. I've seen this as a growing concern for female metal fans, and I would hope that the metal community would do more to fix this growing fear. At the Black Label show, I spoke to every dude within 30 feet of me in between bands. The only females I spoke to were some guy's wife, and their 20-something year old daughter. Yeah, she was hot but, I treated her with dignity and respect, and her parents loved me. Not far behind us, there was an argument that led to dudes shoving each other. The girl's mother and father closed in on her to protect her from her back and her left. Me and the guy next to me stepped in to protect her from her right side. Then, there was a few more dudes who circled around us once they realized there was a young female in a slightly dangerous situation. In all, I think it was about 6 or 8 of us, plus her parents. When the moshing broke out, I'd say 10 of us circled around this little family to keep them from getting hurt. I even took an elbow our something to the side of the head that knocked me into this girl's father. He caught me, yelled into my ear to make sure I was alright, and we all kept on head banging and stomping our feet. Overall, everybody had a fucking great time. This little family took me and 3 other dudes out for dinner after the show for helping to keep their daughter safe. And Zakk was on fucking fire that night! 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻 I see shit like that, and I can only see a group of people who genuinely love and care for one another. I've seen moshers go down, and the same people who put them down are the ones picking them up and making sure they're okay. Personally, I still think moshing is fucking stupid but, that's still love to pick each other up like that. I see metal heads helping each other get through life. If a metal head is struggling with drugs, alcohol, death of a friend or family member, trouble at work, etc., the metal community will reach out via the internet to pick that person up and dust them off. I've seen metal heads send money to help buy kids birthday presents. I see metal music bringing out the best qualities of humanity in metal music fans. I've seen and heard stories of fans of other genres of music kicking each other when they're down, or just not giving a fuck. What I see, as an outsider, is that most metal heads are some of the nicest people with the biggest hearts. Now that I've started getting into a little bit of shit like Arch Enemy and Amon Amarth, I have found those fans to be reluctantly inclusive of me. They don't mind me hanging around fan sites but, they wouldn't stop me from leaving, either. I've also been verbally assaulted because I'm not a true metal head so, it's a very exclusive community. Whatever. I still like what I like, and fuck everybody else's opinions of me or my music. When you're at a metal concert, you're not an individual. You're a part of one mass of inseparable bodies all moving, breathing, head banging, foot stomping, and fist pumping as one entity, bonded by the metal. *LONG LIVE HEAVY FUCKIN METAL!*
+Kingston is undead Opeth to Immolation to Periphery to Killswitch Engage....all in the same playlist within a half an hour (I say half an hour because well 1 Opeth song could easily take up a quarter of that play list lol)
i am metal fan BUT i know something.. some types of metal like black and slam is shit but rock hard rock metal heavymetal and little thrash metal are not shit.. the half world listen rock and metal..
I'm not really a metalhead anymore......I do like some metal music but honestly I've taken up more of an anime addiction..... I love how the friends in anime are always there for their friends when they are feeling sad, broken, and hurt......they have a friend's shoulder to cry on and even people that help them with life..... I never had a shoulder to cry on, I had to face hell alone and it has warped me......I am prone to breaking and I've given up on fighting in life because it's a futile task that has an endless amount of fighting!
I never waste my time with the "what is and what isn't metal" discussion. And I especially don't care about what subgenre of metal a band belongs to. I keep it simple. If it sounds good to my ears. I listen to it. I give zero fucks about anything beyond that.
Papadoc1981 THANK FREAKING YOU FINALLY SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS!
Papadoc1981 I think of it that way as well
I dont consider myself metalhead even though my favorite genres are rock punk and metal with rock being first. I like 99% of music. I consider myself music fan(As Buckley once said: Music fan is guy who has his favorite genre but can listen mostly everything)
+Marko Galic I 100% agree with this. I listen to pretty much everything as well but Metal is my favourite genre. I also listen to Country and Rap on a constant basis. I'm not lying either. Garth Brooks and Brad Paisley are two of my favourite country artists, having seen both of them twice in concert. Nas, Eminem and Hopsin are 3 of my favourite rappers as well and I listen to them all of the time. I just wish more people could be open minded when it comes to music though.
I love metal a lot and rock also but not all tho I don't like death metal a lot but I like classic rock like Credence Clearwater Revival or The Animals but even though rock is my favorite genre I still will listen to country and pop and since I'm Hispanic I listen to this music called Cumbia or Salsa. A person that is a MetalHead for me it's someone that just hates any other genre but that's just my opinion.
Miguel Guerra I disagree. I call myself a metalhead but as stated above, I love Country and Rap...a lot. I just call myself a metalhead because it's what I am. I love metal and it is my favourite genre. You shouldn't have such a negative opinion over a few sour apples. I get where that dislike comes from though.
A lot of metalheads are just like me.
+Lurch “Murf” Murphy I know I would consider myself like you but as CKN stated once about the MetalHeads he even said that there are a bunch of MetalHeads that say you are only a true MetalHead if you only like metal.
Miguel Guerra I know and like I said I understand where it comes from.
You should make 5 Reasons People=Shit
Rofl!
Yes! xD
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Whippybox_grHD! You just made my day(check my name)
I like all sorts of Metal. I dont care too much about Elitism. Just enjoying the Music. Its just sad that too many People still believe the Cliché that all Metalheads are evil. I met some fellow Fans. They are the nicest and most helpful People i've ever met. Of course not everyone is friendly, but most of them are.
Well, I can only say that there are no perfect fanbases, I'm a metalhead myself, though I also listen to other genres like pop, jazz, classical, Hard Rock, hell, even on J-pop and Visual Kei, but I gotta admit there really is a lot of stupidity on the heavy metal fanbase unfortunately, it kinda makes you feel like these kinds of fans are shoving their own personal opinions down in our throats..
Metalhead elitists that say metalcore sucks blah blah blah lol like it's not even a bad genre.
Exactly, they think they are so better cuz they listen to fucking AC/Dc,Metallica or Rammstein,like no offense you ain't something special .Everybody listens to at least one edgy song per week.
@@ciyoduhkriter Try coming over to Black Metal if you want to be annoyed by fellow fans. I don't even talk about Black Metal openly with people because it's always the same damn responses.
@Byron C. NIZMO Black Metal is awesome but it's always funny seeing the fans shit on the other genres
I listen to metal but I'm not agressive at all. I'm pretty much the opposite of the stereotypical metalhead. I'm overly sensitive, introverted and shy, I don't drink or do drugs and I hate violence and hurting people more than anything. I can't even look at some album covers of my favorite bands because they're too graphic like wtf tho q.q
TIME TRAVELLER! We are too similar, I am suspicious.
You sound like me, but I can look at the covers of metal albums (I.e., Master of Puppets or Nightmare).
same
I feel like metal fans want to feel like outcasts. "oouuh I listen to metal, you don't understand me, i'm very emotional". Please stop seeking for attention, nobody cares what you listen to. I've never heard anyone call me satanic for listening to heavy metal.
TheDD Covers so you basically just decided to be ignorant and generalize how a whole group of people must be like. Nice.
#2 and #1 are the reasons I don't label myself as a metalhead.
***** Good
Generalization.
Heavy metal is being invaded by toxic fandoms, here is how:
1) they tend to force the bands to stay in the heavy roots (as musical style change for some bands would bring them down and make them angry and criticize the bands)
2) they tend to brag about themselves to the extreme without reciprocating the feeling of other fans from different genres
3) recklessness and mediocrity of the metalheads
4) agressive and evil attitudes
Heavy metal fans can be narrow minded about other metal genres. I like thrash metal and Nu metal.
+Jacob Layne True
+VaniumVII nah
+MJNation pls. T-T
+VaniumVII Nu Metal requires an open mind. Not just one listen.
+MJNation its trash. im sorry bb pls no mad at me T-T
Because they hate every other genre.
- I hate most guitarists just because they are so obsessed with metal. If anything more drummer-friendly like alternative rock comes into discussion, they just say it's crap.
Take a look at the comments section of any video of a metal band bringing a pop singer or RnB singer and you'll see why. People act like people can't like more than one genre.
5 reasons why people hate fans.....
1. Elitists
2. Elitists
3. Elitists
4. Elitists
5. Elitists
As a heavy metal fan I can say that not every metal fan is like this. There are plenty of us out there who are the exact opposite of what's described in this video. Some of the kindest people I know are also metal fans. There ARE a lot of fans out there who give the rest of us a bad name, but there are also those of us who ARE like a family. Also, I don't just listen to heavy metal. I listen to a little bit of everything. Rock, Rap, even a little bit of Country and other styles of music that are the polar opposite of metal.
2 people i hate in metal fans Scene Kids and Elitest
i'll just do my definitions so you get the message
Scene Kid = Some kids who listen to stuff like blood on the dance floor and brokencyde but then attach themselves to metalcore and deathcore when really they don't listen to it and it gives metalcore and deathcore a bad name.
Elitest = someone who believes that they're genres are the best and don't count others even as metal cause they don't like them, tend to be metalcore deathcore and nu metal they dislike and apparently "not metal"
well i think these people are ridiculous i like
slayer
judas priest
asking alexandria
motorhead
bullet for my valentine
suicide silence
carnifex
Children of Bodom
Avenged Sevenfold
Korn
Slipknot
Saxon
Basically metals metal whatever sub genre.. a true metal fan keeps an open mind about most genres of metal gives things a proper try before judging and doesn't be a complete dick if they don't like a certain band or genre..
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🎊🎉🎊
***** BECAUSE IT'S BOTH METAL COB = Melo Deth
Asking Alexandria = Metalcore
Asking are on the metal side of it rather than the hardcore side of it, and they're lyrics are kinda emo but so what they're just writing about their own experiences.. i love metalcore but as an all round metal fan i'd say their new album the black would benefit in some songs without the breakdowns.. they should try and be more like bodom but incorperate the catchy choruses in their music
***** some metal fans might not like Asking because it's simplistic in some ways I on the other hand think thats what makes them so good they still make some addictive riffs even though they're not amazing instrumentalists and make some good songs, that in it's self is musical talent. i'm not gonna lie they are one of my favourite bands and i'm not ashamed of it at all. METAL FOR LIFE \m/
btw if you want to criticise i'm 19 years old so take it easy on me
Bfmv is pretty underrated but there last few albums have just sounded sad. Like there giving up.
Metal brings people together.
As a hip hop fan I’ve always admired the skill level in which a guitar player has to be to play metal music more then anything
I started as a hiphop fan as well. I find metal and rap(old school and artists like Kendrick and newer that don't follow the modern bullshit) kinda similar. Not musically but both are pretty controversial and tend to have emotional lyrics. I still love rap and I am not ashamed of it.
I love metal!!!! However I listen to everything from Elvis to Kreator and throw alot of punk rock and even classical. I've also seen Cypress Hill Wu Tang Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg live. Elitist bad. Open mind good. You have more friends that way.
I feel like metal is one of those genres that needs to be understood. Yes, you can listen to it for the cool drum beats or guitar solos. But a large portion of the metal fans listen to it because for whatever reason, they gravitated to the aggressiveness and the fury of it. But at the end of the day, who cares what other people listen to! My favorite metal sub genre is thrash. But I'll admit there's a few BvB songs I actually enjoy listening to.
i have been listening to heavy metal for a long time so i know what u mean man and heck i also listen to babymetal as well and i love it.
I have heard some songs by Babymetal, and I got to say, me being a metalhead, they're pretty good. My favorite by them is Gimmie Chocolate.
The Nightfire Gimmie chocolate is what got me into babymetal and i have been listening to them ever since.
+Kitsune Metal 的啊体会 i like babymetal too. :3
I love your videos man. So much insight and well spoken. rock on!
Maybe in the 80s and early 90s people looked at metal fans as dangerous or as u said “scary” But in today’s age and really since the mid 90s no one looks at metal people as threatening anymore. The whole “ Metalheads are bad asses!” Card got pulled a long time ago and if you see someone wearing a Deicide or Iron Maiden Shirt today you can pretty much go beat the shit out of them and take their weed if you want they’re not gonna do a goddamn thing back. Not saying I would condone beating someone up and taking their weed just because they are a metal fan but if you were looking for a target like that they’re a pretty safe bet. It’s like one of the little ankle biter puppies that’s growling and acts like a bad ass but you know you could put like a football. Don’t do that either dogs are cool.
I love metal music but I can’t stand metal fans. They don’t really bother me because I don’t have any in my life anymore so other than social media that’s the only time I see them but every time I do it reminds me why I don’t hang out with them. When I was getting into metal in the late 80s and early 90s I was very against all the judge mental people out there that judge metal heads based on appearance and what type of music they listen to but honestly over the years I started to realize that unless I go looking for those people it’s not like there’s a shit ton of people out here that think metalheads are scary and satanic and are out here doing bad things. Sadly I came to find out that the most judge mental people that judge people based on what type of music they listen to and how they dress or actually the metal community. Now I’m not saying there aren’t people in other walks of life that aren’t judgmental because they’re a judge mental people of every race religion and music fandom you can think of but you are kidding yourself if you don’t think that metal heads are the actual worst at this. No one is more judgmental towards people based on stupid things like what kind of music you listen to than the metal community. Yeah I might have Slayer or Hatebreed or Metallica or Black Sabbath or Corrosion of Conformity in my car but you’re not going to see me around any of these other people. The last band I was in I quit because we had to have a band meeting because I also like sports and hip-hop music. Now I can understand if I went over to my bandmates house and made them watch a football or basketball game while listening to Tupac but when I realized we were actually wasting valuable practice time, I was the only one that had a career and I traveled but I made it a point to always be there for two practices a week, because of entertainment that I enjoyed on my free time that didn’t involve them that’s when I knew that I’m done with this bullshit.
Bottom line people don’t like metal heads because so many of them come off judge mental and it’s the only genre of music were you can be on Facebook and have some guy in his 50s start replying to you in a comment section that you’re a poser because you were talking to someone that might like the Metallica song sad but true. Who gives a shit! It’s fine if people in the metal community don’t like any type of music but what’s not OK is harassing people like they owe you fucking money and thinking they’re a bad person based on musical preference. That’s why people don’t like fans of metal anymore. No one thinks they’re dangerous no one thinks they’re scary no one thinks they’re in some satanic gang they’re just annoying people who cry and complain and won’t leave people the fuck alone about shit. I’m not saying all of us are like this, I’m not and I do know a couple of other really cool metal fans but they’re like me they don’t hang out with a big group of other metal fans because why would you? This is the same group of people that wonder and are so depressed because they don’t have a girlfriend but they can’t see the reason they don’t I have a girlfriend doesn’t have anything to do with them liking metal music it’s that that’s the only fucking thing they know they can talk about. It’s music for crying out loud if that’s your whole life, what kind of music you listen to is literally your entire life and you have nothing else to add other than conspiracy theories than no no one‘s gonna wanna be around you not because you’re scary but because they are annoying.
Katy Perry is even insulted by those other people because she doesn't twerk and shit like Nicki Minaj. I've only heard a few metal fans and mostly rock fans that like her.
I am kind of neutral with Katy. Not the best live voice. But Firework is a powerful song.
Cheers a metal fan
Tells girl he's metal head
She says "I didn't know you were Satanist"
Lassa76 naw a TeeHee-ist
🎶Normal People are a Society, that doesnt know anything tee hee hee. 🎶
5 most hated fan bases in metal !
Elitist metalheads would probably give complete shit to Dream Theater, but no one hates Dream Theater more than Dream Theater fans.
What is the name of the song that stars at 7:13? I've heard it before and really like it
I get called a hipster for listening to metal. When people ask who I'm listening to, a lot of the times I'll say "you wouldn't know them". Not to be rude, but what's the point if they don't even know what death/black metal is?
Is it "hipster" what I do?
no
Do you usually shit on popular bands/singers and only listen to little or lesser known bands? Do you think that makes you better than others? If yes you're probably a hipster.
+nadeau No I don't. I'm a fan of A7X, Alice In Chains, Killswitch Engage, etc... But I also listen to lesser known bands, not because I think they're superior, but because I just happen to seek them out. If they had 1million+ fans that would be awesome.
alpinestarsssss
I wasn't insulting you.
+nadeau Oh I know haha. I read it back before I sent it and saw it seemed defensive, but I was walking around a store and didn't feel like changing it.
Number one is definitely the one that irritates me the most. News flash to all the metalheads who think like this, great music is NOT limited exclusively to metal. Another thing that's been personally getting on my nerves as of late is the increased obsession with technicality and complexity. So many of us are judging music purely based on how difficult it is to play instead of whether or not it sounds awesome or whether or not it strikes a chord with us emotionally which is how music should be judged.
Exactly, metallica has some simple and yet awesome songs.
Names of background music? Sounds amazing
i think alot of these reason has their origins in the "true metal" period where bands like virgin steelers and manowar started a "war" for metal because metal was looked down on.
I think part of the reason why the in-flighting, elitism, and those special case exclusionary people came into existence is because of reasons 3, and 4. Metal has been attacked by the media and society because it's pushing boundaries in one way or another. We all want to be validated. We all want to feel like our feelings are important. When we feel like we are attacked, we feel defensive, and one way people defend themselves is by invalidating someone else.
Metal fans are like the PC master race.
We have a better taste than everyone else and we know it.
I've been in Metal for ten or eleven years now. My first real Metal song was 2 Minutes To Midnight. That's gotta be a good starting point, right?
he did this right out of the hat on his stream yesterday
I have experienced metal as very inclusive, yes there is some elitism, but most of that is tongue in cheek. Most dont mean it. Metal is one big family, I mean at a metal festival, you can ask a complete stranger if he can keep your drunken-self from falling of a cliff when you take a piss and they actually do it. Try that at a Justin Bieber concert...
People scared of the metal genre as a whole, couldn't tell the difference between Bon Jovi from Napalm Death.
I love metal and I go to concerts all the time,and the only problem I have with metal heads are because they can't stay freaking SOBER At these shows. I am all for having a good time but stumbling around running into sh#t all the time is stupid. Let's spend tons of money on a concert and then black out n forget the whole thing.
That is part of the release people go to shows for.
There's a fine line between having fun n being a drunken idiot.
my youth pastor told me to listen to more heavy metal yesterday, who would have thought it lol
in the beginning, I was really into metallica. I wanted to get a metallica shirt. my mom didn't want to get me one because she thought I would look like a stoner, and that only stoners listen to metallica. and yet my parents listen to metallica.
What the Heck ? A Stoner ? ;D Ok well xD
Playing dungeons and dragons, listening to powermetal and drink some Jolt Cola would be an awesome weekend :-)
Have you done a 5 Reasons why people hate Deathcore? I feel like that'd be a really interesting topic since there is a big section of the heavy metal community who will just discredit any band/artist who will label themselves as deathcore, metalcore, or any subgenre of metal mixed with hardcore.
those last couple points got me thinking.... while you were talking about exclusion... you should do a 5 reasons why punks hate melalheads and a 5 reasons why metal heads hate punks. I personally am both and don't get why they don't all get along. after all they stand for a lot of the same ideals and let's face it they both have an absurd amount of sub genera's.
prince is NOT better than cannibal corpse, fight me.
B. O'Dell b.s.
Prince is better than any artist in any genre, come fight me.
ladydontekno *cough* classical music *cough*
You're entitled to your objectively wrong opinions.
I don't hate them ..but the ones I know are the most frustrating people I know and have no minds of there own and always just seem to copy the opinion of whatever the general comments are on some metalhead Facebook group >-> ..my 1 friend will rant on and on about baby metal being a disgrace to metal for being girly and cute as he proceeds to listen to the most j pop anime openings he can find or the time I played a bullet for my valentine song he loved it and played it on repeat got addicted to it then when I said the bands name got all pissy and acted devastated like I just killed his dog for getting him to compliment them all the metal fans I know just seem to think what they are told not bother to think for themselves..
Thats the band wagon effect. The same thing happened to metallica when they made load and reload albums. Some of the people that hated the albums did not even listened to them. I am a metalhead myself and I find this very irritating.
What you said at the end is true.
Consider this Metallica are Iron Maiden fans.There is a huge thing about how Maiden fans hate Metallica fans. But I am a hardcore Maiden fan and love Metallica as well. Both are fantastic bands. This whole argument is stupid.
I can’t hate heavy metal fans, that’s because I’m one myself. And I know for sure that metal isn’t always evil, I’m a metalhead and a Christian. I’m not planning to kill anyone, so that’s also debunked. We can’t let people who hate on metal fans break us, just rock on 🤘
I don't know, man. I just enjoy listening to metal that I love. Slayer, Death, Meshuggah, LOG, Cryptopsy, Hatebreed, Nu-metal, glam-metal, Thrash, Deathcore, blahblahblah. Pretty poser isn't it?
"It's kinda like inception onely stupid". XD
I'm not sure if you said this or not or got really close to the point, but I hate when people say you can't be a metalhead if you like other genres of music. For example, I really enjoy Bob Marley from time to time. Does that make me any less of a metalhead? I don't think it should because you like what you like. I also know some heavy metal fans that also listen to country, does that mean they're any less of a metalhead? No, but some people don't seem to get that.
5 reasons people hate Children Of Bodom (a.k.a. 5 reasons to join COB Hate Crew)
Love the background music, what's the band's name?
Me too
Honestly I have been getting into metal and punk for the past 3 years and old or modern i dont care, i just find it awesome to listen too. Even if i kinda dont know many classic metal bands, i would still preffer listening to classic than modern.
I'm from a smaller town and it just so happens that everyone who enjoys metal is a massive stoner. many people in the metal community that is Castroville, Texas are skaters, too. Not all metal genres are supported however, as everyone is a thrash metal or classic metal elitist. We are a simple bunch.
Just watched a new video for Joey Jordison's band Sinsaenum which I like. I can't believe so many people are more interested in mocking the way he looks and rude about the music, really rude, I'm embarrassed for them. And I had an evangelist unfollow me on Twitter for retweeting Sinsaenum, bye then, I already forgot your name haha.
+Katt AD okay I subbed :) xx
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#1 is spot on. it's true, like probably many of you, i listen to metal 95% of the time, but that 5% where i have something different playing i get weird looks from people who know me and have pidgeon holed me into just metal. it's annoying. i just want to listen to music and not have to answer to people around me question why i went from sodom to joe bonomassa to wu tang
5 reasons why metal inst mainstream, or more compex type of music. like alternative was in the 90s
One thing that Ive noticed is that a lot of folks feel insulted when I tell them their band isnt metal. For example, I understand that you like My Chemical Romance, that's totally cool, but its pop punk. Nothing wrong with that. They have some decent tracks, but they're not metal. How is that an insult?
just curious what do you do for a living I do agree with a lot of what you say but how do you have the time
5 reasons why people hate Anthrax
For me, it’s the visual art. This also means the media of the music videos.
I'll never understand why people don't converse with a metalhead to see if the rumours true. Some do, and I'm glad they do, because really, metal has its problems, but it's pretty amazing in all totality.
+DiscipleOfSound The problem I notice is the ignorance from the people on the outside looking in though. I'm sure all of us have heard the stereotypical: "OMG!!! You listen Metal? It's nothing but ggrrrrrr brrwaoaoaa noise. How do you listen to that?" It can be quite annoying and irritating. There are few who I have talked to who don't generalize the genre and just say: I don't know much about it but there are a lot that do though. There is a part of me that is glad when people don't converse with me when it comes to metal because I then don't have to get annoyed and have to explain to them: You know, not all Metal sounds like that right? In my older age I've just gotten sick of having to do that.
+Lurch “Murf” Murphy I just wish it were more interest and less stupidity. Don't know something? Seek the answer
DiscipleOfSound It's been this way for as long as humans have been on this planet. Things will never change and it's why I don't bother anymore. The older you get, the less of a shit you give.
+Lurch “Murf” Murphy As a man who generally despises human beings, I get that. I just wish more people made an effort.
DiscipleOfSound I'm in the same boat and it's attitudes like the ones we are talking about that has made me this way.
"It's kinda like Inception, only stupid" Lmao
what's the back ground music
I'm a metal fan, and while I don't hate metal fans, I've found far too many that I really don't like.
One of my best friends is big into wierd indie muse and fallout boy type music but cringier. I've been stuck in a car with him for an hour and it gave me a headache but I didnt give him a hard time about it, cuz I know how it feels when death/black metal fans hate on me cuz I like metalcore. My friend is a human bieng and hes a good guy. His music sounds bad to me but that doesnt mean he cant like it or I have to hate the fans or people who play it.
it's the "it makes you aggressive!" thing that I find funny, I'm the only metalhead in my year besides some scene kids which I really don't want to associate with anyway I normally hang out with the genuine nerds in my year because they are the only group who aren't interested in pissing people off (yes that is a genuine goal for the majority of boys in my year) and the nerds are the only ones who are accepting of the people who don't care about fitting in.
and nerds are associated with being the opposite of aggressive
waitwaitwait.... scene kids still exist?? O.o'
***** I can't tell if your being sarcastic or not but they sit just outside school grounds smoking during break time thinking they're hard since they all have BVB hoodies and half of them self harm
+VaniumVII it died for a while, but that shit is back with a vengeance
+Jamie MacMillan these damn kids man. these damn kids. ._.
There are so many heavy metal fans and so many types, that any reason for dislike is going to be a pure generalization. possibly a stereotype. Me in the moshpit is not me in normal life.
you should do 5 reasons people hate GWAR (if anyone hates gwar)
I would probably like rock and some metal songs but one dude broke everything for me. He was the worst stereotype that people might heard once in their lifes about heavy metal fans
He took drugs, he wore same clothes, he was smelly... very smelly, he was too depressed. Like he was swollen by this enviroment (Other people who listen to metal in general are cool people. Funny, nice etc.. except him) he was weird to me. On parties like birthday parties instead of typical birthday party songs he force his way to the music and change to his songs. Like fuck you dude, now i will play my song.. ugh
And that killed it
And that's why i hate morde hardcore rock, and every metal that has his own existense
5 Reasons People Hate Theneedledrop
+Troll Ov Metal lol
1. Fantano probably doesn't like your favourite album
2. Fantano is the main host when it should be the legendary Cal Chuchesta!
3. He gave the abysmal Lulu a 6/10
4. He's a vegan (I personally don't care but other people who accuse vegans of preachiness all the time without proof are bound to take issue)
5. Memes
No. 1-all: That fucker likes Liturgy
Thumbs up because I agree with #2.
He gave DAMN a 7
Many of my friends are metal heads. I listen to everything, including a bunch of metal, but I'm def not a metal head. IMO (please don't hate me) its silly, and dumb. It's all people whom are sad about childhood trauma. It's very sensitive subject matter, but it usually a death of an elder, or the complete opposite... An evil elder whom they wished death upon. Either way, I see my metal head friends as people whom take themselves wayyy to seriously about because it was such a strong coping mechanism for them to live on.
They were raised religious, bad things happened, so now they listen to music that talks about dark subject matter. It sometimes turns into a deep narcissistic state where you think nobody understands your pain or why you take the music you listen to so seriously. SO you drink, litter, and become a degenerate.
There are also the musicians, some metal has the most difficult music to lay on the planet. So everybody that listens are actually just other musicians coming from all different places. Usually positive, guitar lessons since they were 4 with musician parents. These are metal heads to me. so enough, the violin kid that loves the technical side has a beer with the dirty sad boy, and begins to drift away, usually towards punk because they think others humans are stupid too, but they don't have that stupid ego meatheads have.
At the end of the day, I don't particularly mind. Those among those people who are incapable of setting their prejudices aside in order to engage in even the most basic kind of meaningful interaction just aren't worth bothering with. If anything, I'd rather see metal culture be ostracized than instrumentalized,which is becoming a serious problem these days. Remember the H&M debacle?
Most metalheads give heavy metal a bad name because of the way they act. Many of them are Godless, immoral, and hedonistic. I just went to a Judas Priest concert last night, and so many of the people there were cussing and smoking marijuana and just looked downright trashy with their apparel. And then they wonder why normal people look at heavy metal and metal fans with disdain. Really? You people really wonder why? Even the guy in this video, for some reason, feels the need to use profanity and an explicit sexual reference. It’s a shame, because I’m a huge metal fan, and I love heavy metal FOR THE MUSIC. I think it’s a very creative genre of music and has a lot of value.
Do a 5 Reasons People Hate VANZ Warped Tour video. I see TONS of people who are metalheads online that really despise Warped Tour and a lot of them give similar reasons like "95%+ of the bands suck"
+Warrior Tha Witt I personally am a fan of several bands that do the whole warped thing like Amity Affliction, Chelsea Grin, In Hearts Wake, OMNM...but, there are a lot of things about the culture around the tour I don't like
+Warrior Tha Witt What don't you like? I know of it, but never gone to it. Have been tempted just to see what it's like there.
How trendy it is. Whether it's kids that go or Alt Press making 10+ minute fashion/makeup tutorial videos, a lot of kids that go to Warped Tour just liking whatever band is currently trendy at the time/adhering to whatever fashion standards are current. It's also VERY commercialized now, any music festival is going to be commercialized and any culture including Heavy Metal will have certain music/fashion trends but, at Warped Tour it seems elevated to a much higher extent. It's a TOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN of fun going there but, there are things in the whole culture surrounding it I don't care for and, a lot of kids that go are also those tumblr SJW people that I can't stand.
My main genre is Heavy Metal but I do like early Bon Jovi(definitely not metal) and my favorite non Metal artist is Laura Branigan. I can also listen to Bonnie Tyler
Maybe the number 1 reason is that metal fans hate each others and also other people. You cannot blame only fans. Van Halen vs. David Lee Roth, Ozzy vs. Dio/Black Sabbath, Metallica vs. Megadeth are the best known battles between old band mates. They all started in the 80's. There was battles before and sure after. And fans love taking action. They also attack Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, and Selena Gomez. That's why Metallica cannot sell platinum in USA before 6 months after the album has been released. It took Taylor Swift 4 days to sell platinum. You probably say that metal is marginal music. Yeah, and do you know why? If not - read this message again!
what about we have some blast in the past with "5 Reasons Why People Hate MCR". I mean they are one of the most polarizing band in the 2000s
5 Reasons Everyday People hate Metal Music
I love slipknot and rammstein
my mind is digital 2 mad-doctor17 I love lamb of god
I prefer Thrash Metal to any other types of Metal TBH. Watching from London UK.
im really surprised you like football. i always imagined metal heads as being "I dont do sport, thats so capitalistic/mainstream. i dont do society. im to dark and real. wearing team colors is just selling out to the man!"
its good to see you guys are normal people one can relate to. why dont you guys do more to allows people to see this side of you guys? then we will know you dont think yr better than the common amd be able to relate to You'll ?
I am a kind of person who loves listening to music, every kind of music, but i prefer rock and metal genre, even though i don't consider myself a metalhead. These obsessed metal fans are annoying as F, because they tend to criticize other genres , also INTERNAL metal genres, so f annoying. I like also rap, hip hop, and some trap fringe, the japanese one, for example, and these people stigmatize me as a 'poser'. Community is a term that has to be synonome of 'Inclusivity', as a family or friends, but in metal community i see only hate.
Sorry not sorry.
I'll always love metal / metalcore music, but this comunity is not what i search.
If you think heavy metal fans are bad pop music fans are a lot worse , I guarantee
I'm dangerous AND lame. plot twist
I'm getting a little tired of the "5 reasons" videos. Could we have more of CKN's Favorite Albums, as well as 10 Awesome Songs?
"5 reasons people hate '5 reasons' videos'?
+billm99uk Lol. Not trying to be a hater tho.
Hit the like button for the t-shirt alone. Vid was good too. Heh.
#1 is so accurate...
I am not a metal head. Don't try to be, never claimed to be. However, I think I can offer a unique perspective. Please note: I said unique. Not good or better or worse or bad. Just different and unique.
That being said, I love the fuck out of PanterA, BLS, HELLYEAH, and THC.
Fans of those bands have been very accepting of me. For the most part. You get assholes and purists in every group but, I have found most metal heads to be great people.
What I've seen on the internet, is a mostly welcoming community. Provided that you actually like the music. I have been able to enter some online groups with a basic enjoyment of the music, and have found that the fans are all too willing and eager to help me expand my knowledge of the band and the music. Sure, some get annoyed at a n00b but, like I already said: You get assholes in every sector of society.
The biggest recurring theme I have noticed is love. Nearly unconditional love. If you're not a piece of shit causing problems in the world, metal heads love you. Provided that you love the music.
When I saw Black Label Society on the Grimmest Hits tour, there was a girl from a fan website asking for protection at the show because her husband couldn't be there and wouldn't let her go by herself. He was worried she'd be hurt or molested in a mosh pit. No, he's not a metal music fan.
No less than 10 of us dudes took the time to speak with him at length and reassure him that we would meet his wife and serve as her body guards. We schooled him about the Black Label family.
I was the only one who didn't have a meet and greet ticket so, everybody else got in before me, and I was never able to link up. I did however find out later that this lady's body guard detail eventually grew to 15 guys and 3 other chicks. The females were surrounded, protected, and kept safe.
That's love right there. And respect for your fellow human beings.
Alissa White-Gluz has said that she wants to jump off of a stage and join a mosh pit but, she doesn't do it because she doesn't want to get molested.
I've seen this as a growing concern for female metal fans, and I would hope that the metal community would do more to fix this growing fear.
At the Black Label show, I spoke to every dude within 30 feet of me in between bands.
The only females I spoke to were some guy's wife, and their 20-something year old daughter. Yeah, she was hot but, I treated her with dignity and respect, and her parents loved me.
Not far behind us, there was an argument that led to dudes shoving each other. The girl's mother and father closed in on her to protect her from her back and her left. Me and the guy next to me stepped in to protect her from her right side. Then, there was a few more dudes who circled around us once they realized there was a young female in a slightly dangerous situation. In all, I think it was about 6 or 8 of us, plus her parents.
When the moshing broke out, I'd say 10 of us circled around this little family to keep them from getting hurt. I even took an elbow our something to the side of the head that knocked me into this girl's father. He caught me, yelled into my ear to make sure I was alright, and we all kept on head banging and stomping our feet.
Overall, everybody had a fucking great time. This little family took me and 3 other dudes out for dinner after the show for helping to keep their daughter safe.
And Zakk was on fucking fire that night! 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻
I see shit like that, and I can only see a group of people who genuinely love and care for one another.
I've seen moshers go down, and the same people who put them down are the ones picking them up and making sure they're okay. Personally, I still think moshing is fucking stupid but, that's still love to pick each other up like that.
I see metal heads helping each other get through life.
If a metal head is struggling with drugs, alcohol, death of a friend or family member, trouble at work, etc., the metal community will reach out via the internet to pick that person up and dust them off.
I've seen metal heads send money to help buy kids birthday presents.
I see metal music bringing out the best qualities of humanity in metal music fans.
I've seen and heard stories of fans of other genres of music kicking each other when they're down, or just not giving a fuck.
What I see, as an outsider, is that most metal heads are some of the nicest people with the biggest hearts.
Now that I've started getting into a little bit of shit like Arch Enemy and Amon Amarth, I have found those fans to be reluctantly inclusive of me. They don't mind me hanging around fan sites but, they wouldn't stop me from leaving, either.
I've also been verbally assaulted because I'm not a true metal head so, it's a very exclusive community.
Whatever.
I still like what I like, and fuck everybody else's opinions of me or my music.
When you're at a metal concert, you're not an individual. You're a part of one mass of inseparable bodies all moving, breathing, head banging, foot stomping, and fist pumping as one entity, bonded by the metal.
*LONG LIVE HEAVY FUCKIN METAL!*
My brain hurts.
I am sad that metal style is dying just like punks, goths
my mind is digital 2 mad-doctor17 punk was never alive
And as a metalhead we hate the others
What was wrong with burning churches?!
RIP Nick Menza. Another metal legend has been taken from us all too soon.
and also I like SLAYER and black sabath and crown the empire and Rings of Saturn. I'm an elitists worst nightmare.
+Kingston is undead Opeth to Immolation to Periphery to Killswitch Engage....all in the same playlist within a half an hour (I say half an hour because well 1 Opeth song could easily take up a quarter of that play list lol)
Just one polarizing word: BABYMETAL. Now, go!
Tawnku Imi-Uru I like Babymetal. Not only do they make great music, but they make metal elitists panic when they're reaching new audiences.
im a metalheads and a seven hokage but metalheads hate new metal bands they like true metal bands like manowar slayer dio Judas priest any more
i am metal fan BUT i know something.. some types of metal like black and slam is shit but rock hard rock metal heavymetal and little thrash metal are not shit.. the half world listen rock and metal..
Those shades are way too small for your head
I'm not really a metalhead anymore......I do like some metal music but honestly I've taken up more of an anime addiction.....
I love how the friends in anime are always there for their friends when they are feeling sad, broken, and hurt......they have a friend's shoulder to cry on and even people that help them with life.....
I never had a shoulder to cry on, I had to face hell alone and it has warped me......I am prone to breaking and I've given up on fighting in life because it's a futile task that has an endless amount of fighting!
+MetalHead1652 good fucking lord..
But your name has metalhead in it
tragically cliche isn't it......I can't change it unless I want to break the internet....
aaaaaand I just broke the internet!
*****
wow......literally spam/trolling
I don't think so
Nice fucking shirt brother!
4 also goes the other way and most of these are based of the stereo typical metalhead