Do metalheads only listen to metal?

This led to some metalheads becoming somewhat insular. At the same time, there’s a lot of metalheads who listen to stuff besides metal. Classical gets respect from metalheads, especially the more complex stuff. A lot of metalheads also like punk, because both genres rely on loud guitar riffs.

What do you call people who like metal music?

Nomenclature. Heavy metal fans go by a number of different names, including metalhead, headbanger, hesher, mosher, and thrasher, being used only for fans of thrash metal, which began to differentiate itself from other varieties of metal in the late 80s.

Why is it that people who listen to heavy metal are the nicest?

Other studies have shown that heavy metal also helps with depression, provides a sense of community, and immerses fans in literature that they may not have otherwise explored. Not only are metalheads happier, but they also tend to be more educated and less likely to engage in violent behavior.

Are metalheads smarter?

Over a third of those surveyed ranked heavy metal music in their top 5 preferred genres. So, bottom line: metalheads are a pretty smart bunch, on the whole. HEAVY METAL MAY MAKE YOU EMOTIONALLY SMART. In other words, heavy metal fans are likely to be more emotionally intelligent and calm than the general population.

Do metalheads care about vocals anymore?

A majority of metalheads today do not care much about vocals until the singer is growling vague things about death in the background. The vocalist could just growl the word “Die” for 4 minutes and metalheads wouldn’t bat an eyelid. Even screamed vocals are looked upon as emo and are barely acceptable by metal’s standards.

What makes someone a metalhead?

“A metalhead is anyone who listens to, and loves metal music. Sub-genres are not a factor. Clothing is not a factor. Whether you hate everything is not a factor. Whether you just like the older metal bands, or the newer ones doesn’t matter either.

Do you consider yourself an outsider in the metalhead community?

If you like pop music or ‘false metal’, you can be seen as an outsider in the metalhead micro-population, because you do not follow the norms that some metalheads see as a necessary part of the micro-population: hating pop music and listening to ‘true metal’.

What are some examples of things that metalheads should never say?

An example is the YouTube video called ” THINGS METALHEADS SHOULD NEVER SAY ” by Jared Dines, giving examples such as ” Bring Me The Horizon is the most brutal band ever” and ” metalcore is the best metal genre and you’re not a real metalhead unless you listen to it” .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH8Ot-9sHzQ