I was a metal performer for years. And the diversity of walks of life that show up to shows is awesome. They are there to be entertained and get that energy out. It’s a connection point. Everyone knows what it’s like to feel irrationally angry and need to vent it.

Metalheads know this and relate to each other that way.

But trying to convince me that Rush is metal will get you locked out of the studio you fuckin knob.

I think scandanavian people are okay, I guess.

I don’t really make assessments about people based on whatever musical tastes they have.

I don’t really have a perception of people that like to listen to metal, because that’s a huge amount of different people. This definitely did change. I’m not sure, if it was due to my younger age or the strength of genre stereotypes at the end of the 2000s, but at that time I didn’t even realize how much of the music I listened to was metal. I associated metal more with the stereotyped metal heads than the actual music.

Cool, now do country music.

Metal fans are absolute kittens.

performative wankers who think listening to metal makes them hard need a tanker of chlorine in their gene pool

Speaking as one, the majority are decent people but there is a minority who are openly fash and a sadly growing amount who tolerate fash bands cos the riffs are good.

I’ve been going to metal and adjacent shows and festivals for decades.

Metal fans are everything and everyone. There exists no stereotype that any one fan could fully fit.

• The lawyer with more money than sense.
• The family of 3 with their toddler wearing ear protection.
• The guy who looks like he just got done mucking a horse stall.
• The boomers who will tell you about the first time they saw Ozzy without it even being brought up.
• The smokers and the tokers.
• The guy who just escaped the office and doesn’t care what people think of his clothes.
• The visitors who are not really into the music but they love an opener or swore they would see the headliner if they ever got the chance.

For the most part, people are accepting of everyone. There are a few people who are less hospitable. Usually kids who have an idea of the culture that is not instep with reality. Typically they learn, one way or another.

Not a fan of the screaming but love the instruments

Instrumental violin metal has been my go-to for work music lately

Good for them

Last year i learned about their running in circles dance. I watched a bunch of videos on it. Now everytime my son goes to a show i need a report on the dancing and random antics.

I know so many metal heads, that I would have to say: it depends on the type of metal they’re into. The one thing they really tend to have in common, though, is they have personalities very much in contrast to the style in which they dress and what you might think hearing the music. All cool people; but at first glance, depending on their preferred style of metal, they can look scary AF.

I don’t listen to metal often but I LOVE going to metal shows.

The metal crowd is mostly full of chill and nice people.

That they’re cool people I want to hang out with.