Does heavy metal influence people in a bad way?

Studies have suggested a link between listening to heavy metal and increased suicide risk or desensitisation to violence, but these have often failed to take account of outside factors, such as poor family relationships, drug abuse and feelings of alienation.

How do you know if its a metal Poser?

Learn some metal facts. Statements like “Slipknot Sucks!” or “Metallica is the only good metal band” are typical statements from a metalhead poser. If you only like one band, you don’t like metal thus you’re not qualified to be a “Metalhead” but rather, you are a “Bandhead”.

Are metalheads smarter?

RECENT RESEARCH into why people prefer heavy metal found that a significant number of listeners use heavy metal as a way of coping with some of the challenges of possessing above-average intelligence. In other words, heavy metal fans are likely to be more emotionally intelligent and calm than the general population.

Do all metalheads look the same?

Not all metalheads look the same, behave in the same way or like the same bands. The stereotypes that many critics automatically link to metalheads and metal itself are not always correct. Scrolling further through Urban Dictionary shows that people (including metalheads) do not agree on the definition of what a metalhead is exactly.

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” .

Do metalheads Shun non-metalheads?

If you actually speak to a metalhead (rather than blindly judging), you would realize that he or she may have a vast knowledge of his or her chosen faith. Metalheads do not shun non-metalheads. Yes, you read that correctly. Metalheads don’t regard non-metalheads as lesser beings.

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’.