metalhead
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- noun
- /ˈmɛtəlˌhɛd/
- Slang
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metalero
- The local café is popular among metalheads, especially on weekends when they host live music events.
- metalhead goth
Examples
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Metalheads, riot girls and punks, what's up and welcome to the finals of The Battle of Bands: Warped Tour Edition.
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" Metalheads are stubborn and tend to buy CDs," he says.
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Every metalhead should have a copy.
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Spot the metalhead with the all-black wardrobe, anyone...
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I was an angry metalhead girl in college, so I didn't care about having an endless supply of cute outfits.
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If you're a metalhead, you surely have heard at least one band perform a song that was inspired by Lovecraft.
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He was a serious metalhead and introduced me to the likes of Maiden and Sabbath.
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She is a total metalhead, listening to everything from Sepultura to Katatonia and everything in between.
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Why do you think some metalheads are so reluctant to embrace punk and grunge?
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At the concert, I met a fellow metalhead who shared my love for classic heavy metal bands.
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Etymology
The word metalhead joins metal (short for 'heavy metal' music) and head (used in English to mean 'a fan' or someone very into something). So a metalhead is a person who loves heavy metal music and often belongs to the fan group around that music.