Top 10 People You Meet at a Metal Concert
Sometimes, you can predict the types of people you'll meet. Will it be the Elitist or the Average Fan? Many of them are common, or maybe not.
Don't take this too seriously.
So grab a soda and enjoy your day!
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The Elitist
The most annoying concert visitor of all time! He only wears stuff from "trve" bands, and every other band that has more than 12 Twitter followers is deemed, "WAIT! THAT'S SO UNTRVE! Trve bands don't use Twitter! All demos MUST sound terrible! Every band with more than 3 fans is a SELL OUT!"
I'm sorry, my evil second "Elitist-Me" was typing that.
I hate them. According to them, the only good metal band is Black Sabbath, and only for the first album. All the others are "mainstream."
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The Slayer Fan
This is me. My friends and I yell "SLAAAYYER" at every show. It's basically metal's version of "Free Bird."
I'm a Slayer fan too, but I don't do this. I find it quite annoying. If you want to hear a Slayer song, what are you doing at a death metal show? Stay home and listen to Slayer.
"SLAAAYER!" is all he can scream or say. Even if he ISN'T AT A SLAYER SHOW, he wants to hear a song from Slayer.
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The Teen
His or her first show. Be nice to them. Do you remember how awesome it was to go to your first concert?
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The Old-Timer
He met all members of Led Zeppelin and was at every show from the classic metal bands. With his knowledge, you could write a whole book.
..and he might say that the bands were all better when he was younger.
"When I was younger, my dear friend Bruce Dickinson and I used to spend a lot of time together. Moreover, I organized some of the concerts of those young musicians like Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth. I'm also Rob Halford's best friend, you know?"
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The Drunk Dude
There is ALWAYS one guy who may have had too much of "Valhalla's golden juice."
Drink responsibly. Seriously!
I've seen that, but it has also happened at rock concerts that are not metal, and even at baseball matches.
In every concert, there's always at least one drunk who ruins it for everybody.
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The Violent Dancer
He learned his moves at a secret metal karate school. He will hurt you if you mosh near him... Be careful!
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The Parents
Oh... They might hate metal, or worse... THEY LOVE IT!
Why is that worse, you ask me?
Imagine your mom yells, "SLAYER!" at a black metal concert, and everyone gives her looks. While she's screaming, your father is stage diving... "Great show."
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The Girlfriend
Rare, but if she's there, she loves the band just like you. Or she hates metal and is asking herself why she agreed to go to a thrash metal show.
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The Average Fan
This is what you see most of the time.
He drinks one beer or soda, headbangs a little bit, and maybe goes into the pit. 95% of people at a show are the average fan.
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The Mosh Pit Fan
Cannibal Corpse, Amon Amarth, or even Black Sabbath.
If this guy doesn't get his mosh pit, well, you'll be sorry. He likes to mosh, and he helps everybody get up after they fall, but there's one thing he really hates: the violent dancer!
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The Pop Fan
Really? Hmm, I'm sure they forgot the route. But then, it's easy to know where you're heading. You can hear it miles away.
The Pop Fan: "How are they called?"
You: "Obscura."
The Pop Fan: "They sound terrible!"
You: "...Do you even kn... just listen carefully!"
If he listens to brutal death metal, he says, "Oh my God, what's this satanic Metallica stuff?"
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The Hater
It may seem weird, but some people (metalheads too) go to certain concerts only to hate on the bands that are performing. Sad but true.