10 Things Elitist Metalheads Hate the Most

They hate it simply because they are too close-minded to try anything else. - MoldySock

I hate pop music too, but they absolutely despise it with every fiber of their being. - MetalFoREVer1228

Pop music sucks, but if all music was serious and sad it wouldn't seem serious and sad anymore.

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They could be a fan of a certain band and claim to be diehard, but when that band makes it big, they call that band a bunch of sellouts. - MetalFoREVer1228

Just because a band is popular and 'overrated' doesn't mean they are bad. Slipknot are probably the most popular metal band at the moment, but they are amazing, and definitely one of my favourite bands. - Lem

Avenged kicks ass and metal heads hate them

Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, etc.

Oh man whenever a metal news website posts anything about death core all the elitists get pissed off. - MetalFoREVer1228

It's like they are being payed to dislike deathcore, and not let one band from the genre into their musical taste. If there was a metalhead that likes one or two deathcore bands, but dosen't want to admit it, I would not be surprised at all.

WHO KIND OF TRUE DIE HARD METALHEAD WOULDN'T?

I myself don't like scene bands, but god the elitists throw the biggest fits about them. - MetalFoREVer1228

To be fair, glam is crap - ryanrimmel

The thing with these people is that they see it as an equivalent of pop in the "metalness" spectrum, and end up despising it in the worst cases. I actually enjoy this subgenre of metal; in fact, there are some very good glam bands/artists like Ratt, Lita Ford, Winger, and pretty underrated ones such as Heavy Bones, Extreme, Real Steel, E.M.N., and lots more.

In fact, most "metal-heads" go with their "exceptions", like Motley Crue, Dokken, 80s Pantera, etc.; in fact, here's a message to them: Give some more bands a try and prepare your opinion to be changed! - Carrera

If it's a fusion between metal and something else, it's not just that something else, and it's not just metal. It's both. - Skullkid755

One thing I hate the most is when they say that a certain band isn't metal even when they R. I saw once that someone said Lamb of God is just generic Wal-Mart rock and not metal. Oh how uncultired you elitists are. - MetalFoREVer1228

Yeah, I mean really who thinks that Judas Priest isn't metal? - SoldierOfFortune

I hate this too...

Anyone who calls metal screamo is just retarded.

I'm not an elitist.In fact I actually like EDM,Rap and Alternative more than Metal but Metal is still awesome.Anyways heavy metal is not screamo.Screamo is just a more aggressive version of emo music with more screaming than typical emo bands like My Chemical Romance or FOB.Heavy Metal isn't just screaming only Death Metal and Black Metal are like that but Alternative Metal,Groove Metal,Thrash Metal,Nu Metal(Yes I like it) and Metalcore(Yes I also like that) are amazing.Some Metalcore or Post Hardcore bands like Asking Alexandria,Bring Me The Horizan and Black Veil Brides can be called screamo but usually they have more singing than screaming but they can scream a lot.-DarkBoi-X

Most country is about the beach and nice weather and I live in a cold, nasty, rainy place - ryanrimmel

Almost all metal bands are heavily influenced by jazz, so there's that - ryanrimmel

Unless it is a cover of a great song or symphonic I do not like classic.

Like jazz, most metal bands are heavily influenced by classical so - ryanrimmel

I hate it when people say that the only good bands are the ones that that have ben around for a long time. Metallica and Iron Maiden are amazing, I'll admit, but I prefer mpre modern bands like Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold and Trivium. - Lem

Yeah. Just because it's old doesn't mean it's better. I mean, would you rather have a clothesrack, or a dryer? Then again, would you want a cool vintage record player, or an iPod? There are good and bad things from the past and future. - BlueTopazIceVanilla

Totally agree with you Lem. People get stuck in the past and think everything from that time period was better.

Not true. I'm a metal maniac and I love classic rock, punk, grunge, alternative, you name it. Almost anything rock or metal appeals to me - ryanrimmel

Elitist and Metal maniacs are two different things.

I can't listen to something knowing that no instruments are being played - ryanrimmel

Linkin Park? Disturbed? Slipknot? Why does Nu Metal get so much hate when so many amazing bands are or used to be of that genre. - Lem

I like korn and the deftones. But I hate when bands try to cross rap and metal. It doesn't work - ryanrimmel

Rap and metal works. Slipknot, Korn (at times) and Rage Against The Machine are prime examples.

I can't get into most genres, but I feel I make up for it by being very versatile when it comes to rock/metal - ryanrimmel

A true metalhead has an open mind ro other genres. I for one love Alternative and Punk as well as Metal. - Lem

Black veil brides is my favorite technical death metal band.