I discuss my thoughts on the representation of metal and metalheads in the media. Idea suggested by @corpsegrinders_neck Warning: Lordi Scare Force One Instagram: Blackmetalwerewolf
The highschool thing was never really an issue for me, with liking metal. A good portion of the "popular" crowd even liked metal. Our school was literally surrounded by corn, and full of farm kids... and they still liked metal. lol
It slowed down for me after high school too but every once in a while I will get asked if I worship satan, at this point it's kinda funny but I'm still facepalming in my head, it happens the most when I wear any Slayer shirt... go figure haha
down here in louisiana usa its pretty bad sometimes. i have even had people just straight up start spitting bible verses at me if they so happen to hear my music playing in my car (mind you i dont blare it either). it does depend but i so not let it get to me. also by the way if you were 6 in the late 90's...you 24? just wondering bc i am haha.
Here(oklahoma) it's not bad really. Being religious myself might have something to do with it but me and my dad always Blaire metal or rock. People don't mind here.
+Mack Whitaker im glad to hear that ma man :). It makes me happy to know some places are not so bad. As for being religious yourself i think thats awesome. It shows a different side of things that you dont normally see and that people normally do not think exist. Although its not as bad sometimes. most people who do approach me that way do not seem to care about actually talking to me. i think even if they did though they could not accept my views. perhaps it better that way. who is to say right?
I really dont understand why Satanist are portrayed as murders or evil people in general. Every satanist ive met has been a very pleasant person. Ive even read into what satanism is about and.. its nothing to be afraid of... I dont really understand it.
I enjoy your videos man and your channel is great but you gotta stop with the whole album warning shit. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean everybody else is not going to like it as well. Don't deter people away from potential music that they might end up enjoying because everybody has their own personal taste in music.
I remember that news story. I went to a christian high school and we had a special assembly so they could preach at us about how evil heavy metal was. The funny thing is they used Limp Bizkit as an example.
I would fully embrace the metal stereotype in high school, just to freak people out. I remember showing up to school on Halloween wearing corpse paint, and spikes. Still hilarious to this day.
Dude, my nickname right now in my high school is Satan because I'm a metalhead. My friends will also sometimes call me a school shooter because of my long hair. I don't mind it, it's funny and just for shits and gigs... That's my experience with the metal stereotype
My friends and I actually act like we "worship satan" or other stupid stuff just to mess with people. I'm the only metalhead of the group and still the nickname of Satan goes to one of my other friends lol.
I never really had a problem with stereotypes. But the way metalheads are represented on tv here in Greece is not the best. I'm always arguing about metal with a guy who is religious and he just can't accept that I'm a christian and like metal at the same time. Like why can't people be more open minded and stop letting the media brainwashing them?
I'm in high school like some other commenters here. My school is filled with snobby rich white kids who have nothing better to do than spend their parents' money getting high and drunk at raves. Usually I'll just get weird looks for my band shirts, but sometimes someone will ask to hear what I'm listening to, see my Spotify open, or hear it unintentionally from headphone noise bleed, and will make a comment like "Wow I didn't know you listened to screamo".
I've never been called a satanist in High School has nor my best friend, we were pretty sociable and were described as "very chill and comical". The only thing that has happened was when i brought my guitar with me to school(along with an amp). I was walking to my Theatre Arts class with my guitar and amp then a cop had stopped me and asked what was in it and i replied "Not a gun", then he said that he didn't believe me so i had opened the case and.....kazam a guitar. That was the only thing that had happened (it was my Senior Year).
so far one of the better representations in fictional media i saw was in criminal minds, in one episode a body of a girl appears in the woods mutilated and with candles and stuff. in the town everybody acussed the group of metalheads that used to meet in an abandoned warehouse...well, turned out the metalheads were just a group of friends that met to talk, drink, listen to music and ocassionaly paint a grafiti to pretend they are hardcore, they were framed by the son of the police chief, who was a religious fanatic i think...the thinq is the police chief´s son killed a young girl, left the corpse in the woods, lit up candles and wrote hail satan to make the agents arrest the metalheads...i was glad they didnt go with the easy stereotipical way
I agree with you. I think you should also talk about the public's opinion of us. I know christian metalheads that have been stopped and asked if they know jesus. Some of people's ideas of what metalheads are like is somewhat advantageous. Violent brutal people especially when wearing a cannibal corpse shirt with the battle vest, so people tend to leave you alone. I get some crazy looks when I smile or hold a door for someone or even be sociable and make small talk with someone. Today it happened. An elderly woman dropped some money on the ground and when I picked it up for her people thought I was going to steal it.
ooo a thrashhead. im christian too and i think mostly the same as you except i dont listen to doom metal. the closest i get to death is coroner, btw you should try coroner out theyre awesome. i like thrash, crossover thrash/punk, powermetal, punk, and hard rock.
Reminds me of that one episode of the anime Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid where there was a stereotypical metalhead portrayed. There was even the stereotypical death growling you mentioned. I found it pretty funny.
As a Satanist /and/ a metal head, I completely agree. I find it comical how people portray us in movies and shows. The only show I've seen that got it even relatively right was Criminal Minds when Aaron Paul played a Satanist character.
Great video! I never had a bad experience with me being into metal, apart from the typical sexist things that sometimes happen but I don't really mind them. I usually only get a lot of hate when I say I'm a satanist, because I actually live by the "rules" of the Church of Satan (call it stupid, I don't care), and most people think I sacrifice goats and children and that I'm crazy or suicidal and into group sex and all of that. I remember there was a case in Russia a few years ago where some teenagers killed someone "in the name of Satan", and everyone stopped talking to me because they were "afraid of me", although I wouldn't even hurt a freaking bug lol
The only thing about fictional media is that it gets a little cringey sometimes, you can just tell they didn't do proper research but it's no big deal. When it comes to real life stuff, you're right, the dumb comments dissappear after high school
There’s this one ad in the Uk and it’s hilarious as a metalhead. It’s a train ad and there’s this woman, when she’s on the train it’s playing some easy listening music, and when she’s driving and stuck in traffic and it’s raining and shit it plays a fake stereotypical metal song. While the guy doing the voiceover says “would you rather classical... or Thrash metal..?” It’s so stereotypical and shut but it’s so easy to poke fun at
At school I personally don't get persecuted for being a metalhead, even though at my school we have to wear uniforms I have mentioned that I'm a fan of metal and on the rare occasions that we get to wear whatever we want I often wear a band shirt. One time a girl actually complimented my Metallica Master Of Puppets shirt and when I sung Army Of The Night by Powerwolf for the talent show people complimented my singing ability, so I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.
I guess that makes two of us who sang a power metal song for a school talent show. I never even been in chorus my entire school career and I'm a high school sophomore as of right now. I sang Nightwish's The Islander by the way, people were, like you, complimenting me on my ability and were surprised by me being up there in the first place. If only my crush was able to go, I she was supposed to be part of it but other plans took priority I guess. A shame too, she has an amazing singing voice, although maybe it's just my love for anyone who can sing soprano, I swear every soprano I've heard is guaranteed to have an angelic voice. Though in 9th grade, and some of 10th, I was persecuted for being a metalhead. It probably doesn't help that I'm either quiet, sarcastic or somewhat cynical but still, other than a few instances, I pretty much showed myself to be a fairly nice guy. Either they disagreed with me on what defines as a nice person or they thought I was posing a facade to manipulate them. To those I say, I don't have the power to manipulate people (I'm a Libra so that tends to come with our nature though) and I'm pretty real and open anyway, and you must have impossible standards for a nice person.
My nickname in high school was "Korpse" because of my last name Korff. Needless to say I really liked it. Especially that a teacher gave it to me. Great video, by the way, as usual! Keep up the good work, man!
One thing that I have noticed is that in children's shows there is usually a main character who is being bullied by either a punk person or a metalhead..
Watch the anime "Detroit Metal City", its hell lot of funny! but the Metalhead stereotype as a murderer its at its top ( But if you dont care you will piss your pants laughing)
I'm a christian and a metalhead, and I've got shit from both sides. I've been aproached by religious people trying to convert me, and is always funny when I show them my rosary, their faces xD. I've also attended a christian school my whole life and there were only a couple of metalheads, we were like 5 or so in the whole school. Never was a problem, except once when they asked a girl if she could please not wear a Manson shirt with a 666 blood print. Which, yeah, I kinda get it. But besides that, I've never got any negativity from the christians around me (which I'm gratefull for, PROGRESS YASS). Jesus christ, my aunt is my guide whenever I go to a concert in her city, just so I don't get lost. She waited in line with me at an Iron Maiden concert. And she is a nun. And the metalheads... most are chill, almost all my friends are atheist/agnostics and they don't give a fuck. I live my life and they live theirs. But I've met quite a few ones that are just... assholes. Literally some have tried to put me down once they discovered that I am a christian. Like not just jokes (gezz I can take that, I might even say some myself) but like hurtfull vile comments. One guu discovered that my uncle is a priest and he told me "Oh, so he is a profesional pedophile?". I didn't even respond, my atheist bff back me down on that one. But well, let's break some stereotypes while we can \_/
Well look no further than the west memphis 3 case. They convicted three innocent dudes because one wore black all the time, the other was a metallica fan. They got released after 18 years in freakin prison. I mean, it could have been any of us. That sends shivers don my spine.
When it comes to fictional media, I don't really care how they visually show metalheads. When going out, I fit the stereotype pretty good and at concerts, I see quite a lot of metalheads with band shirts, long hair, cargo paints etc... So I won't act like there is no "truth in television" if they choose to dress a metalhead character in this way, I'm perfectly fine with it. When it comes to villain roles, I don't really care either, everyone can be a villain, though a bit of originality wouldn't be bad. I think there are others who suffer far worse from stereotypes presented on television than metalheads... When it comes to news media, it would be nice if we were portrayed like regular people with a passion for a specific genre of music, who are part of a subculture, than some sort of freaks but again, I often find it more funny than irritating and in my country (Belgium), when metalheads get in the news, it is more often in a positive light than a negative (like the opening of a meeting place for metalheads or a last year, a corona-proof metal concert in open air).
I don't really care about it, i mean family guy is one of my favourite shows and there's tons of jewish jokes (and I'm jewish) and i just don't really give a fuck
Wow, everyone else in the comment section have some shitty fucking high schools. People at my school just avoid talking about music around you if they know you're a metalhead. Nothing more.
I don't care about stereotypes or what people think about me, but I hate the presentation of metal and their fans in mainstream media: all aggressive, violent, so they only put their focus on the extreme metal sub genre and judge by this cover. I have many friends who are not metalheads, so I let them listen to some heavy metal like Iron Maiden or Judas Priest and they were surprised: "ah this is also metal? I thought it was all about screaming and aggressive, brutal guitars and drums" was what they said. They also said that they could try to listen to more songs of such groups, because it's really good music.
I'm not supporting school shootings but if someone was definitely going to do that and they are a metal head they should buy a Justin bieber shirt on first because bieber wouldn't get blamed for it like Marilyn Manson would I know it has nothing to do with this video but I just remembered it so I thought I should put it in a comment
I feel the same way about Lordi's albums. They haven't really had a good one for me since Deadache. I'm holding out for Monstereophonic but my hopes aren't high.
If you have seen or read a lot about the west memphis three case you will find (believed or not if they are guilty) that a big part of the case against this three boy was based on their appearance it was all about "they have to practice Satanism because that heavy metal music the listen to and look how they dress" all that stuff and it was even worse because all this case happens in a small really religious town and there its when you see this stereotypes are so dangerous because most of the time if there its a murder that involved a "satanic ritual" the firs group of people that police will haunt will be the ones that fix in the "metalhead stereotype" and that's actually really really sad.
Hey, what's up? Cool video, as always. On this one I find particularly interesting and I must agree with you on some stuff but I do have a different opinion on the potrayal of Metal Heads on "fake" media. I'm 29 so I'm past the highschool crap, yeah people were scared of me in highschool. In college nobody cared. I'm a guitar and vocal instructor. I lead a "School of Rock" type of project, and we do have a lot of kids. However, I stumble upon some difficulties when I talk to them about heavy music in general. I must always talk to them about Rock and not Metal, because most of them don't even understand the difference (my older students do understand and many of them are metal heads in metal bands). After inquiring most of the kids about what they thought what a person who liked and played Rock is like, they pretty much described to me a punk rocker. A guy with mohawk, many tattoos, piercings, wearing lots of chains and agressive accessories, with "crazy clothing" and "crazy attitude" (I have no idea where they are getting this from). A little girl of 8 years old justified that it was what she had seen on the Regular Show. This made us need to promote an "open day" to get the parents in and to explain to them that although our speciality of teaching Rock and Metal to their children, didn't imply that we would turn them into murdering devil worshiping drug addicts. We had to explain some stuff, the origins of certain genres and that peoples' personal choices and beliefs sometimes are linked to entire movements and may give all of them a bad rep.
I actually made a super short tumblr post about this a little while ago!! It was something along the lines of, "Hey media, stop portraying metal as just screaming." or some shit.
Well because I'm polite and respectful to most people at my school apparently I'm "too nice" to like people and I can freak them out when I sing Slipknot. I think it's hilarious in all honesty
My School class and I had a political trip to Nuremburg and one of the guys I had to share a room with said just before going to bed: "Pls don't summon the devil or worship any other demon tonight", and it didn't seem that he was joking
love the channel and I play drums. I'm a new metal head of one year and my favorite bands are slipknot and avenged sevenfold. Keep up the great work man!!!!!!!
You could talk about how metal awards shows are useless, revolver golden gods awards shows just give awards to people like Dave mustaine, no one knows about new bands because they never get any awards
How many times are they going to give Dave mustaine best guitarist or mike portnoy best drummer, they've had their time in the sun and newer people deserve credit
I can already FEEL the butthurt comments about other stereotypes that it happens there too, BUT in metal it's a hundred and one procent more the same than in say Islam
I recommend watching a documentary called (West of Memphis). It's about 3 teenagers accused of being satanists and killing 3 little boys. One of them was wearing a Metallica tshirt in the movie.
You make an interesting point on both sides. I got short hair and were band shirts all the time. It's what I like and I don't care what people say about it. I got a suggestion how about contestants on a singing competition television series who are metal heads. I do like Lordi but Scare Force One was the most disappointed album I've heard. But I do hope Monstereophonic (Theaterror vs. Demonarchy) is better.
aw, that's a shame, I'm friends with one of the production mangers for Lordi, he also is the production manger for WWE wrestling as well, Lordi is a great band, they just happen to be getting massively produced now. Please stick with them, they really do love their fans.
when I was in high school the majority of the people I went to school with assumed I was a satanist because i didn't stand for the pledge and I always meditated in first hour. other than that I found it funny when someone tried mocking me. when I watched South Park I would laugh at how much I connected with the goth kids and I loved the episode with them and the emos."THEY'RE NOT THE SAME THING!!!! "
BrettMoose actually it was just a joke i guess, i cant remember well but i was pissed off when i saw chuck in a silly cartoon. i dont know the name there were two big headed fools watching the philosophers m video laughing
I'm surprised there's not a lot of conversation about black metalheads. I've been into rock for a long time now. Started with Dio (R.I.P.) and I went from there. If I put on some Lamb of God at work and someone overheard it, I get looks like I'm about to strangle them. It's kinda funny to me because I don't fit the "look" but it helps keep energy up It would be cool if there was any other opinions about this ✌👽
Doesn't bother me much but that part about crime shows where metal bands end up being in some negative turn is so true, especially when they try to name the band in some dark, direct obvious way like "satan children", "lost souls" "murdering psychos", etc. But it does suck how the West Memphis Three were portrayed during their trails.
Hey man ik this is kinda off topic for the video but I had a couple questions. 1. how long did it take you to grow your hair and goatee after you cut if for work? and 2. do you play any instruments? me and my fiancee love your videos we watch them all the time lol not trying to leave a big ass rant or seem like I'm just trying to get attention. I'm just saying keep doing what your doing man and it's nice to see someone else from Canada who truly understands metal and is so polite and open and dosnt push his opinion onto the viewer. again I apologize if I came off rude or like I need to be in the spot light that's not how I ment it at all. keep doing what your doing man and rock on.
How was the design cus I have one of Gene in full demon paint with his eyes backwards and tongue out and I live it but I got I trouble for it back in 11th because I was in a catholic school and they thought it was the devil
"Hey there rub a dub subs" yep, that's a pretty kvlt quote right there
Hey there rvb a dvb svbs far more kvlt
Black Sabbath Did you know that the V that you used to say cult is a roman numeral ?
You know what they day. 'You can take the man out of Canada...'
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"corpsegrinders's neck" XD
Hey I was wandering if you could do a video on all the subgenre history. Been a sub for quite a while now, keep up the good work man
I discovered your channel a few months ago and I'm loving it. Greetings from Spain
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Todd & the Book of Pure Evil was the greatest TV show since MST3K.
The highschool thing was never really an issue for me, with liking metal.
A good portion of the "popular" crowd even liked metal.
Our school was literally surrounded by corn, and full of farm kids... and they still liked metal. lol
I legit made a spoof a current affair on metal being evil for my media project 2 days ago LMAO
It slowed down for me after high school too but every once in a while I will get asked if I worship satan, at this point it's kinda funny but I'm still facepalming in my head, it happens the most when I wear any Slayer shirt... go figure haha
corpsegrinder is actually one of my friends on instagram, I have an idea. call jesus.
keep up the great work
hmm bald spot thin mustache that's just John Waters lol.
down here in louisiana usa its pretty bad sometimes. i have even had people just straight up start spitting bible verses at me if they so happen to hear my music playing in my car (mind you i dont blare it either). it does depend but i so not let it get to me. also by the way if you were 6 in the late 90's...you 24? just wondering bc i am haha.
Here(oklahoma) it's not bad really. Being religious myself might have something to do with it but me and my dad always Blaire metal or rock. People don't mind here.
+Mack Whitaker im glad to hear that ma man :). It makes me happy to know some places are not so bad. As for being religious yourself i think thats awesome. It shows a different side of things that you dont normally see and that people normally do not think exist. Although its not as bad sometimes. most people who do approach me that way do not seem to care about actually talking to me. i think even if they did though they could not accept my views. perhaps it better that way. who is to say right?
\m/ metal rules!
I really dont understand why Satanist are portrayed as murders or evil people in general. Every satanist ive met has been a very pleasant person. Ive even read into what satanism is about and.. its nothing to be afraid of... I dont really understand it.
Hey man! Do you know Skálmöld? And if so what do you think of them?
Stay brutal \m/
You should get a job in an office; it's like high school all over again.
3:03 my life
I enjoy your videos man and your channel is great but you gotta stop with the whole album warning shit. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean everybody else is not going to like it as well. Don't deter people away from potential music that they might end up enjoying because everybody has their own personal taste in music.
I remember that news story. I went to a christian high school and we had a special assembly so they could preach at us about how evil heavy metal was. The funny thing is they used Limp Bizkit as an example.
The others would have shat their pants if they played some Cannibal Corpse or Carpathian Mountain.
Hah limp Bizkit means weak cookie
@@alexanderstilianov or infant annihilator with the lyrics being played on a screen
The best band for fucking with people is Slayer
@@thomastibbs6358 also a stevie t fan I see
I would fully embrace the metal stereotype in high school, just to freak people out. I remember showing up to school on Halloween wearing corpse paint, and spikes. Still hilarious to this day.
Dude, my nickname right now in my high school is Satan because I'm a metalhead. My friends will also sometimes call me a school shooter because of my long hair. I don't mind it, it's funny and just for shits and gigs...
That's my experience with the metal stereotype
I get called a satanist
+Callum Lintern Most people don't even know what satanists are lol.
I get called a satanist. I don't really care tho. Ppl also assume I'm high all the time
same here
My friends and I actually act like we "worship satan" or other stupid stuff just to mess with people. I'm the only metalhead of the group and still the nickname of Satan goes to one of my other friends lol.
I always thought the best fictitious portrayal of metalheads will always be Deathgasm
Awesome movie!
Watched 5 times and still want more. Masterpiece
Algowy That was a true heavy metal movie in my eyes. Great references, satire, good dark humor, and the clothing was pretty accurate.
I loved that movie
thank you for mentioning this. I fucking needed this movie
I never really had a problem with stereotypes. But the way metalheads are represented on tv here in Greece is not the best. I'm always arguing about metal with a guy who is religious and he just can't accept that I'm a christian and like metal at the same time. Like why can't people be more open minded and stop letting the media brainwashing them?
Τι περιμένεις από τους Αιληνάρες κι εσύ τώρα... xD
Αυτο να μου πεις!
You are christian and dont like it, when people get "brainwashed" by the media. Couldnt be a bigger paradox
+Electronic AIDS What do you mean? Being a christian doesn't equal being brainwashed. There are just some stupid christians who give us a bad name
Nefeli metalhead999 Well yeah, believing in a god who made everything isnt equal to being brainwashed.
I'm in high school like some other commenters here. My school is filled with snobby rich white kids who have nothing better to do than spend their parents' money getting high and drunk at raves. Usually I'll just get weird looks for my band shirts, but sometimes someone will ask to hear what I'm listening to, see my Spotify open, or hear it unintentionally from headphone noise bleed, and will make a comment like "Wow I didn't know you listened to screamo".
8 months late , but I get that all the time
5 years late, but I get that all the time
high school is a bitch to heavy metal
ozzy smithvlogs Everyone calls me emo its fucking annoying
Same here, brother.
I've never been called a satanist in High School has nor my best friend, we were pretty sociable and were described as "very chill and comical". The only thing that has happened was when i brought my guitar with me to school(along with an amp). I was walking to my Theatre Arts class with my guitar and amp then a cop had stopped me and asked what was in it and i replied "Not a gun", then he said that he didn't believe me so i had opened the case and.....kazam a guitar. That was the only thing that had happened (it was my Senior Year).
so far one of the better representations in fictional media i saw was in criminal minds, in one episode a body of a girl appears in the woods mutilated and with candles and stuff. in the town everybody acussed the group of metalheads that used to meet in an abandoned warehouse...well, turned out the metalheads were just a group of friends that met to talk, drink, listen to music and ocassionaly paint a grafiti to pretend they are hardcore, they were framed by the son of the police chief, who was a religious fanatic i think...the thinq is the police chief´s son killed a young girl, left the corpse in the woods, lit up candles and wrote hail satan to make the agents arrest the metalheads...i was glad they didnt go with the easy stereotipical way
Which episode was this?
@@LogiBear59 cant remember exactly...maybe 2nd or 3rd season
I agree with you. I think you should also talk about the public's opinion of us. I know christian metalheads that have been stopped and asked if they know jesus. Some of people's ideas of what metalheads are like is somewhat advantageous. Violent brutal people especially when wearing a cannibal corpse shirt with the battle vest, so people tend to leave you alone. I get some crazy looks when I smile or hold a door for someone or even be sociable and make small talk with someone. Today it happened. An elderly woman dropped some money on the ground and when I picked it up for her people thought I was going to steal it.
That's crazy man.
ooo a thrashhead. im christian too and i think mostly the same as you except i dont listen to doom metal. the closest i get to death is coroner, btw you should try coroner out theyre awesome. i like thrash, crossover thrash/punk, powermetal, punk, and hard rock.
***** yea i love that album.
If I type metalhead on my phone, autocorrect makes it say meathead 😐
Lol under 301 club?!? Oh right, we don't do that anymore
Reminds me of that one episode of the anime Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid where there was a stereotypical metalhead portrayed. There was even the stereotypical death growling you mentioned. I found it pretty funny.
I'm a devout Christian and metalhead. I just don't listen to Gorgoroth because they sound bad. The stereotypes don't bother me.
I hate that when i tell people i listen to metal they call me emo
As a Satanist /and/ a metal head, I completely agree. I find it comical how people portray us in movies and shows. The only show I've seen that got it even relatively right was Criminal Minds when Aaron Paul played a Satanist character.
I fucking love your Alice Cooper shirt!
Great video! I never had a bad experience with me being into metal, apart from the typical sexist things that sometimes happen but I don't really mind them. I usually only get a lot of hate when I say I'm a satanist, because I actually live by the "rules" of the Church of Satan (call it stupid, I don't care), and most people think I sacrifice goats and children and that I'm crazy or suicidal and into group sex and all of that. I remember there was a case in Russia a few years ago where some teenagers killed someone "in the name of Satan", and everyone stopped talking to me because they were "afraid of me", although I wouldn't even hurt a freaking bug lol
Sucks that you have had to deal with dicks being sexist.
Cool story though :)
Rock On.
Gray Udoroth Thanks!
It's always funny seeing people stereotyping Satanists. Every Satanist I've met have all been super nice people.
The only thing about fictional media is that it gets a little cringey sometimes, you can just tell they didn't do proper research but it's no big deal. When it comes to real life stuff, you're right, the dumb comments dissappear after high school
There’s this one ad in the Uk and it’s hilarious as a metalhead. It’s a train ad and there’s this woman, when she’s on the train it’s playing some easy listening music, and when she’s driving and stuck in traffic and it’s raining and shit it plays a fake stereotypical metal song. While the guy doing the voiceover says “would you rather classical... or Thrash metal..?”
It’s so stereotypical and shut but it’s so easy to poke fun at
Tommy Green I saw that ad, it had a Carnifex song in it
At school I personally don't get persecuted for being a metalhead, even though at my school we have to wear uniforms I have mentioned that I'm a fan of metal and on the rare occasions that we get to wear whatever we want I often wear a band shirt. One time a girl actually complimented my Metallica Master Of Puppets shirt and when I sung Army Of The Night by Powerwolf for the talent show people complimented my singing ability, so I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.
I guess that makes two of us who sang a power metal song for a school talent show. I never even been in chorus my entire school career and I'm a high school sophomore as of right now. I sang Nightwish's The Islander by the way, people were, like you, complimenting me on my ability and were surprised by me being up there in the first place. If only my crush was able to go, I she was supposed to be part of it but other plans took priority I guess. A shame too, she has an amazing singing voice, although maybe it's just my love for anyone who can sing soprano, I swear every soprano I've heard is guaranteed to have an angelic voice.
Though in 9th grade, and some of 10th, I was persecuted for being a metalhead. It probably doesn't help that I'm either quiet, sarcastic or somewhat cynical but still, other than a few instances, I pretty much showed myself to be a fairly nice guy. Either they disagreed with me on what defines as a nice person or they thought I was posing a facade to manipulate them. To those I say, I don't have the power to manipulate people (I'm a Libra so that tends to come with our nature though) and I'm pretty real and open anyway, and you must have impossible standards for a nice person.
My nickname in high school was "Korpse" because of my last name Korff. Needless to say I really liked it. Especially that a teacher gave it to me. Great video, by the way, as usual! Keep up the good work, man!
This metalhead never gets offended. Taking offence is non-metal.
2:18 I take ofence to this. Setting things on fire is for everybody, regardless of religion. :P
I've just come to embrace this kind of thing. Anyone whose gonna judge me like that isn't worth my time.
That's a really fucked up story of the boy and his dog.
I don't think I have ever been so early that it's not even in HD yet.
same
well seems like I've been here before! 🤣
hahaha muslims dont even wear turbans, its sikhs that do.
sikh and ye shall find. heh.
do you have a source for this dog strangling child news?
One thing that I have noticed is that in children's shows there is usually a main character who is being bullied by either a punk person or a metalhead..
Also I completely agree with the lordi album thing, sadly I have heard their latest song and well... It isn't exactly the best.
Watch the anime "Detroit Metal City", its hell lot of funny! but the Metalhead stereotype as a murderer its at its top ( But if you dont care you will piss your pants laughing)
Killing your own dog... Thats metal
BNDN kvlt
you're vids are great man. you always hit the nail on the head and I hope you keep making more videos\m/
I'm starting a band called 37 blizzard funeral
sick band name
+Cat Vela thanks
+Shadow my bands name is 38 snowstorm burial, huh
Notify me if something comes of it!
+Owen Wright ye i agree
I'm a christian and a metalhead, and I've got shit from both sides.
I've been aproached by religious people trying to convert me, and is always funny when I show them my rosary, their faces xD. I've also attended a christian school my whole life and there were only a couple of metalheads, we were like 5 or so in the whole school. Never was a problem, except once when they asked a girl if she could please not wear a Manson shirt with a 666 blood print. Which, yeah, I kinda get it. But besides that, I've never got any negativity from the christians around me (which I'm gratefull for, PROGRESS YASS). Jesus christ, my aunt is my guide whenever I go to a concert in her city, just so I don't get lost. She waited in line with me at an Iron Maiden concert. And she is a nun.
And the metalheads... most are chill, almost all my friends are atheist/agnostics and they don't give a fuck. I live my life and they live theirs. But I've met quite a few ones that are just... assholes. Literally some have tried to put me down once they discovered that I am a christian. Like not just jokes (gezz I can take that, I might even say some myself) but like hurtfull vile comments. One guu discovered that my uncle is a priest and he told me "Oh, so he is a profesional pedophile?". I didn't even respond, my atheist bff back me down on that one. But well, let's break some stereotypes while we can \_/
Well look no further than the west memphis 3 case. They convicted three innocent dudes because one wore black all the time, the other was a metallica fan. They got released after 18 years in freakin prison. I mean, it could have been any of us. That sends shivers don my spine.
When it comes to fictional media, I don't really care how they visually show metalheads. When going out, I fit the stereotype pretty good and at concerts, I see quite a lot of metalheads with band shirts, long hair, cargo paints etc... So I won't act like there is no "truth in television" if they choose to dress a metalhead character in this way, I'm perfectly fine with it. When it comes to villain roles, I don't really care either, everyone can be a villain, though a bit of originality wouldn't be bad. I think there are others who suffer far worse from stereotypes presented on television than metalheads...
When it comes to news media, it would be nice if we were portrayed like regular people with a passion for a specific genre of music, who are part of a subculture, than some sort of freaks but again, I often find it more funny than irritating and in my country (Belgium), when metalheads get in the news, it is more often in a positive light than a negative (like the opening of a meeting place for metalheads or a last year, a corona-proof metal concert in open air).
I don't really care about it, i mean family guy is one of my favourite shows and there's tons of jewish jokes (and I'm jewish) and i just don't really give a fuck
Wow, everyone else in the comment section have some shitty fucking high schools. People at my school just avoid talking about music around you if they know you're a metalhead. Nothing more.
I don't care about stereotypes or what people think about me, but I hate the presentation of metal and their fans in mainstream media: all aggressive, violent, so they only put their focus on the extreme metal sub genre and judge by this cover. I have many friends who are not metalheads, so I let them listen to some heavy metal like Iron Maiden or Judas Priest and they were surprised: "ah this is also metal? I thought it was all about screaming and aggressive, brutal guitars and drums" was what they said. They also said that they could try to listen to more songs of such groups, because it's really good music.
I'm not supporting school shootings but if someone was definitely going to do that and they are a metal head they should buy a Justin bieber shirt on first because bieber wouldn't get blamed for it like Marilyn Manson would I know it has nothing to do with this video but I just remembered it so I thought I should put it in a comment
I feel the same way about Lordi's albums. They haven't really had a good one for me since Deadache. I'm holding out for Monstereophonic but my hopes aren't high.
Makes me think of Murder by Numbers. Great movie, but I hate how one of the killers was a metalhead.
really cool to hear you mention someone i follow, love that guy.
If you have seen or read a lot about the west memphis three case you will find (believed or not if they are guilty) that a big part of the case against this three boy was based on their appearance it was all about "they have to practice Satanism because that heavy metal music the listen to and look how they dress" all that stuff and it was even worse because all this case happens in a small really religious town and there its when you see this stereotypes are so dangerous because most of the time if there its a murder that involved a "satanic ritual" the firs group of people that police will haunt will be the ones that fix in the "metalhead stereotype" and that's actually really really sad.
im a christian and listen to Korn, Slipknot, Mudvayne etc
Hey, what's up? Cool video, as always. On this one I find particularly interesting and I must agree with you on some stuff but I do have a different opinion on the potrayal of Metal Heads on "fake" media. I'm 29 so I'm past the highschool crap, yeah people were scared of me in highschool. In college nobody cared. I'm a guitar and vocal instructor. I lead a "School of Rock" type of project, and we do have a lot of kids. However, I stumble upon some difficulties when I talk to them about heavy music in general. I must always talk to them about Rock and not Metal, because most of them don't even understand the difference (my older students do understand and many of them are metal heads in metal bands). After inquiring most of the kids about what they thought what a person who liked and played Rock is like, they pretty much described to me a punk rocker. A guy with mohawk, many tattoos, piercings, wearing lots of chains and agressive accessories, with "crazy clothing" and "crazy attitude" (I have no idea where they are getting this from). A little girl of 8 years old justified that it was what she had seen on the Regular Show. This made us need to promote an "open day" to get the parents in and to explain to them that although our speciality of teaching Rock and Metal to their children, didn't imply that we would turn them into murdering devil worshiping drug addicts. We had to explain some stuff, the origins of certain genres and that peoples' personal choices and beliefs sometimes are linked to entire movements and may give all of them a bad rep.
Completely agree. The representation is is p funny, but seeing the same stupid stereotype over and over gets annoying imo
A Turban is associated with Hinduism
I actually made a super short tumblr post about this a little while ago!! It was something along the lines of, "Hey media, stop portraying metal as just screaming." or some shit.
Well because I'm polite and respectful to most people at my school apparently I'm "too nice" to like people and I can freak them out when I sing Slipknot.
I think it's hilarious in all honesty
What did you think of the representation In the movie Airheads
metalocalypse is so hilarious
My School class and I had a political trip to Nuremburg and one of the guys I had to share a room with said just before going to bed: "Pls don't summon the devil or worship any other demon tonight", and it didn't seem that he was joking
LFE T he must have been a devout. Catholic!
love the channel and I play drums. I'm a new metal head of one year and my favorite bands are slipknot and avenged sevenfold. Keep up the great work man!!!!!!!
my first band Hollywood Undead after one year Thy Art Is Murder
+N3cr0maniac LP Iron maiden was mine.
My first metal band was Acrassicauda.
Mine was sabbath or megadeth
am i the only one started with ozzy? craazy traaaain
Juvenile is a good descriptor
Yay you finally have a much louder mic!
I too saw that episode of Criminal Minds
currently in highschool called a satanist and got preached to
it's funny cause in your profile pic you're wearing a pikachu onezie
DrManiac hoodie lol I washed off the sacrificial blood
+Devin Carter Nice
+Devin Carter a onesie would have been way more badass.
Aaron Davis I agree but as jigglypuff now that'd be metal
or law and order saying a metal band are nazis
is metalhead a race to some people
So that is where fishers neck went
Do you believe in God?
You could talk about how metal awards shows are useless, revolver golden gods awards shows just give awards to people like Dave mustaine, no one knows about new bands because they never get any awards
How many times are they going to give Dave mustaine best guitarist or mike portnoy best drummer, they've had their time in the sun and newer people deserve credit
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TF IS RUB A DUB SUBS
I can already FEEL the butthurt comments about other stereotypes that it happens there too, BUT in metal it's a hundred and one procent more the same than in say Islam
I find metal head stereotypes are the closest to accurate of everything i've heard, but still not quite real life.
It gets stuff right and worng, the stuff that's right about the stereotype are almost always present in the normal metalhead
5:32
Makes me think now... joke metal bands? Do they exist?
Steel panther isn't exactly a joke, but they kind of satirize the hair metal scene
Not sure about metal but Comedy Rock exists as a genre
I just found Austrian death machine a second ago and wow... lol
I think Steel Panther is a joke glam metal band.
Tenacious D is a thing
I recommend watching a documentary called (West of Memphis). It's about 3 teenagers accused of being satanists and killing 3 little boys. One of them was wearing a Metallica tshirt in the movie.
You make an interesting point on both sides. I got short hair and were band shirts all the time. It's what I like and I don't care what people say about it. I got a suggestion how about contestants on a singing competition television series who are metal heads. I do like Lordi but Scare Force One was the most disappointed album I've heard. But I do hope Monstereophonic (Theaterror vs. Demonarchy) is better.
aw, that's a shame, I'm friends with one of the production mangers for Lordi, he also is the production manger for WWE wrestling as well, Lordi is a great band, they just happen to be getting massively produced now. Please stick with them, they really do love their fans.
When I think of 'paedophile', I think of someone in religious robes, or wearing a white 'dog collar'. Am I the only one.....?
when I was in high school the majority of the people I went to school with assumed I was a satanist because i didn't stand for the pledge and I always meditated in first hour. other than that I found it funny when someone tried mocking me. when I watched South Park I would laugh at how much I connected with the goth kids and I loved the episode with them and the emos."THEY'RE NOT THE SAME THING!!!! "
they insulted death and chuck in a cartoon ;(((((((((((((((((
which one?
BrettMoose actually it was just a joke i guess, i cant remember well but i was pissed off when i saw chuck in a silly cartoon. i dont know the name there were two big headed fools watching the philosophers m video laughing
Have you heard the New Sabaton Album?
John Cathcart Yes! I LOVE Sparta, I was at a concert on Friday and they came out in armour
Wow, sounds amazing, where was this? I want to see if it's on TH-cam.
I'm surprised there's not a lot of conversation about black metalheads. I've been into rock for a long time now. Started with Dio (R.I.P.) and I went from there. If I put on some Lamb of God at work and someone overheard it, I get looks like I'm about to strangle them. It's kinda funny to me because I don't fit the "look" but it helps keep energy up
It would be cool if there was any other opinions about this ✌👽
Doesn't bother me much but that part about crime shows where metal bands end up being in some negative turn is so true, especially when they try to name the band in some dark, direct obvious way like "satan children", "lost souls" "murdering psychos", etc. But it does suck how the West Memphis Three were portrayed during their trails.
You could talk about the fluff on metal sites like metalinjection or brave words, anything Lars ulrich or Dave mustaine says takes up the entire page
Hey man ik this is kinda off topic for the video but I had a couple questions. 1. how long did it take you to grow your hair and goatee after you cut if for work? and 2. do you play any instruments? me and my fiancee love your videos we watch them all the time lol not trying to leave a big ass rant or seem like I'm just trying to get attention. I'm just saying keep doing what your doing man and it's nice to see someone else from Canada who truly understands metal and is so polite and open and dosnt push his opinion onto the viewer. again I apologize if I came off rude or like I need to be in the spot light that's not how I ment it at all.
keep doing what your doing man and rock on.
I wore a KISS t-shirt to bible class and nothing happened. No joke
How was the design cus I have one of Gene in full demon paint with his eyes backwards and tongue out and I live it but I got I trouble for it back in 11th because I was in a catholic school and they thought it was the devil
Kiss is too big of a pop icon for people to care if it's "satanic."
+GrayWoIf It just shows the four classic make-up designs
I recently had a cab drive try to convert me to Christianity, I guess me Metallica shirt and long hair offended him