Metal Music Is Not A Brotherhood

So I just came here right now after mouthing of with an ignorant and closed-minded piece-of-shit metalhead who thinks he's some fucking metal music know-it-all. We discussed record productions, you know production as in sound values and all that stuff. So, this stupid fuck jumped some other metalhead for claiming some modern retro-thrash band's album sounded bad because it's recorded with Pro-Tools. This motherfucker went on preaching about how modern productions are superior to old school 80's productions because everything's so much clearer and whatnot. It's an opinion and that's perfectly fine. What I couldn't take, however, was the guy's obvious "my word is fact" attitude.

I decided to join in on the discussion and made a reply to the thread. I pointed out what I liked with older and rawer production styles and why I generally dislike retro metal bands with modern productions. Once again, just an opinion and it's perfectly fine. Anyway, this stupid fuck starts argue about why I am wrong and he is absolutely right. The guy doesn't accept any other opinions than his own conservative views and doesn't even seem to understand half of what the hell I'm responding with. He strikes me as somewhat confused (I believe his mother-tongue is not English) but conservatively sticks to his "my word is fact" bullshit. You know, I try for rounds of replies to explain to him that his opinion isn't speaking for everybody. He doesn't get it.

Now this fuck doesn't strike me as a troll nor does he strike me as very smart. He strikes me as the kind of dickhead who's got his own head up his ass and was nutured that way during his entire upbringing. The guy absolutely had no respect for anyone in the thread besides himself, and you know what? I just fucking hate people who seem to think they're above everyone else. But all this ... it was just a piss in the ocean, really.

What really got me thinking from this incident was that a whole lot of metalheads are behaving this way. You know, I always hated how metalheads got portrayed in movies such as Wayne's World and Airheads - like some stupid stoners playing in a band. The stereotype of my fucking life. "Oh, you're a metalhead? So eh, you like Metallica, huh? Yeah I love 'em, too! "Nothing else matters" is fuckin' awesome, dude! Hey, have you got any dope man? Shit, you look like you fucking party, man!" That's the kind of shit I grew up with in school.

Anyway, school is far behind me now and I doesn't have to deal with such bullshit anymore, at least not directly. But you know what? It still bothers me. At the same time, however, after encountering fucks like the one I mentioned above, I understand why metalheads get portrayed like that.

I've met quite a lot of naive and stupid fucks known as metalheads throughout the years. Some constantly beer-drinkin' fucks who are pretty much just like the guy mentioner earlier: conservative and closed-minded "true metal" fucks who loves living inside their own assholes. That's the main reason why I never really befriended any metalheads throughout the years - everybody was a fucking wanker. My friends were all non-metalheads but at least they didn't judge me as a "stereotypical metalhead". Unfortunately, from my personal experience, that's the sort of dickhead metalheads I've had to meet, though.

I never was a people person. I mostly dislike people in general because of how fake and/or stupid they are. Metal music has a lot of fans but it's not a brotherhood, contrary to what seems to be a popular belief. It's full of conservative fanboys and elitists who have no respect for anything but themselves and their favorite band respectively. I envy the hardcore-punks. Now those guys seem to be a real brotherhood, stand-up guys who make that scene great. I love metal music but seriously, fuck its fans.