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TikTok Video Highlights Every Metalhead You Find at a Festival

Metalhead behavior isn’t all headbanging and getting loaded. Well, sometimes it’s that, but one TikToker has demonstrated the array of behavior a metalhead can express. @matthew_scar – who bears a…

Heavy metal fans at the Download Festival
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Metalhead behavior isn't all headbanging and getting loaded. Well, sometimes it's that, but one TikToker has demonstrated the array of behavior a metalhead can express.

@matthew_scar - who bears a resemblance to Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You - shared the funny clip below. In it, he shows off 11 different types of metalheads. (Nigel Tufnel would be so proud!) Those types range from "Unimpressed" metalhead to "Waiting for the Headliner" metalhead.

Many metalheads took to the comments with one sharing, "I am all of these." Others, like this author, pointed out how much Matthew Scar looks like Ledger. One person simply commented, "Heath Ledger and Eddie Munson's love child." Honestly, they're not wrong.

8 ’80s Metal Albums Everyone Should Own

Metallica released Master of Puppets on March 3, 1986, and years later, it remains one of metal's most iconic masterpieces.

In honor of its anniversary, we take a look back on that album, as well as other '80s metal albums we think everyone should own.

The list in the gallery below also doubles as a convenient “metal starter kit” (if you will) for the youths dipping their toe into metal for the first time, because frankly, someone has to think about the children.

Metallica – 'Master Of Puppets'

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More like 'Masterpiece of Puppets.'  Everyone should obey this album.


Dio – ’Holy Diver’

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The late Ronnie James Dio was 5’4”, but his voice could move mountains, and it’s on full display on this iconic metal album.


Motorhead – 'Ace Of Spades'

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We’re certainly born to lose, but we live for this Motorhead album.


Iron Maiden – 'The Number Of The Beast'

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It was difficult to pick just one album from Maiden to include on this list, but we picked The Number Of The Beast for its historical significance of it being the first Maiden album to feature Bruce Dickinson. (FYI:  Runner-up was 'Powerslave.')


Megadeth – 'Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?'

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Speaking of “buying,” BUY THIS ALBUM RIGHT NOW IF YOU SOMEHOW DON'T HAVE IT!


Slayer – 'Reign In Blood'

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If someone creates a “best metal albums” list and a Slayer album isn’t on it, does it actually exist?  No…it doesn’t, and if your metal collection doesn’t include this iconic album, it’s just sorely lacking.


Judas Priest – 'British Steel'

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Like actual steel, this Priest classic is f*cking solid.


Motley Crue – 'Shout At The Devil'

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Badass and glam-influenced and proud of it! Also, that title track, though…

Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights