Heavy metal subculture
CULTURE OF HEAVY METAL FANS
Hessian (Subculture); Hessian (subculture); Heavy Metal Subculture; Metal culture; Metal subculture; Heavy metal culture; Metal community; Heavy metal community
Fans of heavy metal music have created their own subculture that encompasses more than just appreciation of the style of music. Fans affirm their membership in the subculture or scene by attending metal concerts (an activity seen as central to the subculture), buying albums, growing their hair long in most to (almost always) all cases (although some metalheads do wear their hair short; one very famous example is late 70s to 80s-era Rob Halford), wearing jackets or vests often made of denim and leather, adorned with band patches and often studs, and since the early 1980s, by contributing to metal publications.